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Value-Based Selling: Tangible vs. Intangible
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-02-05 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-02-05

Value-Based Selling: Tangible vs. Intangible

Value-based selling—when done skillfully—has multiple inputs. Each input redefines how you and your customer see the worth of a product or service.

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Don't Make Everyone Your Customer
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-02-04 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-02-04

Don't Make Everyone Your Customer

Some sellers (erroneously) believe that they should be attempting to sell to anyone and everyone.

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Don't Forget The Basics in Sales!
Observations from the ..., Prospecting Colleen Francis 2021-02-02 Observations from the ..., Prospecting Colleen Francis 2021-02-02

Don't Forget The Basics in Sales!

Is your sales team forgetting about the basics?

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Every Seller Has to Own the Story | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2021-01-29 Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2021-01-29

Every Seller Has to Own the Story | Sales Strategies

I want to highlight an important coaching technique that you should be practicing with every single one in your sales team: owning the story.

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Rethinking Your Personal Habits
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-01-22 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-01-22

Rethinking Your Personal Habits

Let’s talk about personal habits—especially those that were once familiar for you, and find how to leverage the right ones amid all the change you’ve had to...

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Are You Picking The Wrong Sales Manager?
Hiring, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-01-19 Hiring, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-01-19

Are You Picking The Wrong Sales Manager?

Interestingly enough, the wrong pick for your next sales manager is also the most obvious one.

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Your Sales Team: In Touch With Your Organization?
Company Culture, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-01-15 Company Culture, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-01-15

Your Sales Team: In Touch With Your Organization?

Is your sales team in touch with your organization?

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Sales Managers: Get Out from Behind Your Desk | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-01-15 Observations from the ..., Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-01-15

Sales Managers: Get Out from Behind Your Desk | Sales Strategies

As sales managers, you can’t solve your team and company’s problems if you're not talking to customers directly.

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Internal vs. External Sales Teams
Observations from the ..., Prospecting Colleen Francis 2021-01-13 Observations from the ..., Prospecting Colleen Francis 2021-01-13

Internal vs. External Sales Teams

I often come across business owners who are nervous about building or expanding their own sales team.

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Do The Tough Work First
Goal Setting and Planning, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-01-12 Goal Setting and Planning, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-01-12

Do The Tough Work First

If you’re like most salespeople, you probably dread at least one essential sales process, such as prospecting.

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What Sales Lessons Were Learned?
Goal Setting and Planning, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-01-08 Goal Setting and Planning, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-01-08

What Sales Lessons Were Learned?

Here we are in a new year, let's reflect a little on what was learned in 2020 for sales.

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Your Success Mindset in Uncertain Times
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-01-08 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-01-08

Your Success Mindset in Uncertain Times

In my work with top sellers globally, I see three defining characteristics of a transformative success mindset that are made for these times. 

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The Easy Way to Improve Sales Closing Ratios
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-01-07 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-01-07

The Easy Way to Improve Sales Closing Ratios

When a sales leader notices that his or her ratios aren't up to par, a variety of tactics are often implemented.

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Don't End a Single Day Without This
Observations from the ..., Prospecting Colleen Francis 2021-01-05 Observations from the ..., Prospecting Colleen Francis 2021-01-05

Don't End a Single Day Without This

As a sales leader, what are you doing to ensure your team is making this a daily habit?

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Know the Different Types of Customer Value | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2021-01-04 Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2021-01-04

Know the Different Types of Customer Value | Sales Strategies

Transition your product training into value training. This will help you close more business and change the conversation dynamic you are having with your...

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Your Sales Team Needs This Trait
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2020-12-31 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2020-12-31

Your Sales Team Needs This Trait

Successful sales teams don't manifest by chance.

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Don't Assume Your Way Out of More Sales!
Company Culture, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2020-12-29 Company Culture, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2020-12-29

Don't Assume Your Way Out of More Sales!

Don't assume things in sales, doing so will often work against you!

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The Problem With Perfection
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2020-12-26 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2020-12-26

The Problem With Perfection

We all strive to be perfect. But, there's a problem with perfection.

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Flexibility: The Key to Success?
Goal Setting and Planning, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2020-12-23 Goal Setting and Planning, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2020-12-23

Flexibility: The Key to Success?

Could flexibility be the secret to success in 2021?

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Is Your Buyer Part of the Solution?
Negotiation and Closing, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2020-12-22 Negotiation and Closing, Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2020-12-22

Is Your Buyer Part of the Solution?

You need to know what's going on in the minds of your buyers when it comes to the solution you're offering.

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Colleen Francis works your most important deals alongside the people who own them — accelerating what should close, expanding what has room to grow, cutting what isn't worth the cycles. Leadership gets a forecast it can trust. The team keeps the discipline for every deal after.

613-730-7700
1-877-364-2438 (toll-free)
colleenfrancis@engageselling.com

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