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Professional Character: Define it for Today’s Buyer
Uncategorized Colleen Francis 2022-01-28 Uncategorized Colleen Francis 2022-01-28

Professional Character: Define it for Today’s Buyer

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Creating a Pathway to Achieve Goals | Sales Strategies
Uncategorized Colleen Francis 2022-01-21 Uncategorized Colleen Francis 2022-01-21

Creating a Pathway to Achieve Goals | Sales Strategies

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How Time Has Changed in Today’s Sales Landscape
Uncategorized Colleen Francis 2022-01-14 Uncategorized Colleen Francis 2022-01-14

How Time Has Changed in Today’s Sales Landscape

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4 Straightforward Sales Goals | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2022-01-07 Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2022-01-07

4 Straightforward Sales Goals | Sales Strategies

There are four straightforward sales goals that I would like to share with you. They are simple, effective and will help you set the right targets and...

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How Are Buyer-Seller Relationships Changing
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-12-31 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-12-31

How Are Buyer-Seller Relationships Changing

Having long studied the habits of top-ranked sellers, I’ve seen a steady shift in the power in buyer-seller relationships.

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Why Team Selling Works | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-12-17 Observations from the ..., Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-12-17

Why Team Selling Works | Sales Strategies

Here's how team selling will help you get buyers in the room, build a critical mass of stakeholders, and close the business faster.

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Are You Still Selling Like It’s 1982?
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-12-10 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-12-10

Are You Still Selling Like It’s 1982?

Did you know closing ratios on deals that employ traditional selling methods (e.g., cold calls and direct mail) have not changed since the 1980s?

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Graduate From Trusted Advisor to Object of Interest | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2021-12-03 Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2021-12-03

Graduate From Trusted Advisor to Object of Interest | Sales Strategies

Customers don't want trusted advisors. They don't want partners. Those presuppose that you're on the outside. What they're really looking for...

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What's Your Client Backup Plan?
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-11-23 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-11-23

What's Your Client Backup Plan?

You cannot grow your business with a particular client if you're relying on a singular point of information.

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Your Buyer Is Asking Themselves These 3 Questions | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2021-11-19 Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2021-11-19

Your Buyer Is Asking Themselves These 3 Questions | Sales Strategies

I want to highlight three important questions that buyers are asking themselves right now. Knowing how to deal with these three questions will help you...

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Don't Make This Mistake with Your Sales Data | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2021-11-05 Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2021-11-05

Don't Make This Mistake with Your Sales Data | Sales Strategies

You can't coach blind, and the data is incredibly important. Share with your team what their goals are and, on a regular basis, show them the progress that...

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Build Bridges, Not Tunnels
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-10-29 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-10-29

Build Bridges, Not Tunnels

Stakeholders come in many forms and not all of them will reveal themselves easily. And that’s why you must build those bridges…  

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Keeping the Prospect Engaged | Sales Strategies
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Keeping the Prospect Engaged | Sales Strategies

Always ask yourself and your team what new twist, idea, or feature you can add to your offering. This will help you stay current, fresh, and become...

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Loyalty Is an Inside Job, Too
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-10-15 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-10-15

Loyalty Is an Inside Job, Too

Loyalty is a trust-building and trust-maintaining enterprise. You must cultivate it steadily—both among your customers and your employees.

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Are You Pushing Too Hard?
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-10-12 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-10-12

Are You Pushing Too Hard?

Are you pushing the sale too hard with your prospects and clients?

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Hunters vs. Farmers: Making It Work | Sales Strategies
Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2021-10-08 Observations from the ..., Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2021-10-08

Hunters vs. Farmers: Making It Work | Sales Strategies

Documentation, a strong CRM, and a standard operating procedure are indeed critical if you want to make this hunter and farmer structure work. 

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There is No Excuse For This...
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-10-05 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-10-05

There is No Excuse For This...

When it comes to objections, there is no reason you should be unprepared to handle them.

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Ride-Along Coaching: It’s Not What You Think
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-10-01 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2021-10-01

Ride-Along Coaching: It’s Not What You Think

It’s incredibly frustrating. Ride-along coaching ought to be a powerful tool at the disposal of every leader in a sales-based organization today. But many...

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NEVER Hire These Candidates
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-09-30 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-09-30

NEVER Hire These Candidates

Beginning another phase of recruiting or simply want to increase your hiring success?

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Get Clear on Your Prospecting
Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-09-28 Observations from the ... Colleen Francis 2021-09-28

Get Clear on Your Prospecting

Are you clear on your prospecting?

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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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