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Proven sales forecasting methods for small businesses

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For a great example of that, consider the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Any accurate forecast based on historical data points at the start of 2020 would have been completely inaccurate as sales plummeted and the pandemic took hold by the middle of the year. Here’s a very simple look at those basics: Leads. Qualified prospects.

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What Is The Right Structure For Your B2B Marketing Team?

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It all goes back to supporting growth through personalization in strategy, and partnership with sales. Using pods creates agility within marketing and enables the team to more closely align with sales goals. A massive focus for ZoomInfo in 2020 was content. Parts of our marketing team are tiered out by audience segment.

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What Is The Right Structure For Your B2B Marketing Team?

Zoominfo

It all goes back to supporting growth through personalization in strategy, and partnership with sales. Using pods creates agility within marketing and enables the team to more closely align with sales goals. A massive focus for ZoomInfo in 2020 was content. Parts of our marketing team are tiered out by audience segment.

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Lead generation during a crisis: How marketing and sales can support each other

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For example, with fewer events and in-person meetups, marketing might predict a spike in digital advertising costs and competition. To continue reaching leads, they can ask sales to find out how customers are struggling. Related: How to set smarter sales goals (and actually achieve them) in 4 easy steps.

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The paths that led us here: 8 Nutshellers discuss how they joined the team

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I was working in advertising for Channel 7 and I hated my job. Once COVID-19 started, a lot of customers didn’t want to spend money on advertising or they pulled their ads from TV to save money. I loved balancing payroll in the back office, tracking shopping trends, and setting tangible sales goals for my team.

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Lead generation during a crisis: How marketing and sales can support each other

Nutshell

For example, with fewer events and in-person meetups, marketing might predict a spike in digital advertising costs and competition. To continue reaching leads, they can ask sales to find out how customers are struggling. Related: How to set smarter sales goals (and actually achieve them) in 4 easy steps.