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What is Sales Forecasting? Why it Matters + 11 Tools to Consider

Sales Hacker

After spending many quarters creating sales forecasts, you should have the process down and deliver precision accuracy. Unfortunately, sales forecasting is not that straightforward. In fact, 60% of forecasted deals don’t close, leading to uncomfortable conversations about budgets and with investors. Just kidding.

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23+ sales forecast templates (and how to use them the right way)

Close.io

Imagine two sales managers walk into a room. Sales Manager #1 wants to crush her quarterly targets and has an idea of what it’s going to take to get there. Sales Manager #2, on the other hand, doesn’t hope. But it’s not okay to wonder about your sales numbers. How to forecast sales.

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4 Pillars To Creating a Successful Sales Plan

Vengreso

With so many ups and downs this year, as well as company pivots and new long-term strategies, sales planning is more important than ever before for success. Contrary to popular belief, you don’t have to be a born leader to devise a master marketing plan or hit your sales objectives.

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10 Tips for building a stronger sales pipeline

SalesLoft

A good sales pipeline can help sales reps move prospects along the sales cycle, from nascent opportunity to closed sale, forecasting more accurately as they go. And it gives sales leaders the visibility they need to coach sellers, help them meet sales targets, and manage executive expectations.

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How to Check the ROI of Your ABM Strategy

Sales Hacker

It aligns marketing and sales functions to target a predetermined specific set of key accounts. ABM can mean everything from sending some nice packages to a handful of C-suite leaders to a full, cross-channel campaign that targets hundreds of employees. Identify your pivotal northern star metrics. ABM vs. traditional marketing.

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How to write a lean business plan

PandaDoc

Sales channels. You’ll need to develop strategies for how you’ll stand out, what sales channels make the most sense for your business, and how you need to talk about your products and services in order to generate strong interest from buyers. Depending on the nature of your business, your sales channels will vary.

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15 Proven Strategies to Improve Sales Performance 

Highspot

A great platform should integrate with your CRM and offer real-time insights into how individual and team-wide efforts are hitting sales goals. You should be able to prioritize efforts and power accurate sales forecasting with full visibility into sales opportunities. Activate every channel. Coach your coaches.