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Sales Forecasts Do Not Have to Be as Wrong as Fortune Cookies

Understanding the Sales Force

There has been much talk in the news about forecasts - and while most have been wrong they are still more accurate than Fortune Cookies! Thanks to satellites, computer modeling and doppler radar, weather forecasts are more reliable than ever before. We know the polls are are always off by enough points to get the results wrong.

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Developing Accurate Sales Forecasts

The Sales Readiness Blog

Sales forecasting is not just another corporate chore. It is the cornerstone of informed decision-making and the financial roadmap that keeps your organization on course. Let’s explore who should be in charge of sales forecasting, why it is so important, and how to engage your team to gain unique insights.

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Increase Sales Forecast Accuracy and Speed Up Your Pipeline

Zoominfo

Are your sales forecasts tied to reality? Is sales forecast accuracy more of a pipedream within your sales organization? In fact, less than half of all forecasted sales opportunities actually result in a sales win. Needless to say, this paints a less-than-promising picture of sales forecast accuracy.

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Mini Sales Manager Training to Improve Your Sales Forecast Accuracy

Connect2Sell

Here’s a crash course in improving the accuracy of your sales forecast. Unfortunately, these issues may have not been addressed in sales manager training courses you’ve attended.

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Becoming More Strategic 1 of 10 – Forecasting Revenue

Product Management University

Product managers and product marketing managers, if you’re into data driven decisions, forecasting revenue is one of the more difficult things you’re tasked with, especially for each product/module. Let’s run with this assumption to come up with a simpler and more data-driven approach to forecasting revenue.

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Account Management, Quotas and Forecasting

Pipeliner

Another important foundational aspect of account management—and sales itself—is the handling of quotas and forecasting. From my observation, only a few companies manage the problems for quotas and forecasting well. The truth is that too much of the time, quotas, forecasts, targets, and goals are often generated out of wishful thinking.

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Forecast Accuracy—Again

Partners in Excellence

I’ve come to learn about a seasonality effect on queries I get on Forecast Accuracy. The confluence of these factors create a number of queries around “How do I improve forecast accuracy! ” Some execs struggle to be patient as I start probing, “What do you mean by forecast accuracy?”