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March Madness and the Search for Pipeline Predictability

Anthony Cole Training

Today's topic: March Madness, the ongoing search for bracket and sales pipeline predictability. In the world of sales forecasting, you have the same problem! The March Madness tournament can be somewhat predictable, but upsets are expected.

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How Can Pipeline Meetings Be a Coaching Opportunity?

Hubspot Sales

As a sales manager, I’m sure you have pipeline meetings often. But, do you ever ask yourself, “How can pipeline meetings be a coaching opportunity?” Let’s start with an analogy: You wouldn’t expect a rookie with no training to pick up a bat in a major league baseball game and knock it out of the park on his first try.

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3 Crucial Things Sales Managers Must Do to Boost Forecast Accuracy

SalesLatitude

Why do sales managers spend so much time reviewing and analyzing sales forecasts yet sales people typically do not? Because the best way to get sales people to take forecast accuracy seriously is to train and coach them on best practices and why it is important to them. If no, then why not?

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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. Unweighted Target — the total value of all open opportunities in the pipeline. The Target.

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5 Takeaways from a Sales Management Training

SBI Growth

I spent last week at a Sales Management training event with a client. As a Sales Operations leader, you must be allocating the right resources to training. As a Sales Operations leader, you must be allocating the right resources to training. Here are 5 key takeaways that made this training a success.

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What Companies Don’t Know About Sales

Understanding the Sales Force

As a result, they can’t anticipate when in a sales cycle or sales process they will be impacted, and don’t have the awareness to take steps to work around it and improve. When this lack of awareness is prevalent at the top of a sales organization, it is challenging to grow it or scale it.

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Thanksgiving Weekend Reading List: Forecasts, Pipelines and Quotas

SalesLatitude

The fiscal year for many sales people ends in less than six weeks. There’s no doubt that quota and forecasts are top of mind for both sales reps and managers. Do you have enough in your pipeline to make quota if your fiscal year ends December 31? How to Stop Sandbagging and Overly Optimistic Forecasts.