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3 Common Data Quality Challenges That Undermine Sales Forecast Accuracy

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Steve Rietberg and Craig Riley, Gartner In uncertain economic times accurate, timely, and actionable sales forecasts are more important than ever. In most cases, the steps to improve data quality and generate more accurate and trustworthy sales forecasts are within sales operations’ control. Poor CRM Adoption and Discipline.

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Increase Sales Forecast Accuracy and Speed Up Your Pipeline

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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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Sales Forecasting – What Is It And How To Do It Effectively

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Like a crystal ball, sales forecasting will surely not show you an exact view of the future. Thus, sales forecasting is essential for any sales-driven organization. Thus, sales forecasting is essential for any sales-driven organization. With inaccurate forecasting, you end up putting your job and reputation on the line.

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Salesforce Field History Retention Policy: What It Means and Why You Should Care

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But starting this spring, Salesforce will start enforcing a policy that limits client access to their Field History data that is older than 18 months. So, what data is being impacted by the policy? Examples of these fields would include a custom Value fields, custom Forecast Category fields, or custom Date fields. LeadHistory.

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Proven sales forecasting methods for small businesses

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You’ve probably turned on CNBC long enough to hear about big companies hitting or missing their “sales forecasts,” and you’ve probably seen company stocks going up or down based on how analytics compare historical sales data to those forecasts. What is a sales forecast? Of course, sales forecasts can also be woefully incorrect.

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Is Working From Home Inevitable or Overrated?

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Much has been made of announcements by technology leaders such as Twitter and Facebook that work from home (now often referenced simply with the acronym WFH) is a permanent or semipermanent policy, at least for a substantial percentage of their work force. Media stories quoting corporate leaders indicate the WFH movement will be widespread.

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Keeping Remote Sales Teams Productive

Sales and Marketing Management

to France and Japan, global companies and global communities everywhere have rolled out mandatory work-from-home policies amid the spread of COVID-19. Without it, forecasting everything from hiring to infrastructure is impossible to do. Author: Dave Gerry From the U.S. and the U.K.