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Five ways for finance leaders to leverage AI to manage volatility

Anaplan

The pace at which finance leaders must change course and re-forecast is increasing dramatically. Smart companies make […]. Global events, competitive tactics, marketplace dynamics, and geopolitical moves create an influx of information and drivers that impact organizational tactics and decisions.

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The Perils of Piecemeal

Cincom Smart Selling

Smart companies don’t have software initiatives; they have business initiatives that drive software purchases. The larger you become, the harder it is to keep track of dealers’ pipelines and forecasting your own sales. In a four-year period, this company consolidated more than 40 systems into less than seven.

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The Future of AI for Sales (And How to Prepare for It)

Sales Hacker

Nearly 90% of business people who use AI say they already are or are planning to use AI for sales forecasting and email marketing. Salespeople, especially on the enterprise level, need to understand their company, their product, their market, and their buyer exceptionally well. Smart companies will start embracing AI today.

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Seven Sales Leaders on the Challenges They Overcame in 2020 & Their 2021 Predictions

Hubspot Sales

The pandemic has caused massive dislocation that has resulted in some truly historic opportunities for smart companies, especially in distressed sectors like real estate.”. For those in similar sectors, Phil encourages companies to identify and communicate those opportunities and begin acting on them.

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Build Predictable Revenue

Your Sales Management Guru

Smart companies are scrutinizing their strategic sales management plans, taking a closer look at everything from their pipelines to their forecasts. In addition, we like to see them forecast by suspect/client by product or practice area three times their quota.

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RIP: Sales Training

SBI Growth

You just hung up from your weekly forecast call. Pipeline reviews, strategy sessions, forecasting analysis and sales training are all mentioned. Smart companies use delivery tools like: Pod casts. Numbers don’t look good. Your team is going to be short again this quarter. You call a sales manager strategy meeting. “We

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