sales forecasting

Why Bother With Sales Forecasts

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What is sales forecasting to you? What does it for your business? How do you calculate your forecasts and act on the results? Most people don’t understand the point of it, because usually it doesn’t work, for them at least. But with the right techniques, sales forecasting can make a big difference in any business. [...]

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Solving My Prospect List Puzzle

Sales Manager

Prospect lists are simple, right? except they’re rarely even close to reality. A bit like fairy tales. No wonder we don’t like making them. No wonder we’re reluctant to rely on them. No wonder we’ll change them for new ones at the end of the month, and ignore what went on before. Too often the [...]

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Solving My Problem With Sales Plans

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Do you have a sales plan for every deal? I do, but more of that later. OK I know some deals you can take to the bank, and others are just punts. There’s no need to plan the certainties and no point in planning the ones you don’t expect to get. Or that’s the way [...]

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Sales Managers Survival Guide – Review Questions

Sales Manager

Every Sales Manager needs a set of questions they’ll use to review their sales reps pipelines and qualify the deals in them. Those questions will tell them the probability each deal will turn into a real sale, and highlight risks of losing out to competition, or of the sale not going down. Ideally the same [...]

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