Posts Tagged ‘salesforce forecasting’
The Four Pillars of Revenue Operations with Jake Hofwegen, VP of Global Revenue Operations and Enablement at Contentful
In this episode of the Revenue Insights Podcast, host Lee Bierton is joined by Jake Hofwegen, VP of Global Revenue Operations and Enablement at Contentful. Jake shares how the function of revenue operations (RevOps) has evolved over the past decade. He breaks down rev ops into four pillars and shares his experience in scaling tech companies from 220 million to over a billion in ARR. Jake also shares the benefits of pivoting to a six-month planning cycle while finding the right balance between planning and implementing.
Read MoreHow to Build Your Pipeline Through Social Selling with Tim Hughes, CEO of DLA Ignite
In this episode of the Revenue Insights Podcast, host Lee Bierton is joined by Timothy Hughes, CEO of DLA Ignite, a strategic advisory and consultancy enterprise that enables organizations to leverage social selling to convert pipeline leads. Tim shares a three-step social selling process to build pipeline leads and highlights how conversations rather than content play a pivotal role in the conversion process. Conversions pivot around educating the prospects on their pain areas and then offering solutions to resolve the issues. The episode is also a gold mine for sales leaders looking for insights that are easy to adopt and implement.
Read MoreThe Four-Step Framework to Reimagine Sales Teams with Ben Stroup, President at Velocity Strategy Solutions
In this episode of the Revenue Insights Podcast, host Lee Bierton is joined by Ben Stroup, President at Velocity Strategy Solutions, an on-demand strategy and management consulting firm. Ben shares his insights on how Velocity uses people, processes, technology, and data to reimagine sales and revenue teams, and move the needle toward a modern-day revenue operation and management approach. Companies must move from monitoring lagging indicators like revenue to analyzing leading indicators like customer acquisition costs (CAC) and customer lifetime value (LTV). Ben also touches on the importance of aligning internal teams to a common goal.
Read MoreHow to Make Your Sales Development Teams Excel in 2023 with Callum Henderson, CRO of EngageTech
In this episode of the Revenue Insights Podcast, host Lee Bierton is joined by Callum Henderson, CRO of EngageTech, a B2B sales development company. They identify the key traits common to all high-performing sales development teams: resilience, determination, and curiosity. Callum shares his insights on instilling them in your sales development reps in 2023 and the importance of unique and customized messaging for your ideal customer profiles. He also touches on the relevance of personalization in outbound prospecting.
Read MoreFocus on Controllables to Drive Revenue Growth with Christian DeMarais, Director of Revenue Operations and Strategy at Wix
In this episode of the Revenue Insights Podcast, host Lee Bierton is joined by Christian DeMarais, Director of Revenue Operations and Strategy at Wix. Christian shares his insights on maintaining revenue growth during market uncertainty and downturn. His solution is to stay focused on the variables you can control while not getting distracted by the ones you don’t control. Christian also shares the Wix concept of multiple revenue teams working with clients at different points in the sales funnel.
Read MoreSalesforce Forecasting: What It Is, and Why You Need It
With accurate forecasting in Salesforce, you’ll not only have a clearer sense of what your sales revenues will be, but also be able to spot potential issues earlier so you can take action to fix them.
Read More10 Sales Ops Experts Share Their Top Salesforce Forecasting Tips
Being responsible for a sales team comes with tons of pressure. You not only have to set revenue goals for your company, but you also must be able to predict which deals will go through (and when) and which ones won���t.
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