Sales & Marketing

Embrace the future: Sales forecasting for businesses

So, how are sales looking for next year? It’s not a rhetorical question. Your business should be able to look ahead and accurately estimate how its future sales are shaping up. This practice is called sales forecasting, and doing it well is key to better managing your company’s financial performance. Why it’s important Formally defined, […]

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Inbound vs. outbound: Balancing your company’s sales strategies

It might sound like the lingo of air traffic controllers — inbound vs. outbound, but businesses of all types must grapple with these concepts and their associated challenges when developing sales strategies. Inbound sales originate when someone contacts your company to inquire about buying a product or service, whereas outbound sales arise from members of

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Review your strategic plan … and look ahead

Business owners, year-end is officially here. It may even be over by the time you read this. (If so, Happy New Year!) In any case, the end of one year and the beginning of another is always an optimal time to look back on the preceding 12 calendar months and ask a deceptively simple question:

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