Zoominfo

JANUARY 24, 2025

Sales analytics software is the key tool that turns the massive volumes of data in CRMs, data platforms, martech tools, and other key sources into clear, actionable insights that empower teams to optimize every stage of their sales process. Optimize Resources: Pinpoint high-value opportunities to allocate your time and budget wisely.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

For more than a generation, customer relationship management (CRM) systems have been the unquestioned core of virtually every go-to-market strategy. But GTM leaders are increasingly wondering whether their CRM is telling the whole truth. Bottom line? At ZoomInfo, weve been working for nearly 20 years to solve this persistent problem.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 9, 2024

Before solving their biggest CRM cleansing challenges, go-to-market teams need to define the rules of engagement for their data. The idea is to keep a living, breathing CRM that’s constantly being updated with customized rule-based workflows — a CRM that’s always “on.”

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Zoominfo

MARCH 15, 2024

For most companies, the first step in building that advanced data foundation is to cleanse the trove of business data already on hand in their customer relationship management (CRM) system. The CRM Hygiene Series This blog is part of a comprehensive series of guides that dive deeper into each of the five steps in the CRM data hygiene process.

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Martech

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Durraze further notes: Marketers are drowning in data from website analytics, CRM systems, social media, email campaigns and transactions. For example, an ecommerce company might get data from its website analytics, CRM, ecommerce platform and social and PPC campaigns, among others.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

JANUARY 6, 2025

AI in sales: Build stronger customer relationships AI transforms how startups handle sales, from forecasting to relationship-building. Sales forecasting with AI AI tools can study past sales data to see trends and predict busy or slow periods. With this information, you can plan better and allocate resources effectively.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

MARCH 3, 2025

Yet, without a clear forecast, you risk missing key opportunities or worse, making decisions that could hurt your startup. Thats why sales forecasting is super important. It helps you allocate resources, plan for the future, and avoid nasty surprises. What youll learn: What is sales forecasting and why does it matter?

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Vision Edge Marketing

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Regularly analyze your financial data to make informed decisions about resource allocation, pricing strategy, and investment opportunities. Strategic Data : Strategy based on data encompasses long-term forecasts, risk assessments, scenario analysis , and strategic planning. Use this data to help you achieve a stronger bottom line.

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InsightSquared

APRIL 14, 2021

CRM systems were never designed for the sales rep. If your organization isn’t taking advantage of automated activity capture, you, along with every report that relies on the data within your CRM, are set up to fail. . This value defines the bookings within a forecast period that are NOT in the funnel at the start of the period.

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Heinz Marketing

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Early planning allows the time to thoroughly analyze the past year’s performance and identify trends, resulting in more informed decisions regarding investments, cost-cutting, and resource allocation. Planning your budget in advance allows you to determine staffing needs, plan for recruitment, or allocate funds for professional development.

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Martech

APRIL 30, 2024

This includes tools and solutions integral to MOps, such as data management platforms, analytics tools, customer relationship management (CRM) systems and content delivery platforms. Cost management : Eliminating redundant tools and better allocation of resources lead to reduced costs and higher ROI.

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Trade Press Services

MARCH 3, 2025

Imagine a software company rolling out an AI-powered CRM, assuming the target market wants cutting-edge automation. Use CRM data, website analytics, and social media insights to track customer behavior. Allocate extra time for each phase so setbacks dont derail the entire schedule. Solution: Set realistic sales forecasts.

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Full Circle Insights

MARCH 7, 2022

The team had been using a hybrid solution built on the CRM, plus basic funnel and attribution tools from other solutions in a tech stack that includes dozens of disparate products. Campaign attribution metrics show how marketing influences opportunities and revenue, which helps marketing leaders allocate spend more efficiently.

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Full Circle Insights

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Marketers who track funnel and attribution metrics in the CRM system can not only develop a realistic plan to reach next year’s revenue objectives, they can gain insights that improve performance. Armed with that information, marketers can make better decisions about where to invest for the year ahead and optimize mix allocations.

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Top of Funnel Planning Marketing Funnels Allocation 98

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 25, 2019

To break down the barriers, you need to capture all relevant customer and revenue data in a shared CRM system. Reporting and forecasting: Increased ability to predict customer actions, report on account-based marketing activities, forecast department goals accurately, and record granular metrics. Customer engagement.

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sagefrog

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

HubSpot continues to evolve, integrating new technologies that enhance sales forecasting, lead scoring, automation, and customer interactions. As CRM tools become more advanced, companies prioritizing adaptability and process optimization can maximize efficiency and strengthen customer relationships. Whats New in HubSpot CRM for 2025?

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Martech

OCTOBER 21, 2021

businesses were forecast in 2020, according to BIA Advisory Services. The goal is to more effectively allocate spending across marketing channels, and establish a more accurate link between digital campaigns and offline conversions. The data can also be used post-call to feed CRM systems and trigger nurturing campaigns.

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Hubspot

JULY 11, 2019

This person might oversee CRM performance and engagement across the team, onboard new salespeople, strategize on process improvements, and coordinate team and executive meetings. This role often has a focus on data and forecasting, so experience in these two areas will be crucial. A sales ops specialist will do just that.

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Allocation Work Management Forecasting Marketing Management 98

Top Rank Marketing

DECEMBER 15, 2023

B2B CRM Users Are Highly Focused on Nurturing Leads and Customers 33 percent of B2B sales and marketing professionals have focused their customer relationship management (CRM) usage on the customer service, up-selling and cross-selling portion of the buyer journey over the past 5 years, closely followed by 32 percent who have targeted mid-funnel lead-generation (..)

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Marketing Analytics Tools Marketing AI Top of Funnel B2B Marketing 117

SmartBug Media

MAY 28, 2020

Through extensive persona development and by building out a Buyer’s Journey, marketers can start identifying high-priority leads and begin forecasting lead generation metrics for the upcoming year. In HubSpot, you can easily track this by manually closing opportunities or by integrating your CRM. Customer Close Rate.

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Marketing Qualified Leads Sales Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Lead Generation 116

Convince & Convert

MARCH 7, 2024

Utilize Integrated Technology Solutions : Invest in integrated CRM and marketing automation tools that enable seamless data sharing and workflow coordination across marketing, sales, and customer success functions. For example, set joint targets for market penetration, customer retention, or revenue growth.

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Marketing Analytics Tools Marketing AI Lead Ranking Research 140

Scoop.it

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

It’s also an important metric for resource allocation, especially in the SaaS realm where you need to stay innovative. Without a doubt, this is an important KPI as well, because it will tell you how much money you have to allocate to other departments and campaigns. Customer Lifetime Value.

Lead Ranking 111

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 30, 2024

These tools, integral to Snowflake’s data initiatives, generate data-informed scores that are fed into its CRM system. Once our APS system produces a score, we put it in front of field operations leads so they can allocate those accounts as efficiently as possible,” Gojo says.

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Martech

APRIL 25, 2023

It is a great tool to help you really focus and prioritize your CRM data. Planning From forecasting and budget allocation to campaign optimization and targeting, AI can increasingly automate the button-pushing associated with these tasks. Data flow Disconnected systems are so 2019.

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Martech

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Now, this week’s AI-powered marketing technology releases: Echo AI’s Conversation Actions allows real-time, automated actions in response to customer conversations, such as triggering a promotion campaign or updating a CRM record.

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Inbox Insight

JANUARY 28, 2020

From saving on resources to improving conversion, there are many reasons to allocate time and budget to ABM. You can also leverage the technology to personalize campaigns based on past campaigns and CRM activity, personas, and their stage in the funnel. How do you allocate the right budget for the best ROI?

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Lusha

JULY 3, 2023

Sales forecasting is one of the toughest parts of the job for sales leaders. You need to somehow predict revenue so you can do massively important things like allocate resources and come up with a strategy for growth. Just like the weather, sales forecasts aren’t always totally accurate. No pressure.

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Binary Demand

APRIL 1, 2024

Solution Establish open communication channels, develop shared goals and metrics, and implement CRM systems to facilitate collaboration and alignment between sales and marketing teams. Channel Diversification B2B marketing requires allocating resources across various channels while ensuring consistent messaging and brand representation.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Proactive customer service experiences offer many advantages to your business, including: More efficient resource allocation : By proactively identifying and resolving issues before they become problems, you can reduce the number of customer issues that escalate to higher levels. Don’t make your customers repeat themselves.

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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Without accurate sales projections, companies will find it hard to set SMART sales goals or make data-driven decisions on allocating resources. This allows you to balance cost and revenue and allocate your resources to the right teams and channels. Set clear budgets. Examine market factors and seasonality. Here are five of them.

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Top of Funnel Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Services Work Management 80

Orange Owl Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2024

A well-planned B2B marketing budget acts as a blueprint for resource allocation, helping businesses focus on high-impact strategies, track ROI, and adapt to changing industry dynamics. A B2B marketing budget refers to the planned allocation of financial resources a business dedicates to its marketing efforts aimed at other businesses.

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Televerde

JUNE 21, 2022

Key Takeaways: Poising for post-holiday sales success requires planning ahead and taking several ‘must-knows’ into consideration as you build your plan, including your current pipeline, forecasting accuracy, and quota attainment – know your gaps! Then, assuming a determination of meat on the bone, add this to your forecast.

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Hinge Marketing

MAY 4, 2023

If you’re trying to figure out how to allocate your marketing budget, where to focus your efforts to attract customers, or even how to prioritize your marketing initiatives, the best approach is to base your decisions on past and projected marketing return on investment (ROI).

Lead Generation 132

Lead Generation Budget Programs ROI Lead Scoring 132

Hubspot

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

I was recently assigned the task of forecasting demand for a project. I set to work using my usual methods, but I’ve not explored AI in demand forecasting. My recent project got me thinking about AI's role and whether AI could (a) aid the demand forecasting process and (b) save time. The best responses made it into this article.

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Varicent

DECEMBER 14, 2021

It's been a long week, month, or maybe even financial year in the world of sales, and you’ve got your revenue forecasting model on your mind. In some ways, you can be sure that your current revenue forecasting model is paying off and your sales performance software is helping to bring in the deals. How can we improve?

Forecasting 52

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Hubspot

MARCH 18, 2020

By implementing sales automation processes, your organization can save time with tasks such as updating CRM records, gathering data on leads or filling in necessary paperwork, to increase the amount of time that can be allocated to "sales-critical" activities. Best for: sales forecasting. Sales forecasting can be a tedious task.

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Bombora Automation Tools Forecasting 88

FunnelEnvy

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Understanding acquisition channels can help you allocate resources effectively and optimize campaigns for maximum ROI. Leveraging Predictive Analytics One of GA4s standout features is its predictive metrics, which use machine learning to forecast user behavior.

Lead Ranking 64

Lead Ranking Allocation Marketing Analytics Tools Sales Qualified Leads 64