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Archive for Forecasting

The Forgotten Sales Metric

We measure a lot of things in sales. Some sales organizations are fanatical about metrics, others not so much. Either

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How Much Are You Going to Do This Month?

Sales Leaders: How much are you going to do this month? How do you know?  How sure are you, 50%,

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How to Build an Accurate Sales Forecast

I gave my two cents earlier this week on why sales and earnings forecasts fail.   They fail because of

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Not Just How Much but When

Conventional sales asks; how much is the deal worth? How much did you sell? Most sales people and organizations are

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Why Your Quota for Next Year Will Be Unrealistic!

Do you set quota? Do you set financial goals and plans for your organization? It’s getting to be that time

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Getting Real and Not Being Seen as Weak

Not too long ago I was invited to a National Sales Conference. It was your typical, yearly sales conference designed

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Evidence

I was in my first executive role, V.P. of National Sales. It was my first week on the job. It

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Look Deeper, Things May Not Be What They Seem

Not too long ago, during happier times, sales manager only had to look at their funnel to determine if a

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