Forecasting


Business Forecasting in a Crazy, Mixed-up World

Three entrepreneurs share their challenges, frustrations, and strategies for business forecasting in a recession.

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What's the Key to Great Forecasting?

It helps to start with good, accurate data. Here are 6 pieces of information to gather.

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Building a Realistic Sales Forecast

Combine the values of all of your prospects in order to create a total sales forecast.

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A Passion for Forecasting

Generating an accurate annual sales forecast will save you from wreaking havoc in your company next year.

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How Sales Goals Are Set

A survey asked companies how they set sales goals for sales executives and sales reps

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Recent Forecasting Articles

How to Maximize Holiday Sales and Profits

Advice for small businesses on how to prepare for the holiday season by generating customer loyalty, implementing timely marketing, and determining inventory...  Read story

How To Spot Trouble in Your Financials

Diagnose what's wrong with your company by zeroing in on your financials.  Read story

Cash Flow Projections Made Easy

Here is a 4-step process you can use to create cash flow projections you can trust.  Read story

How to Know What They Will Buy

Forecasting demand is never easy; here are some tips for making the process work for you.  Read story

Persuasive Projections

Predicting the future is hard. But when you're making financial projections, that's exactly what you need to do. You can avoid some of the most common mistak...  Read story

A Simple Approach to Sales Forecasting

How do you forecast sales accurately? The trick is to break the sales down into manageable parts.  Read story

Action Plan: Using Economic Forecasts

Track the economy so you can prepare for your business's future.  Read story

Forget Spreadsheets

Brodsky stresses that the best way to track monthly sales and gross margins is to do it by hand.  Read story

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