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The Modern CPA Success Show

Sales Pipeline Analysis with Adam and Tom: How to Lead Revenue Forecasting Meetings

Mar 18, 2024
19:48

“The pipeline meeting delivers so much value; it's a strategic conversation around the best way to allocate resources.” – Adam Hale 


The finer details of this episode:

  • Need for accurate data in pipeline management
  • Strategic implications of pipeline meetings
  • Challenges of waiting percentages in pipeline management
  • Methods for evaluating and forecasting pipeline opportunities
  • Tools and strategies for pipeline management
  • Advice for looking forward and utilizing pipeline management

 

Timestamps:

Pipeline Management (00:00:44)

Importance of understanding sales cycle, activities creating pipeline, and strategic implications of pipeline meetings.

 

Data Analysis and Forecasting (00:02:47)

Evaluating committed projects, analyzing potential opportunities, and using historical data for forecasting.

 

Operational and Financial Alignment (00:03:36)

Bringing finance, operations, and pipeline management together in meetings, and using pipeline data as guardrails for improvement.

 

Strategic Resource Planning (00:09:49)

Evaluating the impact of big contracts on pipeline size, considering the need for increased resources, and the role of finance in decision-making.

 

Shortening Sales Cycle (00:12:21)

Advising on ways to shorten the sales cycle, improving sales efficiency, and the relationship between sales cycle length and pipeline size.

 

Challenges of Waiting Percentages (00:14:59)

Disadvantages of waiting percentages in pipeline management and the preference for categorizing deals into simple buckets.

 

Pipeline conversation for service-based clients (00:18:00)

Discussion on tools and strategies for service-based and project-based clients, including sales, pricing, and seasonality.

 

Strategic implications of pipeline management (00:19:20)

Importance of pipeline management for advising clients and looking forward, and the various ways it can help businesses.

 

Conclusion and call to action (00:19:36)

Promotion of the podcast's website for more tips and strategies for achieving success in the accounting industry.

 

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