
The Modern CPA Success Show
Sales Pipeline Analysis with Adam and Tom: How to Lead Revenue Forecasting Meetings
“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.
Episode resources:
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