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The Twilight renaissance: Why retailers need social media for trend forecasting

Sprout Social

Even a vampire romance movie from 2008. If it looks like Bella Swan might have worn it in the 2008 film adaptation of Twilight, it fits the vibe. 3 trend forecasting tips for retail brands. If you dig deep enough, they can be powerful trend forecasting tools too. Here’s why. How social influences fashion trends.

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A sales-side view of marketing, automation and AI

Martech

Founded in Berlin, Germany in 2008, the company started a European business-focused division five years ago. A: I use primarily forecasting dashboards and reporting dashboards. John Leonelli is head of sales, B2B Americas, at Babbel, a company that provides subscription-based language learning software and an e-learning platform.

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Thought Leader and Influencer Interview with Maribel Lopez Founder and Principal Analyst, Lopez Research LLC

Thinkers360

My finance background provided a solid foundation for technology forecasting while working in corporate development and market intelligence helped me understand strategic planning. After several technology marketing and market research industry analyst roles, I took the leap and created my own independent analyst practice in 2008.

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4 Ways Technology Has Changed B2B Selling

Zoominfo

Between 2008 and 2014, use of cloud-based CRM jumped from 12% to 87% ( source ). Predictive analytics: Predictive analytics use data to forecast future sales results. Sales forecasting used to be largely guesswork – but with the latest technologies and data analysis, forecasting is much closer to being an exact science.

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What Marketing Leaders Should Do NOW to Prepare for a (Possible) Recession

B2B Marketing Directions

For example, the "Great Recession of 2008-2009" is widely regarded as the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930's. The objective of this assessment is to enable marketing leaders to forecast how a potential recession would affect the demand for their company's products or services and thus their revenue.

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How customer-hero stories help you connect better

markempa

Another one would be a materials manager had shortages and another one would be a CSO who’s missing his sales forecast. A study by Sales Benchmark Index of 1,100 of B2B sales forces came back in 2008 and they found in their case study base that 13% of the salespeople brought in 87% of that revenue.

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Navigating Uncertainty: Driving efficiency in a downturn

Seismic

In it, they outlined four potential forecasts for the future, ranging from blue skies to stormy weather. For example, amazing companies have come out of the 2008 downturn – many companies were born out of that. As inflation rates rise, everyone – including businesses – is preparing for uncertainty and what comes next.