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Data Hygiene Best Practices

SmartBug Media

Whether you are merging databases, implementing a new system, or simply looking to improve the quality of your data, following a set of data hygiene best practices will help you optimize your database, enhance efficiency, and unlock your business’s true potential. What Is Data Hygiene?

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Experts Weigh In on Data Hygiene Best Practices

Zoominfo

Long before cloud-based CRM systems, companies largely relied on manual data entry and cleanup processes. But this can leave your contact and company data fraught with errors and inconsistencies. Although most companies have now adopted some version of a data hygiene strategy, dirty data is still very much alive and well.

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27% of Marketers Say ‘Bad Data’ Costs Them 10% or More in Lost Revenue Annually

KoMarketing Associates

Validity recently published “The State of CRM Data Management” report, and statistics indicated that 27% of marketers report that bad data costs them 10% or more in lost revenue annually. Almost half of respondents could not estimate how bad data impacts their organization’s revenue.

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Customer Relationship Management: 5 steps for finding the right vendor for your data hygiene

markempa

When you consider there will always be changes in buyer behavior at play that will likely result in the need for rapid changes to your B2B marketing efforts, it becomes apparent that effective data hygiene is an ongoing process. Receive help with your data. How do you handle data hygiene? One more thing ….

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What is the True Cost of Bad Data for Your Business?

Zoominfo

You can hire the best sales and marketing talent and outfit them with state-of-the-art CRM and automation tools , but without high-quality data, their efforts will fall short of your targets. What is poor data quality? What does bad data actually cost businesses?

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Report: Marketing and Sales Professionals to Team Up, Clean Up Data

KoMarketing Associates

About 53% believe that insights into B2B customers will become clearer by focusing on data integrity as well, such as data hygiene, cleanliness and robustness. In terms of existing data and analytics practices, most marketers and sales professionals (41%) say that they perform manual maintenance based on data governance rules.

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28 Effective Tips for Shortening Your Sales Cycle

Zoominfo

Going through the sales cycle with a “wing it” strategy can cost you in sales deals. Integrate your CRM system with other lead management systems. Update your CRM (or invest if you don’t have one). Practice data hygiene in all data systems. Stages of the Sales Cycle (with Tips).