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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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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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Leveraging Integration Projects: How to Keep Your CRM Data Clean

SmartBug Media

Before diving into a customer relationship management (CRM) platform integration project , one step to take is the always important but somewhat dreaded task of data cleaning. Imagine if your bad data was the reason your organization made a specific decision. 5 Things to Remember When Data Cleaning.

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Tips for Preventing Data Decay in B2B Sales

Only B2B

The increasing push toward digital transformation, say 72% of company leaders, has rendered organizations more dependent than ever on data when making critical business choices. In addition, 32% of respondents believe their data is erroneous, and 55% of respondents indicate they don’t trust their data assets.

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What is HubSpot CRM and How Can I Optimize It?

SmarkLabs

CRM has become an essential tool for businesses of all sizes. What is a CRM? CRM software is a system for managing customer relationships. CRM can help your business keep track of interactions, data, and notes about customers or potential customers. At the end of the day, A CRM is just a tool.

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