Should you develop a custom in-house solution or invest in a ready-made analytics platform like Dear Lucy? The answer hinges on various factors, including time to value, total cost of ownership, maintenance, features and functionality, and the level of expertise available.
Maximize Sales Rep Performance with 4 Essential Dashboards
In today’s competitive sales landscape, data-driven decision-making isn't just an advantage - it’s a necessity. For sales reps and their leaders, having access to the right insights can mean the difference between hitting targets or falling short. That's where powerful, ready-made sales rep performance and coaching dashboards come into play. These tools offer a clear path to understanding what sales activities are required to reach quotas, whether your team is on target with their goals, and how to predict and impact future results.
Sales Analytics Maturity Model: Are You A Data Champion Or A Data Laggard?
Accelerate your Sales Team’s Performance with Leaderboards
Five Classic Sales Metrics and Five Lessons Learned on Metrics and Growth - Interview with Aaron Ross
What are the key metrics all sales teams should understand? What are the typical pitfalls around metrics? How should you define sales targets if you are aiming to grow? We asked Aaron Ross, the author of the best-selling book "Predictable Revenue" and “From Impossible to Inevitable” what he has learned over the years.
"Growth company, invest in reporting!" - Investors view on growth company reporting
Ken Liebkind, an investor and a board professional at the Swedish Alfvén & Didrikson, encourages growth companies to implement transparent and real-time reporting practices to keep both the team and investors up-to-date. We had a chance to talk with Ken and discuss growth company reporting and how it has changed in recent years. Ken also provides his list of top 5 metrics for a SaaS company.
Data driven management urges companies to develop their KPI management practices
Data driven management is a big trend. Leaders these days need accurate KPI data in real time and transparently enough to be easily communicated to the organization and interest groups. Yet efficient KPI management is easier said than done. We have developed a four-stage KPI management maturity model that lays out the typical stages that companies go through when improving their KPI management.
KPI Management Maturity Model
With the increasing possibilities to accurately measure company performance, KPI tracking and data-driven management are gaining popularity. We developed a framework, “the Dear Lucy KPI management maturity model”, that describes the typical stages of maturity in managing businesses with KPIs. The framework also lays out a roadmap for those who want to take their organization to the next level in smooth and efficient KPI management.







