Revenue Operations (RevOps)
💡TL;DR
RevOps unifies marketing, sales, and customer success operations under shared data and goals. For SMBs, formal RevOps roles are often overkill—but the principles matter: single source of truth for data, aligned metrics across teams, and end-to-end visibility from lead to renewal. Start with data alignment (one CRM, consistent definitions) before hiring a RevOps person.
Definition
The alignment of marketing, sales, and customer success operations to drive efficient, predictable revenue growth through shared data, processes, and goals.
🏢What This Means for SMB Teams
SMBs don't need a RevOps team - they need RevOps principles: single source of truth, aligned metrics, end-to-end visibility from lead to renewal.
📋Practical Example
A 40-person B2B company had marketing counting MQLs, sales counting opportunities, and CS counting renewals—all in different systems with different definitions. They implemented RevOps principles: unified in HubSpot, standardized lead-to-revenue definitions, and created a shared dashboard. Result: finally knew true CAC ($4,200, not the $2,800 marketing claimed) and could optimize spend.
🔧Implementation Steps
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Audit current state: Where does data live? How do teams define key terms?
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Standardize definitions: What is a lead? An opportunity? A customer?
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Unify data: Single CRM or tightly integrated systems
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Align metrics: Shared KPIs across marketing, sales, CS
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Create visibility: Dashboard showing full funnel from lead to renewal
❓Frequently Asked Questions
When should an SMB hire a dedicated RevOps person?
When you hit 50+ employees or $5M+ ARR and have established RevOps principles. Before that, have ops responsibilities shared across marketing ops and sales ops. The principles matter more than the title.
What's the first step in RevOps for an SMB?
Data alignment. Get everyone in the same CRM with the same definitions. You can't optimize what you can't measure consistently. Start there before worrying about advanced analytics or automation.
⚡How Optifai Uses This
Provides unified view of marketing, sales, and CS data. Single source of truth for revenue metrics with end-to-end pipeline visibility.
Revenue Dashboard📚References
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Related Terms
Pipeline Management
The process of tracking and managing sales opportunities as they move through stages, including forecasting, prioritization, and identifying at-risk deals.
Sales Velocity
A metric measuring how quickly deals move through the pipeline and generate revenue, calculated as: (Number of Opportunities × Win Rate × Average Deal Size) / Sales Cycle Length.
Pipeline Coverage
The ratio of total pipeline value to sales quota, indicating whether there are enough opportunities to meet revenue targets given historical conversion rates.
ROI Ledger
A ledger system that tracks every AI action with a UUID and attributes actual revenue contribution using holdout testing.
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