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AI Won’t Replace Sales Comp Managers: Here’s Why

The Spiff Blog

If you’re a sales compensation manager, we’re sure you’re familiar with this sort of AI-driven anxiety. Good news: we provide a definitive answer to that question in today’s blog post. Here are a few of the specific ways AI can help you improve your sales comp management process. Eliminate the learning curve.

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Seven Sales Leaders on the Challenges They Overcame in 2020 & Their 2021 Predictions

Hubspot Sales

From the sales floor to the makeshift home office set up, salespeople of all kinds in all industries have faced a myriad of challenges and roadblocks this year. Mintis Hankerson is a Senior Sales Manager at HubSpot. For Mintis, 2020 has been all about balancing empathy with sales achievement.

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How to be Indispensable as an Incentive Compensation Manager

The Spiff Blog

In this day and age, no one doubts the importance of sales compensation when it comes to driving growth for a business. As an incentive compensation manager, you manage or play a key role in the design of your sales commission plans. Build meaningful relationships with commissioned employees and sales leadership.

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Discover the 15 Best Sales Podcasts of 2023

The Spiff Blog

As a sales professional, staying up-to-date on industry trends and best practices is crucial to becoming a better salesperson. One of the most effective ways to do so is to listen to sales podcasts. That’s why we’ve compiled a list of the best sales podcasts of 2023.

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Avoid Maybe Purgatory: Turn Maybes into Small Yeses

SBI

If Heidi doesn’t handle this situation the right way, this sale is destined for ‘Maybe Purgatory.’. She eliminated any hidden decision anxiety Jonathan was experiencing by removing the decision from the process for the time being. Maybes drain your sales capacity and put the accuracy of your forecast at risk.

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13 Ways To Speed Up Sales Cycles In 2020

SalesHandy

Long sales cycles are a widely known problem among sales teams of all sizes. Longer sales cycles will mean you have fewer leads engaged per unit time. However, you can fix all of that – by shortening your sales cycle. However, you can fix all of that – by shortening your sales cycle.

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Why INSIST on Making Your Life MORE Difficult? (5 Ways to Work Smart)

Sales Hacker

Can we all agree that by virtue of its targeted nature, sales is a pressure cooker of a job ? Right from the off, there are some fundamentals deeply rooted within the majority of sales professionals’ minds: I must hit target. Well, think back to your first year in sales. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

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