Product Management University

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

After more than two dozen conversations with product management VPs and SVPs, I’m happy to report the market-facing, customer-value-driven product management I’ve long known is alive and well. Customer retention and new sales are always the key drivers. Here’s the reason I love the vertical market approach.

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The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Perhaps you’re an 8-year-old business focusing on retention– or maybe you’re finally in a phase of sustainable growth. But remember that while the execs are driven by revenue and low customer churn, your sales reps are driven by their incentive compensation plans. What are you trying to achieve with this compensation plan?

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Nutshell

JUNE 2, 2019

The problem that inspired my next steps was that renewals between 10 months and one year were dropping below 100% MRR retention. In other words, the customers we worked so hard (and opened our wallets) to obtain through marketing and sales efforts were beginning to cancel one year after their signup date. Nutshell sells subscriptions.

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The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

With a new year around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about your sales compensation plans for 2023. A volatile market and economic downturn make it tough to effectively plan— tough, but not impossible. We came away with six key considerations to keep in mind while preparing your compensation plans and processes for 2023.

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The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

These pillars include organizational alignment, robust reporting, ongoing professional development, incentive compensation, and sales enablement. Creating the perfect sales compensation plan isn’t easy. Research sales compensation benchmarks to ensure your rates are comparable. ” And, it’s true!

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

So, what does it really take to sell to the Chief Marketing Officer? Selling to Marketing: A Candid Interview with Jill Konrath and Heidi Bullock, CMO of Engagio Jill began this task by talking to Heidi Bullock , Chief Marketing Officer at Engagio, formerly GVP of Global Marketing for Marketo. Let’s get into it!

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Crunchbase

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Retention in the sales department is exceedingly low; average salesperson retention is just 18 months 1. It’s time to rethink how to grow a sales team in a way that capitalizes on the realities of these new underlying market conditions. Perhaps you can uncover these new markets by testing them with a virtual sales force.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Market conditions 12 months ago were very different. Why This Matters— The size of your addressable market has shifted. Phase 2 - Develop Go To Market Plan - Many sales VPs don’t know the best route to market. Why This Matters- The optimal routes to market have changed. Compensation plans come last not first.

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LeadFuze

JULY 7, 2023

Knowing how to set sales goals is a crucial skill for any business owner, sales manager or marketer. We’ll also look at how technology can aid in managing your sales targets efficiently with tools like ClickUp’s Goals software and lead management systems. Don’t be the salesperson trying to sell ice to Eskimos.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Employee retention in the sales field continues to be an issue. Sales performance management tracking can provide valuable data enabling your organization to forecast future sales trends and employee compensation rates — particularly for commission-based compensation structures. Performance-based compensation.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 21, 2022

Faced with increasingly stressful work environments, many workers are leaving lower-paying roles to pursue jobs with better compensation. This suggests that many workers are keenly aware of and capitalizing upon their newfound power in today’s candidate-driven labor market. and 4.5 %, respectively.

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The Spiff Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

A survey of mid-market companies conducted last month by accounting and advisory firm Marcum LLP and Hofstra University’s Frank G. Let’s address something that, although obvious, often goes unstated during conversations about sales compensation. How to Motivate Sales Managers with Compensation Strategy.

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Lessonly

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

In fact, we’ve found that the top sales training programs improve rep engagement, retention, and productivity. Your sales reps are the backbone of a great sales program, which is why a tool like sales enablement software is a vital piece to your company’s success. A sales enablement plan increases sales engagement and retention.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Data from the Connected Commerce Council indicates that 40 percent of SMBs are “digitally advanced,” using 10 or more software tools to run their businesses, a trend that is likely to persist in today’s rapidly evolving business landscape. The world where sellers and marketers had just a few tools to survive is gone,” Bryerton says.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 24, 2019

To Mark, a root problem is sales compensation. This was an epidemic in pre-SaaS software (and still happens, even in SaaS). It reduced the friction to implement software or move to a different vendor if one overpromised. People understand this intuitively, but our sales compensation plans haven’t caught up.

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Apptivo

JULY 8, 2022

CRM manager helps you increase the customer acquisition rate and you can also increase the retention rate simultaneously. They will coordinate the activities of the sales and marketing team. The CRM manager conducts market research to follow new trends and competition. The CRM manager can build an effective sales process.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Build market awareness and generate leads. Increase retention and customer satisfaction. Your ecosystem is made up of all the related software, services, publications, agencies, and associations that your customer might interact with when buying or using your product. Build market awareness and generate leads.

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Growbots

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

When salespeople do leave a company, the top five reasons are : Salary and compensation. Building a retention strategy that hits some of these key pain points can help ensure that you are retaining your best salesperson. Avoid changing your compensation structure. Offer them support through marketing, messaging, and materials.

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Lessonly

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

I went to business school for undergrad, and our junior year, it was required for everyone to take all of the “core” business classes—Marketing, Management, Operations, and Finance. . You may be thinking, “Well, what do I automate and what do I put into a training software?” . Operations was my nemesis. Certainly not me! . Here it is.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 19, 2023

Stronger employee retention Another benefit of sales coaching is improved employee engagement and retention. Strategic Sales Coaching Strategic sales coaching is about helping salespeople understand the bigger picture about markets, personas, products, industries, etc.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 8, 2021

Is the sales job market strong enough to support a career? Depending on the company, the compensation for an SDR can be a base salary, commission-based, or a combination of base plus commission. As a result, inside sales reps typically have a hybrid compensation package that includes a base salary and commission.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Author: Paul Nolan An executive at a Fortune 1,000 company recently kicked off a summit for several hundred of the company’s content strategists, project managers and digital marketers with a story about an experience he had only days before at his neighborhood Starbucks. Craving engagement. Does it work?

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DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 18, 2016

The Theory: A robust client pain profile, combined with one or more trigger events, may lead to an increase in close rates, and higher retention rates, than an incomplete discovery and generic or rushed demo. Trigger events can and should be part of the SDR role, and should be compensated as part of a sales intelligence quota.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 18, 2020

How do you compensate for the lack of B2B face-to-face meetings ? Staying top-of-mind via online channels and inbound marketing is important because it helps customer retention — and ensures that you will have an audience to work with once things are back to normal. Focus on customer retention. What to expect?

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The Spiff Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

Managing sales compensation is both a highly complex and highly consequential responsibility. The design and execution of a sales compensation program directly influences the performance and morale of a sales organization, as well as the overall financial success of a company at large. What is a Sales Compensation Manager?

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The Spiff Blog

JULY 28, 2022

He soon discovered he had a passion for technology and software! She made the decision to embark on a career in Customer Success and throughout her journey has done just about every tactical role possible with accounts ranging from training, implementing, driving adoption, expansion and retention. Vincent Cifelli, Solutions Engineer.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 26, 2021

Here, you can use your sales operations skills to get into your reps’ heads by creating compensation and incentive plans. For any role within sales operations, you must be able to work with different teams and conflicting priorities from product, marketing, engineering and, of course, sales. Sales Operations Career Path.

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InsideSales.com

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Boosting Your Employee Retention Program. Cision is a Montreal-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company focusing on the communications field. Cision is a Montreal-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company focusing on the communications field. It also creates uncertainty in the product marketing strategy.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Amy Appleyard is an experienced, strategic sales leader with demonstrated success in overseeing cross-functional teams to improve the customer experience, drive sales and increase retention in both Distribution as well as SaaS-based sales organizations. Andrea Austin – VP at Nokia Software | Published Author.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 21, 2019

This quote, from marketing guru Seth Godin, sums up the importance of good data in making better decisions. And sales leaders use these metrics to track progress toward goals, make decisions and plans, adjust compensation, award bonuses and incentives, and identify issues before they become large problems. Deal Performance Dashboard.

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Allbound

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

With so many new SaaS providers hitting the market every month, running some form of partner program feels like table stakes. After all, partnering up with other companies that share customer bases can be a huge asset in amplifying your sales and marketing. 3 Types of SaaS Partner Programs. All but three programs are free to join.

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LeadFuze

JUNE 9, 2021

The software doesn’t have that problem. You have lead management, acquisition and then you have retention of clients. Retention: Churn is indeed a four-letter word in the software world. Healthy sales and marketing processes are the veins of a brand through which your leads flow. Click To Tweet.

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Openview

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

What’s amazing about NetSuite is that their software can literally be used by any company. Note: NetSuite has an inbound marketing engine and grew to an almost $200M/year company with no outbound prospecting. They were promoted ahead of schedule and pulled into all areas of the sales and marketing orgs.

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Vengreso

MARCH 22, 2022

Hiring a salesperson could save you from having to do any of the sales work yourself, which could free up more time in your schedule to focus on other tasks like marketing or operations. Hiring salespeople as a sales manager and ensuring you can share a vision of how you’ll “level them up” during the interview process is key to retention.

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Vengreso

MARCH 22, 2022

Hiring a salesperson could save you from having to do any of the sales work yourself, which could free up more time in your schedule to focus on other tasks like marketing or operations. Hiring salespeople as a sales manager and ensuring you can share a vision of how you’ll “level them up” during the interview process is key to retention.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Choose a target market. Marshall outlines four main areas of focus for visionary goals: Service: How can you improve customer satisfaction and retention? Whether software-, skills-, or subject matter-specific certifications, find out what’s important in your industry and invest in expanding your knowledge base. Make a website.

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Chorus.ai

MARCH 5, 2021

It eschews automated data handling and keeps approaches to sales and marketing separate. Your personas, taken together, form your target market. Step 2: Align your marketing team and sales team on performance targets. Whether times are stable or chaotic, retention is a proven strategy for keeping your company in a secure place.

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