The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Maybe your company is a start-up working in the customer acquisition phase and pounding the pavement hard. But remember that while the execs are driven by revenue and low customer churn, your sales reps are driven by their incentive compensation plans. Why are you changing the incentive compensation plan?

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Xactly

JANUARY 18, 2019

Often, it includes a pay mix , made up of a base salary and variable commission pay. To help ensure you set your sales team up for success, here are six steps to setup a commission plan. Formulate your new plan around the successful elements and structure incentives for new goals similarly. Follow the ABCs of Incentive Planning.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

For that reason, more than one of the following types of sales environments may apply to your sales organization. While you can’t physically organize your remote sales team , you can encourage communication and transparency through weekly stand-up meetings, routine one-on-ones, and an open door policy over tools like Slack or email.

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Highspot

JANUARY 4, 2024

Follow these seven steps to develop your sales training program: 1. Encourage sales reps to participate in live sales calls or meetings with their sales managers, followed by a debriefing session to discuss what worked and what could be improved. Schedule regular follow-up meetings to discuss observations and learnings.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 3, 2023

It can also offer insight into automating sales processes to free up more of your team’s time. Your team could also benefit from freshening up their skills with improv training. Not only will your team come up with fresh new insights, but they’ll learn to collaborate and offer constructive criticism.

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Pipeline

OCTOBER 16, 2023

If you’re curious about the ROI of your CRM, the following section will help you. Let’s say you’re the owner of a small contracting company and have a five-person team that needs construction CRM software. Step 3: Offer Incentives and Decide on Consequences Your CRM functions as your eyes and ears. Learn more about Automations.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Looking to set your sales team up for this kind of success? Having clear, visible goals and incentives builds well-rounded sales professionals. To measure sales productivity, look at the following metrics: Percentage of total hours spent prospecting. You can achieve it with a structured sales performance management process.

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BrainShark

JUNE 28, 2023

The challenges in the latter category are also a symptom of the following problem. Some managers take the easy route and answer with “great job” or “needs improvement” while others take too long to give feedback or give overly subjective feedback that is more critical than constructive. Get creative!

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Mindtickle

APRIL 16, 2020

Provide opportunities to apply their skills using virtual roleplay activities that include constructive feedback from managers or trainers. Consider using scenario based questions to reinforce skills and knowledge , then complement that with incentives to drive engagement. Review and Refine.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 4, 2023

Here, we'll cover 15+ questions that will likely come up in consulting interviews — and discuss best practices for nailing them. I've been following the company's work closely, and I've been impressed by [Achievement 1] and [Achievement 2]. However, solving cases is only half the battle. The more specific you can be, the better.

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Pipeliner

JUNE 10, 2022

This article will discuss 14 tips for setting yourself up for a successful sales call. For example, you could implement a five-minute meditation session and follow it up with listening to your favorite song. That said, still, be prepared for common objections like the following: “I’m busy right now.”. “Is Conclusion.

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Apptivo

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In this action step, you can enlist the help of social media posts, survey forms, follow-up email campaigns, or polls to engage your audience. Luckily, these mistakes can be corrected: Too many steps in funnel Not getting enough leads into the funnel Not following up the leads 1. How then should you properly follow up?

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 25, 2023

AI is no longer a construct of the future. At the very least, you’ll stay up-to-date on trends in sales. Following Up With Leads Once you have a qualified lead, the real work begins. It also generates summaries and action items for us to follow up on. It has reduced our follow-up time by 50%.”

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The Digital Sales Institute

JANUARY 9, 2019

Sales Performance Improvement programs should be constructed in a way to better manage and channel the sales team to deliver higher levels of sales performance. It focuses on educating and motivating the sales team to take ownership of their own goals, and to achieve these goals by following a set of sales effectiveness guidelines.

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Crunchbase

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Motivated employees not only contribute more to the company through better day-to-day performance, but they also bring a new level of inspiration to the team through a positive and innovative attitude that can inspire others to follow suit. It’s no secret that the sales industry is competitive.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 16, 2020

Provide opportunities to apply their skills using virtual roleplay activities that include constructive feedback from managers or trainers. Consider using scenario based questions to reinforce skills and knowledge , then complement that with incentives to drive engagement. Review and Refine.

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LeadFuze

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Sales training is perfect for helping new hires get up to speed, but it cant help the company make more sales. This is crazy specific, but you could find all the people that match the following: . Enablement needs to be constructed with the companys goals in mind. A company in the Financial Services or Banking industry.

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Xactly

JULY 11, 2018

Take note of the following info: Often the objection they give you is rooted in reality, even though you may need to dig into it for more details. Sound constructive, not confrontational. Instead of sounding confrontational, adopt a constructive approach. They will not open up when they are put on the defense.

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Zendesk Sell

MARCH 21, 2019

Marketing should ask sales the following questions: What are common objections that prospective customers have? Marketing should be open to receiving feedback, and sales should be constructive with suggestions. In other words, it’s your follow-up process. Set up a free trial today!

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Cincom Smart Selling

JUNE 30, 2015

That’s Not Selling ) was greeted with many constructive comments and a surprising number of positive reactions on the part of sales folks. I think given the wonderful reactions to my previous piece, it is only fair that I follow that up with some constructive suggestions of my own. Engaging Prospects.

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LeadFuze

JULY 13, 2021

For businesses who have to compete through pricing, it can feel like life or death when you’re up against another company with lower prices and less overhead. Even when we know logically that many factors add up to a “no”, our emotions still cause us to take things personally. 1 Don’t take it personally.

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OpenSymmetry

JULY 17, 2015

Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is generally thought to be a challenge for incentive plan designers – but is this true – why is it important and what are some of the key considerations in getting the design right? SaaS sales models are a challenge as an incentive designer, sales operations or finance for a number of reasons.

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Chorus.ai

MARCH 5, 2021

Developing your sales strategy first requires that you diligently build up a concept of your target audience — otherwise known as your buyer personas — before setting goals and constructing your sales funnel. To do this, buff up your data bank by taking note of the search, content, sales, and behavioral data of your customers.

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LeadFuze

APRIL 19, 2021

Weekly sales meeting topics can also serve as a wrap-up for the previous week’s activities. You may not be able to address everything that is brought up but it should prompt some discussion with team members. This will allow your team member to take in both positive and negative feedback without feeling too beaten up.

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Think about it: why would anyone trust what you say about how to do something if you yourself aren’t following your own advice? Since sometimes “we” are “them”, this just doesn’t add up. If you get in the habit of doing that, you’ll be amazed at how it gets picked up in the organization. .

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The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

As a result, we’ve seen several new movements crop up in response to the general discontent felt among employees. These include exercise incentives, free mindfulness tools, and practical advice about relieving workplace stress. In Practice : Your AE’s are responsible for following up with inbound demo requests.

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PandaDoc

AUGUST 21, 2019

After you’ve brushed up on monthly sales report criteria, you can take your reporting software a step further. One of the easiest ways to get started with a monthly report is to set up a template. Irrespective of the reporting time period, templates speed up the process by requiring that you complete specific sections.

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LeadFuze

DECEMBER 31, 2021

This is crazy specific, but you could find all the people that match the following: . How Do You Construct a B2B Marketing Plan? Create an incentive compensation plan for every market segment. The following are some aspects to evaluate when hiring salespeople: Competition level. Who have more than 10 employees.

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Close.io

OCTOBER 1, 2018

First you’ll need to make sure you’ve got the right skills, experience, drive and track record at the helm in both selling and at managing others—in order to back yourself up. Mentoring individual sales reps and administering incentive programs. So you want to become a sales manager ? Overseeing the organization’s sales training.

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Mindtickle

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Prepare reps to handle different scenarios – not follow a script. Great enablement programs incorporate different ways in which reps can practice sales scenarios and get constructive feedback and coaching. Guide and empower front-line managers to better coach their teams. Institute a data-driven conversation about enablement.

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Chorus.ai

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Developing your sales strategy first requires that you diligently build up a conception of your target audience — otherwise known as your ideal customer profile (ICP) — before setting goals and constructing your sales funnel. Establish company-wide performance expectations and giving your sales reps the incentives they need to excel.

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Mindtickle

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Prepare reps to handle different scenarios – not follow a script. Great enablement programs incorporate different ways in which reps can practice sales scenarios and get constructive feedback and coaching. Guide and empower front-line managers to better coach their teams. Institute a data-driven conversation about enablement.

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DialSource

JULY 26, 2018

Those kinds of little tidbits provide some kind of incentive for people to actually open the agenda. To be honest, up until that point I often didn’t touch the agenda until the day of the meeting. If all your team members have to do is show up, then odds are they will be less invested in the meeting overall.

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The Brooks Group

AUGUST 20, 2015

TIP: A great tool for creating a purpose statement is to complete the following sentence: We (what do you uniquely do?) Here’s an example for a manufacturer of safety equipment for the construction industry: “We build and distribute equipment that protects lives for contractors so that the people who build our world are always safe.”.

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LeadFuze

JULY 5, 2023

We’ll also explore how Sales Performance Incentive Funds (SPIFs) play a role in motivating teams. Also, provide regular constructive feedback to help them improve their skills. According to Gallup , engaged employees show up every day with passion, purpose, presence, and energy.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 7, 2019

Every day, AEs wake up to live and die by their quota. It’s not “signing up for a goal.” Either way, you need to separate sales performance from forecasting performance and deliver constructive feedback on each skill individually. If there’s absolutely no budget to support accuracy incentives, you’ve got another issue.

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Jonathan Farrington

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Do cheer up. Restaurants are filling up again, the cost of air travel has never been cheaper and I noticed last week that central London traffic jams were getting back to normal. Recently on the BBC a construction executive declared “an end to the tall cranes” and a reversion to the repair and renovation of existing buildings.

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