The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Connor Shlatz, Front-End Software Engineer. John Arsenault, Sales Engineer. Sarah Alaguretnam, Security Operations Engineer. Brandyn Bennet, Software Engineer. A proud “Americanadian”, Rachel grew up in the US but hails from Toronto. She’s excited to join Spiff’s marketing team!

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The Spiff Blog

APRIL 7, 2022

Gone are the days when commission, bonuses, and incentive pay were accounted for as direct expenses. It’s also more familiar— you can jump right in to your next ASC 606 report without having to stop and learn a new software. Bespoke software is technically customizable— for your vendor’s engineers. Think about it.

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The Spiff Blog

JULY 28, 2022

Taylor excels when he dives deep into data and can produce positive changes that have a valuable impact. Vincent Cifelli, Solutions Engineer. He soon discovered he had a passion for technology and software! Drew McGuire, Solutions Engineer. Elton Cheng, Technical Support Engineer. Pat lives outside of Boston still!

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BuzzBoard

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Another effective strategy is offering incentives. Consider using feedback platforms or software to collect client testimonials. For example, consider procuring a testimonial post a positive interaction with a client, like the successful completion of a project or accomplishment of a milestone.

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The Spiff Blog

JANUARY 25, 2022

Every CRO finds themselves thinking this about their original revenue engine at some point— usually after a period of growth. With the right approach, you can turn a cumbersome revenue engine into a well-oiled machine. In 2021, organizations used an average of 100 different software applications ( source ). It’s not me.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

So, ensure that you have a list of keywords that potential customers could plugin on search engines when looking for a product or service. One of the largest drivers of leads in the SaaS industry is search engines. One school of thought believes that you would not be able to generate a lot of referrals without an incentive.

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Xactly

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Watch the webinar, "How Best-in-Class Companies Approach Incentive Comp” to learn compensation best practices and see how with 13+ years of empirical industry pay and performance data from Xactly Insights is helping companies strengthen their sales compensation plans. Software Sales. Engineering. Watch Webinar. Fair enough.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 28, 2019

Sales Operations manages sales representative compensation plans and incentives. A successful sales ops team structure includes a handful of different positions, all of whom play a very important role. The sales operations representative position is an entry-level sales operations role. Performance Management.

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The Spiff Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

Chalen Schoyer, Principal Sales Engineer at Spiff “Be confident in your negotiations. Amy Plante, Sales Engineer Team Lead at Spiff “Don’t get discouraged by the losses as they’re inevitable and even necessary to become a better seller.” Support your buyer, help them prove value when needed. See you then!

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The Spiff Blog

JULY 13, 2023

After meeting some family friends who were software engineers, Jacob found himself wanting to learn how to write software. Ensuring that software does what people expect it to has become a game to Jacob, and as an avid gamer, it made for a good time!

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Sales Hacker

MAY 26, 2021

If you love seeing results and helping sales teams get paid, focusing on performance and sales incentives is up your alley. Here, you can use your sales operations skills to get into your reps’ heads by creating compensation and incentive plans. This function supports the implementation of sales methodologies and best practices.

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LeadFuze

JUNE 2, 2021

Positive reinforcement is also key for closing deals. A take away close is when you give the customer something as an incentive. The customer will feel like they got a deal or that you are giving them an incentive to come back by cutting the price in half with no commitment on their part. They eliminate the negative. Conclusion.

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Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

CEOs with an engineering or coding background often find themselves in self-denial about their ideas. Inadequate technology and resources: Sales teams need access to the right tools and resources to be effective, such as customer relationship management (CRM) systems, sales enablement software, and market intelligence data.

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The Spiff Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

Creating Compensation Plans for Sales Engineers. GTM teams– product marketing, marketing, sales, sales enablement, etc– the teams critical for positioning and selling your products often operate in silos like a giant game of telephone. How to Motivate Sales Managers with Compensation Strategy. Seller Experience is one of them.

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PandaDoc

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Misaligned incentives for sales and management teams. A reduction in profits might be caused by misaligned incentives for your salespeople — your sales team might care only about the volumes without any attention given to the actual profitability that specific items bring to the table. Disclaimer.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

As businesses grow, their software requirements grow as well. As businesses grow and adapt, software shouldn’t hold them back. HubSpot and Salesforce are top two enterprise CRM solutions, according to user ratings and reviews on G2, Capterra, and Software Advice. What is an enterprise CRM software? Average Rating: 4.43.

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HeavyHitter Sales

JULY 1, 2011

IT Sales Strategy: Software, SaaS & Hardware Sales. Martin: The Real Story of Informix Software and Phil White: Lessons in Business and Leadership for the Executive Team. The worst position for salespeople to be in is to have relinquished account control and to be operating at the direction of the customer, or worse yet, a competitor.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Andrea Austin – VP at Nokia Software | Published Author. Andrea has led numerous sales initiatives and teams at enterprise software and solution providers, including Varolii, IBM, Symphony Technology Group, Vitria Technology, DigitalThink, and PeopleSoft. Brooke Bachesta – SDR Manager at Outreach.

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PandaDoc

MAY 9, 2024

For many businesses, the answer lies in offering incentives like spiffs, spivs, or commission structures. Essentially, it’s a special incentive offered to salespeople, usually over and above their usual commission or bonuses. Types of sales spiffs A spiff incentive can take a few different forms. Physical gifts.

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Cincom Smart Selling

MAY 6, 2015

Aviation and space exploration have provided the incentive to develop this technology to ever higher levels of sophistication. This will enable them to schedule predictive service for the engine, transmission, chassis and other components. It’s no longer a matter of which engine, transmission and body package.

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Smooth Sale

APRIL 15, 2024

Optimize your website for search engines to improve your online visibility. Invest in search engine optimization (SEO) : Implementing SEO techniques can help your website rank higher in search engine results, driving organic traffic to your site. Use this feedback to make necessary product, service, or process adjustments.

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Delicious Sales

MAY 2, 2012

Software (1035). Incentives (379). Positioning (2599). Engineering (791). Brian, CMO of Lattice Engines, recently presented a session on predictive analytics at the Inside Sales Virtual Summit. Tools (2872). Sales Management (2614). Customer Service (995). Inside Sales (849). Channels (799). Advertising (694).

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LeadFuze

JULY 5, 2023

We’ll also explore how Sales Performance Incentive Funds (SPIFs) play a role in motivating teams. What gets one person’s engine revving might leave another scratching their head. Motivate and drive success with LeadFuze’s lead generation software. How Salespeople’s Motivations Vary Listen up, folks.

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OnePageCRM

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

For example, if you’re meeting a software company, try G2 or TrustRadius , and if it’s a consumer company, have a look at Trustpilot. . Check out their LinkedIn and Twitter profiles , find out about their background, previous positions, interests. Who are their competitors? How are they different from them? What’s their latest news?

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Cincom Smart Selling

MAY 3, 2024

That’s why more enterprises today rely on business document automation software like customer communication management (CCM) systems to simplify and accelerate document generation while enhancing accuracy. Related: What Is Customer Communication Management Software? What Is Document Automation?

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The Spiff Blog

MAY 18, 2023

Then, you also have commissioned employees who sit outside of the sales team– sales engineers, account management, support, service roles, and more. If done correctly, an incentive compensation strategy is tailored to each particular role so that it drives more of the right outcomes. The end result?

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 21, 2021

“It looked like being the pain in the butt BDR who asked way too many questions, broke anything that could possibly be broken, and paid for my own subscriptions to software just because I wanted to tinker with things before I had to bother asking for approval and budget.”. Why is RevOps generating so much buzz? Get in there and ask questions.

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OnePageCRM

MARCH 8, 2017

One way to do this is to talk about the real-world value your product will deliver – If your HR management software can help your client save $200k on recruitment, use that as your price anchor. Why is Enterprise Software so Expensive? But they used a different incentive… Alternative currencies. Same with Dropbox.

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The Spiff Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

Shadow accounting is a practice in which individual sales reps keep track of their own deals and incentive-based compensation, typically to ensure that their compensation will be accurate. If you decide to implement a clawback clause, remember to use it as an incentive and not a punishment.

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Chorus.ai

MARCH 24, 2021

If your sales team brought in higher numbers in that period than in the previous period, you have positive sales growth. If annual sales are rising year-on-year, and your rate of growth is positive, then your strategy is sound. New Incentives and Channels Creating new incentives is another great way of encouraging sales growth.

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Chorus.ai

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Strong, positive sales growth leads directly to the growth of your company. For companies with negative sales growth, a change in strategy is vital, and given the difficulty of consistently posting positive sales growth, even companies whose sales growth is already pretty strong give it plenty of attention. Why Track Your Sales Growth?

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SBI

APRIL 29, 2014

We ask the same questions of every executive so readers can learn about their unique positioning and their vision for the industry. Leslie: CallidusCloud provides organizations with the leading sales and marketing effectiveness cloud software. This week I interview Leslie Stretch, President and CEO of CallidusCloud.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Great products are certainly a positive -- we’ll discuss the lack of product quality as a growth limiter later on -- but the cold and unromantic fact is that a good product with great distribution will almost always beat a great product with poor distribution. "The But we enhanced this organic virality with monetary incentives.

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OnePageCRM

MARCH 8, 2017

One way to do this is to talk about the real-world value your product will deliver – If your HR management software can help your client save $200k on recruitment, use that as your price anchor. Why is Enterprise Software so Expensive? But they used a different incentive… Alternative currencies. Same with Dropbox.

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Apptivo

APRIL 8, 2022

SEO: People use search engines for information. It will help abondoners turn into leads, remarketing helps amplify the effect of all of your marketing activities by positioning you in front of the audience again and again. You can also offer incentives to those who are referred either by providing discount offers or free merchandise.

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PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Simplify your work life with our software PandaDoc has native integrations with Salesforce, Pipedrive, HubSpot, Zoho and other CRMs. For instance, within the technology sector, there is a software development industry, which includes a veterinary software solutions niche. Try PandaDoc What is vertical marketing? year-over-year.

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Customer Centric Selling

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Whoever has functioned at job that they don’t really enjoy that is knowledgeable about incentives. Internship credit might even be available or maybe necessary for a laptop or computer science or computer engineering master’s amount, based on the faculty. Software developers maintain and create computer programs.

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