The Spiff Blog

JUNE 6, 2023

Paul Cataldi, Solutions Engineer Paul grew up near Detroit, Michigan and moved to Chicago after graduating from Notre Dame. Facundo Flores Lavalle, Solutions Engineer Facu is from Buenos Aires, Argentina. To stay active, he likes to play padel and train at the gym, and in his leisure time, he enjoys cooking and watching tv shows.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 29, 2021

Ensuring partnerships, sales, product, engineering, and customer success teams have the information they need when they need it. Like with other revenue driving tech stacks, a partner tech stack has keystone software as well as best-in-breed solutions that integrate with the main software. Best-in-Breed Partner Software.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 17, 2020

Organizations of all sizes must begin planning now for jump-starting their revenue engines when we emerge from this crisis. This may include creative story-telling, original content, digital training videos, and more. When it comes to channel engagement, the right mix of sales incentive tools is still the most effective and impactful.

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The Spiff Blog

JULY 28, 2022

Vincent Cifelli, Solutions Engineer. 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.

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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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Smooth Sale

MAY 15, 2023

For instance, web designers need to establish what distinguishes their work from others – such as which software or approach to customer service sets them apart. Offering incentives like recognition awards or flexible hours show appreciation for hard work from employees. Learn more to train teams and join the advocacy program.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 28, 2019

As you'll read below, sales operations includes everything from lead management, sales strategy, and territory structuring and alignment to process optimization, compensation plans, sales automation, training, and data analytics and reporting. Consequently, Sales Enablement would create sales training to help reps run a better discovery.

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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! Teri is a classically trained musician who loves all kinds of music.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 25, 2023

This type of plan may include hiring and onboarding followed by sales training plans — or plans to introduce a new method of sales activity into your existing processes. This can include training on product features and benefits, sales techniques, objection handling, and customer relationship management.

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Allbound

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

As AppDirect co-CEO Daniel Saks points out , “80% of on-premise software vendors operate a channel program to enable other companies to sell their products, while only 20% of SaaS vendors operate similar programs.” Every software company is different, and likewise, every partner program is different. 3 Types of SaaS Partner Programs.

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The Spiff Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

Creating Compensation Plans for Sales Engineers. Decide up front what the most important takeaways are, what the changes mean for core personas, what the value proposition is, and your plan to train sales reps on new information. Budget for ongoing training across all levels. 4 Reasons to Automate Your Sales Commission Process.

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Allbound

OCTOBER 31, 2018

In addition to referral commission, helping your partners feel well educated and prepared to have conversations with your customers is a huge incentive. appeared first on Partner Relationship Management Software (PRM). The easier it is for partners to sell your product, the more the partner will be willing to sell for you.

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Lessonly

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

If you’ve been an avid reader of Lessonly’s blog, you know how vital it is to have a well-stacked bench of talented and well-trained salespeople. But closing a new deal today involves so much more than just the rep; there’s marketing, sales development, sales engineering, continuous sales training, procurement, and so much more.

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SBI

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Find them, nurture them, train them, and when they start to see success, let them sell the new process to the rest of the team for you. These new incentives not only help increase adoption, but also reward reps who properly vet prospects and engage them in a more personalized way. #3 3 Make personalization part of your process.

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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 training and development: Sales teams need continuous training and support to stay up-to-date on industry trends, product knowledge, and sales techniques. Otherwise, they may become disengaged and demotivated.

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 3, 2016

The bulldog in question is Amy, director of sales strategy at a large B2B software company. She’s been there … as a customer of incentive compensation and a lover of performance management. Before any meeting or presentation, she does research and structures her train of thought so she can speak with confidence.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 26, 2021

These responsibilities include sales onboarding for new hires, ensuring that sales has customer-facing resources to fill the sales funnel, and providing training to reps on new company initiatives and product launches. If you love seeing results and helping sales teams get paid, focusing on performance and sales incentives is up your alley.

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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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Sales Hacker

MARCH 6, 2018

Here are 5 tips to create a profitable sales pipeline: Reverse engineer the number of opportunities your reps need to hit quota. Tip 1) Reverse engineer the number of opportunities your reps need to hit quota. Set up your CRM reports and dashboards with the right metrics and triggers. 1) % of opportunities in negotiation: .

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Close.io

AUGUST 30, 2019

In the last few years, there has been a radical shift in the way people use and buy software. When a software company chooses product-led growth as its go-to-market strategy it means that: It relies on product usage and customer experience to acquire new users, retain its existing ones and expand its user base. Final thoughts.

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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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Delicious Sales

MAY 2, 2012

Training (4995). Software (1035). Incentives (379). Engineering (791). Brian, CMO of Lattice Engines, recently presented a session on predictive analytics at the Inside Sales Virtual Summit. Topics Major Topics. Sales (12918). Marketing (6398). Prospecting (4539). Tools (2872). Sales Management (2614). ACT (1048).

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 22, 2020

Author: Kaveri Kalavath Implementing enterprise software has never been easy. And this hasn’t changed, even with software as a service (SaaS) and cloud-based technology. Managing the technology, however, is just the first hurdle. Top Risk Factors in B2B SaaS Customer Success.

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Salesmate

JUNE 15, 2021

In fact, 75% of the companies are using marketing automation, which proves that you need to implement the best marketing automation software right away if you want to gain a competitive edge! . Marketing automation is software that enables you to put all your menial tasks on autopilot, so you can save more time and focus on high-intent leads.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 14, 2020

Author: Liz Pulice In recent years, many companies have implemented remote work arrangements, driven by financial incentives, recruitment/retention initiatives and other factors. With internal meetings (training bootcamps, sales kick-offs, role play sessions, etc.), Should my online training and events be live or asynchronous?

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 3, 2020

Author: Kaveri Kalavath Implementing enterprise software has never been easy. This hasn’t changed, even with software as a service (SaaS) and cloud-based technology. Managing the technology, however, is just the first hurdle. Business objectives can be complex and often political. Top Risk Factors In B2B SaaS Customer Success.

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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. Exceeding customer expectations builds trust and loyalty.

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Bigtincan

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

So gauging whether a sales enablement strategy is effective means answering this question: Is the sales team easily finding the product and training content they need when they need it? This is, fundamentally, a technology and software question: What software is being used to share content with the sales team?

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Awarathon

JANUARY 1, 2024

Its virtual training environment leverages AI to help sales teams make effective, winning pitches. This innovative approach includes Rapid-Fire Questions, Gamified Sales Training, Answer-Based Questions, and instant reports, ensuring high engagement levels. Awarathon Awarathon is a dynamic tool for video roleplay-led sales coaching.

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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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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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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. . This way, if one of the prospects asks about the technical details of your product, the sales engineer would be able to give the most competent and insightful answer. Who are their competitors?

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

It’s the leading RFP response software trusted by more than 800 high-performing organizations across North America. But even when I’m looking at a software company, I’m thinking about things like, does this product actually need to exist, right? Now, before we get there, we want to thank our two sponsors.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Loopio’s response software automatically fills in your RFPs based on answers from past proposals. And then kind of making fools out of those that don’t jump on the train. When you get an RFP, do you waste hours searching through email chains, Slack threads, and old documents to find the answers? Matt Klepac: Yeah.

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Chorus.ai

MARCH 24, 2021

New Incentives and Channels Creating new incentives is another great way of encouraging sales growth. Along with coming up with new incentives, seek out new channel dealers and channel partners. For instance, let’s say you’re running cap table management software. There will likely be room for improvement at each step.

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Chorus.ai

OCTOBER 23, 2019

New Incentives & Channels Creating new incentives is another great way of encouraging sales growth. Along with coming up with new incentives, seek out new channel dealers and channel partners. Do you have a clear way to train reps to talk about pricing and discounts? Do you have team scheduling to accommodate this?

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