The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

You already know the right sales compensation plan can motivate your team, improve their performance, and boost overall job satisfaction. And, conversely, you already know the wrong compensation plan can do the exact opposite- demotivate teams, decrease performance, and cause high rates of sales rep turnover. Only 24.3%

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Close.io

JANUARY 14, 2019

If you’ve got ambitions of becoming a top inside sales rep at your company, you’re going to have to build and sharpen these critical sales skills first. Many of these sales skills can be relatively quickly learned and cultivated through self-education and a relentless dedication to bettering yourself in your sales role.

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Pointclear

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Finding leads isn’t the hard part, but unqualified leads are just “ash and trash”, according to my latest PowerViews guest, James Obermayer, sales manager extraordinaire. Jim is also the President of Sales Leakage Consulting, Inc. Jim is also the President of Sales Leakage Consulting, Inc. How do you measure that?

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Close.io

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

5 ways to leverage direct sending for inside sales teams. Check out some of the resources on our website here or grab a copy of one of our most popular ebooks: 101 Unforgettable Corporate Gift Ideas. Joe Venuti is the Senior Director of Inside Sales at Sendoso , the leading Sending Platform. What are they sending?

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Great inside sales training improves team performance, which can increase sales revenue. Be that reducing recruitment costs by retaining top-tier sales talent or training reps to automate non-selling activities with AI tech. Table of Contents What is inside sales training? Here are five reasons you should.

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Close.io

MARCH 10, 2020

Having a sales enablement manager on your team can make it 10x easier for your sales team to be successful. For an inside sales team , the potential impact of sales enablement is huge. Instead, they can share a resource that does it for them. And sales enablement resources come in many forms.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 3, 2023

What is inside sales? Let’s kick things off with a definition of inside sales. The inside sales model is built around the idea of sales reps working from their desks, without leaving the office. This means the inside sales process relies on digital communication, as well as phone calls.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 8, 2021

Inside Sales Rep. In an increasingly digital world, inside salespeople are the go-to for prospecting, nurturing, and converting leads remotely. They rely on email, phone calls, videos, and virtual meetings—instead of face-to-face interaction—to build relationships and move people through the sales funnel. Image Source.

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Mr. Inside Sales

OCTOBER 4, 2016

So if it is sales, use: “Dear Hiring Sales Manager,” or “Dear Hiring Marketing Director,” or “Dear HR Director.”. 2) If you don’t know the department, then a good address is: “Dear Hiring Manager,” or “Dear Human Resources Director.”. And then include a brief description of that in your cover letter.

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SalesHandy

JULY 15, 2018

which is a platform that helps you track all your sales activity & the communication between your salesperson & the prospect. He actively writes blogs about cold calling, sales, inside sales & everything related to sales. Jill is a sales force you need in your LinkedIn feed. Tom Hopkins.

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 17, 2023

Therefore, the cost of sales reps with average sales skills is a number most companies cannot afford. The post-pandemic sales boost has faded, and now companies are scrutinizing how they allocate their more limited resources. Some sales organizations likely would exceed their blown sales budget in the first quarter.

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LevelEleven

JUNE 18, 2018

With LevelEleven, your critical sales metrics are tracked and available directly in Salesforce, consolidating the data you track, giving you the insights you need to make decisions and take action. The following are 5 ways to make data actionable using LevelEleven’s sales management system.

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ExecVision

MAY 21, 2018

For more than 10 years, I have managed inside sales teams of all kinds. In that time, I’ve had the unique privilege of managing hundreds of aspiring sales people. We had spent significant time and resources to hire, train and manage this person. No one wants to work for me, at least not for long.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

If you missed episode 148, check it out here: Lessons Field Sales Can Learn From Inside Sales with Kristin Twining. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Hunter Madeley: When I first got into sales, it was simply because I was working really hard at a job that paid me the exact same amount no matter how hard I worked.

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SalesHandy

JULY 15, 2018

which is a platform that helps you track all your sales activity & the communication between your salesperson & the prospect. He actively writes blogs about cold calling, sales, inside sales & everything related to sales. Jill is a sales force you need in your LinkedIn feed. Tom Hopkins.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 5, 2019

Location: If your offices are spread out, it might make sense to use a channel sales model. That makes creating multiple sales teams unnecessary. Of course, you can also use an inside sales model where appropriate. If you need money sooner rather than later, focus on direct sales for now. Channel sales manager.

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Vengreso

DECEMBER 21, 2023

As a Keynote speaker myself, I can asure you – it often requires a significant investment in time and resources. Online or On-Demand Sales Training Programs The rise of technology has made way for online or on-demand sales training programs. This CRM training guide from Copper is a great resource to get started. *

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Vengreso

JANUARY 28, 2022

When you engage with potential B2B buyers, the key is to lead with value and with content that helps them solve a problem, learn a new perspective, or provides a resource of some sort. In B2B sales, it takes, on average, 6-8 touch points before a prospect will book a sales call. Who Uses Sales Engagement Software?

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LeadFuze

AUGUST 12, 2021

12 Interviews With Inside Sales Gurus. The Gist: The title of this sales podcasts program pretty much is the gist. Its episodes are geared towards those in sales leadership roles and take a look at how to grow revenue, land big positions, and otherwise rock an entire sales department. ” —Chris Spurvey.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 19, 2019

Anita came on as the first CRO of Voxy in 2018 and has since scaled the inside sales team both in the US and in their international offices. She is a fantastic representation of what it means to be a sales leader– not just a sales manager– as echoed by the members of her team and others in the C-suite at Voxy.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

Management and Operations. Sales Manager Survival Guide. The Ultimate Sales Machine. Blueprints for a SaaS Sales Organization. Sales Management. Sales Skills. Emotional Intelligence for Sales Success. A good sales team makes or breaks a business. Outbound Sales, No Fluff.

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Delicious Sales

MAY 2, 2012

Sales (12918). Sales Management (2614). Inside Sales (849). Outside Sales (81). Exact (1159). Brian, CMO of Lattice Engines, recently presented a session on predictive analytics at the Inside Sales Virtual Summit. In 2009, there were 800,000 inside sales departments.

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Sales Evangelist

AUGUST 18, 2019

I’ve developed tips of my own and I’ve learned from Mike Weinberg’s book Sales Management Simplified. Questions to ask All sales reps and sales leaders endure dark moments where nothing seems to work out. Whether you’re a BDR or an inside sales rep, begin by determining a goal for yourself.

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Cience

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Managing Partner, The Bridge Group. Her straight-forward approach and laser focus make her the go-to resource for both her clients and colleagues. A trusted advisor, coach, and mentor, Laurie uses her two decades of strategic sales management experience to build the capacity of The Bridge Group and each of its inside sales consultants.

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Vengreso

JULY 10, 2023

In that year, I learned from some of the greatest sales managers that I’m friends with today. Prior to the age of 19, I worked in consumer sales at a retail shop known as Ritz Camera Centers. Sales roles can be broadly categorized into two groups: inside sales and outside sales (also referred to as field sales).

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Sales Hacker Training

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Founded in 1990, Action Selling provides a broad range of training resources to hundreds of thousands of sales professionals. The company’s training solutions aim to transform sellers into sales professionals who can orchestrate the desired outcomes for both buyers and vendors. Excellence in Inside Sales.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 27, 2020

I immediately got into sales management. So I got into sales management pretty quickly with EarthLink Wireless. If you don’t have some type of activity model engineering you, that helps you understand the exact tactics that are required to get to that revenue, you’ll never get there.

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DialSource

OCTOBER 14, 2019

When it comes to helping their sales team get the most out of this necessary tool, a sales leader’s approach should center around one thing: finding ways to make the individual sales rep’s day better. It takes about four months on average to onboard a new sales development rep. Here’s why.

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DialSource

JANUARY 16, 2020

The importance of technology and data is recognized across the organization, and a unified effort is made to allocate resources in the pursuit of becoming data-centric. When the potential customer does reach out, Sales is faced with the task of converting a prospect who’s already inundated with other sales messages vying for their attention.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 9, 2020

And today we’re going to be talking about moving a field sales team to remote, and moving an inside sales team to remote, given everything that’s happening in the COVID crisis, and what the challenges are. We’re about a $3 billion market cap company in the human resources space. So that’s TriNet.

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Close.io

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Besides offering commissions for generating sales, also incentivize your sales reps for collecting valuable information and labeling suspects vs. leads vs. prospects. Sales leaderboards can be a great way to incentivize your reps to perform the actions that ultimately drive revenue. It will save you time down the road.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

A lot of great experience working and supporting inside sales teams, a lot of good experience with marketing and marketing ops, a lot of good experience with building products. And before you spend time and resources and money, potentially building the wrong product, just get that product right. How do you find support?

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Close.io

OCTOBER 28, 2019

From there, the game becomes quite simple: be in all the places your interested prospects are searching, and you’ll build a well-oiled inbound sales machine. It’s important to think about the types of questions and resources that would get the attention of these people, so you can attract them to your solutions. Outbound easily can.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

What is your best piece of career advice for women in sales? As an example, if you know you’d like to move into leadership one day, tell your manager and collaborate with them on a plan to help you get there. I’ve spent 10 years in various Sales and Sales Management roles, both in Paris and London.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 25, 2020

I don’t know the exact date of the last time we were together, but it was definitely over a year ago. So I got connected to someone at LinkedIn who brought me on to be one of the first sales managers of our basically account management, relationship management team. So Alyssa, welcome back to the show.

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Close.io

MAY 20, 2019

And the customizable leaderboard helps sales reps stay focused on activities that generate results. Whether you’re a sales manager trying to get the most out of your team or a rep gunning for the top spot, you need to understand which sales KPIs and metrics to track, why they matter to your company, and how you’re going to use them.

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Cience

JULY 9, 2020

Both techniques apply the same channel of communication (the telephone), but telemarketing typically encompasses a broader, B2C-form, whereas cold calling is the province of a more targeted, B2B, inside sales attack. In the new decade, a multichannel outbound strategy is a golden ticket to success in sales. Warm Calling.

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