Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Author: Jeff Kalter Several months into working remotely during the COVID-19 shutdown, many employees have awakened to the possibility to continue working from home. Others have discovered they prefer working in an office and being around colleagues. Employers, too, have had their eyes opened to what works and what doesn’t in terms of productivity.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 22, 2022

We surveyed over 1,000 sales professionals around the globe to find out the top sales trends of 2022, and one thing is certain – the pandemic made a lasting impact on the relationship between salespeople and their prospects. UK, Japan, Canada, Australia, France, and Germany. The Top Sales Goals. The Top Sales Goals. The Top Sales Challenges.

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The Spiff Blog

MARCH 8, 2023

Despite progress made toward a more diverse, inclusive workforce in recent years, this anecdote highlights just some of the challenges women in sales– and women in general– continue to face regularly. In the clip, the vendor accidentally shares the wrong screen– exposing an internal group chat making crude comments about Sharpe’s appearance.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Managers face challenges keeping employees engaged, informed and accomplishing objectives. For their part, employees are reporting mixed emotions about working from home. It has been a challenge for our team to not see the people they enjoy working with every day,” Ory says. The shift to WFH. Prior to the coronavirus outbreak, 3.4%

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Xactly

APRIL 9, 2018

Those tasked with creating a plan must develop a process and incentive plan that will motivate and encourage the right sales behaviors to achieve goals, all while driving growth. Gartner’s VP of sales mentored me and taught me how sales reps think and act in regards to sales Comp and incentives. Who: Helen Rendos. Position: Sr.

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The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Considering the volatility that most companies faced throughout 2023, you’re probably pondering a lot of significant changes to the way you design, execute, and manage your sales comp programs over the course of the next year. Don’t worry, we’re here to help! 2023 saw an extended slowdown in new business revenue for many SaaS organizations.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 21, 2022

According to the report, more than 24 million Americans left their jobs between April and September 2021, an unprecedented high. Public-facing roles, in particular, saw heavy losses. Faced with increasingly stressful work environments, many workers are leaving lower-paying roles to pursue jobs with better compensation.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 10, 2018

Research shows price objections are the number one objection sales rep face—but half of all price objections are phony ( source ). While our previous post contains some valuable information, we want to dive a little deeper in and explore some actionable ways to establish value in the face of price objections. Keep reading.

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Xactly

JUNE 7, 2018

Incentive Compensation Management (ICM) solutions help companies manage their sales compensation plans and calculate commission payments. SPM solutions help solve a wide range of issues companies face in sales planning and execution. Remember, the faster an organization can get their SPM solutions up and running, the faster the ROI.).

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Xactly

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Those who work to create a plan for their company must develop a compensation process and incentive plan that will motivate the right sales behaviors to achieve goals, all while driving growth. Sales operations and compensation professionals must create an incentive plan that will drive growth for the company and attain executive objectives.

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OpenSymmetry

JUNE 9, 2016

The Journey to Sales Incentive Optimization. A familiar scenario that salesforces experience is the excitement and optimism of the new sales incentive launch, followed by the realisation that: New rules have been introduced which limit the kind of high payouts experienced last year which made the plan unaffordable.

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OpenSymmetry

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Last month, Wells Fargo CEO Jon Stumpf faced the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill, where congressmen questioned the sales practices at Wells Fargo. Wells Fargo has recently been making considerable waves in national news over the creation of 2 million fake accounts attributed to Wells Fargo customers.

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Xactly

JANUARY 2, 2019

Ultimately, the new compensation and incentive plans must successfully motivate the right sales behaviors to achieve goals, all while driving growth. After close to a year, we decided that Express was not flexible enough to handle our complex plans and increasing number of reps, so we decided to implement Xactly Incent in 2015.

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SBI

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

That means you can prepare your client-facing teams with the knowledge and skills to perform at the highest level and the score cards to know what’s working and how to improve. That means you can prepare your client-facing teams with the knowledge and skills to perform at the. Sales Incentives. Nancy Nardin, Smart Selling Tools.

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Distribution Pricing Journal

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The distribution industry traditionally faces low margins in each sale. But getting the most out of your rebate programs involves a lot of work tracking, calculating, reporting, communicating through sales and marketing and of course collecting on rebates. The same holds true for your rebate programs.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 21, 2013

The face to face interaction was appreciated but not necessary. The face to face interaction was appreciated but not necessary. Accounts had to be entered in both systems, which required double the reporting. Success is based 50% on talent and 50% on performance conditions. Resource Allocation. Systems Enhancement.

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SBI Growth

JUNE 29, 2013

Early adopters of gamification report significant improvements in ramp productivity. Incentive Compensation: Sales people are “coin-operated.” Rejection: Top performers must face rejection as often as they can, constantly seeking to turn “No” into “Yes.” Slow ramp time for new hires is lethal. Early Adopters Achieve Results.

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The Spiff Blog

APRIL 11, 2023

In the coming weeks and months we will continue to discuss matters of pay inequity in sales roles and release our official research report on the topic later this year. Spiff’s sales commission software enables finance and sales operations teams to self-manage complex incentive compensation plans and provides transparency for sales teams.

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Highspot

MAY 3, 2024

Revenue enablement is a strategic function that provides all customer-facing roles with the tools, data, and knowledge to maximize revenue throughout the customer journey. Imagine that only 28% of your sales reps expect to hit quota. As a sales leader, you’d probably scoff at this. But every search result focuses on just one team: sales.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 11, 2023

Lack of Compensation For starters, many salespeople report a lack of compensation as one of the top reasons they leave their employers. At times, companies may have a high eNPS score organization-wide but face shortcomings in certain departments. Sales teams have higher-than-average turnover rates than other business units.

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Xactly

MAY 7, 2018

The resulting incentive plan must develop a compensation process that will motivates the right sales behaviors to achieve goals, all while driving growth. What are the biggest challenges you face in your role today? Sales compensation is one of the most important components of sales planning.

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MTD Sales Training

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

The value of face to face selling at exhibitions is well documented, so in these testing times, where we all have fewer customers with less money to spend, it is imperative that we plan ahead and train our stand personnel to work harder and smarter than our competitors. Give staff incentives to encourage activity and accuracy.

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Highspot

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Reporting and Analysis They collect and analyze sales data to identify trends, assess the effectiveness of sales strategies, and make data-driven decisions. It’s not just about hitting targets; it’s about maintaining steady growth and long-term profitability. Recruitment and Training Building a competent, successful sales team is crucial.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 21, 2021

Not only are there are many external factors that affect motivation, every person requires different incentives and motivational tactics. Ask your direct reports how they like to be managed. But motivation is far harder. It’s a vicious -- or virtuous -- cycle. The best way to build trust is to be completely transparent.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Why does a customer remain loyal to a particular brand? Businesses have posed the question of how to build and strengthen customer loyalty throughout history. But it’s more pertinent than ever before in today’s crowded digital landscape, where businesses struggle to build and maintain customer loyalty in an ever-expanding field of competitors.

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Salesmate

MAY 29, 2020

When faced with a challenge, look for a way, not a way out – David Weatherford. Here are the most common challenges that most of the sales reps’ face and the solutions to tackle them. Most of the sales reps go blank when they face such questions or take some impulsive decision that sabotages their profits.

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Xactly

OCTOBER 10, 2018

You need to start pulling together internal data from your incentive compensation management system, data from your CRM, and finally, information from financial teams on profitability and product revenues. Are you an Xactly Insights customer using empirical data to benchmark your incentive compensation? Happy comp planning season!

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Nutshell

MARCH 19, 2024

We’ll also explore some of the challenges sales reps face that impact their productivity, detail how to calculate your team’s sales productivity, and discuss the best tools to help you increase it. As the backbone of any business, the sales team needs to be efficient to meet targets and ensure the company remains profitable.

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Crunchbase

MARCH 27, 2020

While every team is uniquely impacted, sales teams are facing an urgent need to generate revenue to keep businesses in operation. Customer-facing teams are the eyes and ears of our operation — whether or not we’re in the midst of a global pandemic. COVID-19 has swept businesses into uncharted waters. Listening to our customers.

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Let’s look at the common hurdles that sales operations teams encounter: Juggling Competing Priorities Sales operations managers face a whirlwind of duties and the challenge of wearing too many hats. A LinkedIn report shows that 58% of sales ops professionals have a difficult time finding accurate, up-to-date data due to data silos.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 4, 2023

What obstacles did you face? You know the ones: you're given a hypothetical problem and asked to analyze the situation and recommend a solution. However, solving cases is only half the battle. You also need to answer behavioral questions that assess your experience, skills, and fit for the job. You still need structure. Don't be vague here.

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The Spiff Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

Welcome back to our Sell Like a Girl series– where we’ve spent recent weeks unpacking gender bias in sales. Today we’re continuing this conversation by sharing a preview of our latest research on sales commission. We break down commission payouts across gender, job function, and location within the United States. Let’s get into it.

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The Spiff Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Join us as we enter the last month of the year with smiles on our faces– because sometimes, when work is at its most frustrating and stressful, all you can do is laugh. So, we figured it’s a good time to lighten the mood with some of our favorite sales commission memes. Can You Update That Excel Sheet? But, when that easy sale comes along?

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Appbuddy

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Security vendor Mimecast reports a 26% increase in spam messages and a 56% increase in blocked clicks. At a time when it’s much harder to get face-to-face medical advice, Babylon reported a 56% click rate uplift and a 20% increase in questionnaire completion.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 7, 2018

At the Sales Enablement Society conference in Dallas this past October, the Definition Working Group unveiled their definition: Sales Enablement ensures buyers are engaged at the right time and place, and with the right assets by well-trained, client-facing staff to provide a world-class experience along the customer’s journey.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Based on an annual Gartner report on CMO spend for 2023, 71% said that they lack the budget to fully execute their strategies in 2023, predicting that it will remain as restrictive in 2024. 75% percent of CMOs are facing increased pressure to do more with less and to deliver profitable growth in 2023.

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LeadFuze

JULY 7, 2023

We will explore how past data analysis, future company changes consideration, and incentive programs implementation play a significant role in goal-setting. Knowing how to set sales goals is a crucial skill for any business owner, sales manager or marketer. How do you set a realistic sales target? What are good goals for a sales person?

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