The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

These pillars include organizational alignment, robust reporting, ongoing professional development, incentive compensation, and sales enablement. Incentive alignment : Shared goals enable the design of incentive structures that motivate sales reps while aligning with the broader success of the organization.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 22, 2020

In reality, sales professionals and managers need to have access to the best available sales planning tools to help them boost sales productivity and close more and bigger deals. Sales Productivity Tools. The HubSpot Sales Platform gives sales professionals the tools they need to sell more deals faster in one integrated suite.

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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. The following serves as a peek into the challenges typical sales teams face today that hinder their productivity.

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PandaDoc

JANUARY 29, 2024

A sales team is the powerhouse behind any thriving software company. So, we’ve rounded up this nice little checklist for you to empower your sales team to step outside the norm, get uncomfortable, and then obliterate their sales goals this year. Now, let’s talk incentives. Incentives, or spiffs, can really boost motivation.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Although company websites, content and sales presentations are highly used assets when evaluating an organization and its products, a Harvard Business Review study determined that customer references are an influential decision support tool too. Demo reference technology tools. Build a script for formal customer reference recruitment.

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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. Bio: Robert Walters grew up in the Boston Area and graduated from Umass Lowell with dual degrees in Business Management and Finance. How did you end up where you are today?,

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Act!

APRIL 16, 2024

That said, developing and managing successful remote teams comes with several challenges and resolving them before setting up virtual sales teams is critical for success. When your team connects from different locations, collaboration can become harder without the right, powerful tools in place.

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The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Make sure you define what retention, up-selling, and cross-selling look like for your organization in specific and measurable terms. Recommended reading : How to Develop a Winning Sales Compensation Philosophy Compensation Transformation Tip #3: Personalize your sales incentive programs.

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Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2023

From sales to marketing to overall business benefits, there are many reasons to invest in B2B lead generation tools and strategies. Tighten Up Your TAM Part of the B2B lead generation process is getting to know the audience profiles and behaviors that correlate with sales — more on that in a little bit.

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The Spiff Blog

MARCH 21, 2023

But, then, we experienced another seminal change in business software. Today, we explore the evolution of commission software. Spreadsheets are still, in my opinion, the most successful business software ever created. The second most successful business software, after Excel, is Salesforce ( source ). True, I’m biased. )

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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. We’ll also look at how technology can aid in managing your sales targets efficiently with tools like ClickUp’s Goals software and lead management systems.

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Pipeline

MARCH 12, 2024

That’s why we break down what cold calling and cold emailing are, comparing their sales outreach characteristics and benefits and how custom CRM software can help your sales team be effective in both. Acknowledging the effectiveness of email outreach, Pipeline also offers CRM integrations with a popular email marketing tool, MailChimp.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan On the first Friday in March this year, Jeb Ory led an employee appreciation celebration at the Arlington, Virginia, headquarters of Phone2Action, a provider of advocacy software that enables organizations to create grassroots marketing campaigns. Companies are also using Tango cards as incentives to complete training.

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Highspot

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Incentives and Recognition Reward top performers with appropriate incentives and recognition. Incentives, training, engagement, and process strategies are proven to work based on the motivation and urgency they drive upon sellers. Modern technology: Implement tech tools that simplify tasks and enhance sales team efforts.

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Act!

DECEMBER 19, 2023

You can choose from the following types of referral networks : Customer referral networks : Your current clients sign up to recommend your brand and products or services to their contacts. If you’re wondering how to gain referrals and grow your business, follow the steps below. A CRM platform like Act!

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 26, 2023

Word-of-mouth recommendations can be a powerful tool for reaching prospects. You can get creative with how you share your business through referral programs to offer advocates incentives for promoting your business to others. Social media can be an excellent tool for generating leads. Invest in sales management software.

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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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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

The software never lives up to expectations. Get your copy by signing up for SBI’s 7th annual research tour: " How to Make Your Number in 2014: A Sales Strategy You Can Execute ". Here are the most common underutilized CRM system formats we see: The Pipeline Tool: Sales reps record projected deals and opportunities in the CRM.

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Zoominfo

MAY 9, 2022

But how should you go about evaluating these tools and what factors should you consider before you commit? Whether your sales team is one person or 100 people, there are limits to how efficient you can get without using modern software solutions. Why Do You Need a Sales Engagement Platform? It does not exist.”

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PandaDoc

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Employee engagement increases when the incentives are worth the effort required to do well. When executed properly, contests can dramatically boost sales productivity by offering incentives for high performers. This could be a monetary incentive like a cash prize, or a prize of some significant value.

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Pipeline

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Therefore, to ensure an objective analysis in an isolated environment (controlled variables of industries and the CRM software), we’ll take a look at some of Pipeline CRM’s case studies. We’ll put their before and after performance under the loop to see if implementing a customizable Pipeline CRM software is worth the investment.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 10, 2013

Are the tools we’ve invested in generating a return? Use the Expense to Revenue Reality Check tool to do this. Perhaps you raised quotas and incentives to get more rep productivity. In the end, you ended up paying more for the same performance. A “Mid-Cap” software company’s numbers are in light blue. The Problem.

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OpenSymmetry

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

In the first scenario, the eager software sales rep wants to expedite the project start and does not want to introduce any delays in their sales pipeline. They are thinking about a potential 6-12 month delay in the sales pipeline, then delayed recognition of the software sale before the project can get underway.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 19, 2018

Setting up a formal deal plan makes sure you and your prospect -- and anyone else associated with the purchase decision -- are on the same page. It also makes the sales process more manageable for a prospect who’s never gone through a major purchase decision before by taking a gargantuan task and breaking it up into little, achievable pieces.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 29, 2021

Yet very few organizations have built a partner tech stack that can capture and follow up on all these opportunities. Components of setting up your partner tech stack. 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.

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The Spiff Blog

AUGUST 22, 2023

If you’re shifting your approach in order to navigate economic hardship, you’ll first need to have the following bases covered: Accurate, real-time data. But, when revenue starts to decline and budgets start to shrink, it’s always smart to go back to the basics and patch up any revenue leaks. Audit your tech stack.

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The Spiff Blog

MAY 31, 2022

Managing your biggest line item with disjointed commission spreadsheets or clunky legacy software muzzles efficiency, motivation, and ultimately growth. You need a proper commission management software to effectively future-proof your compensation strategy, so your team can run like a well-oiled machine— rain or shine.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Looking to set your sales team up for this kind of success? Here are some elements that could be included in a sales rep development plan to help them build their skills: Required training for sales enablement tools. Having clear, visible goals and incentives builds well-rounded sales professionals.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 25, 2023

At the very least, you’ll stay up-to-date on trends in sales. 74% report using AI in some form in their role, and 60% say they believe AI tools are important to their overall strategy. 74% report using AI in some form in their role, and 60% say they believe AI tools are important to their overall strategy.

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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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No More Cold Calling

JULY 4, 2013

We’ve got good instincts, and we size people up quickly. Consider who you know in the following categories: Salespeople outside of your company in aligned fields. One industry leader I know provides strong incentives for salespeople to refer. An Unexpected Referral Source. Salespeople know and understand each other.

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The Spiff Blog

APRIL 7, 2022

You also have to follow some incredibly complex directions if you don’t want to get stranded by the side of the road (or fined by the SEC). Gone are the days when commission, bonuses, and incentive pay were accounted for as direct expenses. Let’s get started with a look at the four major types of commission expensing tools.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

To have a sales strategy you can execute, it must follow a structured path. Sign up for SBI''s free onsite research session here. Your reps utilizing social and mobile tools consistently was not in your ’13 plan. Steve is a VP of The Americas of a large enterprise software company. Follow @MattSharrers. An Example.

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SBI

OCTOBER 23, 2017

If you’re there to see the best marketing and sales tools, you’ll want to plan ahead. Whether or not you’ll be attending, you’ll want to keep up on the latest announcement, breaking news and who knows, “celebrity” sightings? No more difficult and highly qualitative qualification tools. Follow me @sellingtools.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 11, 2018

These are as follows: 1. They can read a person’s emotions and pick up on unspoken concerns. After analyzing a prospect, a rep must think on their feet and quickly offer up a solution that will appease a prospect’s concerns. Question: How do you know when to give up on a prospect? Perceptive. Persistent. Charismatic.

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SalesLoft

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Keep up with direct communications (like email or SMS) through your cadence and slim down every conservation to be professional but casual. This type of engagement improves customer engagement and benefits sales by scaling up how you interact with customers — which in turn helps build a connection. Are they active on social media?

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 20, 2019

These are as follows: Interview Questions For Sales Rep Qualities 1. They can read a person’s emotions and pick up on unspoken concerns. After analyzing a prospect, a rep must think on their feet and quickly offer up a solution that will appease a prospect’s concerns. Question: How do you know when to give up on a prospect?

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