The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Although SPM strategy varies by company and industry, the most effective sales performance management strategies typically involve a combination of the same core pillars. These pillars include organizational alignment, robust reporting, ongoing professional development, incentive compensation, and sales enablement. It’s simple.

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PandaDoc

MAY 9, 2024

It’s no secret: sales is a fast-paced industry. 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. Here are some of the most common: Cash bonuses.

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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. Position: Sr. Gartner’s VP of sales mentored me and taught me how sales reps think and act in regards to sales Comp and incentives.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

There’s a growing appetite for artificial intelligence (AI) in business, and for good reason — after years of promise, new AI applications are reshaping how industries operate, from the inside out. That positions data leaders at the heart of this global transformation, ushering in the next era of AI-ready data. The good news?

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PandaDoc

JANUARY 29, 2024

By setting achievable quotas, you can bring more positivity and motivation to your team. Now, let’s talk incentives. Incentives, or spiffs, can really boost motivation. But here’s the key – structure your incentives to make your goals more realistic and achievable. Think about it. And let’s remember data analysis.

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BuzzBoard

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

It fuels the continued operation of a small business, yielding significant results, and clinching the company’s position in a fiercely competitive market. Employ CRM tools to monitor performances, pinpoint strengths, and assist team members in identifying areas for improvement. Secondly, let data guide your decisions.

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Zoominfo

JULY 1, 2018

The success of social selling relies on a rep’s ability to earn the trust of an online community and establish themselves as an industry expert. 61% of organizations engaged in social selling report a positive impact on revenue growth ( source ). GetApp: Allows users to search for industry topics as well as specific products.

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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. Position: System Manager, Commissions. Nuance had just implemented Xactly Incent a year or so prior to my joining but was in over their heads after some key Admins left the company.

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Highspot

JANUARY 28, 2024

These internal tools equip sales teams with the knowledge and strategies to connect with customers. Showcase Your Expertise Thought leadership content positions you and your brand as a trusted authority. It offers sales representatives versatile tools to deliver value, foster interest, and nurture meaningful conversations.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 29, 2018

This kind of content positions you as a thought leader in a given field or industry, does not contain a sales pitch, and should never mention your company or brand except as the source of the content. Contributing high-quality content to industry websites should be an integral part of your product-agnostic content strategy.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Scott Barton, Varicent’s VP of Industry Solutions & 20-year sales compensation industry pro, attended WorldatWork’s 2022 Sales Compensation Conference. Despite these advances, few industry pros currently use predictive or prescriptive analytics for determining sales compensation plan effectiveness. Is change in the air?

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Highspot

OCTOBER 11, 2023

This involves identifying target markets, segmenting potential customers, and positioning products or services. Sales managers guide their team in maintaining positive customer interactions. Incentives and Recognition Reward top performers with appropriate incentives and recognition. This can boost morale and motivation.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Aligning sales and service teams will better position an organization to engage with customers throughout their journey and achieve mutual success for themselves and their clients. . They were also able to use analytical and predictive tools to determine which clients or prospects were most at risk and better develop mitigation plans.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

The Challenges of Recruiting Salespeople Recruiting salespeople is no easy task, especially for entry-level positions. We discussed the various tools and applications that salespeople need to manage their sales pipeline effectively. Here’s a recap of our discussion. Stay tuned for more insightful conversations on my podcast.

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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. Position: Sales Operations. Find the right Xactly solution for your business, industry, or role. Who: Robert Felberg. Company: CoreSite.

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Xactly

JUNE 27, 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. Position: Senior Financial Analyst. At Xactly, we want to provide an integrated incentive compensation planning process.

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PandaDoc

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Gamification took the sales industry by storm in the latter half of the previous decade — and with good reason. Employee engagement increases when the incentives are worth the effort required to do well. These objectives can be positively reinforced through game mechanics, friendly competition, and performance management.

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Vengreso

JULY 5, 2023

As the world of sales continues to evolve, Digital Sales Referrals have emerged as a powerful tool for driving business growth. Finally, we’ll provide tips on leveraging shared connections using LinkedIn’s Sales Navigator tool and crafting strategic follow-up messages that resonate with your target audience.

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Pipeline

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Contrary to the previous statistics, Nucleus Research claimed that CRM implementation can result in positive ROI, “For every dollar a company spends on CRM, it gets back $8.71 – 1.5 In this case, the high numbers of CRM failures in the previous stats (and the positive CRM ROI above) represent hundreds of thousands of businesses.

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Sales Hacker Training

MARCH 14, 2023

Here’s a list of the best lead generation tools on the market today. These solutions range from CRM tools to exit-intentlead capture to sales management tools to marketing software and beyond. We’ve broken down the best lead generation tools into four distinct categories. 1) Outreach.io

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Sales Hacker Training

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

And then, there are inside sales tools… The human element of sales will never go away — that’s a fact. There are plenty of sales prospecting tools and sales management software to help automate your manual tasks while personalizing your outreach. Fortunately, we’ve been tinkering with many of these inside sales tools for quite a while.

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OpenSymmetry

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Richard Cordray, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, suggests “unchecked incentives” were the root cause of the fraudulent accounts, further elaborating, “Incentive compensation structures are common in businesses and they can motivate positive behavior. How do you monitor churn rate?

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Xactly

JUNE 27, 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. Position: Senior Financial Analyst. At Xactly, we want to provide an integrated incentive compensation planning process.

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Xactly

AUGUST 1, 2018

A strong incentive plan drives sales behaviors that help companies grow and achieve their goals. Successful sales compensation plans require a balance between motivating incentives and revenue-driving factors, but that doesn’t mean it needs to be a stressful, time-consuming task. Position: Sales Compensation Manager.

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SBI

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Nancy Nardin, Smart Selling Tools. Resources All Awards & Recognition Blog Article Brief eBook ebooks & Guides Funding & Acquisitions Industry News Interview Report Video Video Reviews Webinars. Industry News. The acquisition extends Brainshark’s position as an innovative force and. Industry News.

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 21, 2024

Whether the field is in marketing, fitness, business, or otherwise, you can position yourself as an expert through content marketing. Suppose you are positioning yourself as a channel providing tips and tricks via regular content plus offering close and in-depth looks at specific problems and needs.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

In this episode of the Sales Hacker Podcast, we have Scott Barton , VP of Industry Solutions at Varicent. He’s an expert in the sales world, particularly in revenue operations and incentive compensation. Traditional tools don’t work in a hybrid sales world. powered by Sounder. Show Introduction [00:10].

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LeadFuze

JULY 5, 2023

We’ll also explore how Sales Performance Incentive Funds (SPIFs) play a role in motivating teams. Incentives that Motivate Overachievers Effectively Don’t just stop at setting targets, my friend. Go the extra mile and offer incentives for those who go above and beyond. LeadFuze makes target-setting a breeze.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 21, 2019

Accordingly, video coaching has become a popular tool for driving readiness in sales organizations of all sizes and across industries. Sales coaching like this has many documented benefits – from reinforcing training, to culling and promoting best practices, to even positively impacting the bottom line. million words.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 29, 2016

This motivation factor is such a fundamental element of the staffing industry – and really, every other business too – that there’s an entire science behind it that we couldn’t wait to explore. The staffing industry is a well-established one in the business world, and money-based incentives have long been the primary mode of motivation.

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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 need for sales reps to equip themselves with advanced technical knowledge regarding their industry and offerings is now crucial to success.

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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. Position: Sr. It was such a relief to move to a SaaS-based tool and just focus on the front end design without having to worry about back end infrastructure issues.

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Emissary

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Would they be perfect to headline an industry conference and talk about how they use our platform? How to fix it: Give customer success managers industry guides to help them better understand their client’s business context, and to facilitate harder-hitting conversations that drive toward value building.

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The Spiff Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

If you’re an aspiring sales compensation manager– or, if you’re in the process of hiring for this position– then this article will answer all of your questions about one of the most critical roles in finance. Sales compensation manager positions typically call for 5+ years of experience in sales compensation design and administration.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Discover tactical solutions to get the most out your incentive comp dollars. It’s essential to know reasonable salary ranges for the positions in your company. How do competitors structure incentive payouts? Now compare this with how you monitor external industry activity. Social media is a key tool.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 4, 2013

Included is a tool that helps pinpoint your root cause of turnover. $25 Your Industry. Annual Revenue Increase by improving to industry tunrover rate: $10.5M. -. Dig in to these questions to be sure: Process issues: Do recruiter incentives include speed to fill or low vacancy metrics? 25 Million a year! Per 100 Reps*.

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Act!

APRIL 29, 2024

Regardless of the industry or scale of an organization, an effective team will exhibit the following characteristics: Shared values: The entire team is aligned toward predefined values, objectives, and expectations. Plus, they’re in a better position to align their work with overarching business goals.

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