Xactly

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

The tiered commission structure is put into play when a company feels that the flat rate plan is not driving the desired performance, and wants to reward reps who over-perform. To higher levels of performance, they will offer commission plans that pay a higher amount for each tier of performance achievement. A rate when above quota.

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The Spiff Blog

JUNE 6, 2023

Whether you’re a Spiff blog regular or a first-time visitor, we’re thrilled to have you here for our latest installment of our Meet the Team series. This series gives you the chance to meet the faces behind Spiff—the dedicated individuals who work tirelessly to shape our product and company. Welcome, readers!

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

And I’m here to tell you, there’s a lot more to this piece of contact information than meets the eye. And so we were trained to find direct dial numbers for every prospect on our call list. A direct-dial number is phone number that bypasses the operator or receptionist and connects directly to the person you’re trying to call.

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Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 9, 2020

By doing so you will (a) sell more, (b) get a bigger commission check, and (c) be less stressed. It’s not the sort of money you need a committee meeting with your bosses to get approved. If you’d like a bigger commission check and less stress, I would consider talking to them. Not a bad combo. Flat world. Build Your team.

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Pipeliner

JULY 15, 2018

What Selling Behaviors Would Change if You Worked Straight Commission? When I started my sales career, I was a commission only salesperson. I do not suggest that you read this article, and then move everyone on your sales team to a commission only pay agreement. Hungry salespeople tend to be motivated salespeople. Good Selling!

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The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Welcome, or in some cases, welcome back to our meet the team series. Without further ado let’s jump into the latest edition and meet some of our favorite Spiffers: Rachel Cravit, Marketing Content Writer. Alison grew up in the heart of Silicon Valley, but currently calls Raleigh, North Carolina home. Final Thoughts.

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The Spiff Blog

JULY 28, 2022

Welcome back to our Meet the Team series! So, without further ado, let’s meet the team! So, without further ado, let’s meet the team! Meeting new friends along the way, he picked up sports, which became a hobby of his until this day. She is a classical dancer and is currently learning a dance form called Kathak.

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The Spiff Blog

MARCH 17, 2022

Welcome back to our Meet the Team series where we give you a peek behind the curtain and introduce you to some of the people behind the Spiff brand. Without further ado, let’s meet the team! Without further ado, let’s meet the team! After three extremely formative years in the city he found his true calling.

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Xactly

APRIL 2, 2018

Whether a company is trying to grow or has reached the Enterprise level, the right sales commission structure can be the difference between hitting your goals or falling flat. Plus, commissions work well for SMBs who don’t have the resources to pay up-front base salaries. How to Compensate Your Sales Staff as a Small Business.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 30, 2019

The expression ‘Cold Call’ brings an immediate visceral reaction from people, when it shouldn’t. on the other hand, a cold call by another name is just direct contact. When I say cold calling, I specifically refer to calling someone when that call is not previously scheduled. Cold Calls Drive Pipeline.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

For many of us, this is when budgets get set, deals get drafted, and your commission gets solidified. You don’t get the benefit of reading body language, and you miss out on the responsiveness of other mediums, like a phone call. When that happens, the first thing to move is price (AKA, your commission). Assumptions.

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SalesLoft

APRIL 25, 2024

But when the commission check clears, that feels good! A lot of the time, yes, I get the commission check, and I get a lot of the credit for being the seller. Because the only way I meet my goal at the end of the day is from all their hard work and how they genuinely care about the customer. I’ll say that.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 22, 2022

In today’s crowded B2B ecosystem, where personalization and relevance are seen as crucial competitive differentiators, the idea of cold calling might seem archaic. As daunting as cold calling may be, it still has a place in today’s sales pipelines. What is B2B Cold Calling? Nearly 70% of buyers still accept cold calls.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

The Three Problems Holding SDRs Back. When I ask prospects what tools they use for cold outreach , I get the same answer over and over — cold calling and cold emailing. Emails and cold calls aren’t bad, but you shouldn’t rely solely on them. And it’s the same with cold calls. Let’s dive in.

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Close.io

JANUARY 7, 2020

While your sales team has sold enough units to register a strong financial performance, most of your reps are faltering at meeting one goal: their sales quotas. Achieving sales quota generally means that salespeople receive some kind of financial reward on top of their usual commissions. This is called profit quota.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 25, 2023

Cold calling is the bread and butter of sales reps in real estate. So, how should you cold call in real estate? In this post, we'll share 11 cold-calling scripts for real estate agents. Though cold calling is time-consuming, it can prove very beneficial in real estate. Does cold calling in real estate work?

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Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 22, 2013

There is commission at stake and that adds a level of pressure and emotion that causes many salespeople to let their opportunity get derailed. However, if they are simply selling an idea - one idea - and it gets rejected, they don''t have to get back on the horse. That isn''t enough in sales - especially since 2008!

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Gong.io

DECEMBER 27, 2021

And a discovery call “best practice” that actually tanks your success rates. To help you get the most out of your year end, I pulled together the 5 best data-backed tips of 2021. . You’ve been told that it’s a bad call — but how bad, exactly? But slides can easily become your enemy if you use them on a discovery call.

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Sales Gravy

AUGUST 27, 2022

Here’s how you become indispensable and advance your career in a crisis: Get back to the basics. Excellence is a Choice Mediocrity, just like excellence, is a choice. Therefore, the most effective way to protect your job is to make the decision to be excellent. Devote yourself to your company’s survival. Sell better. Retain your customers.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 8, 2021

There's the hustle to find leads, the hundreds of calls, and the high of delivering a flawless pitch. This process means SDRs typically aren't held to traditional quotas but to the number of calls they make or qualified leads they gather. Sales seems like a fast-paced, hardball kind of career. That can be true. Inside Sales Rep.

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Sales Gravy

MARCH 20, 2023

Southern Home Cook Turned Nationally Recognized Celebrity Chef Vera’s entrepreneurial journey started back in her undergrad days, baking cakes and pies for her chemistry professor just to get a passing grade. After graduating from the University of Georgia (Go Dawgs!) After graduating from the University of Georgia (Go Dawgs!)

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 16, 2020

I’ve been there—given a quota (usually without my input) and a list of client companies, and then told to “go at it” and do whatever it takes to get meetings. Here are some interview questions I use when I conduct pre-session meetings with my clients. How confident are you that you will meet or exceed your revenue goals?

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Julie Hanson

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Waiting to be admitted to the Zoom meeting, you feel the nerves begin to set in. With each passing minute, confidence slowly turns to anxiety and tension as you second guess yourself – Do you have the right meeting ID? You can do the same – find a quiet corner of your home or office to focus on your upcoming video call.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 30, 2020

Sales leaders that fall back on run-of-the-mill motivation techniques struggle to drive their reps toward aggressive growth targets. Many sales managers are bogged down by non-coaching tasks: Reporting numbers, attending unnecessary meetings, and making their own sales. Raise (or eliminate) commission caps.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 20, 2023

At the slightest break in the melee, I sprinted to the back door (not before slipping and going sprawling on the brewery’s nicely tiled kitchen floor), and Usain Bolt-ed to the nearest hotel to find safe haven. I had a calendar full of meetings that had been generated by our BDR team and my life was good. It was like clockwork.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Take a break from the cold calling and writing emails, and enjoy some light-hearted empathy to get through the day. The sales manager is hard on the team saying, “If you haven’t hit your quota to go back to your desk and put up the phone.”. You spend all day on the phones cold calling prospects. The Life of a Salesman in Memes.

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SBI

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Let’s call it a sense of purpose. He reminded me of another person I had an opportunity to know a long while back. When he came to town, I took the opportunity to bring him along on an important sales call with a large defense manufacturer. We had no cellphones nor an internet back then. John Morgridge.

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Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

And bigger commission. Use these 3 money-making sales call scripts to kickstart your sales demo script. Now back to the demo script: Most reps make the mistake of saving the big stuff for the finale, the tail end of their sales demo. Chris Orlob called it years ago: . Set a date now for your next meeting.

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The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

This is often compounded by the lack of visibility reps have when it comes to sales commission. The expectation to Always Be Closing: Sales teams often operate under the belief that the customer or prospect always comes first, even when it means the wellbeing of the sales rep takes the back seat. The Effort Is Greater Than the Reward.

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Adaptive Business Services

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Looking back, this axiom has always held true for me. I still remember when I was a struggling sales trainee who was about to graduate to a full straight-commissioned rep. Late that Friday, my sales manager called me and told me that one of the businesses, Golden West Billiards (this was 1977!) I repackaged it. Monday was D-Day.

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Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Subtract your salary as well as commissions on booked and/or residual business to determine the remaining required income. Based on your existing commission or bonus plan, how much new business must you close? Do what old-school salespeople do and have ALL of your non face-to-face meetings over the phone. Use the Phone.

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The Spiff Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

For example, say you’ve just released your monthly commission statements to your sales team. You’ve already taken every measure to calculate their commission in the most efficient, accurate manner possible. Recommended reading : Ensure Your Sales Commission Program is ASC 606 Audit Ready 3.

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The Spiff Blog

APRIL 28, 2022

It’s never easy to discipline or call out someone’s poor performance, but doing so directly and without mincing words will help to build trust. I have yet to meet a sales team or individual sales rep that doesn’t have goals, especially at established companies. Have difficult conversations. Have you set SMART goals for your team?

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 20, 2020

You want your reps to be ambitious and dedicated — willing to do that much more to book an extra meeting or keep a prospect with waning interest in your pipeline. That could mean something like trying new messaging on sales calls or transitioning to a more customer-centric sales methodology.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 9, 2019

Decide Base Pay vs. Variable Pay (Commissions). This could be anywhere from a first SDR job focused on inbound, to a senior SDR calling on key accounts with 1-4 years of experience. Before you can decide base pay or commissions, you need to start by deciding On Target Earnings or OTE. Establish Role Levels. Set Targets.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

It could be the customer who seemed keen but then never answers your calls, the intense meetings with your sales manager, or the months you're never sure whether you'll hit quota until the eleventh hour. You try to call the decision maker, but the gatekeeper will not let you speak to them. 1) The Tough Gatekeeper.

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Crunchbase

JUNE 28, 2022

This includes phone calls, voicemail, email, social media and in-person events. In a recent interview with 6sense’s Ernest Owusu, he shared, “The prospecting techniques that I used before to get meetings would absolutely not work nowadays. Meet the team. SDRs nurture prospects until they’re ready to make a purchase.

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