The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Believe it or not, the new year is right around the corner– and that means it’s time to plan your sales compensation strategy for 2024. But, in this era of constantly shifting market conditions, it can be difficult to know what changes will best set your sales organization on the path towards success. Don’t worry, we’re here to help!

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 14, 2017

Cloud computing has enabled this transition by spurring an exponential increase in the number of channel partners successfully reselling your products. Although this means greater market reach, many partners lack the resources or incentive structure to report back timely and precise information.

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The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2023

How well can you explain (or defend) the way your company compensates sales employees? In today’s world, where pay transparency and compensation fairness are increasingly in the spotlight, sales employees and high-quality job candidates want to know more than just “how” your sales reps are paid. Let’s get into it!

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Allbound

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

The 4 Types of Channel Marketing Partners. Navigating the world of channel marketing can be tricky, especially when common industry terms overlap. Channel Partnerships, Untangled. There are four different types of channel-marketing partnerships: 1. Which benefits will you offer to your partners?

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Xactly

JUNE 7, 2018

Incentive Compensation Management (ICM) solutions help companies manage their sales compensation plans and calculate commission payments. Today’s ICM solutions are aimed at optimizing more than just sales compensation, focusing on end-to-end sales performance management (SPM). Integration is Key.

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The Spiff Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

Managing sales compensation is both a highly complex and highly consequential responsibility. The design and execution of a sales compensation program directly influences the performance and morale of a sales organization, as well as the overall financial success of a company at large. What is a Sales Compensation Manager?

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The Spiff Blog

APRIL 27, 2023

Reflecting on this example, there are three notable hallmarks of a good incentive program : Simplicity Visibility/Transparency Appropriate Timing Let’s take a look at how each of these factors plays a crucial role in a successful incentive program: Simplicity “That’s been one of my mantras – focus and simplicity.

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Cincom Smart Selling

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

In many ways, managing multiple sales channels is like climbing that mountain—it looks easy until you really get into the process, and then the challenges and difficulties become all too apparent. If you currently manage a multi-channel operation, you know how naïve this statement sounds. You Need Channel Management.

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The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

With a new year around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about your sales compensation plans for 2023. We recently sat down with Chris Semain, Principal and Tech Practice Leader at the Alexander Group to discuss the future of sales comp. Pivoting your focus mid-operating period rarely goes over well with the sales force.”.

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OpenSymmetry

JANUARY 2, 2018

In this six-part blog series OpenSymmetry and IBM outline the impact of Sales Performance Management Technology on each area of the business including Sales, HR, Finance and Executive Management. In this third post, we discuss how SPM affects Finance, providing visibility on cost of sales and return on investment in sales.

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Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Everyone engages in sales to some extent. You are marketing your skills when applying for a position in a sales firm. Careers in sales have never been more intriguing than they are right now. Careers in sales have never been more intriguing than they are right now. Sales representatives no longer promote goods only.

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

B2C incentives work like magic. ” We grab every coupon and sales ad we can find, use Groupon for deep discounts on special events and luxury services, and take advantage of “refer a friend” offers any chance we get. .” Should You Give Incentives for Customer Referrals? What About Incenting Salespeople?

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 9, 2022

Even the most seasoned, effective salespeople can struggle when hashing out how to lead a sales team. Taking the reins doesn't come naturally to everyone, and even born leaders might need a little guidance when transitioning into a sales management role. Compensation is the most fundamental, powerful incentive for reps to perform.

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The Spiff Blog

AUGUST 22, 2023

After all, RevOps teams play an active role in supporting every function that drives revenue growth, from sales to marketing to finance to customer success. Efficient communication channels. But, none of these strategies will be successful if you’re relying on antiquated or inefficient communication frameworks and channels.

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Xactly

JUNE 6, 2018

Your company’s sales plan drives the overall sales strategy and is vital to drive growth. As one of the most successful sales organizations in the world, Salesforce has optimized their approach to sales planning using tools such as Xactly to manage their global sales force and drive company growth.

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The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Losses aren’t shared with the entire company and teams don’t rally in Slack channels to react to losses with flame emojis. Although sales leaders have long since accepted loss as part of the sales process, not every company is capitalizing on their losses or reacting to them in productive ways. It sounds ridiculous, right?

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Pipeline

OCTOBER 16, 2023

This blog will answer this question along with some other topics about CRM ROI, namely how to calculate the ROI, some basic sales and marketing KPIs to consider, and three effective ways to maximize your CRM return. The data above shows that Pipeline CRM’s clients experienced positive changes in their sales books. million annually.

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 14, 2023

Increase Your Sales Increasing sales is another way to boost your profits. You can also try upselling or cross-selling to existing customers or offering referral incentives to encourage customers to refer their friends and family. For example, run a web design company. Helped many to secure the job they desired.

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Allbound

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

After all, partnering up with other companies that share customer bases can be a huge asset in amplifying your sales and marketing. Referral partners will generate and pass leads to your SaaS company in return for commission payments. Sales / Support Partners. 3 Types of SaaS Partner Programs.

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SalesHandy

MAY 26, 2020

Referred customers were found to contribute 25% more margins in sales compared to all other customers. When you close such customers who’ve been introduced by existing customers, you have effectively got a referral sale. You need to create a process to scale referral sales for your product. How to set up referral programs.

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SBI

OCTOBER 23, 2017

There are over 3,000 sessions scheduled—936 if you filter by role for sales operations or sales professional, and 179 if you filter by Marketing /ABM as a role. The other thing to keep in mind is that not every solution provider caters to marketing or sales. Make more money, faster with CallidusCloud.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 29, 2021

Partnerships are driving more leads and sales than ever before, and this is only projected to grow. PartnerOps (or ChannelOps) is newer than sales and marketing ops , but it is important to driving growth in the age of the ecosystem. An ecosystem of related products and channel partners exist around every B2B product.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 14, 2021

We’ve been hearing a lot about RevOps lately, but how is it different from Sales Ops? We asked the Sales Hacker community for their take to get the real scoop on how each differs. How are RevOps and Sales Ops different? The focus for Sales Operations (Sales Ops) is to support and enable sales reps to do their job effectively.

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Xactly

JUNE 15, 2018

With your victory you now add an amazing package of content to deliver over your phone networks*, DIRECTV, and various internet channels. Your existing sales and marketing teams will be wondering where they will fit under the new firm, and what is going to happen to their responsibilities.

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Allbound

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

To achieve a pipeline of potential and thriving channel sales program, companies face numerous time-consuming endeavors that each present unique challenges. One life hack for channel success is Partner Relationship Management (PRM). PRM Helps You Balance Lead Management and Sales Prospecting. Who has time for that?

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The Spiff Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2022

These functions often include sales, sales enablement, marketing, finance, and customer success teams. This means RevOps must control everything from lead acquisition and hand off to opportunity stages and sales cycles– all before a prospect even becomes a customer. Establish clear lines of communication.

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Xactly

MAY 31, 2018

Sales compensation is vital to sales success and company growth. Previously, sales performance management (SPM) has typically been categorized as solely focused on incentive compensation management (ICM) and sales compensation planning. For decades, companies have gathered different tools to manage compensation.

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A Sales Guy

JUNE 21, 2012

create a new comp plan and commission structure. hire a two new sales reps. redo the sales process. change the sales strategy. promote a new sales manager. create a sales operations function. establish and inside sales team. build an outside sales team. develop a channel strategy.

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Pipeliner

MARCH 18, 2021

Done correctly, cross-promotion can dramatically increase your sales and lift your bottom line in your value chain. Simply venturing into new digital channels and then tying them with your existing ones will qualify as cross-promotion as well. In an affiliate program, you offer a commission in exchange for a sale.

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SalesHandy

MAY 26, 2020

Referred customers were found to contribute 25% more margins in sales compared to all other customers. When you close such customers who’ve been introduced by existing customers, you have effectively got a referral sale. You need to create a process to scale get referral sales for your product. How to set up referral programs.

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Nutshell

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

It’s a tale as old as time: Your sales team isn’t meeting its goals. We’ve compiled six of the best strategies for improving sales rep performance based on real-world research and case studies so you can get back to hitting your benchmarks in no time: 1. The same can be said of fixing an underperforming sales team. As “Mr.

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The Spiff Blog

JULY 27, 2023

The SDR, or Sales Development Rep, is undeniably the backbone of many successful sales organizations. Despite these hurdles, SDRs are a driving force behind sales growth and revenue generation. SDRs play a vital role in building business, managing inbound inquiries, booking meetings, qualifying leads, and prospecting.

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Pipeliner

MARCH 6, 2018

Calling on the right target market, articulating the value your company offers in a way that resonates with your customers, overcoming objections, and measuring the performance of your team and processes to identify what works best, would definitely allow you to close a higher percentage of sales. Strategic Component Three: Channel Strategy.

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OpenSymmetry

APRIL 27, 2016

In the same way, an optimal Sales Performance Management (SPM) solution is governed by individual circumstances but can be described in the same terms: The Right Foundation (i.e. The Perfect Finish – Business Process Optimization and Sales Transformation Outcomes. In this blog we look at these key components in more detail.

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LeadFuze

MAY 17, 2021

What is a Sales Manager. A sales manager is a person that’s responsible for building, leading, and managing a sales team within an organization. . A sales manager will work closely with managers of other departments, as well as communicate with prospects and customers on a regular or semi-regular basis. Don’t freak out.

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Chorus.ai

MARCH 5, 2021

Building a new sales strategy in the face of a recovering economy is even more exciting when you’ve got a new or revamped product or a slew of new features to give to your customers. You have the product in hand, but without a high-quality sales strategy, it won’t attain the success it was made for. What is a sales strategy?

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Xactly

JANUARY 14, 2019

When it comes to sales planning, there are a lot of moving parts to consider. Sales leaders often rely on tribal knowledge or gut instinct to make big planning decisions—and their sales teams and quota attainment often suffer for it. Keep a close eye on sales rep behaviors to ensure on-track development. Watch Webinar.

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