PandaDoc

JANUARY 29, 2024

A sales team is the powerhouse behind any thriving software company. 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. They’re like the cherry on top of the goal-setting cake.

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Nutshell

MARCH 19, 2024

As the backbone of any business, the sales team needs to be efficient to meet targets and ensure the company remains profitable. Multiple touchpoints In this day and age, sales teams must contend with both the physical and online worlds, which introduces many customer touchpoints for most companies.

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Highspot

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Setting Sales Targets Sales managers are responsible for setting realistic and achievable sales targets based on market analysis, historical data, and company goals. Make sure they understand how their performance contributes to the overall success of the company and its bottom line. Encourage collaboration and knowledge sharing.

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Crunchbase

JANUARY 18, 2022

Software as a Service (SaaS) is everywhere. But despite its widespread appeal, SaaS isn’t just selling software like you’d once have sold a loaf of bread. But despite its widespread appeal, SaaS isn’t just selling software like you’d once have sold a loaf of bread. If necessary, throw in an incentive to make it happen.

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The Spiff Blog

MARCH 8, 2023

The clip shows her, not in her typical role as a seller, but as a buyer evaluating a piece of software. Although women make up just over half of the college educated workforce, they hold less than one third of B2B sales jobs ( source ). These same companies were less likely to have employee turnover rates ( source ).

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Zoominfo

JULY 1, 2018

30% of companies say their social selling training needs ‘a complete overhaul’ ( source ). According to DemandGen Report, here are the top B2B review sites: G2 Crowd: Offers online reviews on B2B marketing services as well as business software. If you identify with any of the statistics above, keep reading. Enter, social listening.

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Xactly

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

We go through great pains ensuring we hire top talent candidates that should be a “good fit” with company culture, and we fight like mad to help improve morale when sales team’s work or attitudes go south—but all too frequently, there is no in-between. Software Sales. How many of their accounts need to be educated?

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Pipeliner

DECEMBER 2, 2020

But you cannot also afford to go slack with the HR operations because people are key growth drivers for small companies. Moreover, you need people who want to stay with the company and contribute to its growth. Employee education is a wise investment. Investing in HR software is the best way to reduce complexities.

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Smooth Sale

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Our collaborative blog post shares seven steps to help you get started turning your real estate investments into profitable companies. __ Turn Your Property Investments Into a Business Via Pexels Step 1: Choose Your Properties Wisely Wisely selecting properties is the first step in turning your property investments into a business.

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BrainShark

JUNE 28, 2023

Too many companies still have limited and short-term thinking when it comes to sales coaching. Instead some companies use coaching for onboarding and then discontinue it after the 90-day period or do one-off coaching challenges for specific objectives like a major product launch. Problems with sales coaching aka what NOT to do 1.

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Zoominfo

JULY 13, 2022

As a privacy-first company, ZoomInfo is aware of growing concerns surrounding data collection, processing, and usage. ZoomInfo is only interested in collecting business-related data about companies and their employees. In order to lawfully process data under the GDPR, companies must utilize one of the six legal bases.

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The Spiff Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2023

But if your company still tracks commission manually? Putting Your Degree to Good Use You know all that accounting and finance expertise you picked up in your many years of education? The Error-Free Commission Statement With the right automated commission solution, accurate commission statements are the norm.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 16, 2022

The answers to these questions develop your strategy and identify your company goals. Implementing changes to improve the process will help the sales team and the company. Create training and education opportunities. They want to know that management and the company care about their progress. Who are your buyers?

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The Spiff Blog

JUNE 6, 2023

This series gives you the chance to meet the faces behind Spiff—the dedicated individuals who work tirelessly to shape our product and company. After graduating with a Media Management degree she worked in companies like SAP, Coca-Cola, and Philip Morris International, mainly focusing on Finance and Data Integrity roles.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 24, 2019

This was an epidemic in pre-SaaS software (and still happens, even in SaaS). It reduced the friction to implement software or move to a different vendor if one overpromised. By paying over time, software companies are incented to keep customers happy, rather than extract as much money upfront as possible.

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Allbound

JANUARY 22, 2020

A Channel Partner Program Can Transform Your Company. But that doesn’t mean that it’s a perfect fit for your company; some companies aren’t ready for a PRM, while a few simply don’t need PRM at this point in their partner program maturity. Channel partners are established companies that market to your target audience.

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Pipeliner

MARCH 18, 2021

What companies create such products? But don’t start messaging all the companies related to the keywords you found just yet. Remember, you want to build a relationship with the companies you cross-promote with. As a rule of thumb, your chosen companies should have the same customer base as you. Who’s my target audience?

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Nutshell

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Read on to learn more about the ins and outs of customer lifecycle management as well as how Nutshell’s customer relationship management (CRM) software can help you with it all. Depending on the issue, the customer will carry out research, like reading customer reviews of companies and products, and begin comparing options.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 29, 2020

Software as a service (SaaS) has become extremely popular due to its scalability and ability to address almost any individual or business need. Traditional sales: For SaaS companies, traditional usually means marketing the company as much as possible, building brand awareness, and generating interested prospects.

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The Spiff Blog

AUGUST 22, 2023

There are many factors that indicate whether or not a piece of software is essential. Dig into software usage data to gain a better understanding of how teams are using the tools your organization pays for. Software license optimization is one of the quickest methods for identifying and correcting cost inefficiencies.

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The Spiff Blog

JANUARY 27, 2022

Today we introduce you to 15 Spiffers who’ve been with the company since July 2021. He has designed digital products for ten years in various industries such as hospitality, genealogy, higher education, solar, and now commissions automation. Nikki Peck, Software Engineer. Adam LeMmon, Sr Software Developer.

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The Spiff Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

Although women make up just over half of the college educated workforce, they hold less than one third of B2B sales jobs ( source ). These same companies were less likely to have employee turnover rates ( source ). My client meetings are led with education, not selling. In my case, that’s teaching. See you then!

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

While prospect’s email inboxes are becoming increasingly crowded ( 78% of consumers opt out of company emails due to sheer volume), their physical mailboxes get emptier. Pain Point: If you’re selling HR recruiting software, a pain point-centered primary message might be, “ Are you spending too much time hiring? ”. Think again.

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The Spiff Blog

JULY 28, 2022

He soon discovered he had a passion for technology and software! Adam has held a number of different accounting positions at a number of different companies, and has always loved the startup world. He appreciates the opportunity to use his skills and knowledge to help a company grow, and to truly make a difference.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

He has helped the company grow to well over $50M in ARR and he walks us through that journey on the show. . If you missed episode 33, check it out here: PODCAST 33: How to Grow and Scale a Company in the Digital Age w/ Ilir Sela. The benefits of a career in finance on evaluating companies. What You’ll Learn. We’re on iTunes.

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Salesmate

JUNE 4, 2021

One such practice is that of providing sales incentives to the salespeople. What are sales incentives? Call it what you will, incentives are what get people to work harder.” – Nikita Khrushchev . In simple terms, sales incentives are something that motivates your team to wake up in the morning and get to work.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 25, 2023

Whether you’re skeptical, curious, or fully on board, it’s important to educate yourself about how sales reps are using AI. A McKinsey report found that companies using AI have experienced the biggest revenue impact in marketing and sales. Tools enable companies to understand their pipeline and revenue at a deeper level.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

With content marketing, you can better attract, educate, and convert prospects, even if you have a limited marketing budget. One school of thought believes that you would not be able to generate a lot of referrals without an incentive. This is true to a lot of SaaS companies as well. Software Advice. Use Email Marketing.

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The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

She’s also worked with companies like G2, Hypercontext, and Bonusly. Connor Shlatz, Front-End Software Engineer. Prior to joining Spiff, John was Director of Finance for an education agency in México City. Brandyn Bennet, Software Engineer. A proud “Americanadian”, Rachel grew up in the US but hails from Toronto.

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Tony Hughes

MAY 12, 2019

He inspired me to dig deeper into WiseTech, a cloud Software as a Service (SaaS) provider for the global freight and logistics industry. Here are some relevant benchmark companies for comparison in the illustration below (courtesy of Graham Hawkins and his book, The Future of The Sales Profession). Which company is getting it wrong?"

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Sales Hacker

MAY 26, 2021

Any customer-facing rep who’s worked at a midsize or enterprise company is familiar with sales operations. There are so many dependencies involved with any sales organization and this is especially the case with larger and more complex products and companies. A more mature company will have teams working on specific projects.

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Nutshell

JANUARY 30, 2020

Although typically perceived as software for salespeople, CRMs are the secret sauce behind most successful marketing initiatives. A CRM is an integral piece of software for marketers and salespeople. A few list filters based on location, company size, and engagement can create a brand new opportunity for email marketing.

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The Brooks Group

OCTOBER 17, 2018

A key objective of the Sales Performance Management process is to educate and motivate sales professionals to set their own goals—and reach these goals by following sales effectiveness best practices. SPM is Not Just About Incentives and Compensation Management. It’s Not Just About Software. Measure and Analyze the Right Things.

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Close.io

AUGUST 30, 2019

In the last few years, there has been a radical shift in the way people use and buy software. When a software company chooses product-led growth as its go-to-market strategy it means that: It relies on product usage and customer experience to acquire new users, retain its existing ones and expand its user base.

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Allbound

AUGUST 6, 2019

In today’s business landscape, companies need to consider not only direct-to-consumer strategies, but also how to collaborate with partners to grow. Also, without a style guide available, partner companies are likely to just “wing it” – and you never know how the results might turn out.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 5, 2019

In a channel sales model, a company sells through third partners -- affiliate partners (who get commission on each purchase), resellers, value-added providers (who typically bundle your product with their own), or another entity that doesn't work for it directly. Some companies choose to hire more reps. What is channel sales?

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Allbound

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Bombora’s data aligns marketing and sales teams, enabling them to base their actions on the knowledge of what companies are in market for which products. We’re constantly trying to figure out how to incentive partners to get results, whether it’s SPIFF’s or other marketing initiatives.”.

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