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.

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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. But here’s another fact: sales is HARD! There are thousands of options when it comes to software for sales that promise to make your life easier as a sales professional.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 10, 2013

Common questions we hear from CEOs regarding sales investments include: Do we have enough feet on the street? Are the tools we’ve invested in generating a return? Start by defining the current state of your sales organization. Use the Expense to Revenue Reality Check tool to do this. Are my existing reps producing enough?

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The ROI Guy

APRIL 12, 2013

You’ve worked hard to produce new value-focused tools, empowering your sales team to meet the growing challenges of today’s more empowered, skeptical and frugal buyer. And you are not alone, as SiriusDecisions reports that the average company now spends a whopping $43K on marketing content and sales tools per salesperson per year.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 3, 2012

I n 2011 you worked hard to produce new value-focused tools, empowering your sales team to meet the growing challenges of today’s more empowered, skeptical and frugal buyer. So how do you get the much needed sales tool adoption to occur in 20012. Is there a way to get sales to overcome this status-quo bias?

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Highspot

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Sales Coaching By diving deep into sales performance metrics, sales managers can tailor sales enablement playbooks and coaching sessions to address specific needs. Maybe one sales rep excels in lead generation but struggles with closing, while another shines in upselling but not in initial rapport-building.

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Miller Heiman Group

JULY 18, 2018

In our 2018 Sales Operations Optimization Study, we also asked respondents to share which areas needed the most improvement over next 24 months. The top three responses were better sales enablement, improved forecast accuracy and more decision-making data for executives. 2: A formal process improves the quality of CRM data.

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