The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

These pillars include organizational alignment, robust reporting, ongoing professional development, incentive compensation, and sales enablement. Incentive alignment : Shared goals enable the design of incentive structures that motivate sales reps while aligning with the broader success of the organization.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Are the compensation mechanisms driving the right behaviors?" To make your assessment easy, SBI has created a 10-point Compensation Inspection tool. This simple, free, downloadable tool reveals the vital signs of your plan. Read on to understand the mechanics of effective sales compensation. is over $800B per year.

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Highspot

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Incentives and Recognition Reward top performers with appropriate incentives and recognition. Incentives, training, engagement, and process strategies are proven to work based on the motivation and urgency they drive upon sellers. Modern technology: Implement tech tools that simplify tasks and enhance sales team efforts.

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Xactly

MARCH 22, 2018

Most of the time when I speak about the middle performers, it is because I am trying to convince a sales leader that there is value in focusing on the middle performers rather than explaining the sales incentive tools available to increase their performance. Why Focus on Motivating the Middle?

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LeadFuze

JULY 7, 2023

We will explore how past data analysis, future company changes consideration, and incentive programs implementation play a significant role in goal-setting. We’ll also look at how technology can aid in managing your sales targets efficiently with tools like ClickUp’s Goals software and lead management systems.

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The Spiff Blog

AUGUST 22, 2023

For maximum efficiency, the tools that make up your RevOps tech stack— including CRMs, sales enablement tools, analytics and reporting platforms, and so on— must offer the necessary automation and customization capabilities to support agile RevOps strategies. Maybe a tool no longer aligns with current workflows.

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SBI Growth

JUNE 29, 2013

Incentive Compensation: Sales people are “coin-operated.” These include recognition, incentives, interpersonal support, and clear goals. See below for links to case studies.) Compare their integrated CRM tools. Read the case studies and watch the video demos of their solutions in action.

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OpenSymmetry

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Getting into the swing of 2017, your company is ready to be liberated from the ancient tools handicapping your sales efforts to a mindbendingly slow pace. Take a fresh look at your sales compensation processes before considering the investment of a new tool. Key questions to ask include: How easy is it to change the comp plan?

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Are the compensation mechanisms driving the right behaviors?" To make your assessment easy, SBI has created a 10-point Compensation Inspection tool. This simple, free, downloadable tool reveals the vital signs of your plan. Read on to understand the mechanics of effective sales compensation. is over $800B per year.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 11, 2023

One LinkedIn study found that 64% of recruiting professionals believe that the job search will be more favorable to candidates (as opposed to employers) over the next five years. Lack of Compensation For starters, many salespeople report a lack of compensation as one of the top reasons they leave their employers.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 21, 2022

The study showed a broad range of attrition within specific companies in various industries. Faced with increasingly stressful work environments, many workers are leaving lower-paying roles to pursue jobs with better compensation. Data via MIT Sloan Of course, not all companies are the same. and 4.5 %, respectively.

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Xactly

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

MBOs can be an extremely useful tool in addition to your sales commission structure because they give each rep individual goals to strengthen the overall sales organization. Download our "Guide to Sales Team Compensation" to learn how to compensate each sales role. Or, build a plan in minutes with our ready-to-use templates.

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Mindtickle

MARCH 19, 2018

This can make introducing new sales readiness tools particularly difficult. To ensure the new tool didn’t distract their salespeople and actually helped them to sell better sooner, they implemented a four-step approach to address the change. Top-performers engaged with the tool first. Get CEO endorsement and incentive.

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Mindtickle

MARCH 19, 2018

This can make introducing new sales readiness tools particularly difficult. To ensure the new tool didn’t distract their salespeople and actually helped them to sell better sooner, they implemented a four-step approach to address the change. Top-performers engaged with the tool first. Get CEO endorsement and incentive.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 21, 2019

There’s nothing more frustrating than having a prospective customer on the hook, then having to spend precious time combing for just the whitepaper or case study that fits their needs. Compensation That Shouldn’t Be This Complicated. It isn’t uncommon to see salespeople writing something up themselves if they can’t track it down.

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Growbots

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

This situation can be financially devastating considering a recent DePaul University study that found that the average turnover cost of a salesperson is $97,690. That same study found that half of the salespeople that leave a company voluntarily resign while 33% are involuntary dismissals and 22% are due to retirement. Company culture.

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The Spiff Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

One study from the University of California, Irvine found that if you’re interrupted at work, it takes an average of 23 minutes to refocus ( source ). Sales leaders are continually grappling with compensation. Mindset shift: Being data-driven doesn’t just mean investing in better tools. Momentum and motivation will take a hit.

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Xactly

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Most companies have an abundance of it floating around—performance data, compensation data, financial data. Watch the webinar, "The Risk and Reward of ASC 606," to discover the impact of ASC 606 to incentive planning and how the tactical need for better data can give companies a strategic advantage. Sales data. Watch Webinar.

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Xactly

AUGUST 30, 2018

Effective management begins with the realization that you need both sales team management tools as well as reps that are well-trained and prepared for the sales floor. A study conducted by HBR shows that 69% of sales people who exceeded their annual quota, rated their managers as being excellent and above average.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 22, 2019

That’s especially true when incentives are based on things that don’t necessarily affect the bottom line — they’re just easy to manage without a lot of care. For example, if a company’s sales staff is being graded or compensated based on activity level, an easy way to game the system is to send a bunch of emails.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 28, 2019

As you'll read below, sales operations includes everything from lead management, sales strategy, and territory structuring and alignment to process optimization, compensation plans, sales automation, training, and data analytics and reporting. Sales Operations manages sales representative compensation plans and incentives.

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The Spiff Blog

JULY 13, 2023

I’m excited to build my future with a competent company, with good values, ​​and above all a place that gives me the tools to make an impact. Stephen Reed, Implementation Specialist Stephen was born in North Carolina and spent most of his childhood moving around the world before settling down in Utah and studying at BYU to become a teacher.

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SBI

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

According to studies, the ratio of time spent on non-selling tasks to time spent on selling tasks is 65/35. Variable compensation in the form of commissions and spiffs is really just a form of gamification. In the simplest of terms, when the reward compensates for the routine (of CRM), revenue is sure to rise. 2] CSO Insights.

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Velocify

JUNE 28, 2017

See full study for more. Buyer and company intelligence tools provide sales professionals the insight needed to get the conversation going. 6) Incentives and Commissions. The compensation process for incentives and commissions can be automated with software to reduce overpayment errors. 1) Sales Gamification.

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The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Salespeople in particular are more susceptible to burnout for a few reasons: Performance-based compensation : In sales, a rep’s paycheck fluctuates based on their performance. These include exercise incentives, free mindfulness tools, and practical advice about relieving workplace stress. Perceived lack of control.

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LeadFuze

JANUARY 1, 2022

When we were testing different outsource sales team incentives, it was crucial to find out what motivates the person and why they might not be doing well. ” I found that knowing these things helps tremendously when designing a compensation plan. This is not including any tools needed to do their job.

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LeadFuze

JULY 13, 2021

You can do some digging and find other people to contact, by using LinkedIn or leading generation tools like ZoomInfo, HubSpot Marketing Hubs ,DiscoverOrg , D&B Hoovers , and LeadFuze. Not to mention total list-building automation, allowing you to spend more time speaking with prospects rather than studying them.

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Allbound

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Study them, learn from them, and apply their best practices in your own partner programs. Through strategic partnerships with enterprise companies like ServiceNow and Google , Slack is able to expand their offering to include more enterprise customers and connect their tool with the products and services their customers are already using.

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The Spiff Blog

MARCH 2, 2023

Chris originally pursued a degree in Psychology and Film Studies after which he received his Masters degree in Business. Spiff’s sales commission software enables finance and sales operations teams to self-manage complex incentive compensation plans and provides transparency for sales teams.

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LeadFuze

MAY 17, 2021

Why are Sales Compensation Plans Important. Building sales compensation plans for them can be a difficult task. There are several factors to consider when putting a sales compensation plan together. 4 Types of Sales Compensation Plans. A company is nothing if it doesn’t have sales. Because guess what? Profit-Based Plan.

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OpenSymmetry

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

The Right People – Finding the Right Talent – HCM applications allow for you to create and curate your own tools so that you can find the employee who is the “perfect fit”. Gallup reports from their 2014 study that 31.5% of US workers feel engaged with their jobs and on the global scale this number was a whopping 87% in 2012.

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LeadFuze

DECEMBER 31, 2021

It involves identifying the channels and tools you’re going to use, as well as what resources are needed for that journey. Create an incentive compensation plan for every market segment. There are dozens of marketing channels, tools and growth hacks that you can use. Just to give you an idea.

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The Spiff Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In times like these, it’s important to build habits that will allow you to think on your feet and give you the tools to adeptly handle objections on the fly. Would it be helpful to see case studies we’ve done with companies similar to yours? This framework will help you do just that: Be an active listener.

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The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

If you’re a finance leader or sales compensation manager , the potential impact of implementing AI is particularly enticing. An AI-powered tool that can automate plan creation based on simple inputs transforms an arduous and time-consuming activity into a hyper-efficient process– leaving compensation managers with more time to be strategic.

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The Spiff Blog

JULY 20, 2023

Managing compensation is a complex undertaking, one in which the smallest error can create a domino effect of administrative labor and protracted troubleshooting. Potential: You continuously optimize sales compensation plans. Most organizations recognize that their sales commission process isn’t perfect.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 9, 2020

LinkedIn Sales Navigator is a relationship-based digital selling tool that is designed to help you do just that. Sam Jacobs: What about compensation? We first of all took the opportunity to make some significant adjustments to our compensation plan. Go to sales.linkedin.com to try it out for yourself. We changed the plan year.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 7, 2018

As with the NFL, you can study top-performing teams for a dozen or more years and still not be able to mimic their success. I am not devaluing the importance of compensation, but all else being equal, you need to have a winning mentality as a team. That is as impactful as compensation or incentives. How is that done?

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