The Spiff Blog

AUGUST 22, 2023

They require you to have a clear picture of prospect and customer behavior, market trends, and performance metrics. Sales enablement platforms help sales teams guide prospects through the consideration stage. Analyze and modify your compensation plans. Speaking of resource-heavy initiatives, let’s talk about sales compensation.

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Strategy Compensation Commission ROI 74

Zoominfo

MAY 12, 2020

In fact, according to a study by LinkedIn, compensation isn’t even among the top four reasons why people quit a job. A little research on your prospect will help you understand what an “awesome opportunity” means to them. One of the best sales techniques is to have prospects sell to you. Stress Potential Growth.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 26, 2023

Not only do they prospect for new business, but they help bring them into the sales funnel during the early stages. Alead generation specialist is one of the first people a prospect interacts with. Identifying Quality Leads A major part of lead generation is prospecting.

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Hiring Leads 88

Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 28, 2021

More importantly, content, such as blogs, white papers, and case studies, helps buyers see sales reps and their organizations as trustful advisors at the forefront of their industry. The need to attract new prospects and convert them into new business is essential to the success and growth of an organization.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Generation 118

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 26, 2018

How to Find Prospects. Prospecting can be tedious and time-consuming, but it’s something that has to be done to keep pipelines healthy. However, while sales reps can’t avoid prospecting, they can certainly make it easier for themselves. Where Do Salespeople Find Prospects? Job Boards. Twitter Searches. Business Journals.

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Prospecting Hiring Journal Territories 78

SBI

MARCH 1, 2018

Perhaps a prospect has filled out a form on your website for a killer piece of content or signed up to attend a powerful webinar you’ve scheduled. Despite knowing this, many studies show that we’re doing anything but responding quickly. Another study indicated that over one-third of new sales inquiries are never contacted.

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VanillaSoft Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Top of Funnel 139

No More Cold Calling

MARCH 7, 2013

Just don’t make compensation the reason they refer you. For a 2010 report from the Wharton School of Business, researchers Christophe Van den Bulte, Bernd Skiera, and Philipp Schmitt studied data that an anonymous German bank gathered on nearly 10,000 of its customers over 33 months. Don’t Take My Word For It. Incent or not.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

Here are a few that can impact your success: - Sales compensation - Direct reports immediately state that compensation is an issue. They push for compensation changes. The new sales leader spends wasted time reconciling compensation plans. To have a successful program, spend time talking to customers and prospects.

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The Spiff Blog

JANUARY 9, 2024

Plan your ramp-up periods around a series of interactive training sessions, where new reps will shadow experienced salespeople, sit in on calls, study and discuss recordings of successful sales calls, and so on. Recommended reading : 40 Critical Sales Compensation Benchmarks and Statistics for 2023 5.

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Banking Hiring Churn Scale 84

Zoominfo

AUGUST 8, 2022

The Global Workforce of the Future report found that compensation and upskilling opportunities were some of the biggest factors in their decision to switch jobs. It creates a better culture “Opportunities to learn and grow” is the strongest driver of work culture, according to a recent Glint study. So what keeps employees around?

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Revegy

APRIL 21, 2021

In a study by Richardson Sales Performance, “the majority [of respondents] (22%) indicated that prospecting in a virtual setting was the most significant hurdle.” It may be time to rethink compensation. One company had huge success by “basing compensation on [reps’] effort and behavior, not just on top-line sales.”

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Face-to-face Compensation Webinar Metrics Motivation 85

Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Or, if you want to leverage our compensation model, you need to exceed this year’s goal by x.” Specific, difficult goals led to higher performance than did nonspecific, “do your best” goals in 90% of the studies they reviewed in which the goals could be assumed to have been accepted by the subjects.

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Sales Management SME Incentives Incentive 204

Pipeliner

JANUARY 16, 2020

However, this is not the case for many salespeople, who are responsible not only for selling but also quoting, prospecting, lead generating, doing sales reports, etc. Marking teams become responsible for generating 100% of the sales opportunities, including prospecting, lead generation, etc. Productivity skyrocketed.

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Commission Lead Generation Compensation Engineering 80

Score More Sales

APRIL 30, 2014

Recently we posted about a study that showed the power and necessity of follow up in building relationships with buyers who ultimately do business with you. Post it, make it visual with their logos, and have it in front of where you normally do your prospecting. Create a Targeted List.

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LeadFuze

JULY 7, 2023

Finally yet importantly, you’ll learn about aligning new goals with existing compensation plans and adopting quarterly goal-setting practices for frequent reassessment realignment. Monitoring progress with lead management software And let’s not forget about LeadFuze, our very own lead generation and sales prospecting tool.

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Sales Goal Churn Incentives Incentive 52

Nutshell

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

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. They dislike cold calling prospects.”. Because we don’t have a system for qualifying prospects before we call them.”.

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Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Lead Scoring Follow-up 94

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 5, 2023

Because travel is expected, you can anticipate greater compensation. When it comes to selling and sales calls, more than 50% of prospects want to see how your product works on the first call. This makes sense because the majority of prospects (80%) prefer emails to any other form of communication. billion by 2025.

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Ideal Customer Profile Salary Hiring Lead Rank 111

Highspot

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Incentive and Compensation Strategies Compensation, quotas, and incentives help attract top talent and motivate them. A well-crafted compensation plan is at the core of a productive sales team based upon the dedication it requires to meet those quotas, attain the compensation the sellers desire, and become the best of the best.

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Sales Management Strategy Lead Rank Lead Scoring 59

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. The most advanced platforms can even identify where exactly a prospective customer is in their journey, and offer content recommendations accordingly.

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Top of Funnel Hiring Commission SAP 136

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 12, 2018

In an effort to understand the sales development function and its role in the sales process, InsideSales.com Labs conducted a study of over 1,000 companies showing how companies build, scale, and execute strong sales development teams. However, 21% of SDR’s included in this study reported they do not use any kind of qualification model.

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The ROI Guy

JULY 29, 2015

These are the findings of a recent Smart Selling Tools research study of sales and sales enablement executives, investigating B2B Sales Tools to determine which delivered the biggest benefits. A whopping 88% of study participants reported a positive impact on revenue from Sales Tools.

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Crunchbase

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

One would think that a higher compensation would produce better results, but research shows the link between motivation, compensation, and performance is much more complex than most organizations realize. Find prospects that match your ICP with Crunchbase Pro – try it free.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 7, 2013

He is getting in front of prospects and valued customers. He’s looking at compensation analysis, territory design, and sales structure. He studies the skills needed to execute in the field. Then she aligns her projects to these corporate initiatives. He helps the new reps ramp up quickly.

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Construction Ideal Customer Profile Territories Compensation 334

Sell Integrity

JULY 13, 2020

Employees may say it hinges on compensation, benefits and work/life balance, but when they actually make the change, they report that greater opportunity and better leadership were the driving forces. In one study we conducted, less than 19% of companies said they believed their salespeople consistently follow the established sales process.

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How To Compensation Quota Vendor 98

Score More Sales

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Various studies of buyer behavior show now that buyers are much further along their buying process when they engage with potential vendors. Start with LinkedIn and make sure you have a fantastic profile that draws prospects and partners to you. Read these three posts for more information: The Big 8 For Social Sellers on LinkedIn.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile LinkedIn 256

Score More Sales

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Also, in their study, customer expectations were exceeded only 16% of the time. Are sales reps and account managers coached on effective listening skills so that prospects and customers really feel heard? Do they go beyond the basics to make things easier for prospects and customers?

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Score More Sales

AUGUST 26, 2014

94% of digital marketing professionals surveyed agreed that personalization is “critical to current and future success” according to an eConsultancy study. By applying science and metrics to your client and prospect buying cycle, you can impact connection and real support to help them. But where to start? IT Directors?

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B2B Revenue B2C Ideal Customer Profile 232

Revegy

APRIL 21, 2021

In a study by Richardson Sales Performance, “the majority [of respondents] (22%) indicated that prospecting in a virtual setting was the most significant hurdle.” It may be time to rethink compensation. One company had huge success by “basing compensation on [reps’] effort and behavior, not just on top-line sales.”

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Face-to-face Compensation Webinar Metrics Motivation 59

Fill the Funnel

APRIL 26, 2011

A new web tool is providing an answer to the question “When is the best time to connect with my prospect?” ” There have been countless eBooks, blog posts, speeches, presentations and studies that attempt to answer that question. Covers most of the bases I am using in my prospecting work. Company Name.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Be as specific as possible with the tangible benefits your prospect will receive. In fact, in a case study performed by Disruptive Advertising , they saw nearly double the conversion rates just by changing their headline from: “Find The Right Accountant For Your Business Needs”. Leverage Specificity.

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The Spiff Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Dataversity put it best: “Sales teams collect data and use it to inform every decision they make, from the products they sell to the time of day they reach out to prospects and customers.” ( source ). On average, reps spend just 33% of their day talking to prospects. Sales leaders are continually grappling with compensation.

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Score More Sales

JUNE 30, 2014

Keep it Tasty – your offers to prospects must be enticing. Studies show this is the best place to invest in training with follow-up coaching for reinforcement. You call on those companies who are “more probable” to buy from you than those who are “less probable” to maximize reps’ time. Do you have a well thought out process?

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Territories Commission 247

Xactly

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Most companies have an abundance of it floating around—performance data, compensation data, financial data. A recent CFO Alliance study concurs that ultimately, SPM solutions effectively solve the three common data-derived problems by helping companies: Reduce data entry and retrieval time up to 70%. Sales data.

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Pointclear

AUGUST 8, 2011

The 2011 Lenskold Group / Pedowitz Group Lead Generation ROI Study has found that key metrics reported, forecasted, and used to compensate marketing differ for high growth companies as well as for those using integrated marketing automation. Here are select highlights from this study.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 19, 2023

It’s true that most sales professionals improve with experience, but if you can provide feedback and personalized goals, it’s possible to accelerate the learning process and get your sellers engaging with prospects faster. The topic is too closely linked with career assessment, compensation, and job security to be truly comfortable.

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Score More Sales

APRIL 30, 2014

Recently we posted about a study that showed the power and necessity of follow up in building relationships with buyers who ultimately do business with you. Post it, make it visual with their logos, and have it in front of where you normally do your prospecting. Create a Targeted List.

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Anthony Iannarino

JUNE 17, 2019

Later, after I became a better salesperson from having studied Neil Rackham’s work, my questions switched to what his model called “implication” questions. From time to time, you will be baffled by some of the things your clients and prospects do in pursuing some result. Let me give you an easy, sales-related example.

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