The Spiff Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

Strategically collect and analyze hiring data. As Peter Drucker once said, “You can’t manage what you don’t measure.” Recruitment is no exception— drilling down into the data is the best way to identify areas of improvement in your hiring process. Also consider supplementing your quantitative data with applicant surveys.

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The Spiff Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

If quota setting is critical to forecasting, goal setting, and sales capacity planning , how is it that so many organizations still miss the mark? These include poor planning and prioritization, lack of insight and data, and, finally, selecting a quota setting methodology that doesn’t align with overarching business goals.

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PandaDoc

MAY 26, 2022

By comparison, a sales strategy is more focused and offers a more specific set of guidelines around how sales reps should interact with customers. Despite these common elements, sales strategies are never a one-size-fits-all proposition. Start using data efficiently. Learn how to automate all your data collection at once.

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Chorus.ai

MARCH 5, 2021

The old-fashioned model — outbound sales — is centered on the actions of a seller. It eschews automated data handling and keeps approaches to sales and marketing separate. With sales now oriented primarily around a company website, this kind of approach can be unwieldy and impractical. Step 1: Find your data.

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Xactly

JULY 2, 2018

It can often feel like every sale comes with its own unique challenges, and closing can be the most difficult part of the process. However, sales objections aren’t always a bad thing. Watch the webinar, "Incentivize to the Power of Xactly: Life of a Sales Leader," to learn how to drive the right rep behaviors using Xactly Incent.

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Nutshell

AUGUST 28, 2023

A sales process is a set of repeatable steps that your sales team takes to convert prospects into customers. Building a sales process is absolutely necessary to your company’s success, and is perhaps the most important thing you can do as a sales manager to impact your team’s ability to sell.

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Xactly

AUGUST 30, 2018

It’s important for sales leaders to manage their teams effectively. To do so, they need to get to know their reps well, they must have visibility into performance and behavior data. So what can sales managers do to help their teams meet quota? Build Positive Relationships with the Sales Team.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Many B2B data providers claim to have the “best” data. But have you ever stopped to think about where these companies get their data and what makes it better than the rest? Data is a big investment — and as a buyer, you should never trust a data provider company without first understanding where that information comes from.

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LeadFuze

JANUARY 1, 2022

Need Help Automating Your Sales Prospecting Process? LeadFuze gives you all the data you need to find ideal leads, including full contact information. put together a sales go to market plan with clear objectives. It needs the incentive of bonuses as well. Need Help Automating Your Sales Prospecting Process?

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Crunchbase

JANUARY 5, 2023

High-performing sales teams use data to make strategic decisions to take their sales to the next level. Sales key performance indicators are at the heart of defining which direction you’re moving in. The data-driven ecosystem of today means teams have more numbers than ever to work with and process.

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LeadFuze

DECEMBER 31, 2021

This is unsurprising because 25% of sales managers are unhappy with their forecasting accuracy. Choosing the right predictive sales model can help you predict future revenue more accurately. The following post will discuss three sales forecasting models that have proven to be effective for us at HubSpot.

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PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Let’s say you’re the head of sales in a small company that recently launched a product. Your task as a sales manager is to market it. But appealing to large audiences doesn’t help your business to reach sales goals, or generate and convert enough leads. As you can see, a vertical market is fully about market segmentation.

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InsideSales.com

APRIL 4, 2020

Ideally, sales reps should have the task of creating an individual sales plan as part of their training. This will give them an idea of how to write and work with a sales plan template. Sales executives, sales managers, and entrepreneurs all benefit from having a sales plan. Be specific and concise.

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Close.io

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Once your sales team grows beyond just one or two reps you can personally coach through the challenges that arise with their accounts, implementing a proper sales training workflow into your new hiring process (and ongoing rep development) becomes essential. Outsourcing low-leverage activities.

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Sales Hacker Training

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

There are thousands of options when it comes to software for sales that promise to make your life easier as a sales professional. There are plenty of sales prospecting tools and sales management software to help automate your manual tasks while personalizing your outreach.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Without a repeatable process for generating pipeline — and ultimately creating leads — the sales team must generate their own leads. That’s rarely a formula for success and usually leads to frustrated salespeople, sales managers, and senior managers who can’t achieve their revenue goals. But have no fear.

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