The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

As we start planning for 2023, the only thing we’re certain of is that we’re in rocky territory– some organizations more precariously positioned than others. But as we spoke with the Alexander Group about planning for a new year, they made one thing clear: It’s important not to let every change in the market dictate your business strategy.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 14, 2021

Sales Ops leaders are responsible for driving high-level strategy as well as ensuring that the sales team’s tech stack is optimized. explains that, “Sales Ops focuses on territory planning, deal desk activities, opp reporting, commissions and comp, SDR and AE handoffs, and managing tools like Outreach and Salesforce.

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OpenSymmetry

APRIL 8, 2016

Many companies underestimate the change challenge and respond only tactically with the emphasis being on a quick response to a challenge often seen through rushed amendments to the incentive plan or hiring new people. Costs can ultimately be strategic with sales targets missed, sales strategy not fulfilled and lost customers.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 12, 2020

Essentially, achieving your goals is only possible with a full roster of sales reps who know their territories and are ramped to full productivity. Examine what factors are causing open territories in the first place. Is the territory just not capable of achieving that quota? Build a Strategy That Works for You.

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Chorus.ai

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

There’s no way around it: Strategy is exciting. It’s even more exciting when you’ve got a new or revamped product, or a slew of new features, and you need to develop and launch a brand new sales strategy that will take your product to the top spot it was made for. What is a sales strategy? Developing your sales strategy.

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OpenSymmetry

DECEMBER 4, 2015

There are many definitions of SPM. Gartner broadened the scope of the definition 3 years ago to encompass all those capabilities relevant to delivering sales strategy including sales talent acquisition and onboarding, sales talent development, sales process, territory and quota management (TQM) and incentive design and administration (ICM).

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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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OpenSymmetry

JULY 23, 2015

Lead to Money is the holistic strategy that your organization can take to reach those goals and achieve your definition of success. Establish Quotas and Territories to Measure Performance: By defining a territory as a set of accounts within a certain industry and size, you establish which products are sold and how to set quota.

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SBI

JUNE 5, 2019

By this, I mean things like if your KPIs or incentives are driving the wrong behavior, you need to adjust them. Definitely be careful of automating processes that could lead to bad customer experiences. Beware of tools that only deliver speed. If your process needs additional changes, better to find that out with a pilot team.

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OpenSymmetry

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

Trust me, if you have the opportunity to read the entire report , it is definitely worth it. With talent management applications, you can get both a holistic and detailed view of how your employees are performing and use this information to build out and execute on various engagement strategies and/or programs.

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Close.io

OCTOBER 1, 2018

While the definition of sales manager can actually vary quite a bit from organization to organization, in the primary context of B2B startups (like those we work with most here at Close.io ), a sales manager is defined as: A sales manager is responsible for building, leading and managing a team of salespeople within an organization.

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Mindtickle

OCTOBER 24, 2018

New products are introduced and new partnerships are formed, the marketing team launches new messaging, competitors change tactics or launch new offerings, changes in the go-to-market strategy open up new territories or industries – for all of these and more, a seller should be continuously informed.

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Mindtickle

DECEMBER 28, 2023

We’ll also share best practices for sales operations planning and the important role technology plays in a winning sales ops strategy. Best practices for building an effective sales operations strategy A solid strategy helps boost the effectiveness and efficiency of sellers. But what exactly does a good strategy look like?

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Mindtickle

OCTOBER 24, 2018

New products are introduced and new partnerships are formed, the marketing team launches new messaging, competitors change tactics or launch new offerings, changes in the go-to-market strategy open up new territories or industries – for all of these and more, a seller should be continuously informed.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 9, 2020

With limits on in-person meetings, it’s even more important to double down on your digital selling strategy. Finally convinced our CEO to give me a sales territory because I was determined to go do this thing. And he finally relented and gave me a sales territory, made my number, did well. Especially us at TriNet.

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Crunchbase

JULY 27, 2022

The following provides a definition of sales ops and what it does, offers insights into how to organize and operate a sales operations function in your company, and relays some best practices for running a successful sales operations team. In essence, sales strategy and operations have one overarching purpose—to enable sales teams to sell.

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The Spiff Blog

AUGUST 10, 2023

Good news: we provide a definitive answer to that question in today’s blog post. 5 Ways AI Will Support Sales Comp Managers Naturally, sales comp management is one of the key strategies that businesses are looking to improve through the implementation of AI.

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The Spiff Blog

MAY 18, 2023

If done correctly, an incentive compensation strategy is tailored to each particular role so that it drives more of the right outcomes. Constant Change In the world of incentive compensation, the only constant is change. For example, an organization may compensate an Outbound SDR for the number of meetings they book.

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Openview

MARCH 15, 2019

Some of the most successful and influential SaaS companies include channel sales in their go-to-market strategy. There are certain product and audience situations for which a channel strategy is more appropriate. And there are definitely certain requirements a company has to meet in order to make a partner program viable.

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OpenSymmetry

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Occasionally, organizations may run into roadblocks, as it relates to sales behavior, incentive compensation, system design, respectively, as well as finding and hiring the right talent. A critical component is having a future vision and strategy. Unsure where to start?

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The Spiff Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

By definition, all agile processes are streamlined and simplified. code or low-code platforms work especially well for agile commission operations, because they allow you to create commission logic using a visual interface— freeing you to focus more on strategy and less on complex formulas and spreadsheet wrangling.

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SBI

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

To participate in the next generation of sales tech, sales organizations will have to consider their data strategy. This in-depth demonstration of Unika's Sales Enablement platform provides insights on how you can implement a comprehensive Sales Enablement program that focuses on Strategy, MORE INFO. Sales Incentives.

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