The Spiff Blog

AUGUST 10, 2023

For example: let’s say you want to build a new plan in which your mid-market account executives receive 5% commission on new business bookings and 6% commission on any multi-year deal. Algorithms are able to analyze historical sales data, customer behavior, sales performance metrics, and other key variables to identify patterns and trends.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 9, 2018

Market conditions. For example, HubSpot salespeople might primarily sell marketing software to CMOs and sales software to sales directors. This section of your sales plan can also change dramatically over time as your solution and strategy evolves and you find product-market fit. Who writes sales plans? Revenue targets.

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Pipeliner

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Expanding your brand by going international will definitely bring you more sales, market share, and brand recognition— only if you do it right. The first step you should take is good market research. Take note that this article is about market research instead of marketing research.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 18, 2018

You might recognize the most-prospected-to companies of 2018, according to DiscoverOrg’s database, as household names – but that’s not why savvy sales and marketing professionals have been pitching to them. Louise C– serves as Senior Director, Hospitality Marketing. Wells Fargo.

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Vengreso

JANUARY 21, 2021

Phil is an industry thought leader in sales and marketing with more than 20 years of experience building and leading high-performance B2B sales teams worldwide. Prior to SiriusDecisions, he was vice president of sales at HubSpot, where he was responsible for building the mid-market and enterprise businesses.

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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. Territory Definition. Download Our Free Sales Conversion Rate Calculator and Guide.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

APRIL 11, 2016

Marketing departments coordinate tradeshows, run email campaigns , write & promote content, and conduct an ever-growing list of activities to attract leads and then push them down the funnel. Even with the advanced capabilities of modern sales and marketing intelligence solutions, going without one is still a common reality.

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InsightSquared

JUNE 16, 2020

But key steps in the sales process as well as best practices are quickly forgotten once a rep is immersed in their territory. . By constantly monitoring sales activity via Activity Capture, your guided selling solution pinpoints valuable trends demonstrated by your top performers. Sales rarely follows a linear path.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

It requires a solid foundation of leadership, market focus, sales process and ongoing management. Market Focus. ?Are Are sales territories fairly balanced and clearly defined? ?Does Do your salespeople clearly understand emerging market trends and how to capitalize on them? ?Does Is your sales force ‘fit’?

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BrainShark

MAY 31, 2023

Market conditions change, sales methodologies go in and out of style, but sales competencies like written communication, active listening, negotiation, and research, to name a few, are evergreen and transferable, regardless of trends and circumstances.

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Salesmate

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Like a crystal ball, sales forecasting will surely not show you an exact view of the future. Yes, an exact view of the future isn’t possible, but there needs to be some accuracy in your forecasting. Territory shift. It takes time for sales professionals to adapt to a change and adjust to the new territory. Policy changes.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

For such a complex system to run smoothly, all departments: sales, marketing, support, and accounting need to be connected and communicate in real-time. Key features: All-in-one CRM platform with sales, marketing and support capabilities. Enterprise CRM vs. SMB CRM. But what exactly makes a CRM ideal for a large company?

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Nutshell

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

In this post, we’ll give you a practical overview of how sales management software helps your business close more deals, as well as our picks for the most effective sales management software platforms currently on the market. By drilling down into the data, you can identify trends that help you fine-tune your overall strategy.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 30, 2021

That trend begs the question, "How can I ensure that the right reps are pursuing the most appropriate prospects?". They all have preferences and pain points — specific to factors like their scale, industry, location, and market position. Lead distribution plays on those trends. The same goes for your salespeople.

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LeadFuze

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Who currently have job openings for marketing help. A marketing qualified lead is a consumer who has expressed interest in your product or service and you want to turn them into customers. Take inventory of your prospective buyers and establish a target market. A company in the Financial Services or Banking industry.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

I also lead a team of territory sales managers, which are responsible for covering accounts that have revenue of $2 billion and less, and they are responsible for managing the end-to-end sales cycle. What’s your perspective on this trend and what inside sales can teach us over the long term? I lead a growing team of 16 people.

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InsightSquared

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

CRM platforms were built to give companies ownership of territory data and to manage change in those territories. You’ll be able to predict the likely outcome of your pipeline and take advantage of historical trends. Are you leaning on yours to do too much — and to do things it was never intended for in the first place?

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Salesmate

JULY 9, 2020

The exact length depends mainly on the value of the products or services. Your success rate for closing deals will depend on your target market, your niche, the products you sell, and the area you serve. When you know your revenue by product line, you can start determining which products should receive the most marketing resources.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 21, 2019

Meanwhile, sales managers who oversee a geo-location or region often use territory sales plans to give sales directors and VPs more visibility into their sales efforts. Lastly, a sales budget plan gives you a sales forecast for a given period based on factors that could impact revenue — like industry trends and entry to a new market segment.

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Sales Training Connection

AUGUST 1, 2016

As a way of exploring the future of sales training, let’s time travel to the year 2026 and examine the major trends of the day. They have looked at sales training while simultaneously examining other factors such as territory design, compensation and go-to-market strategy. Sales Training – 2026. Learning methodologies.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Mike Kunkle is leading an important discussion about a new trend in Sales Enablement. And the front line managers are doing what, exactly” Like Mike, I’m seeing the same trend. Who am I to look to for help in winning deals, developing my pipeline and managing my territory? Sales enablement or their managers?

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Apptivo

JUNE 22, 2023

The software generates analytics and reports , highlighting essential metrics like conversion rates, sales cycles, and revenue trends. Marketing Automation Businesses invest heavily in marketing automation software in order to improve operational efficiency and drive revenue development.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 21, 2018

Sometimes based on logic, fact, and market opportunity. Look at analyst trend reports, prior year sales figures for your own business and your competition if available. Read their annual reports, understand the industry trends. Given my experiences over the past 20 years in the B2B sales industry, I’ll let you be the judge! .

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Mindtickle

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Competitors are coming out with aggressive offers that bring down market rates, and champions are under fire to make even better business cases than before. We track the number and percentage of accounts in each rep’s territory that haven’t seen an activity logged in the last 30 days. Even then, good deals do not close.

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Trinity Perspectives

MARCH 22, 2018

Sometimes based on logic, fact and market opportunity, more often based on fantasy, flawed logic and pulled from the nether regions of a senior leader somewhere. Think outside the box when compiling this information – analyst trend reports, prior year sales figures for your own business and your competition, if available.

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Close.io

AUGUST 7, 2019

Excerpt: “Professional sellers who think like owners of their territories take more accountability for their outcomes and success, no matter what’s going on around them. Updated often, they share how-to’s, essays, and articles on all things sales and marketing. They find a way, every time, to make their number. The first meeting.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Sales region / territory. Ask questions and find trends by working with these KPIs across your CRM data. . Pinpointing these trends take you from seeing black and white to seeing your sales process in color. Audience is the people you’re targeting to receive tailored marketing messages. Sales rep or sales team.

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SugarCRM

JULY 6, 2021

A customer-centric mindset appears to be one of the biggest differentiators between direct competitors in markets across the world. A marketing strategy that truly reflects your brand. This opens the gates to potential future collaboration opportunities, recommendations, and word-of-mouth marketing (free marketing).

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The Brooks Group

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Our salespeople interact with marketing to develop ways for them to work together to develop new business. As a general rule, our salespeople think and act strategically as it relates to effective prospecting inside their territory or assigned account base. Yes | No | Don’t Know | N/A. Yes | No | Don’t Know | N/A.

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The Brooks Group

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Our salespeople interact with marketing to develop ways for them to work together to develop new business. As a general rule, our salespeople think and act strategically as it relates to effective prospecting inside their territory or assigned account base. Yes | No | Don’t Know | N/A. Yes | No | Don’t Know | N/A.

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InsightSquared

APRIL 14, 2021

They work tirelessly to assess the funnel quality, sales process adherence, and the overall go-to-market strategy. Does our marketing strategy need to be adjusted to generate more in-period leads? Static Account Properties: region, territory, owner, custom properties, etc. But, the truth is, time is not on their side.

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Close.io

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Rejection is painful , and it comes with the territory in sales—which is why you’re doing yourself no favor when choosing someone who’s constantly sold products that are excessively easy to move. Market and customer research. Want to get a ready-made set of resources to manage a sales team effectively? Prospecting and partnerships.

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OpenSymmetry

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Just because we have our sales plans rolled out, our sales targets, a strong marketing engine, great incentives/reward and the right technology are we truly set up for success? What kind of trends are you seeing? Rachel Alexander is the Marketing Analyst at OpenSymmetry. Are we staffed under capacity to reach targets?

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SugarCRM

MAY 2, 2019

When it comes to their customer and prospect data, sales teams can be pretty territorial. By the time most sales reps—or even most sales managers—notice a new customer trend, it’s usually too late to proactively respond to it. Thank you to guest contributor Jennifer Karpus-Romain, Director of Marketing at Intelestream, Inc.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 28, 2021

That idea might sound crazy, but it’s actually part of a new trend sales organizations are using to hit their revenue targets. With the shift to remote work and more new products hitting the market every day, it’s no surprise that social selling has risen in popularity. Would you slide into a prospect’s DMs to land a product demo?

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Chili Piper

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

With any lead distribution tool, you’ll need analytics to help you spot trends and improve your routing processes. In addition to Salesforce reports, Distribution Engine boasts daily logs and long-term trend reports. Related opportunity. Opportunity owner. Related contact. Contact owner. Lead owner. Related lead. Booked by user.

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Chili Piper

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

With any lead distribution tool, you’ll need analytics to help you spot trends and improve your routing processes. In addition to Salesforce reports, Distribution Engine boasts daily logs and long-term trend reports. Related opportunity. Opportunity owner. Related contact. Contact owner. Lead owner. Related lead. Booked by user.

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