The Spiff Blog

APRIL 27, 2023

Real World Examples of How to Motivate Employees During Tough Times Let’s look at an example of how motivation and reward go hand in hand. For example: Does your employee know that if they do x, they will get y? How does their goal roll into the team goal, department goal, etc.?

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Bigtincan

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Traditional product training for enterprise sales organizations and retail employees often includes hour-long training videos, reviewing lengthy recorded calls, reading through documentation, and a bunch of other time-intensive training processes that require your sales reps to absorb and, hopefully, retain product information.

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Xactly

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

In fact, the best way to ensure sales managers do their job well is by creating an incentive plan that drives the right behaviors. Download our "Ultimate Guide to Sales Compensation Planning" for incentive best practices and everything you need for a sales comp plan design project. Annual Target Incentive. On-Target Earnings.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 3, 2023

Training your team requires providing them with more than a manual and a few workshops before sending them out into the field. In fact, if that’s your current sales training program, all of that hard work and education could be forgotten by your team in just a few months. Start a free trial 3.

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The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2023

What’s the difference between the “how” and the “why” of sales compensation? How you pay sales reps depends on the way you design your comp program, what metrics relate to what incentives, and so on— all the details we’ve covered in many past articles about comp plan design. Let’s illustrate this concept with a few examples.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 16, 2022

How to Create Sales Goals as a Sales Manager. Examples of sales goals include increasing customer retention (the number of first-time customers that turn into repeat buyers) or decreasing customer churn (the percentage of customers that stopped using your company’s product or service during a specific time frame). Who are your buyers?

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Pipeline

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Scott Edinger also claims a similar result in Harvard Business Review : “In my work with clients, when I ask executives if the CRM system is helping their business to grow, the failure rate is closer to 90%. ” If the failure rate is that high, how can businesses achieve any return on investment (ROI) of their CRM? times more than the $5.60

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Highspot

JANUARY 28, 2024

This guide shares the importance of sales collateral, who is responsible, and how to use it to seal the deal. Post-sale, knowledge bases, and training materials support retention and advocacy. They have identified a problem within their business and are considering how to address it. What Is a Sales Collateral?

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Mindtickle

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In this post, we’ll take a closer look at why sales goals are important to sales teams, how to set effective ones, examples of common sales goals, and steps you can take to track and achieve them. For example, an organization might have goals for reps in specific regions – or with specific titles. Other goals are short-term.

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Nutshell

MARCH 19, 2024

We’ll also explore some of the challenges sales reps face that impact their productivity, detail how to calculate your team’s sales productivity, and discuss the best tools to help you increase it. Download our Sales Process Worksheet to learn how to outline the key steps your team needs to take for sales success.

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Emissary

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

How to fix it: Work with marketing to create templates that are rich in value messaging, and which force customization to the specific client and the state of your relationship. For example: QBRs that occur right before a renewal should have different content and a different tone than those that happen after kicking off. .

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The Example Salespeople (anyone, with any title, whose primary role is selling) don’t know about their own skill gaps and blind spots. CEOs hire Sales Leaders believing they know how to do all of these things. We didn’t know what we didn’t know. I can think of five reasons: Unrealistic expectations.

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Crunchbase

JUNE 28, 2021

Investing in team training is a critical part of business success and growth. In today’s age of digital transformation, sales management teams must adapt their sales training strategies to evolving consumer trends and the global shift towards remote work. Sales is a dynamic area of business that’s constantly in flux. Image Source.

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Nutshell

AUGUST 28, 2023

In this guide to sales processes, we’ll discuss the most common sales process stages, how to develop and improve your process, how to overcome common challenges, and more. Effective training and onboarding A clearly defined process simplifies the training and onboarding of new sales team members. Read this first.

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Allego

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

At the same time, travel restrictions and pandemic protocols have prevented cybersecurity sales training teams from meeting in person.The result has been a surge in demand for scalable virtual sales training. 6 Ways to Enable Virtual Sales Training at Scale. It Must Balance Synchronous and Asynchronous Training.

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LeadFuze

JULY 5, 2023

Understanding how to motivate your sales team is crucial for any business aiming to increase market share and achieve its sales goals. And how can you boost their motivation? We’ll also explore how Sales Performance Incentive Funds (SPIFs) play a role in motivating teams. But what motivates sales teams?

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Xactly

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Download our "Guide to Sales Team Compensation" to learn how to compensate each sales role. These examples demonstrate how successful companies go through the process of making achievable goals alongside their reps for the entire sales organization—and not against them. MBO Examples to Motivate Reps and Drive Performance.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Ideally, the overlay specialist should eliminate their own role by training their sales people how to sell the new product or penetrate the new market without assistance. Improper incentive dynamics result in favoritism and defer full implementation of the new product or vertical market strategy. Motivating Specialist Behavior.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 29, 2021

If you look at the 10 largest SaaS companies and the five leading cloud providers , for example, 14 out of the 15 have hundreds or thousands of technology and channel partners. Examples of PRMs : Allbound , Impartner , PartnerStack , Salesforce PRM , Webfinity , ZiftONE. However, few account mapping tools offer this out-of-the-box.

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Highspot

MARCH 18, 2024

We’ll look at what these tools are, why they matter, how to use them, and what to ask when evaluating vendors. Sales Coaching and Training AI-driven coaching platforms like Highspot often work with Clari integration. Comprehensive support and training can facilitate a smooth transition and maximize the ROI of the tools.

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Mindtickle

JANUARY 28, 2020

We’ve entered a new era of sales training. Today’s training is fueled by sales enablement technologies, and it’s bolstered by innovative coaching methods. What is Sales Training? Sales training is the ongoing process of teaching sales teams how to create profitable, deal-closing interactions with buyers.

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

12 examples of sales goals. How to calculate your sales goals. How to achieve your sales goals. How to write a sales goal. Here’s how you apply the SMART style of goal setting: Specific : Don’t just say you want to grow your customer base or increase your sales revenue — explain how you plan to accomplish it.

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Smooth Sale

MAY 26, 2022

Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: How to Enhance Your Business Approach to Customer Service. Our collaborative blog offers insights on ‘How to enhance your business approach to customer service.’ Remaining in business for the long term requires that we learn how to encourage a returning and referring clientele.

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Braveheart Sales

OCTOBER 22, 2020

It shouldn’t be surprising that we spend a lot of time training sales teams and coaching the sales team leaders. Our experience doing it for clients provides much insight into how to get maximum benefit from this kind of help. Here are five elements that must be considered before any money is spent on sales training.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 10, 2016

How do you get your employees to look beyond money and praise for motivation? Implement these tips in your organization’s training programs and you will ignite the internal drive of your employees! By contrast, when cognitive skills were tested, the financial incentives led to worse performance. We always want to improve.

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Nutshell

MARCH 17, 2023

Inboxes are busy and competitive, and knowing how to craft an inviting, eye-catching email is crucial. Sign off] Brand promise welcome emails When considering different welcome email examples, don’t overlook the power of an emotional brand promise message. Introduce the incentive: Offer an overview of the program and its purpose.

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Mindtickle

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Not all sales training works. In fact, research by Gartner found that sales reps only remember 13% of the information a month after their sales training. By adding ways to engage sellers with sales training, you increase sales quota attainment and the ROI of your sales training. Encourage failure and practice.

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Mindtickle

JANUARY 28, 2020

We’ve entered a new era of sales training. Today’s training is fueled by sales enablement technologies, and it’s bolstered by innovative coaching methods. What is Sales Training? Sales training is the ongoing process of teaching sales teams how to create profitable, deal-closing interactions with buyers.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Buyer behavior: Many buyers are trained to buy at the end of the quarter or year. It’s no coincidence that 42% of managers and sales pros who coach or train their teams say that their primary goal is to get sales teams aligned on a common goal. Here’s an example: Subject line: [Prospect's First Name], where did the year go?

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Marc Wayshak

MAY 25, 2022

In this video, I’m going to show you some top sales management training tips on this concept. One of the most important sales management training ideas is the concept of putting a product in place that essentially sells itself in some ways. Align incentives. Check out the 9 keys to building a high-velocity sales team now: 1.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 21, 2019

Sales dashboards provide an overview of your key performance indicators (KPIs) and show you how your sales team is tracking towards your goals and revenue targets. How to Create a Sales Dashboard. Identify how the dashboard will be used. The most challenging part of building a dashboard is knowing how to begin.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Businesses have posed the question of how to build and strengthen customer loyalty throughout history. How to Build Customer Loyalty Offering high-quality products is no longer enough. Example of ZoomInfo’s knowledge center. Provide Ongoing Customer Education and Training.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

It does't matter how long the training program lasted, but let's assume it is a full-day. Belief - Most believe that after a day of comprehensive training salespeople will have the understanding, tools and experience to get on the phone, go out in the field, use what they learned and be effective. It's muscle memory.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

That way, when it comes time to pick one solution over another, you already have reps with product knowledge who can help train other members of the team. Make the CRM part of training and onboarding. Offer an incentive for CRM usage. More importantly, you’ll have confirmation that your reps find real value in the software.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Let’s take a closer look with some examples: Product datasheets. Training webinars. Sales teams, needing up-to-date product knowledge, benefit from training sessions from marketing. Post-training, sales provides feedback, ensuring subsequent webinars are even more tailored and effective. The secret sauce?

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Mindtickle

APRIL 10, 2016

How do you get your employees to look beyond money and praise for motivation? Implement these tips in your organization’s training programs and you will ignite the internal drive of your employees! By contrast, when cognitive skills were tested, the financial incentives led to worse performance. We always want to improve.

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Highspot

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Recruitment and Training Building a competent, successful sales team is crucial. Managers are involved in recruiting, sales coaching and training, and onboarding new sales representatives. Incentives and Recognition Reward top performers with appropriate incentives and recognition. This can boost morale and motivation.

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