The Spiff Blog

APRIL 27, 2023

Motivation and compensation are tough to nail under normal circumstances and are even trickier during tough times. It’s safe to say that motivating your team in the current economic downturn is about as tricky as it has ever been. Super motivating right? For example: Does your employee know that if they do x, they will get y?

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BuzzBoard

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Understanding the Importance of Motivating a Small Business Sales Team Motivating a small business (SMB) sales team is paramount for sales success. It fuels the continued operation of a small business, yielding significant results, and clinching the company’s position in a fiercely competitive market.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 20, 2017

So recent developments in the field of psychology that point to intrinsic motivations as the key to peak creativity and performance could help sales professionals. First it’s important to understand what motivations are and how they work. Extrinsic motivations are about what others want from you and can undermine your performance.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 7, 2020

Author: Luke Kreitner The element of surprise has been proven to be a powerful motivational tool. You can use them as a tool of instant engagement to make the reward experience more meaningful, which in turn can motive sales teams more effectively. Motivate sales employees with on-the-spot rewards.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 25, 2023

Acting as an essential tool for businesses of all sizes and in all industries, a robust sales plan helps to identify sales goals, target markets, and sales tactics to achieve those goals. Start free trial New product This type of plan is specifically designed to introduce a new product into the market and achieve specific sales goals.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 16, 2018

Author: Jen Wagstaff More than 10 years spent working in sales training have taught me to understand and turn around salespeople who are struggling. Here are four steps I’ve found most effective to re-motivate a salesperson who’s falling behind. Find out what motivates them. Start positive – identify their strengths.

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Highspot

JANUARY 4, 2024

Achieving revenue targets can be tricky, and it’s tempting to overlook training. A sales training strategy is your blueprint to equip sales teams with the necessary skills and knowledge to excel. Get practical advice for developing an effective, modern sales training strategy.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 16, 2022

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). What does the market look like? Increase team motivation.

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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. Motivation plays a big role in sales reps’ willingness to engage with sales learning. Here are six ways you can change your sales training to motivate your sales team.

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Highspot

JANUARY 3, 2024

Read on to discover how reps can confidently approach each closing conversation with closing sales training that works. Sales leaders and reps can efficiently navigate this crucial stage of the sales process with ongoing coaching and training. Let’s explore the key benefits of developing a comprehensive sales training program.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 8, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan “What happens when new and fast-improving technologies create opportunities to unleash untapped sources of revenue, some of them long trapped by market inefficiencies?”. There’s no reason it can’t have equally powerful impacts on B2B sales and marketing, but it’s in its infancy, experts say. “AI

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 9, 2022

That's why leaders need to leverage effective sales training techniques to set reps on the right course and facilitate their professional growth. Sandhu also touched on the value of leveraging a "teach-show-do" framework when training reps. Sandhu also stressed how managers need to commit to repetition when training their reps.

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MTD Sales Training

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

No matter how good you are at your sales job, there are situations that we have no control over, and that includes the job market. If you’re in the unhappy position of looking for work, here are some ways that we recommend in order to keep yourself motivated : . You will be motivated in the journey. Happy Selling! Sean McPheat.

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criteria for success

MARCH 18, 2020

Keeping a remote sales force motivated doesn’t have to be hard. Here are 6 tips to keeping your remote sales force motivated to perform at peak levels. Tip #1 for keeping a remote sales force motivated – hire the right salespeople. Tip #2 for keeping a remote sales force motivated – provide good training.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 31, 2021

Author: Brian Trautschold As a new hire, structured training and onboarding programs are expected. Today, it is rare to see a company that doesn’t have a strict training program in place from the moment a new hire walks through the door. For example, sales coaching can help reps assess the quality of their leads.

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Janek Performance Group

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

When considering in-house or outsourced sales training, the question is not, “which method is better?” Not every company is a good fit for partnering with a sales training organization. For example, a startup may rely on the entrepreneur handling all the selling. Sales training, like life, is not either black or white.

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

A comprehensive sales and marketing plan sets up organizations for long-term growth and success. In this guide, we’ll dig into the differences between sales and marketing plans, how to create your plan, and templates to get the ball rolling. What is a Sales and Marketing Plan?

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

A comprehensive sales and marketing plan sets up organizations for long-term growth and success. In this guide, we’ll dig into the differences between sales and marketing plans, how to create your plan, and templates to get the ball rolling. What is a Sales and Marketing Plan?

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Smooth Sale

JANUARY 26, 2022

Attract The Right Job Or Clientele: Note: Our collaborative Blog offers insights upon asking, ‘ Do You Want Key Tips for Better Business Marketing This Year? You have much to think about when you are trying to focus on making the right choices and being able to improve your company marketing this year. Find Your Marketing Niche.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 22, 2021

Example: I’m working with a coaching/consulting organization right now that has many related companies in their portfolio. They have specific, aggressive goals for the acquisition of business (and I mean, really big target revenue goals); They invest in sales training for their team. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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Janek Performance Group

JULY 19, 2023

‍The success of any business largely depends on the ability of sales and marketing teams to work together effectively. This connection must be deeper than the marketing department providing sales reps with brochures and PDF attachments. Marketing can help sales reps understand their target market and ideal customer profile.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JANUARY 31, 2020

Buying motives? If a prospect is looking to move forward “as soon as possible,” for example, it means that budget is in place. It also means that the decision makers have all agreed that their buying motives (needs) are such that a decision needs to be made now. Needs or pain points? Everybody is onboard. Who Should Attend?

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 15, 2024

Show me the strength of the market—like that. The head represents the logical aspect, where we analyze data, assess market strength, and consider the numbers. Offering hope to patients, improving lives, and keeping people alive are powerful motivators. One is the head, which is your rational thinking about it.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Today we’re closing out this three-part series with a post for our marketing audience. So, if you’re on the hunt for new marketing resources, look no further. 1. Marketing 360. The Marketing 360 YouTube channel offers a wide variety of high-quality video content. 2. Duct Tape Marketing. Go check it out!

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Xactly

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

And, they can have a big impact on sales team engagement and motivation. How MBOs Affect Sales Team Engagement and Motivation. While your situation might not be that extreme, the point is we often take employee engagement and motivation for granted. It’s extremely important to keep reps engaged and motivated to meet quota.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Whether you’re welcoming a new person to your sales team or helping develop skills among your current staff, sales training is a very important part of fostering a successful sales program. Studies show that sales teams who complete highly-rated sales training programs see a 10% higher win rate and are at least 10% more likely to hit quota.

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BrainShark

MARCH 29, 2022

The right customer service training software can help you onboard agents faster, track their learning progress, and ensure they always have access to relevant information for resolving client issues quickly. There’s usually no short, practical training for solving specific client problems on the spot. Articulate.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 8, 2017

Failure is a dirty word in sales, destroying the motivation to grab a Band-Aid and start anew. Instead of kicking sales personnel when they’re down, we need to effectively strategize how to train and guide them during those occasional, inevitable failures. Training Your Sellers to Win Through Failure. Education in Action.

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LeadFuze

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Navigate these waters with ease – join us as we chart out a course through the vast ocean of best sales training podcasts. Welcome aboard as we chart out a course through the vast ocean of best sails training podcasts. In fact, sales training podcasts are emerging as a preferred learning tool for many professionals in the field.

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The Digital Sales Institute

DECEMBER 3, 2021

This is our list of sales skills with examples to give a glimpse of what it takes to be successful in selling today. List of Sales Skills with Examples. Selling today is all about recognising the true motivations of buyers and aligning our presentations and solutions to match their needs and desires. Be an expert.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

If you’re on the hunt for new marketing resources, look no further. The philosophy behind this channel reads as follows: Smart entrepreneurs who want to thrive in today’s marketplace must master the fields of psychology, marketing, and human behavior. Billy Gene is Marketing Inc. Today’s blog post is for you!

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Choosing long-term and shorter term goals that will actually motivate your team is tricky, though. 12 examples of sales goals. But creating a sales goal that actually motivates your team isn’t easy. For example, you can say: We’re going to increase our core product’s revenue using a consultative sales approach.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Author: TIM RIESTERER Sales training and enablement leaders, it’s time to level up. it needs to be able to stand on its own, address your buyers’ big questions, showcase your unique value and motivate action. — it needs to be able to stand on its own, address your buyers’ big questions, showcase your unique value and motivate action.

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Act!

APRIL 16, 2024

In a remote or even a hybrid setting , keeping your sales reps engaged and building that team culture can be quite challenging as everyone connects from a different location and environment, potentially resulting in distractions, miscommunication, and low motivation. A CRM also simplifies your team’s sales activities.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 21, 2019

This quote, from marketing guru Seth Godin, sums up the importance of good data in making better decisions. Sales Process, Tool, and Training Adoption Metrics. Slemma : Build dashboards that centralize your sales and marketing data. Sales Dashboard Examples. Lead Generation Sales Metrics. Sales Outreach Metrics.

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Smooth Sale

APRIL 10, 2024

For example, work in a medical environment where things can seem precarious or even potentially life-threatening daily. Learn to Motivate Yourself It is easy for us to depend on others and complain about working environments not supporting us. Today’s insights are provided to help you achieve the Smooth Sale!

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Mr. Inside Sales

JANUARY 23, 2020

For example: many real estate agents have put together an up to date, free market analysis of comps of other homes in the area and call local homeowners to give this away. Are you by chance going to be in the market to sell your home within the next 6 to 12 months?”. Are you looking to downsize anytime within the next 5 years?”.

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