The Spiff Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The variable component of success between great historic leaders and sales managers is exactly the same, and that variable is motivation. In relation to sales, let’s quickly walk through the transformation we assume most reps will undergo as they are promoted and attempt to become successful managers.

Compensation 71

Compensation Motivation Sales Management Strategy 71

Partners in Excellence

JULY 22, 2014

I have to admit, I’ve never been able to figure out the value or meaning of the weighted pipeline and forecast. It seems to me, looking at the pipeline based on historical performance of winning/losing and sales cycle time give a much better indicator of pipeline/funnel health. Then we move to the weighted forecast.

Forecasting 90

Forecasting Pipeline Proposal Sales Cycle 90

Hubspot Sales

MAY 29, 2019

So you’ve just been promoted to sales manager -- congratulations! In your first three months as a manager, you’ll have to learn an entirely new set of processes -- some related to sales, some not. Scale your own management process. Good luck, and happy managing! Assess your strengths as a manager.

Sales Management 121

Sales Management Hiring Forecasting Pipeline 121

Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 8, 2014

There’s a lot of stuff written about what sales managers have to do and their key job responsibilities. Some of the laundry list items include: Make sure the team makes the number, develop the strategy, manage the forecast/pipeline, manage performance, recruit, train, coach, and on and on.

Sales Management 104

Sales Management Territories Incentives Incentive 104

Pointclear

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

PinPoint™ Platform , our automated solution that helps manage lead generation, qualification and nurturing. Precise management of lists, lead data, cadence and outcomes drives revenue. They have the experience, training and the personality traits to insure that the folks on the phone who represent you, represent you well.

Sales Qualified Lead 100

Sales Qualified Lead Forecasting Outsourcing Services PointClear 100

Partners in Excellence

JUNE 27, 2017

Virtually everything one reads about driving sales performance and productivity focuses on the sales person. 1000’s of books and articles provide endless advise to help improve sales people skills. Billions are spent in training and skills development—all focused on the sales person.

Coaching 49

Coaching Sales Management Maximizer Sales Enablement 49

Mindtickle

APRIL 15, 2024

Sales enablement aims to create an entire team of top performers who have what it takes to engage buyers throughout the sales process. 0 % of organizations invest in a sales enablement department. In the business world, sales enablement is a relatively new concept, but it’s quickly caught on.

Sales Operations 52

Sales Operations Sales Enablement Scale Quota 52

Sales Hacker

MARCH 6, 2018

Here are 5 tips to create a profitable sales pipeline: Reverse engineer the number of opportunities your reps need to hit quota. Commit to forecast opportunities for the week/month/quarter. Ensure your reps take ownership for their individual sales pipelines. Tip 4) Commit to forecast opportunities for the week/month/quarter.

Pipeline 90

Pipeline Inside Sales Top of Funnel Sales Management 90

BuzzBoard

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Clinging onto formerly reliable but crude spreadsheets, notes apps, or even whiteboards to facilitate pipeline accuracy, deal forecasting, and activity metrics slowly poisons performance. In all honesty, overreliance on tribal knowledge transfer and ad hoc training programs trigger large sales team failures quite often.

Scale 89

Scale Infusion Face-to-face Analysis 89

Zoominfo

AUGUST 18, 2021

Mention Pricing on Cold Calls Talk About the Competition Prepare for the Discount Talk Master the Sales Call Monologue Bring in Your Customer Success Specialists Early Forecast Using Data, Not Instincts. Find the right way to break a few sales call rules, and you can fast-track your company to a hefty market advantage.

Sales Qualified Lead 130

Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads 130

Janek Performance Group

JANUARY 3, 2023

In actual practice, however, sales managers and coaches may or may not be the same person. This can help organizations get the most from their sales managers, sales coaches, and, ultimately, their sales teams. What Is Sales Management? Developing sales plans. Forecasting.

Coaching 62

Coaching Hiring Sales Coaching Lead Rank 62

Highspot

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Sales operations also work to integrate CRM seamlessly with other business tools, creating an ecosystem that informs sales planning and actions. Conduct Revenue Forecasting To predict future earnings, sales operations managers look at past sales, trends, and what’s happening in the market.

Sales Operations 52

Sales Operations Face-to-face Hiring How To 52

Showpad

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

For instance, sales enablement creates an ROI of up to 15.3% higher win rates for forecast deals. The efforts pay off, as this small group achieves win rates for forecast deals of 55% on average versus enablement teams that follow a more tactical, project-based approach, who end up with win rates of, on average, 39%.

ROI 132

ROI Sales Enablement Forecasting Hiring 132

criteria for success

JULY 26, 2022

Sales communication is a vital skill for salespeople. If you boil down the key elements of selling, almost all of them are related to communication. If you are wondering how your team stacks up, use this tool to score your team’s sales communication skills. Let's Talk Sales! Management. Listen Now. Download Now.

Lead Rank 98

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Scale Construction 98

Nutshell

MARCH 19, 2024

What is sales productivity? Sales productivity is a measure of how productive your sales team is. It also relates to how well your sales team and related teams employ the time and resources available to achieve sales goals. DOWNLOAD Ready to become a better sales leader?

How To 71

How To Sales Qualified Lead CRM Face-to-face 71

Partners in Excellence

MAY 29, 2018

Monthly, I get into discussions with well intended sales managers–all are struggling, all are looking for help. ” Bob is a front line sales manager (FLSM) for a large technology company. They are doing the job of their sales people! The sales manager’s job is not “doing deals.”

Sales Management 52

Sales Management Maximizer Report Quota 52

Partners in Excellence

JUNE 20, 2022

It’s important to us, perhaps to forecast commission earnings and when we might buy that new car or go on the big vacation. It’s important to our managers to know whether we are going to make our revenue commitments in the organization. Forecasts are about specific deals. And yet they made their number.

Revenue 99

Revenue Forecasting Resources Face-to-face 99

Customer Centric Selling

AUGUST 5, 2013

Sales Training Article: "When Is This Deal Going to Close?". By Scott Gruher, Sales Benchmark Index (SBI) Image courtesy of imagerymajestic at FreeDigitalPhotos.net "When Is This Deal Going to Close?" The worst question a sales leader can ask a rep. The problem is that most sales leaders aren''t doing this.

Training 63

Training Sales Management Forecasting Coaching 63

Partners in Excellence

JULY 30, 2012

The other day I wrote about the “Almost Perfect Sales Management Article.” ” That post stimulated a flurry of questions about a Sales Management Standard Operating Process/System. There are a few key building blocks to the Sales Management/Leadership Process.

Sales Management 86

Sales Management Hiring Top of Funnel Territories 86

Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

” There are surveys asking for the one area sales managers should focus on. These cover things like comp/metrics, training, forecasts, hiring, sometimes even coaching. There are surveys for sellers covering things like prospecting, pipeline management, closing, sales process.

Survey 94

Survey Hiring Territories Incentives 94

Gong.io

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Excellent pipeline visibility can make sales managers feel like superheroes. Being able to instantly tell executives the exact number and value of sales in your pipeline is like having spidey senses. Unfortunately, that’s not the case for most sales managers. They help you understand your sales process.

Report 62

Report Pipeline Forecasting Hiring 62

Partners in Excellence

APRIL 4, 2016

The responsibilities of a sales manager are very broad. Frontline managers have to work to make sure each person on the team is performing at the highest levels possible. They have to provide the coaching, training, systems, processes, tools, and support to enable their people to achieve their goals. No related posts.

Coaching 48

Coaching Sales Management Face-to-face Analysis 48

Hubspot Sales

JUNE 29, 2022

Start planning how you can address those particular points — whether that be through additional training, constructively calling those issues out in meetings, or any other ways you can productively communicate those concerns to your team. Answer each question by scoring the degree to which you relate to its premise on a scale of one to five.

Lead Rank 76

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Scale How To 76

Zoominfo

AUGUST 18, 2021

Mention Pricing on Cold Calls Talk About the Competition Prepare for the Discount Talk Master the Sales Call Monologue Bring in Your Customer Success Specialists Early Forecast Using Data, Not Instincts Find the right way to break a few sales call rules, and you can fast-track your company to a hefty market advantage.

Sales Qualified Lead 100

Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads 100

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 8, 2020

AI and machine learning will play a larger role in forecasting.?One One of the first places Birnes has seen AI take root is forecasting. Companies have been using statistics for decades to assist their forecasting efforts. It frees up sales managers, who otherwise would listen in on the same calls. “AI

Top of Funnel 218

Top of Funnel Marketing Scale Lead Rank 218

Highspot

MARCH 13, 2024

Below are a few common AI-related usages explained: Conversational AI: Conversational AI powers chatbots and virtual assistants. Predictive Sales AI: Predictive sales AI utilizes machine learning to anticipate customer behavior and improve sales forecasting accuracy.

Webinar Metrics 52

Webinar Metrics Strategy Lead Rank Lead Scoring 52

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 12, 2023

On the other hand, for a field sales rep, those activities might be opportunities discovered, VP-level conversations, face-to-face meetings, and proposals sent. Next, interview your sales managers and reps for their perspectives on key activities. Train them to accurately identify your ideal customers.

Revenue 118

Revenue Proposal SalesForce Lead Rank 118

Sales Hacker

JULY 25, 2022

But before we open up the hood, let’s review some sales performance dashboard basics. The elements of a good sales performance dashboard. The purpose of a sales performance dashboard is to show individuals on your team where they stand in relation to their goals. Where you stand in relation to business goals.

Engineering 99

Engineering Revenue Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead 99

The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , Funnel management , Impact Questions , Interactive Selling , Planning , Prospecting , Sales Leadership , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sell Better , Video , execution , qualifying. EDGE Sales Process. Funnel management. HR Management.

Sales Qualified Lead 231

Sales Qualified Lead Pipeline Cold Calling Webinar Metrics 231

Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 16, 2017

We have to onboard them, train them, develop them to close any gaps that stand in the way of their success. Then we have to provide them the systems, tools, programs, training, processes critical to their success, not only maximizing their performance but helping them to be as effective and efficient as possible. Deals Keep Slipping!

Sales Management 48

Sales Management Maximizer Coaching Forecasting 48

Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 15, 2019

I was meeting with a very thoughtful sales executive. He was about to make some pretty big investments in training and in technology tools. I asked him why he was making those investments, he replied, “We really need to raise the skills and productivity of the sales people. Sales Managers, Use It Or Lose It.

Face-to-face 88

Face-to-face Coaching Sales Methodology Territories 88

Showpad

MAY 7, 2020

Even worse, the content they get from marketing doesn’t match the messaging used in assets from the product team or the information drilled into them during training, so they confuse your buyers and end up creating their own content, wasting several hours per week. First, sales enablement is about a lot more than technology.

Sales Enablement 134

Sales Enablement Lead Rank System Buyer Persona 134

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Stored in Appointments , EDGE Sales Process , Funnel management , Prospecting , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , execution. I was working with a group of sales managers earlier this week, including observing some pipeline reviews. EDGE Sales Process. Funnel management. Hiring Sales Talent.

Pipeline 218

Pipeline Cold Calling Groups Lead Rank 218

Your Sales Management Guru

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Sales Management: How Does March Look? In magazine columns and other blog postings I have written about being a proactive strategic sales manager rather than a reactive, fire-drill crazy, un-organized sales manager. This view is why; you now should be considering March’s sales potential.

Sales Management 60

Sales Management Face-to-face Forecasting Analysis 60

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , HR Management , Hiring Sales Talent , Productivity , Sales Force Alignment , Sales Leadership , Sales Training , execution. Earlier this week, I posted on two related or intersecting topics sales leaders need to manage and improve.

Webinar Metrics 210

Webinar Metrics Pipeline Hiring Face-to-face 210

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 24, 2023

Table of Contents AI Sales Reps Today Examples of AI Sales Reps How to Tell If You’re Taking to an AI Rep When (and Why) Human Reps Are Still Necessary AI Sales Reps Today Sales professionals have traditionally relied on personal interaction to close deals, making it easy to be skeptical of AI's role in this field.

Lead Rank 76

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Face-to-face Forecasting 76

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 2, 2019

There is often a disconnect between the level of effort sales reps put into their work and the tangible outcome seen by sales management and the company at large. Let’s talk about why your organization needs to implement a sales performance management strategy. Helps predict future sales trends.

SAP 119

SAP Oracle Compensation Territories 119