The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

As a sales leader, you already know that effective sales performance management isn’t just setting lofty sales targets and then pushing your team to achieve them. These pillars include organizational alignment, robust reporting, ongoing professional development, incentive compensation, and sales enablement.

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Nutshell

MARCH 8, 2023

In this article, we’re giving you the inside scoop on how CRMs impact marketing, sales, and customer service teams to help your business thrive. This means offering support, promotional and exclusive customer discounts, and any other incentives to encourage continued loyalty. Who doesn’t love that?

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Highspot

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Effective sales management is the core of any successful business. Read on as we break down why strong sales management matters, along with proven strategies to achieve it. It involves planning, organizing, leading, and controlling the sales activities within an organization to achieve its revenue targets and close deals.

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SBI

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Top Sales Tools of 2020 and the Digital Sales Revolution. Today, I’m announcing the solution providers I’ve selected for the final cut of the Top Sales Tools of 2020 list. I include more than 20 solutions that can make a huge impact on sales. December 8, 2020. Let’s take a look back over time.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

In this episode of the Sales Hacker Podcast, we have Scott Barton , VP of Industry Solutions at Varicent. He’s an expert in the sales world, particularly in revenue operations and incentive compensation. Join us for a great conversation about driving the right behaviors within your sales team. powered by Sounder.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 25, 2023

Like many disciplines, sales teams everywhere are trying to understand what role artificial intelligence will play in their industry. It’s here, and it’s already changing sales as we know it. Whether you’re skeptical, curious, or fully on board, it’s important to educate yourself about how sales reps are using AI.

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Apptivo

MAY 26, 2023

What is a sales target? The benefits of setting a sales target 3. Things to consider before placing a sales goal 4. How to set realistic sales targets for your sales team? Tips to effectively communicate sales targets to your team 6. How to track sales targets with the help of tools Apptivo Sales CRM?

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Xactly

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Sales compensation is a balancing act. First and foremost, you need to incent your sales team to close deals. Without the right incentives and fair pay, performance will suffer. Because of this, creating a strong sales incentive plan can be a difficult task. 6% of sales revenue), for every sale they make.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

They’re researching business products and services online, purchasing via websites as much as they can, and foregoing interactions with sales representatives whenever possible. Of course, the shift to digital sales tactics has been underway for years. What sales investments should you focus on in 2022? Sales engagement.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 25, 2023

A sales plan is a roadmap that outlines your business’s strategy for selling its products or services. 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. What is a sales plan?

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InsightSquared

JULY 14, 2020

The Common Sales Forecasting Misconception. When you think about your sales forecast , do you see a target or a benchmark? Salespeople are commonly trained to use their forecast as a benchmark. Accuracy is the Real Incentive. This is not to say that outperforming your forecast is a bad thing.

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Xactly

MAY 3, 2018

It goes without saying that sales leaders are always looking for more. More sales, more quota attainment, and more ways to get ahead of the competition. An excellent, but overlooked approach to achieving “more” is sales capacity planning. The Emergence of Sales Capacity Planning. View Resources.

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Highspot

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In this article, we help you navigate the intricacies of sales performance metrics, guiding you on which ones are pivotal and how best to measure them. What Is Sales Performance? Sales Performance vs. Sales Metrics Why Analyze Your Sales Performance? Why Analyze Your Sales Performance?

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 22, 2018

Sales manager job description. Sales managers are responsible for helping their reps meet individual quota, getting the team to hit quota, forecasting sales and running sales reports, providing mentorship and training, recruiting, hiring, and onboarding new salespeople, and more. Sales manager responsibilities.

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SBI

JULY 24, 2018

Sales reps love their CRM. They love spending hours entering information about the email activity they’ve had with customers, meetings held, proposals delivered, and especially updating their forecast. In fact, who doesn’t love a good forecast session with their sales manager? It also doesn’t accelerate sales cycles.

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SBI

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

We call it Sales Tech Simplified. This week I interview Russ Chadinha , Senior Director Product Marketing of Model N Revenue Cloud. It is the primary objective for CEO’s and for Sales and Marketing executives. CEB/Gartner research shows that 53% of customer loyalty is driven by the sales experience.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 17, 2018

Best Sales Podcasts. Sales Gravy. Linking Into Sales Podcast. The Sales Evangelist. Bowery Capital Startup Sales Podcast. Get in the Door: Sales Prospecting Strategies & Tactics. The Sales Babble Podcast. Sales Pipeline Radio. Make It Happen Mondays -- B2B Sales with John Barrows.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Of course, when we look at the forecast and realize we are going to miss the goal, we pull out all the stops figuring out what we can make happen to close the gap with the goal. Can we pull something in, can we offer an “incentive (read discount),” can we perform a miracle. Related Posts: What About The Forecast?

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The Brooks Group

JANUARY 30, 2019

So it makes sense that in order to succeed and grow, your sales team must be using some sort of Customer Relationship Management system. Regardless of the software you choose, using a CRM platform will benefit you, your sales team, and your entire organization. Allows Sales Reps to Stay Organized. Stick to those.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 26, 2021

There are many moving parts in a successful sales organization. If you know that you love strategizing to increase sales but don’t want to be an account executive, sales operations may be the right place for you. What is Sales Operations? Why do we need Sales Operations? Average sales cycle duration.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 28, 2019

The sales operations professional is like the coxswain for salespeople. Patrick Kelly, who led Xerox’s first Sales Operations group, describes the role as “all the nasty number things that you don’t want to do but need to do to make a great sales force.”. Download Our Free Sales Conversion Rate Calculator and Guide.

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SBI

MARCH 18, 2015

This post is part of a series of Executive Interviews of top sales and marketing solutions company executives. What problem/s are you solving for sales and/or marketing organizations? The weekly sales forecasting process is the heartbeat of a sales teams’ activities, and intended to be a roadmap for the selling period.

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Close.io

OCTOBER 1, 2018

So you want to become a sales manager ? Making the leap from sales practitioner to sales manager doesn’t have as much to do with being a rockstar that boasts the highest close rate on your team—as it’s concerned with your ability to motivate, lead and elevate others to achieve more. Overseeing the organization’s sales training.

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Close.io

JUNE 3, 2019

Imagine two sales managers walk into a room. Sales Manager #1 wants to crush her quarterly targets and has an idea of what it’s going to take to get there. Sales Manager #2, on the other hand, doesn’t hope. Before you yawn and your eyes glaze over, realize forecasting doesn’t have to be a complicated or tedious tool to manage.

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Xactly

APRIL 18, 2018

Sales operations and sales enablement are two sides of the same coin allowing your sales team to hone in on the actual selling motions rather than focusing on the back-end processes, tracking down training material, and optimizing the sales teams’ CRM. What is Sales Operations? Understanding Sales Enablement.

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Allego

AUGUST 7, 2019

Cespedes is a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School and author of “Aligning Strategy and Sales.” ” Christopher Wallace is the founder of Incite Sales and a managing director for GrowthPlay, a sales effectiveness firm. companies spend over $900 billion on their sales forces.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 21, 2017

What is Sales Operations? Sales operations refers to the unit, role, activities and processes within a sales organization that support, enable, and drive front line sales teams to sell better, faster, and more efficiently. But perhaps more than anything else, sales operations brings a system to selling. Technology.

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LeadFuze

JUNE 29, 2021

However, much like warfare, if you charge into battle without a proper sales strategy, you’re running blind. What is a sales strategy. A sales strategy is plan that outlines how a business is going to sell its products or services. A sales strategy enables a company to position itself and its offering in a meaningful way.

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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. So, how can you visualize your sales data to make key decisions and analyze performance? The answer: A sales dashboard. What is a sales dashboard? A sales dashboard is a visual representation of your sales data.

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PandaDoc

MAY 26, 2022

Is my sales strategy clear? It’s a vital question that all business owners, entrepreneurs, and marketers should be asking themselves on a regular basis. Here’s a closer look at how to write a sales strategy that works. How to write a sales strategy that actually works. Set realistic sales and business goals.

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LeadFuze

DECEMBER 31, 2021

8 Proven Sales Forecasting Methods for Greater Accuracy. Making accurate sales revenue forecasting models is almost as important as meeting the revenue target. A new study by CSO Insights shows that 60% of deals forecasted do not actually close. Need Help Automating Your Sales Prospecting Process?

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Sales Hacker Training

MARCH 14, 2023

Here’s a list of the best lead generation tools on the market today. These solutions range from CRM tools to exit-intentlead capture to sales management tools to marketing software and beyond. Outreach empowers sales teams to manage their sales pipeline , close more deals, and forecast revenue. 1) Outreach.io

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Mindtickle

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

But with sales enablement tools, you can understand the attitudes, content, and skills that help your sales reps reach their objectives. What to look for in a sales enablement tool. What to look for in a sales enablement tool. Growth and development: Insights on sales rep performance can spot weaknesses and strengths.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

If you’re familiar with what a CRM is already, then you intuitively know that an enterprise CRM is basically a CRM solution tailored to larger (enterprise-level) companies with complex processes and large sales teams. Analytics and forecasting. Sales enablement. HubSpot Sales Hub Enterprise. Enterprise CRM vs. SMB CRM.

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InsideSales.com

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Learn how to create a successful sales strategy plan for your business with these eleven tips. RELATED: 7 Sales Techniques That Actually Work. In this article: What Is a Sales Plan? Develop Your Market and Sales Strategy. Don’t Forget to Include Marketing In Your Sales Plan. What Is a Sales Plan?

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Pointclear

MAY 3, 2012

In the second post, we looked at elements of a complex sale that impact B2B lead generation costs. Let’s now turn our attention to the characteristics the right marketing metrics should have and then use those characteristics to clearly identify the marketing KPIs needed to correctly measure lead value in B2B lead generation.

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OpenSymmetry

MARCH 25, 2015

Sales Performance Management (SPM) has truly evolved over the last 10+ years from the days of having an on-premise solution that primarily automated the compensation calculation process with basic reporting, to a new dynamic frontier with extended capabilities.

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