The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

These pillars include organizational alignment, robust reporting, ongoing professional development, incentive compensation, and sales enablement. Incentive alignment : Shared goals enable the design of incentive structures that motivate sales reps while aligning with the broader success of the organization.

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LeadFuze

DECEMBER 31, 2021

What is a Sales Objection? When we think about objections, the first word that comes to mind is no. An objection can be expressed in a number of ways but it all boils down to when you’re not able to satisfy what they want. The 10 Most Frequently Occurring Types of Sales Objections. Just to give you an idea.

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The Brooks Group

JUNE 11, 2017

By adding in a few carefully selected sales incentives, you can capitalize on this competitive streak and really get your team to race full speed towards sales goals. Sales incentives can be broken down into three categories. Sales incentives can be broken down into three categories. Tangible Sales Incentives.

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

We’ll talk about how good leadership, special sales incentives, and clear jobs can help make sales ops better. Personalize Sales Incentives Sales ops teams, with their access to sales data and analytics tools, are uniquely positioned to transform incentive programs.

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The Brooks Group

JUNE 11, 2015

By adding in a few carefully selected sales incentives, you can capitalize on this competitive streak and really get your team to race full speed towards sales goals. Sales incentives can be broken down into three categories. Sales incentives can be broken down into three categories. Tangible Sales Incentives.

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Highspot

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Building and Leading a High-Performing Sales Team Only 31% of sales managers had strong confidence in their sales team’s ability to meet key business objectives. Incentives and Recognition Reward top performers with appropriate incentives and recognition. Communication Foster open and transparent communication within the team.

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Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Or, if you want to use incentive travel/excursions to motivate people to higher levels of performance, you raise the bar required for people to qualify for the “President’s Club” trip. I have inquired about incentives and changes in overall production of a sales team. What are the objectives/goals in their life that are non-negotiable?

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Pipeliner

APRIL 9, 2021

In the B2B marketing world, the constant objective remains to solve your customers’ problems so that their businesses can flourish. In-depth research using multiple sources, including industry studies , interviews, and academic papers, can help you build a research archive that will impress your clients. Social Media Lead Generation.

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Mereo

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Incentives and bonuses motivate sales professionals for good reason. A Gallop study revealed that 50% of employees leave their company to get away from their bosses. A CSO can throw all the incentives and bonuses they want at their team to keep their top performers around, but that strategy alone will get costly.

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LeadFuze

JULY 7, 2023

In this thorough overview, we’ll investigate the significance of creating intelligent sales objectives and approaches that can assist you with accomplishing them. We will explore how past data analysis, future company changes consideration, and incentive programs implementation play a significant role in goal-setting.

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PandaDoc

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Employee engagement increases when the incentives are worth the effort required to do well. Points, scores, and objectives allow participants to get a clear understanding of the end goal while prizes and rewards motivate them to achieve it. This could be a monetary incentive like a cash prize, or a prize of some significant value.

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The Digital Sales Institute

MARCH 12, 2024

This knowledge will help them to deal with customer questions and overcome any objections that get in the way of closing. Handling Sales Objections. It is rare in closing sales that no objections or obstacles pop up. It is rare in closing sales that no objections or obstacles pop up. Communication Soft Skill.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 17, 2022

I’m fascinated by studying lazy sales people! Let me qualify that a little, I’m fascinated by studying lazy sales people that consistently achieve their goals. They focus on those who have a high sense of urgency around changing, or those they can incent to have that urgency.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Performance culture is studied in depth in our 2014 Research Tour. Incentive Programs. Does your comp plan incent behaviors that will get you to your number? Consider the metrics that will drive your top 3 sales objectives for the year. The comp plan must incentivize the right behavior. Talent Management.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Creators can include a lot of information beneath each video, but it’s important to put a compelling incentive and/or promotional link first since YouTube cuts off the majority of this text. There is no other branding or self-promotion beyond a link to a free eBook below the video and Gavin’s name (highlighted in yellow, below).

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 15, 2018

They’re invested in the company’s future, so be transparent about all corporate objectives, future projects, decisions, and changes. Internal incentives create strong brand ambassadors: after all, these employees are going above and beyond their job responsibilities to further the goals of the company. Communicate clearly.

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Pipeline

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Therefore, to ensure an objective analysis in an isolated environment (controlled variables of industries and the CRM software), we’ll take a look at some of Pipeline CRM’s case studies. Step 3: Offer Incentives and Decide on Consequences Your CRM functions as your eyes and ears. Learn more.

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 17, 2023

Dr. Albert Mahrabian , a professor at UCLA, conducted a study to find out what determines an individual’s communication impact. The study’s results help us understand high-performing sales reps’ effectiveness. The study found: 7 percent of communication impact is determined by the words used.

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Xactly

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Management by Objectives, aka MBOs, are goals set for employees to improve overall sales performance, as agreed up on by sales manager and rep. Even better, when is the last time you followed-through and actually turned that thought into action? More often than not, the answer to both of those questions is not very often.

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Salesmate

JUNE 4, 2021

One such practice is that of providing sales incentives to the salespeople. What are sales incentives? Call it what you will, incentives are what get people to work harder.” – Nikita Khrushchev . In simple terms, sales incentives are something that motivates your team to wake up in the morning and get to work.

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Igniting Sales Transformation

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Studies suggest that the average per head cost is between $1,500-$3,000. The activity KPI’s we set today, which incent the wrong behavior? Are there internal systems, processes or even management biases getting in the way of the objective too? SKO’s are expensive! Lack of training?

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Apptivo

OCTOBER 3, 2022

From a marketing funnel perspective, customers are considering the product or service, and are seeking more details either from first-hand experience, or testimonials, or validations from industry rankings/ratings agencies, or awards/recognitions received, success stories, published case studies etc. Strategies: 1.Engagement Strategies: 1.Providing

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 21, 2023

This can be in the form of a testimonial, case study, or exciting statistic. You'll also want to introduce a case study at this point. You can read the whole story here: [Provide case study link.] Using a case study offers social proof, which gets them thinking about how you can also help them like you helped others.

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Miller Heiman Group

JULY 18, 2018

In our 2018 Sales Operations Optimization Study conducted by CSO Insights, only 47 percent of respondents reported adoption rates of greater than 90 percent. In our 2018 Sales Operations Optimization Study, we also asked respondents to share which areas needed the most improvement over next 24 months.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 16, 2020

Re-evaluate your objectives and focus on the specific skills needed for certification. Remember, while it may be important to know the five product lines at your company, focus only on the ones they are currently studying. Focus on Skills. For example, MindTickle leverages gamification and allows team members to earn badges as they go.

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The Spiff Blog

AUGUST 22, 2023

Compensation is a business investment, after all, and you need to study it closely to identify areas of overspending or risk potential. Studies show that misaligned departments cost companies an average of 10% of their revenue per year ( source ). We’ll keep it simple: shared information and shared objectives.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 5, 2012

If you decide on #2, here's how to objectively evaluate your compensation plan: Look at your role responsibilities and find the comparable positions at your competitors. Sign up for the Q3 Research Study Tour here and get our Sales Compensation Assessment Scorecard to help with this evaluation. Compare your programs.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 16, 2022

Will it require studying more? You might have to inform employees of new incentives for high-performing team members. You can offer employee rewards and incentives. As a sales manager, you must look further than short-term objectives. Although this is a great goal, it’s not SMART. Let’s analyze it against this tool.

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Apptivo

MAY 26, 2023

A sales target is a specific goal or objective set by a company or individual to achieve a predetermined level of sales within a given time period. However, if the team falls short and only sells 800 units, the sales objective is clearly missed. Business Objectives Make sure sales goals match the big picture.

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Xactly

JULY 11, 2018

As a sales professional, one of the most common things you hear from prospects is an objection. In sales, objections come every day. What sets a strong sales rep apart from someone with less-experienced reps is how the rep handles objections when they are meeting face-to-face or cold calling.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 25, 2023

Studying examples of sales plans can help illustrate this, so let’s look at an example sales plan excerpt now. Sales objectives In this example of a sales plan, the sales objectives could be to simultaneously increase sales by 25% and to acquire 10 new customers in the first year of operation. Why did you start your business?

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Mindtickle

JANUARY 19, 2023

Forrester’s 2021 B2B Buying Study ). Forrester’s 2021 B2B Buying Study ). Put a really detailed referral program in place to incentive reps to ask for customer referrals and customers to provide them. In month three, focus on differentiating and handling objections. Go beyond deal coaching to focus on skill development.

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LeadFuze

DECEMBER 31, 2021

I have found that the best way is by offering incentives, like a prize of sorts. Incentive contest ideas are one way of motivating employees. In fact, the sell the most team contest usually ends up negatively affecting all three of our other objectives. The team trophy. The snooze button. Sales bingo / Scavenger hunt.

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Zoominfo

MAY 13, 2018

According to one study, eight out of ten people say they’re stressed from work ( source ). Start small, and expand your incentive program as you learn and grow. 40% of business objectives fail due to inaccurate data. In today’s post we explain the effects of sales pressure and provide ways to mitigate this stress productively.

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LeadFuze

MAY 26, 2021

In a study by the Aberdeen Group, it was found that companies with strong marketing and sales alignment achieved 20% annual revenue growth. First, people need clearly defined objectives to complete. These objectives or KPIs should be based upon whatever drives the most growth and success for the company. Make these things clear.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Why is it that companies spend tons of money on client events, company celebrations, sales incentives, and work-life balance perks like childcare, but then they skimp on investing in building permanent, repeatable sales skills for their teams? He refers to a study by K. Your marketing strategy is doomed without practice.

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OpenSymmetry

JULY 20, 2016

In some cases, incentive compensation (IC) methods have evolved to align with new regulations regarding specific sales metrics. For example, Corporate Integrity Agreements (CIAs) were implemented by the DoJ as a way to curtail off-label drug promotion which forced companies to ensure their sales incentives encouraged proper compliance.

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