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.

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LeadFuze

JULY 7, 2023

Knowing how to set sales goals is a crucial skill for any business owner, sales manager or marketer. It not only drives revenue growth but also helps in managing customer churn and acquisition costs effectively. But setting effective sales goals involves more than just choosing an arbitrary number.

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The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

But remember that while the execs are driven by revenue and low customer churn, your sales reps are driven by their incentive compensation plans. Sales reps are trained to track dollars and revenue (yes, you’ve taught them well), so of course they’re going to track their own. Prioritize a positive sales culture.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 9, 2016

In the US alone, between training, technology, and tools, over $25Billion is spent each year on enabling sales people. There are dozens of software tools/platforms, with new one’s springing up every week that focus only on sales enablement. What about sales managers? Should Sales Managers Coach?

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PandaDoc

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Employee engagement increases when the incentives are worth the effort required to do well. Manage your sales activities twice as fast Increase your close rate by 36% wuth PandaDoc. When executed properly, contests can dramatically boost sales productivity by offering incentives for high performers.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 26, 2023

You can get creative with how you share your business through referral programs to offer advocates incentives for promoting your business to others. This can help you engage with viewers and provide them with helpful information related to the real estate market. Invest in sales management software.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Having a sales performance management process in place is crucial for your team’s overall success. 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. Helps predict future sales trends.

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Janek Performance Group

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

What specific incentives do you offer, such as discounts or special offers? Think of this as part of the sales process. These include contact databases, email marketing software, CRMs, customer success software, and social media. This should include added value and incentives to make their recommendation worthwhile.

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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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Sales Hacker

MARCH 6, 2018

Most sales managers don’t recognize this and assume that just because their reps have 30 opportunities in their pipeline they can work intently on these and forget about generating new business opportunities. Pay special attention to those opportunities which seem to fall behind your typical sales velocity in each stage.

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Customer Centric Selling

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Sales Tips: A Brilliant Sales Management Strategy. By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. A sales manager’s dream is having “A” Players that can carry a branch, district or regional office. It took little time for Bob to manage the top 3 performers.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 24, 2019

As a sales leader, it's important to ask the following questions when determining a sales commission structure: How much of the budget will go towards commission? How much are you willing to pay if a salesperson can produce $X in sales? Will additional bonuses or incentives be a part of the compensation plan?

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BrainShark

JUNE 28, 2023

Some sales skills to continuously coach for are: Business Acumen Storytelling Active Listening Objection Handling Negotiation Skills Buyer Research Judgment Find more in 17 Sales Skills All Reps Need. Using “coaching” time for deal forecasting There tends to be confusion around what “sales coaching” really means. Get creative!

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 22, 2020

This tool allows sales managers to analyze the email productivity of their reps. Anaplan provides several cloud-based planning tools for sales: territory and quota planning, incentive compensation planning, sales forecasting, configure price quote optimization, and trade promotion planning. EmailAnalytics.

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OpenSymmetry

JANUARY 4, 2018

In this six-part blog series OpenSymmetry and IBM outline the impact of Sales Performance Management Technology on each area of the business including Sales, HR, Finance and Executive Management. Join us as we continue our journey to discovering how SPM covers sales best practices for people, process, and technology.

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Gong.io

JULY 11, 2022

An outside sales rep at an insurance agency might travel to meet clients in their homes to discuss their needs, present insurance packages, and sign deals. Field reps for a B2B software company (a CRM platform, say), might attend trade shows, conferences, and industry events to promote their products and generate new business.

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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. MBOs can be an extremely useful tool in addition to your sales commission structure because they give each rep individual goals to strengthen the overall sales organization.

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Troops

AUGUST 8, 2018

Total Sales Compensation Plans Vary Widely (Data from Glassdoor). Note : In our data in this article, average total compensation doesn’t equal average base pay and average incentive pay combined. In Cisco Meraki and Zendesk, nearly half of compensation came from incentives. We will take a further look at outliers later on.

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Cincom Smart Selling

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Sales automation is driven by selling tools like customer portals, ecommerce websites, sales configurators and guided selling software. CPQ is the vital link between the sales rep and the experts at corporate. They don’t have to remember limitations or special pricing models; the software does it for them.

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MTD Sales Training

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Here’s an example: In your one to one meeting with Steve, you noted that at least twice, he lost sales you think he should have closed. You ask some questions of Steve and find that he is not correctly demonstrating how to run the Profit & Loss Reports of the accounting software. Three Approaches. You blew it!” Illustrate.

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Your Sales Management Guru

AUGUST 9, 2017

Sales Management Boot Camp- 8 weeks, online. We have too much to do, we don’t have time to build a sales organization. I am frustrated with my sales team, do I have the right team? I have a problem growing sales profitably. If you relate to any of these comments then SLAMMED! For the New Sales Manager.

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Cincom Smart Selling

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Introducing new sales technology can help your team boost productivity, increase revenue, and simplify complicated tasks. That said, it’s not easy to get every sales rep on board. New software changes the way people work, and some will resist that change. After you have chosen your software, it is time to state your case.

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Vengreso

JUNE 6, 2023

Read our Definitive Prospecting Guide for sales management to grow pipeline. Engage in Meaningful Conversations As a Sales Strategy Build trust by being genuine and empathetic. Incentives: Design plans that reward exceptional performance. million software deal. Practice active listening techniques.

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PandaDoc

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Companies following Software as a Service (SaaS) business models can face challenges regarding generating revenue and growth. SaaS businesses provide services across online markets that are saturated with software offering similar services. This could be a subtle way to remind them of the value your software solution provides.

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PandaDoc

AUGUST 25, 2019

In today’s competitive market, sales organizations need more than just talented salespeople to generate qualified leads. Sales development teams need the right tools to communicate and grow pipelines. Software-defined radio (SDR) technology empowers sales teams to drive communications forward. Incentive costs.

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Xvoyant

JULY 2, 2020

We throw bright, shiny SaaS software at them, often not integrated, creating workflow inefficiencies. We pay them well and provide incentive motivations and trips (Cancun, anyone?). Instead, I’ll opt to provide clarity on what you could be doing to radically improve the performance of your sales force. Let’s start with Inputs.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 5, 2019

Sales process complexity: Along similar lines, the lengthier and more complex your sales cycle, the harder it will be for your partners to resell. Location: If your offices are spread out, it might make sense to use a channel sales model. That makes creating multiple sales teams unnecessary. Channel sales manager.

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Mindtickle

DECEMBER 28, 2023

That means sales reps have more time to do what they do best: engage with sellers and close deals. It also drives efficiency for sales managers. With optimized sales operations, sales managers can focus less time on administrative tasks – and more time coaching their reps to improve individual and team performance.

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Nutshell

AUGUST 28, 2023

A sales process is a set of repeatable steps that your sales team takes to convert prospects into customers. Building a sales process is absolutely necessary to your company’s success, and is perhaps the most important thing you can do as a sales manager to impact your team’s ability to sell.

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PandaDoc

JULY 11, 2022

In this article, we’ll talk about how to hire the right sales reps and — most importantly — how to keep them once they’re with you. Before you start: Sales reps by the numbers. In short: While great talent exists, sales is a hyper-competitive job market with a relatively high turnover rate. How to keep sales reps.

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Xactly

JUNE 20, 2018

For example, enterprises are using Xactly Insights, an advanced analytics offering based on 13 years of empirical incentive compensation data. This need for data places some important demands on any company: End the Need for Manual Processes: The need for AI should spell the end of any manually executed sales management activities.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 23, 2020

Not email or related proclamations, but one on one voice communications, small group communications. Look at your comp/incentive plans, think about adjustments you may have to make. Some training will have to be deferred, many programs should be stopped or deferred, some software tools may be stopped. Making It Safe To Fail?

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Showpad

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The best way to approach the need for coaching among your Sales teams is to deliver it through a combination of methods. But as a Sales manager, you’ll benefit greatly from balancing that with training visualizations and other exercises that staff can complete on their own. What’s the key to effective Sales coaching?

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LevelEleven

JUNE 21, 2018

Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions deliver web-based applications over the internet. There are a variety of pricing models , depending on the type of software so make sure you understand the structure and that it makes sense for your business. IBM – Marketplace. Customization & Scalability.

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Apptivo

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Charts out the roles and responsibilities within the sales teams which are needed to achieve the targets. Sets KPIs in order to measure the goals and objectives of the sales related activities. Creates an environment with unified sales goals and objectives for the entire sales team. Implement sales tools.

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Cincom Smart Selling

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The successful track record of these tools should provide strong incentives for marketing groups to proceed with automation projects and equally strong justifications to seek funding for those projects. This provides real-time information to campaign and sales managers allowing them to make response decisions quickly and effectively.

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SalesLoft

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

At this stage of the sales funnel, sellers are leading conversations around pricing, onboarding, and handling buyer objections. Ranking for longtail SEO keywords related to your products and competitors will position your company well. . In the meantime, sales reps and managers should be in lock step on deal strategy.

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