The Spiff Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

These functions include territory management, goal setting, capacity modeling, forecasting, sales performance improvement, seller experience, and countless other exercises that set a business up for success– or failure. When done well, this process is proven to maximize return on sales resources.

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InsideSales.com

JULY 1, 2020

Sales acceleration is a crucial factor in ensuring that all aspects and resources of your business are moving forward. Sales Territories. To ensure that your company continues to grow its sales revenue, the company software should be reviewed and updated accordingly. Sales Territories. Evaluate the Sales Team.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 20, 2012

Software Firm: The annual Employee survey is overflowing with negative comments about the incentive plan. Conventional wisdom would lead the VP of Human Resources to the following: Define the Problem: Sales compensation is out of line with the market. Is the compensation model to blame? Digging Deeper. Author: John Kenney.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 9, 2018

For example, HubSpot salespeople might primarily sell marketing software to CMOs and sales software to sales directors. Factor in your product’s price, total addressable market (TAM), market penetration, and resources (including your sales headcount and Marketing support). If you have territories, assign a sub-goal to each.

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Xactly

DECEMBER 3, 2018

My second blog looked at the need to evaluate rep ramp time and attrition to ensure accurate resource planning. A quota that is 10% too high might translate into no incentive pay at all. Balancing Territories to Ensure Fair Quota Allocation. It’s difficult to set achievable quotas if you’re relying on imbalanced territories.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 24, 2019

Luckily, I've compiled some resources for you to determine the best sales commission structure for your sales team or yourself. Will additional bonuses or incentives be a part of the compensation plan? Territory Volume Commission Plan : With this commission structure, salespeople work with clients in clearly defined regions.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

He’s an expert in the sales world, particularly in revenue operations and incentive compensation. Today we’ve got Scott Barton, VP of Industry Solutions at Varicent and a veteran of sales, revenue operations, and incentive compensation. Sales forecasts, territory design, quota management, and incentive compensation.

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Xactly

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Today, we’re adding to that list of accomplishments with the acquisition of OpsPanda, which helps deliver an AI-based sales resource and capacity planning solution to our customers. As the forerunner in cloud-based incentive compensation management (ICM), Xactly identified data as a key performance driver from the very start.

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The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

As we start planning for 2023, the only thing we’re certain of is that we’re in rocky territory– some organizations more precariously positioned than others. This will provide a clear signal that you can afford to take more risks and allocate resources toward acquisition channels again. Don’t neglect retention after an upswing.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 25, 2023

The process of sales planning also helps to optimize the use of your company’s resources — including time, money, and personnel. By identifying the most effective sales strategies and tactics, sales planning helps you allocate your resources in the most efficient way possible.

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SugarCRM

JUNE 6, 2023

In this context, manufacturing enterprises struggle to retain and gain new customers and provide enhanced customer experience without massively compromising budgets and resources. Such tools consolidate data regarding dealers, territory, market, and fulfillment in a user-friendly, easy-to-use interface for dealers and manufacturers.

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The Spiff Blog

JANUARY 25, 2022

What started as a manageable headache is now causing your organization to leak revenue— especially as you add more products, territories, and go-to-market strategies into the mix. Without a dedicated RevOps resource orchestrating a smooth hand off from team to team, your business will struggle to scale. Guess what? You’re not alone.

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The Spiff Blog

MAY 26, 2022

So, you’ve realized commission spreadsheets are actually evil, and that sales incentive software will vastly improve transparency, efficiency, and your personal sanity. There’s no shortage of sales commission software on the market, and when you factor in the massive operational differences, it’s a recipe for information overload.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Through strategically implemented training, software tools and engagement techniques, sales ops leaders enable sales reps to focus more on selling in order to drive business results. . Formulation of Incentives Program. Selection of Enablement Software and other Technology Tools. Allocation of Accounts and Sales Territories.

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OpenSymmetry

MAY 23, 2016

While, incentive compensation administration is still a main piece, the broader SPM technology concept is expanding more holistically to include other key aspects which directly impacts how a sales team might perform, including talent development, sales enablement, and territory and quota management. Steps to Success.

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The Spiff Blog

APRIL 7, 2022

Gone are the days when commission, bonuses, and incentive pay were accounted for as direct expenses. It’s also more familiar— you can jump right in to your next ASC 606 report without having to stop and learn a new software. Bespoke software is technically customizable— for your vendor’s engineers. Think about it.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 26, 2021

The focus is on things like reporting, territory management and later stage tasks such as contract negotiations and finance approvals. If you love seeing results and helping sales teams get paid, focusing on performance and sales incentives is up your alley. Sales enablement is all about supporting the reps directly on the ground.

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Showpad

MARCH 3, 2020

Setting territory structure. Ops also works with sales leaders to implement methodologies, training, compensation and employee incentives and much more. Sales operations teams work behind the scenes to ensure the team structure is optimized for sales productivity. Developing sales and revenue strategy. Establishing compensation plans.

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OpenSymmetry

DECEMBER 4, 2015

On November 19 th , 30 organisations gathered in London at the e-reward conference to discuss the benefits of compensation management software. OpenSymmetry’s (OS) focus was Sales Performance Management (SPM) software – how we define it, how we identify the business benefits and how to chose the right software. What is SPM?

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Highspot

APRIL 2, 2020

Sales ops frees up bandwidth for sellers to then use these resources to improve their performance. Growth forecasts of sales territories. Formulation and evaluation of sales incentive and compensation plans. Creating development, compensation, and incentive plans. Software for data analytics. Communication tools.

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Xactly

AUGUST 30, 2018

Download the "2018 Sales Compensation Administration Best Practices Executive Guide," for incentive compensation trends, best practices, and tips to drive the right sales behaviors to kickoff your sales compensation planning. Xactly Incent will ensure your commission structure is optimized for your team on each and every sale.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

As businesses grow, their software requirements grow as well. As businesses grow and adapt, software shouldn’t hold them back. HubSpot and Salesforce are top two enterprise CRM solutions, according to user ratings and reviews on G2, Capterra, and Software Advice. What is an enterprise CRM software? Average Rating: 4.43.

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Xvoyant

JULY 2, 2020

To be clear, I have nothing but respect for accountants, IT specialists, human resources professionals, and the various other roles that are necessary for a company to operate successfully. We throw bright, shiny SaaS software at them, often not integrated, creating workflow inefficiencies. We train them, often without reinforcement.

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Xactly

APRIL 2, 2018

Since sales is tasked with increasing revenues, incentives are an important part of achieving those goals. Plus, commissions work well for SMBs who don’t have the resources to pay up-front base salaries. Prepare for next year with comprehensive resources that will help you design a competitive comp plan. View Resources.

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Apptivo

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Strategies may differ depending on resources, skill sets, sales operation, and product or service offerings. To measure the effectiveness of the sales process, organizations must determine the technologies they will employ like CRM software & Sales Analytic software. Define roles and responsibilities. Implement sales tools.

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OpenSymmetry

JULY 15, 2015

We are excited to announce the release of our newest edition of the SPM Vendor Guide on the resource center of our company website. Territory and Quota Management. Consider it a quick guide to allow you to quickly cut through the noise of vendors and hone in on the ones that might matter to your business. Coaching and Training.

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SBI

MARCH 18, 2015

Aviso provides the leading predictive insights software designed to help sales teams optimize their performance and exceed their revenue goals. Sales teams end up relying on gut, intuition, and emotion to make critical decisions around deal prioritization, resource allocation, and pricing/discounting. Rao, CEO of Aviso.

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SBI

AUGUST 21, 2012

One enticing benefit (or incentive) of the sales profession is the freedom and independence it offers. Reps need to be able to manage a large number of resources, activities, and accounts. This can provide great insight into the adequacy of territory and account coverage. ” Thankfully, I did, and they didn’t.

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Your Sales Management Guru

AUGUST 10, 2016

What I would like to do in this blog is attempt to document and tell the story of one Worldwide channel focused software organization that did it the best– at building their channel. But before I detail their actions, the three things they did not do were: Add more VAR’s into territories creating too much competition.

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Chorus.ai

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

By the end of a successful persona build, you should have a very clear picture of your buyers: their ages, lifestyle attributes, territories, and pain points. Establish company-wide performance expectations and giving your sales reps the incentives they need to excel. Start with your customer relationship management (CRM) software.

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LeadFuze

JULY 5, 2023

We’ll also explore how Sales Performance Incentive Funds (SPIFs) play a role in motivating teams. Thanks to amazing technology like LeadFuze’s lead generation software , you can motivate your sales force whether they’re in the office or working from their favorite coffee shop. It works for managing remote teams too.

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Crunchbase

JULY 27, 2022

Performance and incentive program management. Often, sales ops oversee sales reps’ salaries, bonuses and other incentive programs that impact their current or future earnings. Parsing out territories. Sales ops will also work with IT in choosing and enhancing the company’s customer relationship management software.

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Delicious Sales

MAY 2, 2012

Software (1035). Incentives (379). Topics Major Topics. Sales (12918). Marketing (6398). Training (4995). Prospecting (4539). Tools (2872). Sales Management (2614). Customer Service (995). Inside Sales (849). Channels (799). Advertising (694). Selling Skills (528). Demand Generation (181). Outside Sales (81). Customer (6670).

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The Spiff Blog

JULY 20, 2023

Without the right resources, you’re simply bearing the brunt of the inefficiencies that have been plaguing your commission process all along. With a few clicks of a button, you can implement the changes necessary to reflect the status and needs of the sales organization, including: Adding new reps and territories to existing plans.

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The Spiff Blog

JUNE 9, 2022

If a rep is already planning to be gone by then, there’s no incentive to dive into time-intensive sales activities. However, if this occurs beyond the initial onboarding period, it could signal that a rep doesn’t have the sales resources they need or is tying up loose ends on their way out the door. Territories and account ownership.

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The Spiff Blog

AUGUST 10, 2023

It can highlight which sales strategies, products, or territories are most profitable. Equipped with this information, you’re able to create budgets and sales capacity plans , allocate resources effectively, and report to leadership in order to keep your commission programs as current and impactful as possible.

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Xactly

OCTOBER 3, 2018

While this may sound like a huge task to overcome, it can be done much more efficiently and effectively with sales rep management software. Consider your sales incentive plan –it works in the same way. A little can go a long way with incentives. Take Advantage of Sales Rep Management Software.

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