The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Although SPM strategy varies by company and industry, the most effective sales performance management strategies typically involve a combination of the same core pillars. These pillars include organizational alignment, robust reporting, ongoing professional development, incentive compensation, and sales enablement.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Sales and marketing teams today must break away from traditional silos and forge powerful, collaborative alliances. Meeting goals requires CSOs and CMOs to intertwine their unique roles and focus on unified, revenue-generating activities that support both go-to-market strategy and operational execution. Training webinars.

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Nutshell

MARCH 19, 2024

When you can pinpoint dips in productivity and identify the elements that contribute to slower workflows, you can make the changes needed to support your sales team. An improvement in productivity translates to more deals closed and more revenue for your business, which means productivity directly impacts your bottom line.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 23, 2020

Author: Dave Gerry Building a winning sales organization is no small task. Finding and hiring the right kind of people with the right mix of skills, developing a compensation plan, identifying training needs and aligning everyone with business goals can all be daunting. . . But here’s the rub: sales organizations are not all the same.

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 2, 2022

To create a winning culture, consider these tips: Encouragement Motivation Incentives Recognition Team Building. Similarly, most comp plans already consider incentives and bonuses. They must know deal size in relation to revenue. Great coaching motivates, inspires, and builds tomorrow’s sales leaders. Sales Training.

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

When sales performance starts slipping, it’s a call to action for a sales operations strategy makeover. Read on for practical tips to supercharge your sales ops and turn obstacles into opportunities for revenue growth. Strengthen Leadership Skills Implement development programs for sales leaders.

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PandaDoc

DECEMBER 13, 2018

It’s no secret that there are many benefits to gamifying your sales process. Even if you don’t have a tool in place, it’s likely as a sales leader you’re already using it in some form. Ever organize a sales contest? Not only is gamification popular, it’s a proven and effective sales performance booster.

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SBI Growth

JUNE 8, 2013

I bet that two vital pieces are missing from your sales strategy. These two missing elements can have great impact on revenue growth. If you formalize them into your sales process, training and measurement, revenue will grow. Otherwise, your sales team will be eaten up. Social Selling.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

15, 2018 – Sales Hacker, the leading resource for sales innovation, acceleration, and the future of sales, is set to host The Revenue Summit , on March 1st, 2018 in San Francisco, California. Who Is The Revenue Summit For? Jaimie Buss – VP of Sales (Americas), Zendesk. Ran Xiao – Dir.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 16, 2020

That’s why we need sales managers. Actually, what we need is strong sales leadership. Whether you are a CEO, vice president, or sales manager, you have a central role in your company’s sales process and in the decision to transition from vapid outbound prospecting to selling through referrals.

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Pipeliner

MAY 9, 2023

Creating high-performing sales reps means supplying them with everything they require to reach their objectives, from motivation and professional growth. A well-functioning sales team can help a company generate revenue, acquire new customers, and stay ahead of the competition.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 10, 2021

It’s a method designed to achieve significant revenue at a low average selling price (ASP—more on that later), with a self-service model that uses free trials or freemium offers to lure customers. There is a catch: in order to reach your revenue goals, your sales volume will need to be very high. Transactional Sales.

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Pipeline

OCTOBER 16, 2023

This blog will answer this question along with some other topics about CRM ROI, namely how to calculate the ROI, some basic sales and marketing KPIs to consider, and three effective ways to maximize your CRM return. How Much Can a CRM Increase Revenue? Allow your sales team to focus on their most valuable tasks and 10x sales revenue.

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Zoominfo

JULY 1, 2018

Case in point: 72% of sales professionals feel that they are not proficient with social selling ( source ). 69% of sales professionals are self-taught and have no active social selling training program in place ( source ). 30% of companies say their social selling training needs ‘a complete overhaul’ ( source ).

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

This post is about a CEO of a $450M company who focused on winning large deals to double revenues in a flat market. If you feel product differentiation and hot markets are the only way to grow revenue, this CEO proved otherwise by refusing to accept these limitations. We hired sales resources with the right skills and experience.

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 13, 2014

It remains a question despite the millions of dollars spent on CRM, sales force automation, training and hype. I was on LinkedIn this morning and saw an ad which read, "5 Keys to Improve Pipeline Forcasting Accuracy and Reduce Revenue Risk!". If you have a 120-day sales cycle, then move stuff out at day 121.

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Highspot

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

What Sets Great Sales Managers Apart? Responsibilities of a Sales Manager Qualities You Need To Go From Good To Great Sales Management Strategy for Sales Managers The Importance of Sales Coaching And Training What Does Sales Manager Success Look Like?

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SBI

JULY 24, 2018

Every sales automation solution attached to the CRM was supposed to do just that, automate the sales process. Instead, it’s only created more manual processes. IT HASN’T AUTOMATED THE SALES PROCESS, SO WHAT? Look at all of your sales processes: Territory & quota planning. IT’S LIKE DATING.

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Highspot

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Tips for Measuring Sales Performance Types of Sales Performance Metrics Challenges in Measuring Sales Performance Improve Sales Team Performance With Highspot’s Powerful Platform What Is Sales Performance? Sales metrics are the raw numbers – think calls made or deals closed.

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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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Tony Hughes

MAY 12, 2019

99% of their revenue is 'recurring' (SaaS) and with less than 1% customer churn. They invest only 14% of revenue and have only 12% of their people working in sales and marketing. TH: How do you support 'buyer's journey' with a relatively low level of sales and marketing spend?

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Crunchbase

JANUARY 13, 2022

While sales processes vary, any sales organization can become more agile and nimble in how it reacts to a challenge—whether that’s a recession, a pandemic, a new competitor or low inflation. Strong sales infrastructures prepare organizations to adjust to any economic climate. How sales assessments increase agility.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

VPs of Sales are asking questions like: Is our Sales Process good enough? Are my Sales Managers good enough? Steve asked us to stress test his 2014 sales plan. Steve’s quantitative goals: Grow revenues 14%. Change the compensation plan to incent new logo growth by adding an accelerator.

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Emissary

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

With a vast majority of B2B revenue coming from existing clients, meaningful QBRs can produce real monetary impact. During the sales process, your organization did a lot of hard work to uncover your client’s needs and link a range of possible solutions to those needs. Looking to Refresh Your Quarterly Business Review Process?

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PandaDoc

APRIL 26, 2023

A sales process is crucial to any commercial organization looking to secure revenue and grow. However, since sales activities have been notoriously hard to measure in terms of performance, many business owners have adopted various commission structures to keep their sales reps motivated.

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Showpad

MARCH 3, 2020

Sales reps need support to drive growth and increase likelihood of success, whether they’re going through initial onboarding, working through the buyer’s journey or collaborating with marketing. While these two functions handle different aspects of the sales process, there is some cross-functional collaboration.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 25, 2023

Table of Contents How Sales Teams Use AI Creative Ways for Your Teams to Use AI Tips for Implementing AI How Sales Teams Use AI To understand AI’s impact on sales, we asked more than 600 sales professionals how they use AI in their work. 85% of sales professionals say that AI makes their prospecting more effective.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 2, 2019

For example, if a sales rep earns a 15% commission for each deal they close, and are projected to close $100,000 in sales for the quarter, then your finance team will anticipate an allocation of $15,000 in commission payroll for that rep. Allows sales reps to build their skills. Supplemental reading from sales thought leaders.

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Gong.io

JULY 11, 2022

But aside from the obvious environmental difference, there’s a lot more that separates inside from outside sales teams, and that’s what we’re going to explore here. In this article, you’ll learn everything you need to know about inside sales, from team structures and salaries right through to inside sales processes and models.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

In your 2014 plans, you likely have some significant revenue growth targets for the New Year. The odds are that these investments will fall flat and not yield all the revenue growth results you expect. However, more sales reps do not mean more revenue. In fact: New sales reps take a long time to ramp up.

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Allbound

JANUARY 22, 2020

When Hubspot first launched its partner program in 2014, it generated 33% of its revenue and made up 42% of its customers, all within the first quarter. Revenue needs. Knowledge of sales process. Keep in mind that there will be a training period for your partners. Target market.

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Allego

AUGUST 7, 2019

A broad story emerged: Senior leaders have a better understanding of the company’s direction than sale representatives, but are concerned that they don’t have the right sales processes and people. Consider a large home energy provider in a market where deregulation is driving down revenue and profit.

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LeadFuze

JUNE 29, 2021

Types of sales strategies. Sales strategies can be divided into inbound and outbound strategies. Inbound sales strategy. An inbound sales strategy relies on catering the sales process to buyer actions. Sales reps that use an inbound sales strategy don’t try to push prospects to make a decision to purchase.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 26, 2019

It’s typically a formal process that allows employees to take their careers to increasingly higher levels of salary and responsibility. Career ladders help retain staff by providing an incentive to keep moving forward -- if they see a clear reward (i.e., Are they quality meetings that are converting to revenue scored? ”.

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Highspot

AUGUST 2, 2022

When you work in sales, it’s not enough to just meet your goals. To truly maximize revenue, the sales team requires a style of management that uses collaboration, analysis, and a proactive approach. This is where sales performance management(SPM) comes in. What Is Sales Performance Management? Sales cycle lengths.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 5, 2019

In a channel sales model, a company sells through third partners -- affiliate partners (who get commission on each purchase), resellers, value-added providers (who typically bundle your product with their own), or another entity that doesn't work for it directly. One of the biggest challenges to scaling revenue?

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Salesmate

JUNE 4, 2021

Similarly, many other practices in sales have changed with the changing world around. 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 .

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