The Spiff Blog

JANUARY 9, 2024

No matter how confident you are in your sales strategies, it’s crucial to develop contingency plans for if and when something goes wrong. Consider each scenario that might affect your sales team’s ability to hit its targets. What if you experience a period of high sales turnover? What if a valuable sales manager leaves?

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Xactly

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Accurate quota allocation impacts your team’s ability to achieve their anticipated incentive compensation. Download our executive guide "Optimizing Sales Territory Design: Sales Management Association 2018 Research Update" to discover the benefits of using data and automation to optimize your sales territory planning.

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Gong.io

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Let’s take a page from the book of sales operations (sales ops) and give you an answer as efficiently as possible. Here’s the answer to “ What is sales ops ,” in a nutshell: You have a sales strategy and you have people on the ground to execute it. Got reams of sales data? Perfection. From Gong, of course.

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The Spiff Blog

JULY 28, 2022

Taylor Montero, Sales Operations Analyst. He soon discovered he had a passion for technology and software! Billy has been in sales/sales management his entire career and previously spent five years at Capshare. So, without further ado, let’s meet the team! Vincent Cifelli, Solutions Engineer. About Spiff.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Amy Appleyard is an experienced, strategic sales leader with demonstrated success in overseeing cross-functional teams to improve the customer experience, drive sales and increase retention in both Distribution as well as SaaS-based sales organizations. Andrea Austin – VP at Nokia Software | Published Author.

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Nutshell

AUGUST 28, 2023

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. Why is it important to have a structured sales process? DOWNLOAD Need to create a roadmap that can guide your team toward more sales?

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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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The Spiff Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

But here are some resources we recommend checking out to improve performance and rep experience by retooling your comp plans: 6 Signs Your Commission Management Solution is Working Against You. How to Motivate Sales Managers with Compensation Strategy. Creating Compensation Plans for Sales Engineers. About Spiff.

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Apptivo

OCTOBER 7, 2022

It has to clearly chart out the roles and responsibilities of every member of the sales team. It sets the direction for how a business should pursue sales. Sales managers can build on various dimensions of the sales strategy canvas based on the laid-out path & direction. Monitor the progress of the sales team.

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The Spiff Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

.” “The best combination in sales resulting in success is to work with a great team however you personally define that, a product you relate to and believe in, and an entrepreneurial mindset.” The post The Advice These Women in Sales Wish They Had Been Given Sooner appeared first on Spiff. See you then!

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Crunchbase

JULY 27, 2022

If you own a business, lead a sales team, or are otherwise interested in how best to create a solid sales ecosystem within your organization that is conducive to growth, this article on sales operations (sales ops) is for you. Team management made easy. What is sales operations?

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The Spiff Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

And, the second is using industry level sales benchmarks to validate the work your reps and sales managers do as part of this process. Choosing the best sales quota setting framework for your organization We’d love to tell you there’s a right and wrong approach to quota setting.

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Mindtickle

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Sales operations teams were once the unsung heroes of the sales organization. A recent Salesforce report found that 82% of sales professionals feel “sales ops plays a critical role in growing the business.” Furthermore, 82% feel sales ops is becoming more strategic. What is sales operations (Sales Ops)?

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PandaDoc

AUGUST 21, 2019

However, your teams may need some pointers on how to write a useful monthly sales report for their own benefit. After you’ve brushed up on monthly sales report criteria, you can take your reporting software a step further. Sales performance data from any time period can be an extremely powerful reporting tool.

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SBI

MARCH 18, 2015

What problem/s are you solving for sales and/or marketing organizations? Aviso provides the leading predictive insights software designed to help sales teams optimize their performance and exceed their revenue goals. These static sales forecasts are unable to provide true insights into the business. Rao, CEO of Aviso.

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The Spiff Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

At Spiff, transparency is baked into everything we do, from the software we build, to the way our team operates. They haven’t been given the chance,” says Chris Smith, Spiff sales manager and co-chair/executive sponsor of our BIDE Committee (Belonging, Inclusivity, Diversity & Equity). Set realistic hiring goals.

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Close.io

AUGUST 11, 2019

A sales operations team can change that. If you want to make sure your sales team is firing on all cylinders and making as much money for your company as possible, you need sales ops. Don't fall into the trap of thinking that sales operations is a new field; it's not. 5 best software and tools for sales ops.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

As leads pour in, it becomes challenging for your current sales reps to manage their book of business and properly prospect. As a sales manager, you have to ask yourself “Do I simply hire more salespeople, or is it time to implement an SDR program?”. Establish an incentive plan to motivate your SDRs.

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SBI

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Widely recognized as a thought leader and industry trailblazer, he has trained more than 10,000 salespeople around the world and is the author of 17 sales management books. Next week, Gerhard will be co-hosting the Sales and Marketing 2.0 movement has evolved and whether a Sales 3.0 And that, he has done. Why the change?

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Using conversations with customers to inform the development of the sales playbook. Building out career ladders and incentives to drive retention and performance. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. A criteria for selecting the right early stage business to join. The impact of culture on future growth. Don’t Miss Episode 35.

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The Spiff Blog

APRIL 28, 2022

Here’s why: The more you know about a person, the easier it is to tailor your management style to their wants and needs. No two people are exactly the same, and therefore, a one-size-fits-all approach to management will never be the most effective sales management tactic. What does your team’s work/life balance look like?

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Close.io

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Sales enablement also bridges the gap between sales and marketing to create a smoother experience for both the team and the customers. Sales enablement vs. sales operations: what’s the difference? Sales enablement talks to all teams, including sales, marketing, product, and executives.

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Troops

APRIL 20, 2018

Use this guide to improve your business plan, get organized, and increase your sales. . First, let’s explore the elements of a sales plan. Then, we’ll share some tools that you can use to make your sales operations run more smoothly. Elements of An Effective Sales Plan. Outbound sales plan calculator.

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Close.io

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Another year is in the books—so it’s time to ready your sales game-plan for 2020. In this post, we look back at the sales posts and topics that sparked the most engagement in 2019. This year we saw even more physical and software subscription services emerge, increasing competition in already aggressive markets.

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Chorus.ai

MARCH 24, 2021

This company’s sales operation needs a little course correction. Why Track Your Sales Growth? The first and most obvious benefit of tracking your sales growth carefully is that it tells you whether what you're doing is working. You may even find yourself in legal trouble , none of which is good for your sales growth.

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Crunchbase

OCTOBER 26, 2020

A digital sales transformation needs more than just software. Defining your lead-to-revenue process is a crucial part in the digital sales transformation puzzle, so your objective should be to establish customer lifecycle stages so you can continue to support them. So, how do you get started?

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DialSource

JANUARY 16, 2020

A digital sales transformation requires more than just software. Your objective should be to establish customer lifecycle stages to track progress and KPIs across the sales process. Start with identifying the critical steps in your sales cycle. At the end of the day, it’s as much about people as it is about tech.

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Close.io

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Once you’ve identified the sales metrics you want to monitor, you need to uncover where this data currently resides. This could be your sales CRM , an Excel doc, Google Sheets, customer service software, or some other sales management tool. Step 4: Connect your sales management software to your dashboard.

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Troops

JUNE 21, 2018

In this article, we provide an in-depth analysis of how Troops compares to other platforms, including InsightSquared, Clari, and other alternatives, for sales teams and managers looking for deeper insights into their Salesforce data. In contrast, InsightSquared seems geared more toward sales leaders and managers.

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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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Sales Hacker

JULY 8, 2020

Sam Jacobs: Hi everybody, it’s Sam Jacobs, welcome to the Sales Hacker podcast. Michael has 15 years of experience running global sales and product teams across multiple software and FinTech companies. Today, we are honored and excited to have on the show, Michael Coscetta.

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The Spiff Blog

JULY 27, 2023

Sales Operations: Sales Operations is responsible for streamlining and optimizing the sales processes and systems within an organization. SDR or Sales Manager: The SDR Manager oversees and guides the SDR team.

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Sales Hacker Training

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

There are thousands of options when it comes to software for sales that promise to make your life easier as a sales professional. There are plenty of sales prospecting tools and sales management software to help automate your manual tasks while personalizing your outreach.

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InsideSales.com

DECEMBER 4, 2019

This helped us determine the best practices sales professionals can use to reach more people and see greater results. 7 Sales Best Practices. Using predictive analytics, we are able to identify these seven sales management best practices that can convert a prospect into a loyal customer. Respond Immediately.

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SBI

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

How do we see the role of sales ops evolving? How are technology trends shaping the future of sales and sales operations? Sales tech. Sales Enablement. Mediafly Unveils New Sales Enablement Platform Experience for the Future of Evolved Selling.™ Sales Enablement. Sales Enablement.

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