The Spiff Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

But this overly dramatized theme is rooted in a real-world truth: a sales leaderboard is an incredibly effective motivator. You’ll learn why in today’s blog post, as we explore the underlying psychology of sales motivation that makes the sales leaderboard a successful sales management tactic. What is a sales leaderboard?

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The Sales Hunter

JUNE 25, 2019

This doesn’t just apply to prospecting but everything you do. Prospecting is already a tough task; it’s only made tougher when you fail to prepare. Below are 10 steps you need to follow to ensure you’re prepared to prospect. Focus on prospecting with the people who align closest to your perfect customer.

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Crunchbase

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Lead generation is pointless if it doesn’t result in a prospect and a conversion. Before we dive into how to drive conversions, let’s first unpack the difference between a lead and a prospect, and how to turn one into the other. Grow your revenue with all-in-one prospecting solutions powered by the leader in private-company data.

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 12, 2012

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Sales Motivation. Why “Social Media” Sucks for Prospecting. It’s time we kill social media, especially if you’re using social media as a sales tool or prospecting technique.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 21, 2022

We’ll also dive into a few guided selling examples, cover some software tools that can help, and finish off with guided selling best practices to get this most from this approach. Great Guided Selling Software. Looking for guided selling software tools to make your life easier? How Does Guided Selling Work? Clickpoint.

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PandaDoc

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Sales prospecting acts as the first stage in the sales process. And poorly managed prospecting lists will result in seller fatigue. In this article, we share how leads, prospects, and customers form the backbone of an effective sales process, enabling sales teams to tackle fatigue and sometimes mundane work.

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Crunchbase

MAY 19, 2023

From identifying potential customers, to finding quality leads and maintaining a healthy pipeline, sales prospecting is vital to the success of your business. Successful prospecting requires time management skills, a proactive mindset and the ability to communicate effectively. That’s not to say it’s without its challenges, however.

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 8, 2013

“Informed-calling” is the prospecting method where in place of making cold-calls, you instead call potential customers with a specific reason based off of something you’re learned about them. An example of how it works is you might be selling B2B in the software industry. ” Sales Motivation Blog.

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The Sales Hunter

APRIL 1, 2012

“What are the sales prospecting tools you use?” Here’s my list as to what I see are the top 9 sales prospecting tools and tips that you need to be successful. Networking is not prospecting. Schedule time each day/week to prospect. Sorry, but sales prospecting is the salesperson’s responsibility.

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Nutshell

MARCH 15, 2024

Qualifying leads before sending them through to your sales team lets you learn more about your prospects and build deeper connections with them, which often results in more deals. Lead nurturing is the process of building relationships with prospects who aren’t quite ready to purchase your product or service.

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Act!

APRIL 16, 2024

Virtual sales teams allow organizations to optimize costs, hire the best sales talent worldwide, and engage with prospects in different time zones. It’s difficult to find specialized remote sales professionals In conventional sales, you leverage both verbal and non-verbal communication to build trust with your prospects and close deals.

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The Sales Hunter

JUNE 13, 2012

Do you struggle with prospecting by phone? For many salespeople, having to make prospecting telephone calls is one of the most difficult parts of their job. If you want greater success in prospecting — and more sales! ” Sales Motivation Blog. Focus by key industry.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 26, 2022

It's hard to overstate the importance of B2B prospecting in the context of most B2B sales processes. But what is B2B prospecting? What is B2B prospecting? B2B Prospecting Methods. What is B2B prospecting? B2B prospecting is one of the earlier stages in most B2B sales processes.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 31, 2020

“It’s imperative to continually listen to what customers are saying , putting yourselves in the customers’ shoes and thinking of ways to better enable them,” Craig Williams, chief information officer at networking software company Ciena, told IDG Connect. Technology : Sales intelligence platforms and buyer intent software.

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The ROI Guy

APRIL 5, 2018

When it comes to purchasing software, a significant 43% of your prospect's buying efforts were ad hoc, and not part of any established purchase plans. Better, if you can uncover unmet needs”, educating the prospect on challenges they should be addressing, but of which they may have not been fully aware.

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The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Sales Motivation. How “Social Media” Can Be Part of Your Prospecting Strategy. ” Sales Motivation Blog. Related posts: Why “Social Media” Sucks for Prospecting.

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Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 29, 2020

You can credit Drucker for all the KPI’s you collect and measure, and for all the software that’s been created to measure all the stats in your sales process, i.e., calls, contacts, closing ratios, top, middle, and bottom of the funnel management, etc. To help motivate you, it has a pre-programed goal of 10,000 steps a day.

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Crunchbase

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Most sales teams know that selling without a dedicated sales prospecting list rarely yields good results. In this guide, we’ll cover everything you need to know about building a prospecting list, starting with key definitions and a rundown of the benefits. What is sales prospecting? What is a prospect list?

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Crunchbase

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Most sales teams know that selling without a dedicated sales prospecting list rarely yields good results. In this guide, we’ll cover everything you need to know about building a prospecting list, starting with key definitions and a rundown of the benefits. What is sales prospecting? What is a prospect list?

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Mr. Inside Sales

JANUARY 29, 2021

In 1998, this Texas software engineer woke up with numbness in his legs. We provide the exact talk tracks, templates, and proven tools your team will be motivated to apply, all structured around an award winning comprehensive inside sales approach that gives your team the confidence to succeed in every selling situation they face today.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 11, 2018

The acronym BANT stands for: Budget: How much is the prospect able and willing to spend? Need: Does the prospect have a problem your product can solve? fails when salespeople use it like a checklist, meaning they ask prospects a series of rote questions without truly listening to their response or attempting to add value.

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Nutshell

JULY 24, 2018

It can also be a very effective tool for keeping a sales team motivated. Sales reps thrive on friendly competition , and knowing where they stand against their colleagues or competitors can be all the motivation they need to raise their game. Need a “personality profile” for a new prospect to help you prepare for a presentation?

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Your prospects face this conundrum all the time. Use these seven questions to identify unmotivated prospects so you can incite the appropriate urgency. Prospects will often try internal or moderate measures before looking externally for help. Your prospect might be reacting to an industry shift or new company initiative.

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Sales Evangelist

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Instead of your circumstances limiting what you can do, look at it as a new environment and an opportunity to see new ways you can reach out to your prospects. Be the person that helps and motivates others. This means not putting the clients or prospects in your shoes. Be the catalyst for change. That’s not your job.

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PandaDoc

JUNE 21, 2021

Like it or not, your business needs a lead generation strategy and a sales prospecting process. You’ll also know why you need a strong sales prospecting process and exactly how that will benefit your business. It’s not so much knowing about sales prospecting vs lead generation, as knowing how and when to prioritize one or the other.

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LeadFuze

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

8 Ways in Making Human Connections With Prospects (Even From Home). Your prospect’s inbox is flooded with the same messages and topics that other companies are talking about. When I first began hiring salespeople, I just assumed pay along with commissions and bonuses would be enough motivation for them. Offer a Freebie.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 15, 2020

With little warning and an inability to put immediate plans and policies in place to help workers, some employers are having difficulty maintaining the motivation of their workers. How can leaders continue to motivate and retain their remote teams through the remainder of the year while managing budgetary restrictions?

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Close.io

DECEMBER 10, 2018

When I first began selling, nervous doesn’t even begin to describe how I felt about sales prospecting. Picking up the phone to call leads that didn’t know who I was, to pitch them on why they should hand over their hard-earned money in exchange for my product, was enough to make my stomach turn in my early days of sales prospecting.

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Nutshell

MARCH 19, 2024

Faster onboarding: After building more efficient and effective processes, you’ll have a fine-tuned prospecting, qualifying, and lead nurturing system that makes it easy for new recruits to get up to speed. Sales teams have adapted to this, spending far more time interacting with prospects and customers via online channels.

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 23, 2012

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Sales Motivation. Are you spending time with your IT staff to see the hoops they have to jump through to make sure your web site, computers, and software are up to speed? prospecting.

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Bigtincan

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Short-term gamification, certifications, rewards, and leaderboards are a few ways to motivate reps to complete training. Now that we’ve briefly covered the seven factors of sales training, let’s dive deeper into each one of the sales techniques and how you can use software to satisfy them. Bigtincan does.

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Zoominfo

MAY 7, 2021

“The summary of it is that we prospected like heck, we did probably 50 to 100 demos, we struck out a lot, and every time we struck out we just kept going and going and going. In the same month that Lyon lost the first deal, he immediately started prospecting for the second. Challenges to Closing Big Business Deals.

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The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Sales Motivation. It’s time we kill social media, especially if you’re using social media as a sales tool or prospecting technique. ” Sales Motivation Blog. prospecting.

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Smooth Sale

JANUARY 3, 2020

and Payroll Software solution provider, and a creative business strategist. __. Like most salespeople,you, too, might have faced a dilemma of cross-selling in your career while dealing with prospective clients. Are you familiar with cross-selling strategies for prospective buyers? Divyang is an H.R.

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MTD Sales Training

JULY 17, 2017

You need to unearth the pain, the desire and the motivations that will get your prospect to take action. Now in an ideal world your prospect will answer your questions EXACTLY the way that you want them to so that your product/service benefits match them like fitting a hand into a glove! So that’s the benefit.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The usual perks such as OTE, company cars, invitation to “presidents clubs” offered to sales people never motivated me. I never had a job, offering these external motivators. I managed a team of software and hardware engineers and external subcontractors. I also never “carried a quota”.

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Troops

AUGUST 7, 2018

If you’re searching for proven strategies for how to motivate a sales team, there’s a lot to be learned from what Square is doing. How to Motivate a Sales Team. We spoke with Berger and asked him: With years of experience building and leading sales teams, what are your best tips and strategies for how to motivate salespeople?

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