The Spiff Blog

JANUARY 9, 2024

Sales ramp-up time can be costly, considering how much training and coaching is required to get new reps up to speed. For one, insufficient training won’t create effective salespeople. Identify any sources of confusion or disruption that new sales reps might experience in their early days at your company.

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Select and Implement Sales Automation Solutions Sales operations managers find, evaluate, and implement automation tools. These may include CRM platforms like Salesforce, email marketing software, and metrics dashboards. The goal of this integrated planning is to improve sales productivity.

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Mindtickle

JUNE 28, 2021

As a sales leader, you know the impact of effective sales coaching — it’s the key to maximizing your team’s potential. The problem is that for too long, sales managers have relied on a one-size-fits-all coaching playbook and hoped for the best. Technology skills : How well do your reps use sales tools?

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SalesLoft

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

For example, companies hiring less experienced reps tend to focus on skill development, while those with a more sophisticated sale focus on the process to provide smooth handoffs from one team to another. All three pillars rely heavily on sales enablement software. Though we bill it as a sales engagement tool, it’s so much more.

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Allego

DECEMBER 20, 2023

I’m willing to bet you’re like me when it comes to buying something, whether it’s a new pair of boots or enterprise software. One such technology, Digital Sales Room software , has emerged as a game-changer, empowering sales teams to operate seamlessly in a virtual environment. What Is Digital Sales Room Software?

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Vendor Neutral

JUNE 15, 2021

Leverage the right sales technology to support a customer-centric approach, including effectively onboarding and everboarding reps. Craig Nelson, CXera Over the years Craig Nelson has focused his efforts on building technology companies and enabling them to drive profitable revenue. Evolve away from product and toward value.

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SBI

MARCH 30, 2021

Remote Selling has become an important focus for every sales organization. Digital sales technologies, by default, are what enables remote selling. In this interview series, we ask executives at leading salestech companies to describe how their customers are leveraging technology, what metrics are now possible, and more. .

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SalesLoft

OCTOBER 5, 2022

What is a Sales Engagement Platform? Sales engagement software is uniquely positioned to drive organizational success, particularly for teams closing deals through a combination of pipeline generation, account-based strategies, and opportunity management. How is Sales Engagement Software Different from Sales Enablement?

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 7, 2020

Sales Development. Sales Growth. Sales Enablement. Enterprise Sales. Sales Operations. Sales Technology. Training & Coaching. VP Nokia Software, North America Sales. VP New business – Sales leader. Regional Vice President of Sales. Vice President of Sales.

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Vendor Neutral

JULY 16, 2021

Chris Beall, ConnectAndSell For 30 years Chris Beall has led software start-ups as a founder or early-stage developer. He believes the most powerful part of a software system is the human being, and that the value key is to let the computer do what it does well — go fast without getting bored — in order to free up human potential.

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SalesLoft

JANUARY 2, 2020

Sales blogs to go to for insight in every sales role, from sales professionals to sales managers to sales leaders — aside from Salesloft.com, of course! For Sales Professionals: The Sales Blog (Anthony Iannarino) | Anthony Iannarino is an international speaker, author, and sales leader.

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SBI

JANUARY 12, 2022

Remote Selling has become an important focus for every sales organization. Digital sales technologies, by default, are what enables remote selling. In this interview series, we ask executives at leading salestech companies to describe how their customers are leveraging technology, what metrics are now possible, and more. .

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SBI

MARCH 1, 2021

Remote Selling has become an important focus for every sales organization. Digital sales technologies, by default, are what enables remote selling. In this interview series, we ask executives at leading salestech companies to describe how their customers are leveraging technology, what metrics are now possible, and more. .

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Showpad

JULY 28, 2020

Simply put, AI systems are trained with defined rules from a known sample to make predictions for a new, unknown sample. The technology is the advancement of simple decision-making software that now has significantly more on-demand compute power with large, complex data sets. . AI in the sales enablement space.

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SalesLoft

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

That shiny new software won’t implement itself. You completed a pilot, started the onboarding process, and received strong support and training. 2) Revving Your Revenue Engine With the Sales Technology Stack. In this session, you’ll gain insight into automating core business processes for sales. What happened?

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Mindtickle

JUNE 28, 2021

As a sales leader, you know the impact of effective sales coaching — it’s the key to maximizing your team’s potential. The problem is that for too long, sales managers have relied on a one-size-fits-all coaching playbook and hoped for the best. Technology skills : How well do your reps use sales tools?

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Miller Heiman Group

JULY 16, 2018

Built to help management teams gain visibility into the pipeline, CRMs were never meant to improve sellers’ ability to sell. High costs, on-premise software deployments and poor user experiences further complicated adoption, limiting the effectiveness of first-generation CRM systems. Scout fills the gap in sales technology.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Each episode discusses topics like lead generation, sales development, sales enablement, sales hiring, CRM, sales operations, social selling, sales management, account-based selling best practices, sales process, sales psychology, customer success, sales technology, B2B sales and marketing alignment, and more.

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Crunchbase

MARCH 1, 2023

Prior to that, she was the VP of sales at Human Interest , a fintech unicorn and one of the top Y Combinator companies , and also the regional manager for Groupon in Western China, where she led revenue teams in global expansion. Building a sales function from the bottom up, she drove 5x growth in 2022.

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Miller Heiman Group

JULY 16, 2018

Built to help management teams gain visibility into the pipeline, CRMs were never meant to improve sellers’ ability to sell. High costs, on-premise software deployments and poor user experiences further complicated adoption, limiting the effectiveness of first-generation CRM systems. Scout fills the gap in sales technology.

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CRM Sales Methodology SalesForce Decision Maker 50

Mindtickle

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Completing new product and competitor training. At the same time, we use revenue intelligence and AI forecasting software through our technical partner BoostUp to help our sellers call their numbers with higher accuracy and confidence. You can see that workflow in our interactive sales manager product tour here.

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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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The Brooks Group

OCTOBER 17, 2018

It’s Not Just About Software. Some sales technology software companies position their solutions as the quick fix to your Sales Performance Management challenges. The reality is that the technology is only a tool, and the tool is only as useful as the strategy and processes that it’s applied to.

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Miller Heiman Group

AUGUST 8, 2019

The CSO Insights 2018 Sales Operations Optimization Study showed that companies actively invest in 25 different types of sales technologies, and the average sales organization uses 10 tools and plans to add four more in 2019. Take the Sales Performance Meter. Chances are, it’s the latter.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 8, 2021

Sales Manager Careers. Once you have some experience in sales, an account executive position is a natural next step. You may also need to collaborate with the marketing team to manage personalized materials or advertising for leads, so a background in cross-functional collaboration is helpful for landing a job.

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SBI

DECEMBER 12, 2018

I asked thought leaders from various sales technology firms, how they think SalesTech will change the way salespeople sell in 2019. Historically, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems have tended to create work for sales people, rather than simplify their job. Here’s what they had to say.

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SBI

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Find them, nurture them, train them, and when they start to see success, let them sell the new process to the rest of the team for you. As a sales technology and data provider, a key element of our process, similar to any provider in this space, is onboarding. 4 Train reps on how to (and not to) use behavioral data.

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Close.io

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

It’s a no-brainer: If your sales reps over-achieve their quotas, you’ll have more prospects. That’s why the best sales managers spend time and money motivating their teams and sending them to training seminars to perfect the craft of cold calling. Why a sales dialer should be part of your sales strategy.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 26, 2017

AA-ISP’s Inside Sales conference focuses on helping front-line inside sales reps and managers in their day-to-day roles through a combination of talks and workshops. Sales leaders can explore a technology and service expo to peruse sales technology for their teams. 10) TOPO Sales Summit.

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Highspot

APRIL 2, 2020

Modern sales ops professionals play a vital role in the success of a sales organization by staying ahead of problems and enabling the sales team to focus on selling. This includes everything from implementing key sales technology to administering compensation. Why Is Sales Operations Important?

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Sales Hacker

JULY 3, 2018

So our team tried to fill the gap to help you build or enhance your own sales stack. Here goes our effort to curate the ultimate list of sales automation tools! What Is Sales Automation? Sales automation tools are software-based solutions that help you perform many sales tasks faster, easier, and more efficiently.

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ExecVision

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Conversation Intelligence (CI) is a relatively new technology category that takes business conversations and transforms them into actionable data points through call intelligence software. What is Conversation Intelligence Technology? These data points can be used for coaching, training, onboarding, and enablement.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Though feelings of burnout when working in sales are common, they can be alleviated, and can provide valuable learning opportunities to help sales managers create healthier work environments. By decreasing administrative strain on your sales team, you’ll remove a major cause of burnout. Offer training.

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Close.io

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Present your sales team’s mentorship program and any special leadership training program that you offer. Show candidates your sales team culture. Explain to candidates how your B2B solutions impact real people: “Our software makes accounting much easier for small business owners.” GRAB THE SALES MANAGEMENT TOOLKIT.

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Close.io

JANUARY 28, 2020

Why sales teams should measure this: Sales performance analytics shows how you are currently faring vs. the expected performance. It’s useful for sales managers to coach their reps and fix the vulnerabilities in their sales process/pipeline. Predictive sales analytics. Sales pipeline analysis.

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Showpad

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

We continue our sales enablement blog series to help clarify what sales enablement is and how businesses can effectively execute on their strategies. If you need a refresher, here’s everything you need to know about sales enablement. Training is always important, no matter how experienced the salesperson.

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Showpad

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

We continue our sales enablement blog series to help clarify what sales enablement is and how businesses can effectively execute on their strategies. If you need a refresher, here’s everything you need to know about sales enablement. Training is always important, no matter how experienced the salesperson.

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