The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

We’ve put together a trusty checklist of the most essential considerations for evaluating commission software. Of course, you can never fully know how a piece of software will turn out— but if you ask the right questions, you can separate the comprehensive and reliable from the risky and inadequate. See why the stakes are so high?

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DiscoverOrg Sales

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

BLOG] Read it: Matt, Kyle, and the Less-Traveled Road to Customer Satisfaction. Unlike B2C marketing, in the B2B world, not all the people who read your blog post or express interest in your product or service are a great fit. BLOG] Read it: How to Heat Up Cold Emails with Personalization. Target your best-fit prospects.

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The Spiff Blog

JULY 21, 2022

If you’re reading this, it’s likely because you’ve made a regrettable software purchase or gone through a nightmarish buying process at some point in your career. And, unfortunately, your software buying woes may only get worse in the near future. Take commission software , for example. We’ve all been there. You’re in luck!

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Xactly

APRIL 9, 2018

Those tasked with creating a plan must develop a process and incentive plan that will motivate and encourage the right sales behaviors to achieve goals, all while driving growth. Gartner’s VP of sales mentored me and taught me how sales reps think and act in regards to sales Comp and incentives. Who: Helen Rendos. Position: Sr.

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Your Sales Management Guru

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

This guest post is written by Derek Singleton of Software Advice , an online resource that report on technologies, topics and trends in B2B sales and marketing. While this is a great incentive for keeping your sales team motivated to bring in revenue, that same incentive be counterproductive in the lead qualification process.

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Xactly

JANUARY 2, 2019

Ultimately, the new compensation and incentive plans must successfully motivate the right sales behaviors to achieve goals, all while driving growth. Nuance Communications is a multinational computer software technology corporation that is “reinventing the relationship between people and technology.”

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PandaDoc

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The ant’s incentive to collaborate was to survive. Let’s look at each in more detail: Incentives: This study found that the lack of incentives and rewards is the most common barrier to effective collaboration. Reward these incentives after hitting shared goals. PandaDoc has dramatically increased our contract close rates.

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Cincom Smart Selling

MARCH 13, 2017

Configure price quote software makes approving complex sales orders easy and fast. Trust Your Configure Price Quote Software. Are your reps pushing solutions based on incentives and perceived priorities based on inventory or sales performance goals? It Starts with Guided Selling Backed Up by Configure Price Quote Software.

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Apptivo

MAY 18, 2021

So in this blog, Apptivo brings you the best ways to utilize your email marketing tools and Email Marketing Software in a way that helps you grow your subscriber list. It is possible to use sign-up links on your website and directing the leads directly from web forms to your email marketing software. Conclusion.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 11, 2018

You’re looking for someone who needs few external incentives to go above and beyond what their job requires. In the world of ever-changing technology, you want your sales reps to be able to pick up new tools and software quickly. The post The Ultimate Guide to Hiring the Best B2B Sales Reps appeared first on B2B Blog.

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Xactly

JUNE 7, 2018

Incentive Compensation Management (ICM) solutions help companies manage their sales compensation plans and calculate commission payments. Lack of visibility from siloed software applications ultimately hurt employee productivity, waste IT efforts, and hinder business agility.

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 18, 2017

Fellow Deadheads, Meerman is the author of “The New Rules of Marketing and PR” and Halligan is CEO and cofounder of marketing software behemoth HubSpot. The way to reach your marketplace is to create tons of remarkable, free content like blogs, videos, white papers and e-books.

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Pointclear

MAY 10, 2012

Christopher has served as editor-in-chief or senior editor with Meeting News, Corporate & Incentive Travel, and Life Extension. ” Marketers: Learn, Get Involved & Blog. ” He says blogging is important because putting ideas down on paper forces clarification and deeper understanding of our topics.

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Nutshell

MARCH 17, 2023

The right software tools can help you automate the process and make it easy to include your customers’ names in your emails. Encourage them to share: Consider adding an incentive for customers who share your brand promise with others. Introduce the incentive: Offer an overview of the program and its purpose.

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SBI

APRIL 29, 2014

Welcome to our biweekly blog feature. Leslie: CallidusCloud provides organizations with the leading sales and marketing effectiveness cloud software. As President of Smart Selling Tools , she consults with many of the top sales productivity software vendors as well as end-user organizations looking to select the right tools.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Today’s blog post breaks down key steps to regain trust and create an even stronger relationship with your customer. For example, if you sell software—try to interpret usage patterns. Offer an additional incentive. The post 4 Ways to Regain a Customer’s Trust After Losing It appeared first on ZoomInfo Blog.

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Xactly

JUNE 27, 2018

Those who work to create a plan for their company must develop a compensation process and incentive plan that will motivate the right sales behaviors to achieve goals, all while driving growth. Software companies like Xactly have been instrumental in providing the “nuts and bolts” calculation for the Sales team.”.

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The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

These pillars include organizational alignment, robust reporting, ongoing professional development, incentive compensation, and sales enablement. Incentive alignment : Shared goals enable the design of incentive structures that motivate sales reps while aligning with the broader success of the organization.

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SBI

JUNE 25, 2013

SPIFs (Sales Performance Incentive Funds) are commonly used to incentivize salespeople to sell more of a particular product in a given period of time. After-all, incentive-based compensation (commissions) is just a form of Gamification. Follow Nancy on Twitter @sellingtools or subscribe to her Sales Productivity blog.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 5, 2018

In a recent blog post, we offered some tips on using Reddit to conduct market research. If you’ve never considered incorporating Reddit into your marketing strategy, today’s blog post is for you. For example, if you work for a software company, you won’t have much luck posting in a sports or entertainment subreddit.

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Crunchbase

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

While every company defines leads a bit differently, a few examples of leads include: People on your email list(s); New connections on LinkedIn; People who engage with you on social media (likes, comments, shares); People who’ve engaged with your website (blog posts, views/clicks on key conversion pages, etc.); Offer an incentive.

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OpenSymmetry

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

In the first scenario, the eager software sales rep wants to expedite the project start and does not want to introduce any delays in their sales pipeline. They are thinking about a potential 6-12 month delay in the sales pipeline, then delayed recognition of the software sale before the project can get underway.

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Xactly

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Watch the webinar, "How Best-in-Class Companies Approach Incentive Comp” to learn compensation best practices and see how with 13+ years of empirical industry pay and performance data from Xactly Insights is helping companies strengthen their sales compensation plans. Software Sales. Schedule 30 blog topics by 8/31/16 (10%, $300).

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Zoominfo

APRIL 11, 2018

You’re looking for someone who needs few external incentives to go above and beyond what their job requires. In the world of ever-changing technology, you want your sales reps to be able to pick up new tools and software quickly. The post Sales Hiring Questions to Hire Better Reps appeared first on B2B Blog. Motivated.

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Xactly

JUNE 27, 2018

Those who work to create a plan for their company must develop a compensation process and incentive plan that will motivate the right sales behaviors to achieve goals, all while driving growth. Software companies like Xactly have been instrumental in providing the “nuts and bolts” calculation for the Sales team.”.

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Xactly

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Those who work to create a plan for their company must develop a compensation process and incentive plan that will motivate the right sales behaviors to achieve goals, all while driving growth. Sales operations and compensation professionals must create an incentive plan that will drive growth for the company and attain executive objectives.

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SBI

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Your Crystal Ball: What This Year’s Sales Incentives Tell You about 2013. As President of Smart Selling Tools , she consults with many of the top sales productivity software vendors as well as end-user organizations looking to select the right tools. Follow Nancy on Twitter @sellingtools or subscribe to her Tool Talk blog.

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Crunchbase

JUNE 28, 2021

We are honored to feature and promote their contribution on the Crunchbase blog. You can use an employee schedule template or cloud-based scheduling software to program specified eLearning time into your sales team’s working week. CRM software: These allow your sales team to manage and access customer data. Final thoughts.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 26, 2023

In this blog post, we've compiled a list of real estate prospecting tips to help you grow your real estate business proactively. You can get creative with how you share your business through referral programs to offer advocates incentives for promoting your business to others. Invest in sales management software.

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Apptivo

OCTOBER 7, 2022

To measure the effectiveness of the sales process, organizations must determine the technologies they will employ like CRM software & Sales Analytic software. Activities could include better targeting, expansion of territory, exploring new markets, providing sales incentives for peak demand, promotional activity and many such.

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Pointclear

MAY 10, 2012

Chris has served as editor-in-chief or senior editor with Meeting News, Corporate & Incentive Travel, and Life Extension. ” Marketers: Learn, Get Involved & Blog. ” He says blogging is important because putting ideas down on paper forces clarification and deeper understanding of our topics.

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Nutshell

JULY 30, 2021

Would you, for instance, rather buy a piece of software that everyone on LinkedIn raves about or some generic tool you found online? Pro tip: offer a small incentive for completing the survey so you get more responses. Read blogs and visit online message boards that cater to your audience. The software is buggy and hard to use.

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Pipeliner

MARCH 18, 2021

Use a search string like “your industry + blog” or “your industry + write for us” without the quotes. Blogging, email newsletters, informational webinars , and videos are all great ways to share what you know. Here, ebooks and in-depth white papers can offer greater value than top-level blog posts. 7 Use omnichannel marketing.

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Xactly

MAY 7, 2018

The resulting incentive plan must develop a compensation process that will motivates the right sales behaviors to achieve goals, all while driving growth. Finding the right mixture of compensation requirements is not always easy, but luckily, it can be much less time-consuming with the help of automation software.

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The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

But remember that while the execs are driven by revenue and low customer churn, your sales reps are driven by their incentive compensation plans. For example, a HubSpot salesman wrote in Harvard Business Review about the success of their incentive compensation plan during their “hunting” phase. Prioritize a positive sales culture.

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SBI

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Whichever approach you choose, gamifying CRM through incentive-centered motivational strategies, or changing the game with newer and more versatile technologies, the end-result will be higher sales efficiency. Follow Nancy on Twitter @sellingtools or subscribe to her Tool Talk blog. Nancy can be reached at 916-596-3035.

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Salesmate

JUNE 9, 2020

Well, everyone wants the applause and incentives that are given when the sales quotas are achieved. CRM software like Salesmate comes with a built-in virtual phone system that allows you to record the call. Salespeople are always in a hurry to sell. But sadly, few things are missed out when you do things in a hurry.

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