The Spiff Blog

AUGUST 19, 2022

Reps spend just 33% of their day talking to prospects, while the rest is devoted to internal or administrative tasks ( source ). The only remedy is a formal incentive communication strategy. Map out an incentive communication step to align with each step of your sales comp process. Let’s dive in!

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

LinkedIn is filled with surveys about, “What is the highest priority focus for [Fill In Your Favorite Role]?” ” There are surveys asking for the one area sales managers should focus on. There are surveys for sellers covering things like prospecting, pipeline management, closing, sales process.

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Zoominfo

MAY 13, 2018

Consider this: a recent survey ranked ‘sales account manager’ as one of the most stressful jobs in the US, with 73 percent of respondents rating the role as “highly stressful.” Start small, and expand your incentive program as you learn and grow. Look into prospecting tools. ” ( source ). Hire new talent.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 22, 2020

Here are the red flags to watch out for: Mediocre first experience – During the pre-sales process, software companies bring out an army of experts across sales, support and engineering to wow the prospect and seal the deal. Develop customer evangelists.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 6, 2019

Not every referred prospect will become a customer, but the increased conversation about your company and products will strengthen your brand and help maximize your reach. Feedback: Use surveys to collect direct feedback. Choose the Right Incentives Rewards are the most critical part of your referral marketing strategy.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Respondents in a Loyalty360 survey found that 44% of customers who experience bad service will stop their purchase and seek a different provider. Their sales reps get super hands-on with prospects during the buying journey — they provide demos, answer questions, ask for feedback, etc. Personalize Your Incentives.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 20, 2018

Author: Kostas Chiotis Picture this: your company wants to boost its sales with an incentive program. You identify your target audience, establish clear goals, select the right reward structure, and develop an extensive digital marketing campaign that ensures that your offer will get to as many prospects as possible. What do you do?

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Women Sales Pros

JULY 27, 2018

Incentives: Non-monetary incentives are the better choice here, tied directly to your product or service (ex: priority support, added features, etc.). A systematic way to ask clients for referrals is via the Net Promoter Score (NPS) survey. Then ask for permission to mention him/her in your communication with the prospect.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 27, 2017

Author: Lewis Miller, CEO and President, Qvidian When we survey RFP and proposal teams, nearly half report meeting response timeframes as their greatest challenge. A Qvidian survey found that more than half of our respondents collaborated with anywhere from 6 to 100 SMEs on a single RFP. They describe a mad dash to deadlines.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

A joint effort attracts the right kind of leads, with the sales team focusing its energy on prospects with the highest likelihood of conversion. Why Collaboration Matters Our survey offered some juicy insights from salespeople on how transformational their collaboration with marketing is. Let’s discuss some of these insights below: 1.

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 3, 2020

Here are the red flags to watch for: Mediocre first experience – During the pre-sales process, software companies bring out an army of experts across sales, support and engineering to wow the prospect and seal the deal. Develop customer evangelists.

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MTD Sales Training

DECEMBER 3, 2014

The salesperson agreed up to a point but said he didn’t know how to get this knowledge, as many of his customers wouldn’t offer any help when they carried out customer satisfaction surveys. A small incentive is a useful tool to achieve higher attendance levels. And that knowledge could be worth its weight in gold. Happy Selling!

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Harnessing AI requires a strong alignment of incentives across departments, coupled with high-quality data and experienced resources to get the job done. Identify and Prioritize the Most Promising Leads AI tools can use ZoomInfo data to identify the most promising leads from a cohort of potential prospects. The good news?

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Crunchbase

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Ensuring that prospects travel through the cycle to the point where they not only make purchases but become advocates for the brand has now become even more important. Step 1: Prospecting. Getting prospects interested in your company is the first step in the sales cycle. Step 3: Qualifying prospects.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 30, 2024

As a B2B salesperson for companies like IBM and Open Text, scheduling in-person meetings or phone calls was often challenging, regardless of my prospect or client’s industry or business size. Aggressive, generic offers were just as fruitless, especially when the prospect hadn’t already confirmed their interest in what I was offering. (In

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 8, 2019

In a survey from Deloitte , 94% of executives and 88% of employees said they believe a distinct workplace culture is important to business success. Typically, team goals are stretch goals with a juicy incentive tied to goal achievement. RELATED : 7 Steps to a Creative Sales Content Even Your Prospects Will Love.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

ZoomInfo knows that even minutes can matter when you’re looking for prospects. Hearing directly from an employee at a specific company that they are looking for your product, for example, makes a world of difference compared to relying on third-party accounts to find your prospects. We generate over 1.2

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DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 4, 2017

DiscoverOrg released a Growth Drivers survey of high-growth companies , analyzed key findings, and found some surprising commonalities among these rising stars. Henry : When we set out to do this survey, one of the things that we’ve always strived to do as a company is to really help our clients grow their business.

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Miller Heiman Group

MAY 12, 2020

Two out of three sales reps are more concerned about their paycheck than catching the coronavirus, according to a recent survey that we conducted. Survey the sales landscape in your organization. Set Up an Incentive Compensation Relief Committee. Our Incentive Compensation Process. Are new deals being delayed?

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 15, 2020

These incentives demonstrate the level of commitment Mailchimp has towards the success of their clients. A straightforward way to gain a better understanding of your customers is to conduct a Net Promoter Score (NPS) survey. It’s important to note, you don’t have to limit yourself to one question on your customer experience survey.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Use prospect search filters. Mailshake is a lead generation tool that lets brands automate their prospecting outreach via email, social, and phone. Unlike traditional email marketing solutions, this automated solution enables you to send personalized cold emails at scale, then engage with these prospects via phone and social.

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HeavyHitter Sales

JULY 1, 2011

In addition, tests were administered at Presidents Club meetings (the incentive trip that top salespeople are awarded by their company for their outstanding performance). In casual surveys I have conducted throughout the years, I have found that 90 percent of top performers played organized sports in high school. Conscientiousness.

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Zoominfo

MAY 20, 2021

That statistic alone offers an incentive for brands to take a closer look at their email marketing strategy and to maximize return. You can engage prospects throughout the customer lifecycle One of the greatest benefits of email is the fact that it suits every stage of the customer lifecycle. Source: Campaign Monitor 2.

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The Spiff Blog

JUNE 8, 2023

Here’s a scenario that any salesperson can relate to, whether they’re an entry-level sales rep or an expert seller with decades of experience: a prospect demonstrates interest in a product, responds to inquiries with enthusiasm– and then, out of nowhere, they disappear. What’s wrong with “touching base” with cold prospects?

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Pipeliner

MARCH 13, 2020

The talent pool of prospective employees is, therefore, leaving the traditional centers of employment and spreading out in a way never seen before. Changes in federal tax laws that sharply limit deductions for state and local income taxes created new incentives for New Yorkers to move to the lower-tax Sunshine State.

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Pipeliner

OCTOBER 4, 2021

They make especially good prospects for sales jobs, so here is a look at why they are well suited to this type of role, and what benefits businesses can glean by recruiting them. For veterans, the reasons that they got into the military tend to be more grounded in their core values, rather than any financial incentive.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 22, 2024

I'm always saying, “Sound, well-structured business email templates are central to effective sales communication, initiating productive sales conversations, and sustaining relationships with prospects and customers.” It's relatively self-explanatory. Let's get a little more perspective on the various kinds of business emails you can send.

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Zendesk Sell

DECEMBER 4, 2018

An upside to this survey is that 86% of customers said they would be willing to remain with the business if there was an emotional connection with a customer service agent. Prioritized support for big customers and hot prospects. As discussed, traditional incentives between departments are polarizing.

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CloserIQ

JUNE 6, 2019

Your description of your clients—based on data you cull from interviews, surveys, social media, and other sources—helps you attract more clients just like them, since you’ll have a better understanding of what they want and need. . Surveys : Send out surveys via an email newsletter. Why create buyer personas?

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Of course, monetary incentives like pay raises and bonuses are one way to motivate employees to work harder. In fact, a recent survey of Millennial job candidates found that 74% want a job where they feel like their work matters ( source ). Suddenly, the struggling salesperson is reaching prospects ten times as quickly.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 28, 2018

This article outlines the results of a B2B Buyer Experience survey by TimeTrade. B2B Buyer Experience Survey Outline. For this specific survey we spoke to more than 300 B2B buyers, representing a cross-section of goods and services, company sizes and vertical markets. Make no mistake: we live in a digital world. The bottom-line?

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The annual Gartner 2023 CMO Spend and Strategy Survey was conducted in March and April 2023. See figure below based off CMO’s survey responses on where to cut martech spend in 2023. 75% percent of CMOs are facing increased pressure to do more with less and to deliver profitable growth in 2023. Thanks for reading The GTM Newsletter!

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Your Sales Management Guru

AUGUST 20, 2013

In many cases I have seen great sales contest ideas poorly executed, it is critical you think through what your objectives are and what you want the results to be and then CLEARLY write down the objectives, rules and incentives. Periodically survey your entire customer base. If it isn’t fun, it isn’t selling”. A Contest Sampler.

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LeadBoxer

JANUARY 10, 2021

Then there’s the fact that the probability of selling to a current customer is 60 to 70% , while the likelihood of selling to a new prospect is only 5 to 20%. A discerning sales strategy recognizes this and prioritizes prospects who are a proven fit. You can still leverage financial incentives to increase account expansion.

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Salesmate

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Every sales rep wishes to enter the best company that offers great incentives and employee perks. Due to my strong interpersonal skills, I am able to help potential prospects visualize and believe how a simple product can make their work as well as life easier. The sales job interview questions often send chills down one’s spine.

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Nutshell

JULY 30, 2021

Getting a prospect to take a small step—download an ebook, for example—will encourage them to take bigger steps. Businesses that present themselves in an attractive way and seek out common ground with their prospects are generally more successful than those that don’t. Consistency: Most people want to keep their word.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 25, 2023

Today, 68% of business leaders we surveyed believe it will help them scale in a way that would otherwise be impossible. 87% of sales professionals say that AI tools assisting with writing sales content or prospect outreach messages are effective. 85% of sales professionals say that AI makes their prospecting more effective.

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