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How to be Indispensable as an Incentive Compensation Manager

The Spiff Blog

As an incentive compensation manager, you hold a critical role that keeps your organization running. You want to have access to the most impactful solutions and systems that improve your ability to do your job well— but you also worry about the perception that these powerful tools are more valuable to the company than you are.

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Team incentives: 7 do’s and 2 don’ts

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: TIM HOULIHAN Do you avoid team incentives because you are worried about being fair? Teams perform better than individuals [ Kuhn, “Experiments on Motivation, Incentives and Rationality” 2007 ], and you and your bottom line can benefit from rewarding teams. Don’t deprive your teams of these two important tools.

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Founder Q&A Series: Incentives and Compensation Structure

Sales Hacker

Spiff budget for monthly incentives/contests (keeps it fun). Cost of living limits incentive %. We are closing in on a CRO and I want to create an incentive (either cash or equity) on running an efficient revenue org and not just keeping incentives on Top Line growth given the macro environment. Appreciate you.

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Sales Incentives, Awards, Lead Follow Up and Sales Effectiveness

Understanding the Sales Force

Dave Kurlan wrote: They should receive the incentive only if the opportunity makes it as far as 2 nd base in the sales process. Objective Management Group (OMG) won Gold for Top Sales Assessment Tool for the 2nd straight year! The appointment setters are upset, blaming the low closing percentage on the salespeople. I am stuck on comp.

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How to Fuel Explosive Revenue Growth with Kick-ass Sales Incentives

Sales Hacker

If you’re looking to get a little extra from your revenue team, examining your sales incentives program is a great place to start. . An effective sales incentive program is not just the fuel to drive your revenue team. Why It Matters to Invest in Sales Incentives R ight N ow. Incentives have never been more important in sales.

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Firing up the revenue engine post-crisis

Sales and Marketing Management

providing them with resources, knowledge and tools to achieve those established objectives. Channel leaders have the unprecedented opportunity to invest in and improve channel automation systems, including sales incentive platforms, partner portals, digital training programs and through-channel marketing. Are you digital-ready?

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Compensation Transformation: 7 Tips for 2024 Sales Comp Planning

The Spiff Blog

Recommended reading : How to Develop a Winning Sales Compensation Philosophy Compensation Transformation Tip #3: Personalize your sales incentive programs. Personalizing sales incentives is a difficult task for a number of reasons. To start, you might implement a range of incentive options that qualifying sales reps can choose from.