Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Compensation plans exist to help your business reach its goals. With all the changes happening in today’s economic climate, it’s hard to make sure your plans stay on track. So, where do you begin?

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Highspot

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Effective sales management is the core of any successful business. Read on as we break down why strong sales management matters, along with proven strategies to achieve it. It involves planning, organizing, leading, and controlling the sales activities within an organization to achieve its revenue targets and close deals.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 19, 2022

In this article, I’ll outline the principles of compensation design , how to build sales compensation plans , and include resources to set OTEs and quotas that keep your reps happy and hungry for more. Why Sales Comp Planning is Key to Rep Retention. Who should be responsible for sales compensation planning?

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Sales Hacker

JULY 14, 2023

I sometimes see companies put a large % on closed won revenue and I’m not a fan. Do you have any suggestions for structuring an incentive package to optimize for sales/revenue efficiency?” Kyle Norton , SVP Sales & Partnership at Owner: I don’t actually think it makes a ton of sense to build this into a comp plan.

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A Sales Guy

JULY 23, 2014

Note: This blog post is an excerpt from my new book: “Creating High Performance Sales Compensation Plans”. Some pay commission based on sales, while others only pay on margin; still others blend both with incentives and special bonus plans. Compensation plans shouldn’t be developed in a vacuum. Sizing It Up.

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Your Sales Management Guru

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Align Sales Compensation with Your Goals A compensation plan that works. Note: This week’s blog is an excerpt from my new book: “Creating High Performance Sales Compensation Plans”. Your sales management team must understand your company’s overall goals and structure compensation to align with them.

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Highspot

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

What Makes a Great Sales Manager? What Sets Great Sales Managers Apart? Responsibilities of a Sales Manager Qualities You Need To Go From Good To Great Sales Management Strategy for Sales Managers The Importance of Sales Coaching And Training What Does Sales Manager Success Look Like?

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 9, 2019

When thinking about ways to boost your revenue and grow your business, you might consider evolving your product line, reaching your buyer personas in new ways, or launching a brand awareness campaign. Specifically, the managers who lead your sales teams — they oversee the reps who communicate directly with your prospects and customers daily.

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Xactly

OCTOBER 10, 2018

You need to start pulling together internal data from your incentive compensation management system, data from your CRM, and finally, information from financial teams on profitability and product revenues. Are you an Xactly Insights customer using empirical data to benchmark your incentive compensation? Watch Webinar.

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Your Sales Management Guru

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Creating a Sales Compensation Plans. Some pay commission based on sales, while others only pay on margin; still others blend both with incentives and special bonus plans. Your sales management team must understand your company’s overall goals and structure compensation to align with them.

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Xactly

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Few leading indicators are more predictive of a company’s future sales performance than its incentive compensation plans. As former Reliance Electric CEO Chuck Ames once said according to General Electric CEO Jack Welch, “Show me a company’s various compensation plans, and I’ll show you how its employees behave.”. View Webinar.

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Pipeliner

DECEMBER 20, 2017

A compensation plan that works. Note: This blog is an excerpt from my new book Creating High Performance Sales Compensation Plans. Your sales management team must understand your company’s overall goals and structure compensation to align with them. Finally, take a hard look at your sales organization.

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Miller Heiman Group

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Though sales organizations hire more sellers than ever to grow their business and compensate for losing salespeople, studies show that they may not be following hiring best practices: 84% of sales leaders say they lack the sales talent they need to succeed in the future. How Hiring Affects the Bottom Line.

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The Spiff Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Quota planning impacts nearly every aspect of a business’s GTM motion and revenue function. Here’s why: the sales quota is a key variable in many of the equations that dictate core business functions. From there, businesses adjust these baseline quotas to account for goals, market conditions, seasonality, and more.

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Score More Sales

APRIL 30, 2013

There are SMB and mid-market sales organizations who have not embraced a cloud-based, customer relationship management system, better known as CRM or SCRM. Most sales reps believe these are really not for them as much as they are for leadership. So how can we increase revenues with CRM? COMPLICATIONS.

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Your Sales Management Guru

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Sales Management End of Year Checklist. . Depending upon the person and the conditions in their sales organization each article may or may not be pertinent. I decided to start with a Sales Management End of Year Checklist. Do I have to alter the sales compensation plan to help achieve the new goals?

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Your Sales Management Guru

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Creating a Sales Compensation Plan for 2017. Some pay commission based on sales, while others only pay on margin; still others blend both with incentives and special bonus plans. Some pay commission based on sales, while others only pay on margin; still others blend both with incentives and special bonus plans.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 27, 2019

There’s a simple solution that will help streamline this issue and create more time for sales reps to spend actually selling the product or service: implement a sales and compensation system that’s transparent and easier to understand. Lack of transparency can also lead to inaccuracy within a company’s compensation calculations.

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Miller Heiman Group

APRIL 13, 2020

Sales managers normally face a trifecta of shifting demands from buyers, their direct reports and their organization. The COVID-19 pandemic gives sales managers the perfect opportunity to work toward transforming into more capable leaders. Shift From a Sales Manager’s Mindset to Sales Leader’s Mindset.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 12, 2017

With increasing focus on grit and many claims of meritocracies in organizations across the country, why does variable pay compensation even exist? On top of that, why are sales people some of the few employees subject to variable compensation structures? What is Variable Pay Compensation Anyway?

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Your Sales Management Guru

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Sales Compensation Planning for 2016. As sales leaders or executives everyone must be focused on exceeding the end of year sales quota’s and budgets-but alas- it is mid-November and December will be quickly on top of you. This key point is why I always state that compensation planning is strategic not tactical.

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Pointclear

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

For this company ‘someplace else’ had been growth, but at low margins, with chaos in the sales ranks, and a poorly installed CRM system…all because of a marketing plan that wasn’t a plan. Shelly, the president, looked at me and said, “Yes we have a marketing plan, right Don? Hire a new sales manager. I inquired.

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 26, 2016

My last post inn this series was “ Super Hero Sales Managers.” ” I hesitated for a moment discussing this topic–sales compensation plans. I can barely scratch the surface on this topic, sales people, sales executives, and non sales executives invovled in compensation are likely to be unhappy.

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Your Sales Management Guru

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Align Sales Compensation with Your Goals. A compensation plan that works. Note: This weeks blog is a excerpt from my new book: “Creating High Performance Sales Teams” When it comes to how businesses pay their salespeople, there’s no one-size-fits-all approach. Understanding Cost of Sales.

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SalesFuel

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In 2023, industry revenue climbed about 3% to reach $381 billion. The Bates case changed opinions about legal marketing and led to a shift in the legal profession's approach to advertising. Just as these businesses compete on quality of service, their marketing message seeks to establish a solid, credible reputation.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 25, 2021

Sales Executive Leadership Forum. Build a Bigger Network and Increase Your Market Value. Every sales leader needs to consider their market value. Sales leaders should regularly evaluate and determine areas for growth for their staff and themselves. As a former sales executive , I was always in a tough spot.

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Fill the Funnel

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

A few key questions that sales leaders need to be considering include: Is the sales compensation plan providing the results expected? Is your revenue meeting plans? You get the idea -these are key sales management actions to be thinking about. Are you going to be hiring during the year? Register to Attend!

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Your Sales Management Guru

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Guest Posts for Your Sales Management Guru. Ken: We have two posts today, first How to Manage Manipulative Sales Employees and a BONUS Sales Compensation Survey to help you plan. How to Manage Manipulative Sales Employees. BONUS Sales Compensation Survey. report at no cost.

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criteria for success

OCTOBER 20, 2020

What makes an effective sales manager? Acting as sales manager can be a difficult job because you wear two bulls-eyes: one on your front and one on your back. Your senior management is pushing for results, numbers, revenue, and profit. Your sales people are looking to you for guidance. Mentorship.

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The Spiff Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

A survey of mid-market companies conducted last month by accounting and advisory firm Marcum LLP and Hofstra University’s Frank G. So, today, we explore five ways to double down on Seller Experience to save money, bring in more revenue, and ultimately create an environment where sales professionals can thrive– even in the face of hardship.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 29, 2022

On-target earnings continue to climb, quota attainment percentages are dropping, and the job market remains in the hands of the seekers. These 3 trends have many sales, revenue, and finance leaders wondering how to build compensation plans that hit on all three AND align to business strategies.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 15, 2024

It’s no secret that sales reps are critical in driving revenue growth. Winning organizations understand that sales is a team effort, and sales teams need the right support to be successful. Of course, many teams support sellers throughout the sales cycle. What is sales enablement?

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The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Wherever you find your company on the proverbial path to success, chances are you’ve had to tweak your sales commission structure to match the stage your business is in, and for the type of business you’re in, to keep sales reps motivated and continuing to generate revenue. Prioritize a positive sales culture.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

VPs of Sales are asking the question “What have I done before?”. Market conditions 12 months ago were very different. VPs of Sales are asking questions like: Is our Sales Process good enough? VPs of Sales are asking questions like: Is our Sales Process good enough? Are my Sales Managers good enough?

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 31, 2013

” Yeah, Yeah, we all know that, but here’s the real issue, “Are we measuring and compensating them to do the things we WANT them to do?” My posts, Sometimes Revenue Is The Wrong Sales Metric and Conditions Of Employment have stirred a flood of comments and emails. We need to look at things differently.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 9, 2022

According to a study by Cascade Insights , more than 75% of sales leaders agree their planning efforts are problematic — and 90% of sales ops leaders confessed on LinkedIn they need to do sales planning faster and more frequently. Here are my top 5 tips to be part of the 10% who do sales planning right. Try This Instead.

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The Spiff Blog

JANUARY 9, 2024

5 Ways to Achieve Higher Sales Goals at Lower Costs In a perfect world, you’d be able to hire as many reps as your sales team needs, increasing your sales capacity in order to meet higher demands and comfortably hit your business’s revenue goals. What if you experience a period of high sales turnover?

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