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The Strategic Account Manager – How do you Compensate This Critical Role?

OpenSymmetry

We completed a sales compensation plan audit for a telecommunications company last year. Their business strategy and objectives were clearly defined; however, they faced a number of challenges, including their ability to cover the market, resourcing, and “juggling” multiple products. So, how do you compensate this key role?

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Guest blog: 10 Success Factors for Quotas Part 2

OpenSymmetry

Challenge your team to acknowledge history but to lean toward forward-looking indicators of market opportunity. Balance Market Opportunity with Sales Capacity. Rather than history, market opportunity should be a primary driver of the quota. But market opportunity is only half of the answer. Make Your Approach Scalable.

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Get Over Your Fear of Marketing Automation Software

SugarCRM

Are you still afraid of and intimidated by marketing automation? Modern marketing automation software (MAS) no longer suffers the stigma of being too complicated for anyone but a large enterprise technology company to adopt. When people learn about what marketing automation can do, they can be intimidated.

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Get Over Your Fear of Marketing Automation Software

SugarCRM

Are you still afraid of and intimidated by marketing automation? Modern marketing automation software (MAS) no longer suffers the stigma of being too complicated for anyone but a large enterprise technology company to adopt. When people learn about what marketing automation can do, they can be intimidated.

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27 Sales Interview Questions (and How to Answer Them Like a Boss!)

Sales Hacker

OR… “I won the top sales incentive trip the last three years.” He is a sales manager in telecommunications. The market bottomed out at 6,507.4 Examples: “I am great at new business development. I tripled the client base in my territory in the first year, yielding revenue gains of over $1.2 Here is his question: 6.

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