SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

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Xactly

DECEMBER 12, 2018

In today’s post, I’ll talk about territory planning. Territory planning represents the foundation of sales performance management (SPM). You must have the right territory design in place to accurately allocate quotas. This, in turn, affects rep satisfaction and—ultimately—the retention of your top performers. The result?

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

They roll out the draft plans in November, have a few meetings, adjust the territories and quotas, roll it out to the field and run off to the next challenge.". Here’s the two step process to that Managers and Reps follow in the first month: Step One : Complete a Territory Account Plan. The January Two-Step.

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Compensation Territories Hiring Commission 288

Janek Performance Group

APRIL 17, 2024

Scalability, Flexibility, and Growth Scalable model Adaptability Growth and retention As businesses grow, BDR teams can be easily scaled up or down. These figures are important to gauge BDR growth and retention. Thus, they facilitate continuous improvement in product development, marketing strategies, and customer service initiatives.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

If you’re caught totally unprepared, the territories are vacant for months. Sign up for our 2013 Tour and receive the Talent Retention Checklist to start planning for your new year. Replant these seedlings in a ripe territory when necessary. Proactively Address Issues: Most managers fail to proactively address retention issues.

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Bigtincan

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The solution, in our experience, is modern training software that allows sales reps to find and review product information exactly when it’s needed by using techniques like just-in-time learning (reps can look up answers as needed) and microlearning (short lessons for improved knowledge retention). wherever they are and whenever they need it.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 2, 2024

Typically, best-in class sales organizations use the following leading KPIs: Conversion rates Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) Sales Velocity (SV) Lead response time Customer Retention Rate Pipeline health As leads progress through the funnel, they become opportunities and then customers.

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The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

As we start planning for 2023, the only thing we’re certain of is that we’re in rocky territory– some organizations more precariously positioned than others. Don’t neglect retention after an upswing. Retention is important in good times and bad times. Something else we were happy to confirm?

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Xactly

JANUARY 3, 2019

Companies that set cookie-cutter quotas across similar roles see 14% lower quota attainment than those that assign quotas based on territory-specific opportunities ( Complete Sales Planning Handbook. ). 83% of companies have payment inaccuracies for commissions, at an average rate higher than 5 percent. Putting Sales Statistics to Work.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Typically, SDRs work from one of two territory models: Static territories based on geography or vertical or business segment. Conversely, in the territory model, you miss out on revenue because some reps have far more accounts than they can ever work. I’ve been an SDR , an SDR director, and now run a sales team at a startup.

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Crunchbase

MARCH 13, 2023

Make smarter territory choices Hard times mean hard choices. For teams with reduced headcounts, that usually means better territory planning. It’s time for sales teams to take a good, hard look at their territory activity data and make a new plan for their smaller workforce.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 15, 2021

Additionally, sales teams can uncover new opportunities with uncharted leads, industries, and territories. But the work isn’t completely done—you still have to worry about customer retention. How Can I Optimize Intelligence in the Sales Cycle? Post-purchasing Stage – Congratulations!

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

They roll out the draft plans in November, have a few meetings, adjust the territories and quotas, roll it out to the field and run off to the next challenge.". Here’s the two step process to that Managers and Reps follow in the first month: Step One : Complete a Territory Account Plan. The January Two-Step.

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Compensation Territories Hiring Commission 120

Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 15, 2021

We need to have a richer strategy on talent management, development, and retention. There are all sorts of things for us to think about: We can give them more responsibility and bigger territories. We each moved to more important territories, larger accounts, more responsibility. We can move them into more important accounts.

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Janek Performance Group

JANUARY 16, 2024

If a sales rep’s entire compensation is directly tied to their individual effort, they could compete against each other for prospects or territories. Team-Based Plans With these plans, teams work together within territories of prospects and clients.

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BrainShark

AUGUST 7, 2022

Let’s say a company has three salespeople assigned to a given territory and a $3 million quota for that territory. To eliminate turnover waste, sales organizations should foster rep retention — providing clearly defined career paths, a sales coaching culture, continuous learning opportunities and avenues for recognition.

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Mereo

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Is your account management focused on ensuring client satisfaction and client retention? Do they align to a market program or a selling territory? Recurring revenue and / or SaaS delivery models increase the focus on client retention — not just expansion. What are your client retention rates? Who owns a client?

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 17, 2018

One story we rely on highlights success our clients have in building and sustaining healthy staff retention. Having heard this story, one particular prospect with salespeople operating across 100 different territories reached out to see whether they could find similar retention success.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 31, 2013

Retention - Top performers who are failing to achieve their expected income are at risk. A compensation problem may soon morph into a retention problem. Territory potential and/or Quota calculated incorrectly. Timing - The delay between signing the order and getting paid may be too long.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 1, 2014

And deliver them in a manner that ensures retention and adoption. Training Methods: Role plays: Repetition leads to retention. Give historical context to the territories/accounts. Step 2: Identify Training Needs and the Training Program. Now that productivity is defined, you need to identify the tools they need.

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Mindtickle

AUGUST 28, 2023

Additionally, interactive modules and quizzes can assess knowledge retention, ensuring new reps are well-prepared to engage with HCPs. Mobile-ready A mobile-friendly delivery of content and training for reps to complete as they commute across their territories.

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

We have all sorts of pipeline metrics, activity metrics, prospecting metrics, account, territory, retention, renewal, mix, margin, and endless other metrics. Let’s imagine we have two sales people with very similar territories. We measure a lot of stuff in sales. Both have identical quotas, $5M. Both have $10M pipelines.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 21, 2013

Second, is a territory that flourished under the rep in question, now sits vacant while the “new manager is replaced”, risking customer satisfaction and retention. First a person not ready to manage who cannot get buy in from the team, becomes disillusioned and either leaves or becomes the ass hole manager from hell.

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Crunchbase

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Retention in the sales department is exceedingly low; average salesperson retention is just 18 months 1. Building out a sales organization has historically been an incremental process: Scale in a linear fashion by hiring one salesperson at a time. To sell is human.

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Allego

JULY 14, 2022

After that, they are released to their territories and don’t receive any further systematic training until the next national sales meeting six to 12 months later. Those types of formal learning programs are problematic for several reasons: Sales reps receive too much information during a short period of time, hampering retention.

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Xactly

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Are we assigning effective territories? Download "The Impact of Tenure on the Retention of Top Performers," to see the results extracted from the Xactly Insights application, a powerful solution which leverages 13+ years of proprietary, pay and performance data to drive intelligence. Is our pay in line with performance?

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 9, 2017

After earning my MBA I was assigned a territory of my own where I could practice these five things and confirm that they were indeed repeatable by a newbie. Unreliable sellers blame others. The best sellers are unreasonably accountable even when they’re not responsible for what goes wrong.

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InsightSquared

MAY 7, 2019

Customer churn or retention rates. Are certain types of customers, or certain geographies and sales territories meeting or beating the benchmark, or underperforming? The average sales cycle can be extended because the data includes new hires and new territories as well as established sales resources.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 20, 2020

Improved employee retention rates. Sales rep retention is a hot topic. Per the sales coaching research, 65% of responding organizations saw improved retention rates for their sales reps. Coaching takes time and commitment, and when employees know their company is making that investment, they tend to be more engaged as a result.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Stated differently, I’ve never seen a manager fired for consistent lack of attention to talent acquisition, development, and retention. Customers don’t stop buying just because you might have an open position or open territory. What About Sales Person Retention? In sales, the raw ingredients are people.

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Strategies for acquiring new customers, upselling, cross-selling, and customer retention. Sales Territories and Distribution Channels Definition of sales territories and distribution channels. Customer Retention Rate: Percentage of customers retained over a period. Book a demo today !

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Strategies for acquiring new customers, upselling, cross-selling, and customer retention. Sales Territories and Distribution Channels Definition of sales territories and distribution channels. Customer Retention Rate: Percentage of customers retained over a period. Book a demo today !

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SugarCRM

MAY 11, 2023

Ensuring Customer Retention and Expansion by Delivering Seamless CX Across Marketing, Sales, and Service Manufacturers are often mature businesses that generate the bulk of their revenue from repeat purchases from existing customers. Top 8 Ways Manufacturers are Using CRM to Revolutionize Their Industry 1.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 18, 2017

The sales person’s job is to maximize the share of account or territory for which they are responsible. I believe it is our God-given right to 100% share of customer and share of territory. We have to sell more within our territories and accounts every year. We are all unified in growing our accounts and territories.

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Xactly

OCTOBER 22, 2018

He may have a tough territory to work in, or he could be a poor hire. Managers should ensure they’ve created fair and balanced territories and compensation plans that are competitive compensation plans that drive desired behaviors. Scenario #3: Timothy is in year two and struggling. Regardless, the real issue is not clear.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

This tool is a practical guide to 10 conversations that will boost retention. When new territories and quotas are assigned, other pastures look temptingly green. This post offers solutions to Sales and HR leaders who ask this question: “How do we respond to demographic trends and retain top sales talent?”

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 19, 2022

However, every deal review, every pipeline review, every territory/account review, every call plan, every forecast will be done with CRM. Are you making sure these customer are ecstatic with our offerings and support, are you maximizing retention and satisfaction. This doesn’t mean CRM isn’t important.

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