Xactly

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Those who work to create a plan for their company must develop a compensation process and incentive plan that will motivate the right sales behaviors to achieve goals, all while driving growth. Sales operations and compensation professionals must create an incentive plan that will drive growth for the company and attain executive objectives.

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Xactly

JANUARY 3, 2019

Industry and planning-specific statistics also help guide sales planning and incentive compensation. Organizations that use automated territory planning technology have up to 20% higher sales achievement than the average ( Optimizing Sales Territory Design: Sales Management Association 2018 Research Update ). The best way to do this?

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Xactly

JUNE 27, 2018

Those who work to create a plan for their company must develop a compensation process and incentive plan that will motivate the right sales behaviors to achieve goals, all while driving growth. What do you anticipate for 2018 that was different for 2017? 2018 will be more dynamic. Discover the Xactly Advantage for Your Company.

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The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

In the 1990s, approximately 25% of US companies were using non-cash rewards compared to 80% in 2018 ( source ). 51% of sales organizations are using data to analyze and improve performance ( source ). 51% of sales professionals state that their companies use data to assess their sales performance ( source ). So glad you asked!

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Xactly

JUNE 27, 2018

Those who work to create a plan for their company must develop a compensation process and incentive plan that will motivate the right sales behaviors to achieve goals, all while driving growth. What do you anticipate for 2018 that was different for 2017? 2018 will be more dynamic. Discover the Xactly Advantage for Your Company.

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Xactly

AUGUST 20, 2018

AI/ML technology and algorithms are important, but the true value lies within data. For companies to truly reap the benefits of AI/ML, they need access and the rights to data. Data Drives Intelligent and Strategic Planning. Data is the driver behind AI/ML technology, and for sales organizations, intelligent planning.

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Xactly

MAY 7, 2018

The resulting incentive plan must develop a compensation process that will motivates the right sales behaviors to achieve goals, all while driving growth. She runs half marathons and is training for her fourth marathon in May 2018. What do you anticipate for 2018 that was different for 2017? “I

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Great sales departments motivate their employees with incentives, contests, and -- you guessed it -- pep talks. Lorenzo turns to data to show how and why your team can produce more creative ideas by viewing diversity as a competitive advantage instead of a company-wide quota. Sheena Iyengar: How to Make Choosing Easier.

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Xactly

JANUARY 7, 2019

The start of a new year comes with a new sales plan—and that means you must reassess your sales capacity needs , align and balance sales territories , and create a sales incentive plan that drives sales performance. Pay mix—the ratio of base salary to target incentives (aka commission) that your sales reps earn—is an important part of this.

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Xactly

JULY 26, 2018

Outdated processes and unreliable data can roadblock any company’s sales potential. These best practices are the result of over a decade’s worth of sales performance management and incentivization experience, along with corroborating data from the 2018 Sales Compensation Best Practices Study. Driving errors out of upstream data.

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Miller Heiman Group

JULY 18, 2018

In our 2018 Sales Operations Optimization Study conducted by CSO Insights, only 47 percent of respondents reported adoption rates of greater than 90 percent. In our 2018 Sales Operations Optimization Study, we also asked respondents to share which areas needed the most improvement over next 24 months.

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Miller Heiman Group

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

In 2018, just 54 percent of all sellers met their sales quotas, according to CSO Insight’s 2018-2019 Sales Performance Study. Furthermore, only 16 percent of sales leaders say they are confident they have the talent needed to succeed into the future, according to CSO Insights’ 2018 Sales Talent Study.

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PandaDoc

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Employee engagement increases when the incentives are worth the effort required to do well. When executed properly, contests can dramatically boost sales productivity by offering incentives for high performers. This could be a monetary incentive like a cash prize, or a prize of some significant value.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 2, 2019

In 2018, the average sales professional tenure was reported to be 1.5 Sales performance management tracking can provide valuable data enabling your organization to forecast future sales trends and employee compensation rates — particularly for commission-based compensation structures. This data can be helpful for benchmarking.

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Miller Heiman Group

JULY 18, 2018

In our 2018 Sales Operations Optimization Study conducted by CSO Insights, only 47 percent of respondents reported adoption rates of greater than 90 percent. In our 2018 Sales Operations Optimization Study, we also asked respondents to share which areas needed the most improvement over next 24 months.

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Xactly

AUGUST 23, 2018

Download the guide, "Optimizing Sales Territory Design," to learn about the Sales Management Association 2018 Update. By now, we can all agree that automating incentive compensation management (ICM) is exponentially more effective than using excel to manage sales comp. Download Guide. Your ICM is getting lonely.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 22, 2018

Analyze performance data. Track sales team metrics and report data to leadership on regular basis Lead weekly and/or monthly meetings with sales team and leadership. Develop sales contests and incentives to drive performance. Check out this piece on how top sales leaders are interviewing SDRs in 2018. Good people skills.

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Xactly

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Accurate quota allocation impacts your team’s ability to achieve their anticipated incentive compensation. Download our executive guide "Optimizing Sales Territory Design: Sales Management Association 2018 Research Update" to discover the benefits of using data and automation to optimize your sales territory planning.

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Xactly

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Public companies have been under compliance since December 2017, and the implementation date for privately held organizations is quickly approaching (December 15, 2018). Getting the Right Data in for Accounting for Sales Commissions. There are several steps to take to help with the data challenges of the new standards.

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Xactly

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Watch the webinar, "How Best-in-Class Companies Approach Incentive Comp” to learn compensation best practices and see how with 13+ years of empirical industry pay and performance data from Xactly Insights is helping companies strengthen their sales compensation plans. Watch Webinar. MBO Examples to Motivate Reps and Drive Performance.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 21, 2019

This quote, from marketing guru Seth Godin, sums up the importance of good data in making better decisions. Did you use data to inform that decision? In fact, the 2018 Global Data Management Benchmark Report found that 52% of the organizations surveyed said data and analytics would be a key source of opportunity in the coming years.

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SalesLoft

APRIL 7, 2020

It’s never been harder to retain your best performers, and the data backs it up. . According to Gong.io , the average tenure of a VP Sales was just 19 months as of 2018! Provide monetary incentive, leadership opportunities, and exposure to new roles and projects. Provide monetary incentive. We are competing every day.

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SalesLoft

OCTOBER 30, 2018

This is dollars left on the table due to ineffective processes for “defining, assigning, and managing territories, quotas, and incentives and compensation plans.”. If you do not have access to premium salary benchmark data, utilize GlassDoor to look up salary information. Step 3: Select variable performance measures.

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Xactly

JUNE 13, 2018

Balanced territories allow you to set fair quotas, which have a huge impact on your incentive compensation and success of your salesforce. Sales territories touch every part of your sales plan; and therefore, company success is highly reliant on strategic, data-driven planning. Data is necessary for optimized territory planning.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 28, 2018

Now let’s break it down and look at the data in more detail: Your Buyers are Knocking. In 2018, this is the experience of an overwhelming number of B2B buyers. Our data indicate that responsiveness and ease of engagement are only part of the picture for B2B buyers. Is Anybody Home? Still Thinking B2B vs. B2C?

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The Spiff Blog

JULY 28, 2022

Taylor excels when he dives deep into data and can produce positive changes that have a valuable impact. Samu and his wife moved to Guadalajara Mexico in 2018, being the first time they traveled outside of Venezuela. John Lapio, Data Engineer. Taylor Montero, Sales Operations Analyst.

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LevelEleven

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

A 2018 State of Sales Enablement report shows that nearly 70% of respondents reported that their company’s sales process were becoming more complex. Sellers are often closest to this information on the front lines, but they lack the proper means or incentives to circulate that knowledge back into the rest of the business.

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Miller Heiman Group

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

According to CSO Insights’ 2018-2019 Sales Performance Study , only 54 percent of salespeople are making or exceeding quota. Allocate at least sixty days to set quotas, and have a methodical, structured process that considers multiple points of view and uses all available data. Organizations aren’t setting quotas effectively.

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Mindtickle

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

To be successful with the next generation, the secret sauce for senior managers like Eric, is finding the right technology and incentives to recruit, train, and nurture current and new financial advisors into exceptional, client-trusted advisors. High failure rates to be sure, churn is common in the classic wealth-management industry.

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Chili Piper

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

In a study of the top 100 SaaS companies , Drift discovered the number of mandatory fields are rising on demo request forms “from an average of 6 mandatory fields in 2017 to an average of 7 in 2018.”. Lastly, there is an incentive for sales reps to take their time. The data spoke for itself.” I don’t think so.

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InsightSquared

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

How can you close out 2018 successfully? Don’t expect a 6-12 month enterprise opportunity to close just because they are offered an incentive. If you don’t already have it in place, implement a CRM and a sales analytics solution to provide the requisite data and insights your sales team needs to be successful.

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Zendesk Sell

JANUARY 8, 2019

According to the NewVoiceMedia’s 2018 “Serial Switchers” report , poor customer service costs businesses around $75 billion a year. What data is already available to analyze their behavior? Data can be analyzed to understand your customers better. Great customer service is a key part of any successful business.

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SalesLoft

APRIL 10, 2018

When you’re looking to reward reps outside of a structured commission program, other incentives may actually be even more effective. Gallup’s data revealed that the most effective recognition is authentic and individualized. A post shared by Salesloft (@salesloft) on Feb 14, 2018 at 1:00pm PST.

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Mindtickle

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

To be successful with the next generation, the secret sauce for senior managers like Eric, is finding the right technology and incentives to recruit, train, and nurture current and new financial advisors into exceptional, client-trusted advisors. High failure rates to be sure, churn is common in the classic wealth-management industry.

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ExecVision

APRIL 25, 2018

Some salespeople default to dumping generic lists from InsideView, ZoomInfo, or other data sources into ConnectAndSell. Use CAS as an incentive for reps to improve their conversion rates. Updated April 2018 for republishing. This is dead wrong. Instead invest into their development to shift the performance bell curve.

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Cience

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

According to a 2018 J.D. in 2018 were online sales and only about 5% of new cars). In 2018, Casper opened its first permanent retail store, and recently announced plans to open 200 more over the next three years, and also sell through 1,200 Target store locations. In 2018, ecommerce as a percentage of total U.S.

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OpenSymmetry

AUGUST 17, 2017

The focus of this 2-part series is to provide some insights into the background of the ruling and considerations specifically for those in the sales compensation field regarding direct impacts to how you assess and calculate incentive compensation. Now, manually tracking this data through spreadsheets will not be enough.

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