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Territory Managers: A Look at Their Role, Skills, and Compensation

Hubspot Sales

They have to have a presence in various regions, and the managers tasked with making sure the sales efforts in those locations are carried out effectively are known as territory managers. The extent of a territory sales manager's influence leans heavily on the nature of their business, size of their teams, and structure of their sales orgs.

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Is Your Sales Compensation Driving the Right Behaviors?

SBI Growth

It's a critical time of year for sales compensation. If the compensation plan is not effective it will have profound negative effects. For example: selling low margin products because they maximize the compensation payout. A compensation problem may soon morph into a retention problem. Compensation: One Factor Among Many.

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Avoid a Career Mistake Before It's Too Late

SBI Growth

Total compensation, benefits, company financials and market position, for example. The company is making significant changes to your compensation plan. You’ve had average results recently because your territory is a real dog. Are the best performers given the best territories? What territory will you get as a new hire?

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Why Your Sales Ops Plan for Next Year May Already Be Obsolete

SBI Growth

Setting Quotas, territory structures, headcounts and total compensation budgets are examples. Commit to Operationalizing Buyer Personas : If your company has personas developed, here are several tangible ways to do this. Build the personas into your CRM. Track pipeline and results by Personas.

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How to Ask Marketing for What You Need

Hubspot Sales

This can include new quotas, territories, products, and compensation plans. Buyer personas — Typically used by marketing organizations, buyer personas are generalized fictional depictions of your ideal customer. Is the profile used by both marketing and sales targeting the same ideal customer?

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If Hunter-Farmer Fails: What Next?

SBI Growth

It is impossible to outrun the drag of vacant territories. Builders are comfortable in the role and may not yet be highly compensated. Job fit profiles vary depending on the buyer and the sales process. Start with the buyer persona. Turnover is a fierce headwind for leaders of Sales and HR. Most likely neither!).

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The 5 Stages of Developing and Launching a New Sales Strategy

Chorus.ai

Developing your sales strategy first requires that you diligently build up a concept of your target audience — otherwise known as your buyer personas — before setting goals and constructing your sales funnel. Step 4: Collate your info and define your buyer personas. A successful sales strategy is one that can adapt.