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Solving the Impossible Problem of Sales Commission Management

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For decades, perhaps longer, organizations of all sizes have struggled to effectively manage sales commission. Commission management is a universal thorn in the side of finance organizations, RevOps teams , and commissioned employees across organizations everywhere. Let’s get into it!

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Sales commission structures explained

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However, since sales activities have been notoriously hard to measure in terms of performance, many business owners have adopted various commission structures to keep their sales reps motivated. Properly structured commissions, that’s how! How does the commission structure work? Five typical sales commission structures 1.

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Using Salesforce to Track Sales Commission: The Pros & Cons

The Spiff Blog

Why share this story at the beginning of an article about using Salesforce to calculate sales commission? The invention of spreadsheets was a huge step toward commission automation. A few years ago, the current state of the art commission solution was to use Salesforce + Excel. Salesforce was the next. True, I’m biased. )

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4 Reasons to Automate Your Sales Commission Process

The Spiff Blog

The sales commission process plays an important role in motivating sales teams and therefore drives top line revenue growth— arguably the most important metric organizations track. There are many benefits to implementing sales commission software, but we’re going to focus on the four most important.

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Forrester Research Report: How Sales and Marketing Intelligence Drive Improved Business Outcomes

In 2019, DiscoverOrg commissioned Forrester Consulting to evaluate sales and marketing intelligence practices in the B2B space. Fact: Only 8% of sales and marketing professionals say their data is between 91% - 100% accurate. The primary takeaway? Forrester found “only 1.2%

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6 Signs Your Commission Management Solution is Working Against You

The Spiff Blog

Today, we’re exploring a few ideas: The evolution of commission tracking software. The Evolution of Commission Management Solutions. Like the telephone, commission management solutions have undergone a similar transformation. Long before Excel spreadsheets and computers, we tracked commission pay through manual bookkeeping.

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[Infographic] Going for Gold: Designing a Winning Sales Commission Structure

The Spiff Blog

If your sales team is struggling to hit their numbers and you’ve already considered training, enablement, technology, and other more obvious avenues, it might be time to take a look at your sales commission structure. But, how does a sales leader or finance professional go about designing a winning commission structure?

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Best Practices for Pay Transparency Around Your Sales Reps

Speaker: Grayson Morris, CEO, Performio & Lisa Wallace, Co-Founder, Assemble

How a clearly defined incentive compensation process can provide transparency around commission structures, so reps don’t think comp is a “black box”. How clear guidance and market data can enable reps to understand their comp plans and their payouts. How robust technology can help managers motivate performance and keep reps in their seat.