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How to Pick Your Sales Commission Structure

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QuotaPath Chief of Staff Graham Collins discusses various sales commission structures to consider, best practices, and three sales commission structures that he’s seen work.

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The Sales Commission Software Buyer’s Guide [Checklist]

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Your commission programs impact everything from your team’s wellbeing to your company’s bottom line. But, achieving commission management perfection is only possible if you have the right resources and systems. Needless to say, purchasing a sales commission solution is not a decision you can rush or take lightly.

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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. So how do you strike a perfect balance between business goals and the compensation needs of employees? How does the commission structure work?

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Using Salesforce to Track Sales Commission: The Pros & Cons

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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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Straight Commission Can Deliver Twisted Results

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Then, commission-only could work. Straight commission rewards and drives individual effort, typically at the expense of collaboration. And it was astonishing, literally astonishing, to see how immediate the effects were on culture and behavior. Can commission-only work in the corporate world? It’s easy to understand.

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4 Reasons to Automate Your Sales Commission Process

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

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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?