Xactly

AUGUST 23, 2018

Sure, you know you need ICM to handle accurate and timely payments, but do you really need automated sales territory planning as well? Although automating technology for territory design can increase your sales up to 20 percent, territory planning is often categorized as a luxury in SPM—instead of as the necessity it is.

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OpenSymmetry

JANUARY 27, 2016

All companies are seeking the perfect combination of elements to deliver the highest salesforce effectiveness. A critical element that is relatively new is territory optimization and we will examine the case for this in this article. Poor or excessive customer coverage if territories are too small, leading to missed revenue.

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SBI Growth

JULY 14, 2013

Territories : The field of play. Are territories designed to maximize growth balanced with efficiency? Are you holding back performance based on territory design and assignment? Give your very best reps the very worst sales territories and suffer the consequences. Incentive pay is a lever that must align with strategy.

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OpenSymmetry

MARCH 16, 2016

The Territory & Quota Management Revolution – New Incentive Compensation Platforms Blazing the Trails to Greater Efficiencies. Fast forward 20 – 30 years to the age of enlightenment for Incentive Compensation Management solutions. The importance of crediting transactions in the Incentive Compensation process.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 5, 2012

This post is for Small Company CSOs and VPs of Sales. Despite this luxury, the small company sales compensation plan is usually left on the backburner. To drive the right behavior and hit your targets, your sales compensation must evolve at the same pace as your company. of Your Reps Receiving Incentive Compensation. %

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OpenSymmetry

JUNE 9, 2016

The Journey to Sales Incentive Optimization. A familiar scenario that salesforces experience is the excitement and optimism of the new sales incentive launch, followed by the realisation that: New rules have been introduced which limit the kind of high payouts experienced last year which made the plan unaffordable. Technology Progress.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 6, 2013

Surely something is wrong besides the new incentive compensation. Incentive targets are linked in a competitive fashion, not on my own improvement. Some firms may use competitive ranking for parts of incentive compensation, or for the illustrious "President''s Club". Flawed territory design is one possible underlying reason.

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Xactly

AUGUST 8, 2018

In the recent 2018 mid-market sales incentive study, CFO Alliance reviewed the relationship between Sales and Finance departments—and how this partnership can positively impact a company’s revenue potential. Incentive Compensation. Companies may need to begin to innovate when it comes to traditional sales incentives.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

In a competitive market, what pushes companies ahead isn’t just what they sell – it’s also how they sell. It comes from the way sales teams set up territories and quotas, measure their effectiveness, and adapt to changes. Territories today can be optimized to an unprecedented degree. Your product is a known quantity.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Erik Charles is the Principal Incentive Strategist at Xactly Corp. In a recent webinar , Erik noted that: "The total outlay for Incentive Compensation in the U.S. Most companies have regular meetings to review detailed analytics on how the advertising program is working. The weak performer is allowed to stay in the territory.

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Compensation Territories Hiring Commission 288

Canidium

AUGUST 19, 2020

Many companies started paying draws, reducing quotas, increasing target incentives, or re-aligning territories to combat the economic impact from COVID-19. If you’re a company that made modifications to comp plans in 2020, it’s crucial to evaluate what worked and what did not.

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Steven Rosen

DECEMBER 2, 2012

Many companies run Presidents Club, STAR Club and Summit programs to reward and recognise their top sales performers. Many companies I work with tie their program to sales vs. objectives. Assuming this is the way your company defines performance, then the first challenge is, how well do you set quotas? What to do?

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Xactly

JANUARY 18, 2019

Ultimately, your sales commission plan motivates reps to close deals and perform specific sales behaviors that align with your company goals. Download our "Ultimate Guide to Sales Compensation Planning" for incentive best practices and everything you need for a sales comp plan design project. Optimize Your Sales Plan.

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Commission Incentives Incentive Compensation 81

OpenSymmetry

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

In the second scenario, the organisation has a strong HR or Sales leader driving the project who wants to look at a simplified process or wants a simplified incentives landscape before they start automating. Finally, 70-80% of companies will have no or at best inflexible technology to support incentives.

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Xactly

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

From territory planning to sales team organization, to sales coaching and leadership strategies to sales compensation planning, each element helps to create a strong sales plan. Sales Compensation is one of the most important steps because it drives sales behaviors and ultimately helps your company reach its goals. Company: CoreSite.

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Xactly

JANUARY 3, 2019

Industry and planning-specific statistics also help guide sales planning and incentive compensation. 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. ).

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Handbook Territories Compensation Incentives 99

Xactly

OCTOBER 29, 2018

With continuous sales performance analysis, companies can avoid reacting to performance issues, and rather, plan proactively to achieve sales and revenue goals. This ultimately allows for better sales, territory, and compensation planning; thus, a stronger sales organization as a whole. . Sales Territory Mapping and Design.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 1, 2021

Expansion to new territories is never easy, but the coronavirus is providing a wakeup call for enterprises and established companies to start looking at how customers say they prefer you to sell to them. Some offer incentives for practices that can also be cheaper for you, such as filing information electronically.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 23, 2020

In general, the challenge of any merger or acquisition is ensuring that the companies coming together end up as a unified team of people all working toward the same goals. Do they want to do something bigger or broader in the merged company or just make their big salary elsewhere? What about after a merger or acquisition?

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Xactly

JANUARY 17, 2019

As part of their strategic sales plan, companies usually invest in the following areas to aid productivity gains—people, processes, and technology. Processes: Are your sales territories balanced ? What incentives and sales commission structures will you use to motivate sales reps? Territory design. Coverage model.

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Hiring Territories Incentives Incentive 70

Xactly

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

In fact, the best way to ensure sales managers do their job well is by creating an incentive plan that drives the right behaviors. Download our "Ultimate Guide to Sales Compensation Planning" for incentive best practices and everything you need for a sales comp plan design project. Annual Target Incentive. Plan Components.

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Compensation Examples Sales Management Incentives 87

Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Picture this: your company just launched a brand new product that is supposed to be a game-changer for your business. Not only is the product innovative, but it answers a direct need your customers have and your company is planning for it to be a hit with buyers and stakeholders. Re-assign your sales territories.

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Xactly

JULY 19, 2018

Depending on your sales force structure and size, there are different sales commission structures that can be used in your incentive plan. It is generally used to get sales reps through times of sales uncertainty, where they may experience decreased cash flow due to inexperience within a particular territory or product as they ramp up.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

As sellers, we have to manage our territories and accounts. We have to find as many opportunities as we can within those territories/accounts. Some have to be nurtured for some time, we try to incent as many as we can to change, qualifying them, helping them navigate their buying journey, ultimately making a decision.

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The Pipeline

JULY 16, 2012

The specific comment was that the rep was reluctant to ask prospects/clients for referrals “because what if the person or company they refer are out of my territory?” They are able to stay focused on their territory, while earning some incentive for asking one extra question.

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The Spiff Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

What works for one company won’t necessarily work for another. These functions include territory management, goal setting, capacity modeling, forecasting, sales performance improvement, seller experience, and countless other exercises that set a business up for success– or failure. In fact, with only 24.3%

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

In many cases, employers that pay a base salary offer performance-based financial incentives (like commission) to supplement that baseline figure. Territory Manager — $87,751 per year. Let's say you're starting a role as a field sales rep at a new company. Sales Manager — $69,391 per year. Sales Director — $95,225 per year.

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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. Your sales compensation plan drives your company to reach its goals. Enter sales compensation planning.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2022

For example, artificial intelligence enables the efficient and practical application of unstructured data for sales performance management and incentive plan design. Related: Top 8 Sales Incentives That Actually Motivate Your Team (Besides Cash). Budgets, territories, and quotas are opportune moments in the sales planning cycle.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

He’s an expert in the sales world, particularly in revenue operations and incentive compensation. Building a compensation structure that works for both salespeople and the company. Today we’ve got Scott Barton, VP of Industry Solutions at Varicent and a veteran of sales, revenue operations, and incentive compensation.

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The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Maybe your company is a start-up working in the customer acquisition phase and pounding the pavement hard. But remember that while the execs are driven by revenue and low customer churn, your sales reps are driven by their incentive compensation plans. Does this include all territories and teams, or just a portion of them?

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 22, 2020

With the CRM and Sales combo, you can track contacts, deals, companies, and tasks; schedule meetings easily; learn more about your prospects; and monitor your team's progress with intuitive reporting. Plan 2 Win provides “the right strategic account, sales territory and pre-call planning tools for B2B sales teams.” Pricing: $15/year.

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InsideSales.com

JULY 1, 2020

In this article; Review the Company Sales Strategy. Sales Territories. Company-Wide Training. Put Your Company Under The Microscope. Review the Company Sales Strategy. It is vital that your company is continuously sustaining its competitive edge in its target market. Sales Territories. Sales Bonus.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Let’s incent everyone to sell more new logo business” he said. Incenting new logo business only further frustrated the sales force. The company had not performed any assessment of the number/geography of new logos. The company had not performed any assessment of the number/geography of new logos.

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Xactly

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Are we assigning effective territories? Despite the fact that we live and breathe incentive comp, we are not immune to the factors that affect every sales organization. We’ve also experienced the pains that accompany growth and have taken stock of all the successes and challenges that face both our company and our sales organization.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

The previously successful contributor flounders in the new role, and you have an underperforming territory where you had a star you moved. Many companies default to either monetary rewards or hierarchical promotion.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 24, 2019

Did you know 43% of workers would be willing to leave their companies for a 10% salary increase ? Imagine if almost half of your sales team left the company because of a poorly designed compensation plan. Will additional bonuses or incentives be a part of the compensation plan? The results wouldn't be pretty.

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