The Pipeline

MAY 29, 2013

On Monday I wrote about the need to counterbalance for some of the realities of telephone prospecting , and some things sellers can do to compensate. Some of these things may seem mundane and basic, but that doesn’t lessen their importance in consistent results from telephone prospecting. The same works for a prospecting call.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 7, 2013

Compensation style dictates breadth of view and company culture. Compensation affects every employee’s focus and breadth of view. Aligning your compensation with your goals. But we quickly realized these goals were tough to achieve when our account, sales, and media teams each had their own compensation system and culture.

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 12, 2024

2) Don’t Ignore the Candidate’s Red Flags Perhaps your prospective sales rep has an impressive resume, one which lists a series of excellent sales positions with an exciting range of duties, goals, and accomplishments. What matters is the potential mentor’s approach to sales and prospecting.

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Smooth Sale

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Simultaneously, prospective talents, despite being well-qualified, frequently reject job offers. Reasons Why the Right Talents Reject Job Offers Competitive Compensation A frequent reason for job offer rejections is the disparity between the offered compensation and the candidate’s salary expectations.

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Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Of course, 2021 was an unprecedented year that brought endless changes to all industry. The need to attract new prospects and convert them into new business is essential to the success and growth of an organization. The Pros and Cons of Different Sales Compensation Plans. To take a look, click here.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 3, 2011

5 Ways to Boost Your Email Prospecting Response Rate. Prospecting via email can be wildly rewarding, or incredibly frustrating. In fact, we’ve coached clients through a number of simple steps that have helped them double or triple their prospecting email response rates virtually overnight. April 2008. March 2008. February 2008.

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The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

These pillars include organizational alignment, robust reporting, ongoing professional development, incentive compensation, and sales enablement. Of course, this list is by no means comprehensive. Creating the perfect sales compensation plan isn’t easy.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

JULY 16, 2020

Even before the pandemic, you could have easily convinced me that compensation plans changed radically and that people in sales were getting paid based on pending business. Pre-pandemic, I reviewed over 500 proposals from various B2B sales organizations over the course of six months.

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The Spiff Blog

APRIL 27, 2023

Motivation and compensation are tough to nail under normal circumstances and are even trickier during tough times. In this article we plan to resurface a few well-known, but often overlooked, principles of compensation and motivation that can boost you and your team during these tough times. Let’s get into it!

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The Spiff Blog

JANUARY 9, 2024

With 2023 in the rearview mirror, business leaders find themselves reflecting on their Q4 results and simultaneously charting the course for the forthcoming year. is crucial, of course, but accelerating the ramp-up process requires as much applicable, interactive training as possible. What does this mean for sales teams?

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MTD Sales Training

DECEMBER 7, 2011

In the recent post, “How to Compensate A Telesales Staff To Set Appointments,” I explained some of the major problems that arise when you choose to compensate telesales representatives (TSRs) with commissions on closed sales. . Of course, you know the value of the average sale and the gross revenue the FRS will generate.

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The Pipeline

MAY 27, 2011

10 Fail-proof Tasks to Help Turn Your Prospects into Buyers. Prospecting is a term that’s been around for a long time. Your business strategies are the same as the gold-miners, except instead of digging for ore, you’re digging for customers, with your mind focused on this: you want to find the right prospects—the serious buyers.

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 14, 2022

We get compensated based on doing the complete job. While in dining, I can skip courses, in selling, we can’t skip anything. Prospecting seems to be the driving issue right now. Maybe I lack imagination, I could earn a lot of money if all I did was just prospect (I actually enjoy prospecting).

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MEDDIC

MAY 5, 2020

We sell SALES TRAINING; online courses and in-person sessions. Compensation is composed of a fixed amount PLUS uncapped commission. Prospect new leads, manage prospects, and acquire new business Delivery of interactive sales presentations to prospective and existing clients Provide support and followup during POCs (Proof Of Concept).

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Reps can take on too much, too fast and burn out — suddenly, not only do you find yourself drowning in work, but one of your top performers is reconsidering long-term prospects at your company, or at the very least, they’ve lost confidence. Diving into the deep end of the pool will always go back to compensation.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Reps can take on too much, too fast and burn out — suddenly, not only do you find yourself drowning in work, but one of your top performers is reconsidering long-term prospects at your company, or at the very least, they’ve lost confidence. But we have to warn you, there are sales leaders who will advise otherwise.

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Janek Performance Group

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Of course, they were fine dipping the occasional toe in the cold, impersonal virtual water, but the idea of all virtual induced actual panic attacks. Commission Only Compensation: If you like the security of a regular paycheck, the thought of a commission-only comp plan can be terrifying. Of course, for many, money equals success.

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 30, 2022

Of course, we love an underdog. Here are ways to build your sales team’s culture: Attract and retain the right people Compensate fairly Emphasize achievement Enable success Reward hard work. Compensation counts. Of course, there’s some debate about paying college players, but compensation is more than money.

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Mindtickle

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Today I’m here to talk to you about something that we are hearing a lot from our customers and prospects. You have, of course, your CRM. And then you also have pricing territory compensation management, the list simply goes on. My name is Parth Mukherjee, and I’m the Vice President of Product Marketing at Mindtickle.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 8, 2022

The Global Workforce of the Future report found that compensation and upskilling opportunities were some of the biggest factors in their decision to switch jobs. Consider a continuing education stipend Professional development may come in the form of a three-day conference or an online course. So what keeps employees around?

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The Spiff Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

When sales reps are happy, engaged, and supported they’re able to provide prospects and customers with a better experience. Let’s address something that, although obvious, often goes unstated during conversations about sales compensation. How to Motivate Sales Managers with Compensation Strategy.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

How are they compensated for great performances? From a higher level, how do prospect profiles and sales collateral make their way to the sales team, and do those tools help drive sales? Everything from revenue numbers to prospect profiles to individual job descriptions and performances matters in the diagnostic.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The role of prospecting in a world without SDRs. A better way to compensate instead of commission. Why prospecting sits apart from sales [6:59]. Our private membership gives you access to like-minded peers, courses through Pavilion University, and workbooks, scripts, and playbooks to accelerate your development.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 9, 2022

That way, you can set them on the right course and provide a solid basis for identifying where lapses in understanding might stem from if they occur. Clarify how your reps will be compensated. Compensation is the most fundamental, powerful incentive for reps to perform. Clearly articulate how your sales process works.

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Pointclear

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Prospective clients often tell us “we can do what you do, in house, for less.”. They tally up labor, commissions and benefits, of course. How do your well-compensated sales reps perform (and stay motivated) while you’re filling a vacant set and getting the new hire up to full productivity? Costs Less. How can this be?

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Highspot

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Incentive and Compensation Strategies Compensation, quotas, and incentives help attract top talent and motivate them. A well-crafted compensation plan is at the core of a productive sales team based upon the dedication it requires to meet those quotas, attain the compensation the sellers desire, and become the best of the best.

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The Spiff Blog

AUGUST 25, 2022

Reps who are motivated to put in the time, who are always on the phone, researching prospects, and going above and beyond to close a deal– even in the face of constant rejection– are more likely to be successful. But when a rep lacks the motivation or drive to succeed, course correction becomes infinitely more difficult.

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Janek Performance Group

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

There are many reasons why prospects accept or reject your proposals and bids. For example, it can address how your sales team engaged the prospect. Of course, their input is important, and they should be part of the process. This can be as simple as a follow-up email, small gift, or other compensation. Address needs?

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Nutshell

JANUARY 14, 2020

Since a SaaS product is typically more complex to use than a physical product, prospects need a lot more education and training from sales reps before they feel prepared to buy. For further reading: SaaS Sales Compensation: How to Design the Right Plan How to Compensate Your SaaS Sales Reps SaaS Sales Compensation Simplified.

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Xactly

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Most companies have an abundance of it floating around—performance data, compensation data, financial data. Ensure 99% data and compensation payment accuracy. Next, we’ll discuss how SPM solutions aid in organizational alignment, effective sales planning, and of course, forecasting accuracy. Sales data.

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Anthony Iannarino

JUNE 10, 2019

If you make 20 calls a day, you will have dialed 100 numbers in the course of a week. In a month with four weeks, you will have dialed 400 numbers, even if it would be an enormous mistake to dial 400 numbers once, believing that you are prospecting. Over the course of a year, 220 working days, you will dial the phone 4,400 times.

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Janek Performance Group

MAY 2, 2023

More than updating culture or compensation, upskilling empowers your team to reinvest. Of course, sales organizations must mind these things, especially their effect on employee satisfaction, performance, and retention. Of course, coaching needs to be regular and targeted to the skills and processes sales reps need.

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Women Sales Pros

MARCH 1, 2019

To doubly reinforce your focus, align compensation plan with the metrics you set here. If you want to include emails, set a separate sales activity metric for prospecting emails.) Of course, it’s not that easy! Give us a call or email us , and we’ll set a time to talk about your specific situation.

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Rob Jolles

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Clearly, some are better compensated than others. Well, two of course! Join us every other Tuesday for our LinkedIn Live Series at 12:30 pm EST when we bat around different ideas in what we’re calling: “What to say when a prospect says…?” On paper, I suppose some presentations seem more important than others.

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SBI Growth

MAY 3, 2013

Your value skyrockets when you set a course that leads to future sales success. Assume both have similar tenure, experience, skills, opportunity and compensation. Evelyn is evolving and going after your best prospects. Rick is meeting his leading indicator targets but seeing the wrong prospects. Rick is a relic.

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Crunchbase

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

One would think that a higher compensation would produce better results, but research shows the link between motivation, compensation, and performance is much more complex than most organizations realize. Find prospects that match your ICP with Crunchbase Pro – try it free. Learn what your reps value.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 7, 2012

I understand what they are saying, and would not disagree that you need to go off course at times to succeed. Prospecting. Sales Compensation. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. TopLine Sales Compensation Solutions. As I say above, never let a good plan get in the way of success! Plagiarism. Presentation.

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