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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. They also tend to have management experience under their belt, top-notch communication skills, customer service acumen, and a knack for problem-solving.

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Is Your Compensation Plan Evolving with the Company?

SBI Growth

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. Are you clinging to a legacy Sales Compensation model? They are also your ad-hoc customer service team.

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“Fixing The Compensation Problem….”

Partners in Excellence

I always worry when a conversation with a sales executive starts with, “We need to fix our compensation problem.” ” The ensuing discussion usually focuses on, “We aren’t meeting our numbers, we need to fix the compensation/commission system in order to make our numbers.”

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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. Sales Support or Customer Service happens to be a weak link at your company. So now what?

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A Get-Well Plan for Sales Ops in the New Year

SBI Growth

Having an enterprise-wide Customer Master File (CMF) is the ideal first step. CMF’s provide a unified view across the organization of your customers. Sales, Finance, Marketing and Customer Service need this alignment. All your data is rolled-up to a common definition of the customer.

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Hiring for Sales Ops? The 5 Job Descriptions You Need

Hubspot Sales

Reps need to prospect, sell, and close -- and that doesn’t always leave a lot of time for administrative or big-picture work. Sales operations exists to help the team use technology effectively, implement training exercises, align sales and marketing, set territories, evaluate compensation plans, and more.

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How to Motivate a Sales Team to Improve Each Rep’s Performance (3 “Types” and 12 Tips)

Sales Hacker

Her close rate and average revenue per sale are high, but she doesn’t prospect enough. She admitted she didn’t enjoy prospecting and had a hard time sitting down to do it. To solve this problem, we removed prospecting from her role and gave it to someone who loves it. They like “having something to show for their hard work.”