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New Data: Is Sales Compensation Aligned With Changing Motivational Needs?

Understanding the Sales Force

We need to decode the topic of compensation so that we can be sure that both the base salary and the total on-plan earnings are acceptable to candidates. For others, even though they may not disclose it, the base salary is completely irrelevant as long as the company won't cap the salesperson's total earnings. Let's discuss this.

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Data Gopher

Sales 2.0

Apparently, a lot of sales people think researching this kind of contact data is the price of doing business too. A couple pieces of research data: Xant (formerly InsideSales.com): in a 2017 study Xant found sales people spend an average of 36.6% Cost of data digging. Enterprise selling needs data. Delegate to elevate.

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Compensation strategies for keeping salespeople engaged

Sales and Marketing Management

Sales teams should look to data to optimize compensation and retain remote sales teams as the novelty of remote work wears off and employees become more disengaged. Let’s explore three ways that sales leaders can utilize data and analytics to stay afloat amid the crisis and keep teams motivated. Set the Right Pay Scales.

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4 Shifts In Sales Compensation

Sales and Marketing Management

From team-based sales to varying prospect conversations based on the data available and the unique customer needs, selling is constantly experiencing significant shifts. Blindly applying a "what worked last year will work this year" approach to compensation is a trap that needs to be avoided.

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Best Practices for Pay Transparency Around Your Sales Reps

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

Many are frustrated with their compensation and indicate this as a major driver of attrition. How a clearly defined incentive compensation process can provide transparency around commission structures, so reps don’t think comp is a “black box”. How can pay transparency help you retain and motivate your reps?

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Compensation Transformation: 7 Tips for 2024 Sales Comp Planning

The Spiff Blog

Believe it or not, the new year is right around the corner– and that means it’s time to plan your sales compensation strategy for 2024. In today’s post, we’re offering our top seven tips for a complete compensation transformation in 2024. Compensation Transformation Tip #1: Align your sales comp plans with your business goals.

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How to be Indispensable as an Incentive Compensation Manager

The Spiff Blog

As an incentive compensation manager, you hold a critical role that keeps your organization running. In this day and age, no one doubts the importance of sales compensation when it comes to driving growth for a business. What does an incentive compensation manager do? Design compensation plans.