SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Are the compensation mechanisms driving the right behaviors?" To make your assessment easy, SBI has created a 10-point Compensation Inspection tool. This simple, free, downloadable tool reveals the vital signs of your plan. Read on to understand the mechanics of effective sales compensation. How Important is Compensation?

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

When it comes to recruiting, hiring, and retaining great sales talent -- few things are more persuasive and important than maintaining a competitive sales compensation plan. Incorporate a few of these tactics into your next compensation plan overhaul, and see them benefit the quality of your sales team and your company’s bottom line.

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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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Xactly

JULY 18, 2018

In order to manage your sales performance, you need effective sales territory mapping. Sales territory design must be a thoughtful process that involves data and a balancing act to ensure every sales rep has adequate sales potential within their territory. Download Guide. Use Data-driven Intelligence to Map Territories.

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SBI Growth

JULY 14, 2013

Find out by downloading the Sales Performance Conditions Scorecard here. 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? Compensation : Akin to a pro athlete’s salary.

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Xactly

JANUARY 18, 2019

Your sales commission plan is a portion of your sales compensation plan. When it comes to designing sales compensation plans , there are many factors that can affect the success of your plan. Benchmarking against industry pay data helps ensure your compensation plan is competitive and will motivate reps effectively.

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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.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 6, 2013

Are you changing the compensation plan? Are you changing account or territory assignments ? To conduct effective field rides download this form. One basic example of a tool is the compensation worksheet. Download the compensation worksheet here.) What about quotas ? Are you changing the sales process ?

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Are the compensation mechanisms driving the right behaviors?" To make your assessment easy, SBI has created a 10-point Compensation Inspection tool. This simple, free, downloadable tool reveals the vital signs of your plan. Read on to understand the mechanics of effective sales compensation. How Important is Compensation?

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Compensation Territories Hiring Commission 120

Xactly

OCTOBER 29, 2018

This ultimately allows for better sales, territory, and compensation planning; thus, a stronger sales organization as a whole. . When planned effectively, sales teams understand their true capacity needs, can align and create balanced territories, and build incentive plans that are cost-efficient and boost sales performance.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Poor compensation. Part of the poor compensation may be the inability/difficulty to achieve incentives. Assess sales compensation plans to check comp vs. desired behaviors. Download the Causes of Sales Manager Vacancies tool for more detail around each of these causes. Poor territory. Weak sales strategy.

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Xactly

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Sales performance management (SPM) and incentive compensation management (ICM) are often used interchangeably. While at one time, these two terms did essentially mean the same thing, SPM now encompasses far more than just compensation. Fact #4: SPM can reduce territory planning time up to 75%. So what’s the takeaway?

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 12, 2013

Setting Quotas, territory structures, headcounts and total compensation budgets are examples. Download the Sales Ops Planning Evolution Guide to help. Your compensation plan must align to your strategy. Are your territories designed to maximize time with customers and prospects? What about your plan for next year?

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Xactly

JANUARY 17, 2019

Processes: Are your sales territories balanced ? Download the guide "Optimizing Sales Planning with Data Intelligence,"to discover how you can use sales performance data to strengthen planning and performance. Territory design. Compensation plans. Your Territory Design Matters. Productivity expectations per rep.

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Xactly

JULY 19, 2018

Commissions play a key role in your sales compensation plans, driving sales behaviors and motivating reps to hit their quota. 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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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

If you’re caught totally unprepared, the territories are vacant for months. Replant these seedlings in a ripe territory when necessary. Lack of Compensation: Great talent doesn’t give substantial effort in exchange for status quo pay. Download our six step checklist by signing up for the Q3 tour here. Stealing credit?

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OpenSymmetry

DECEMBER 4, 2015

On November 19 th , 30 organisations gathered in London at the e-reward conference to discuss the benefits of compensation management software. The need to automate territory and quota management will be driven by the dependency of the incentive plan on more complex quota setting and territory alignment challenges. What is SPM?

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SBI Growth

JUNE 26, 2013

A complete guide will be available for download at the end. Download the complete guide here. Compensation – Overview of compensation models and exception handling. Territory Design / Structure Process. That means roughly one-half of B2B sales VP’s last less than 18 months. Misaligned or duplicated resources.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 27, 2013

Can’t change the Compensation plan until HR’s partner does a 90-day benchmark. How should compensation/rewards change for the different generations involved? Download the CSO profile to learn what SBI has found during CSO interviews. Sales compensation – Can top talent be retained and attracted with the current comp plans?

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Don’t do a territory redesign project without knowing exactly who you’re targeting. Territory Design – Like structure and sizing, efficient territory design improves revenue and cuts costs. Sales Compensation and Quota Setting – A good comp plan with bad quotas doesn’t move the needle. The sequence you take is critical.

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SBI Growth

JUNE 4, 2013

Download the Thought Leadership Guide to Next Year here. How to Use the Thought Leadership Guide to Next Year: Download the guide. For a more complete list, download the Thought Leadership Guide to Next Year. Compensation Planning. Most comp issues are not about comp – they are really territory or quota problems.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 18, 2013

Download your Sales Force Culture Assessment. It was a management change that eventually resulted in account and a compensation change. Account Assignments: Current customers were reassigned due to the new structure and territories. Compensation : Comp plans were revised from HR and Finance. But they add up over time.

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Xactly

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Watch the webinar "CXO Fireside Chat: 5 Ways Data Can Elevate Sales Performance Management in 2019" to hear how Xactly has transformed sales performance beyond incentive compensation a year into the process. Data allows finance leaders to design compensation plans and cut checks confidently. Two Departments, One Solution.

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Xactly

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Download the guide "Optimizing Sales Planning with Data Intelligence,"to discover how you can use sales performance data to strengthen planning and performance. Balancing Territories to Ensure Fair Quota Allocation. In addition to evaluating past performance, effective quota planning depends upon appropriate territory design.

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OpenSymmetry

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

The improved analytical capabilities provided by Incentive Compensation Management (ICM) software will help in the modelling and review of existing plans. As often as companies and sales leaders state that their sales compensation plans are simple, there is rarely a plan that is truly that simple ; there is always some layer of complexity.

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Xactly

OCTOBER 22, 2018

He may have a tough territory to work in, or he could be a poor hire. Watch the webinar, "Put the Darts Away: The Importance of Benchmarking Data in Sales Planning," to discover the importance of current benchmarking data for effective compensation plan design. Scenario #3: Timothy is in year two and struggling. Watch Webinar.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 22, 2020

Anaplan provides several cloud-based planning tools for sales: territory and quota planning, incentive compensation planning, sales forecasting, configure price quote optimization, and trade promotion planning. Plan 2 Win provides “the right strategic account, sales territory and pre-call planning tools for B2B sales teams.”

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Download it to get a framework for you and your team to use right away. After you download the SBI Sales Initiative Assessment Tool , you’ll need to do a little customization. Fixing the compensation plan first was incorrect. Some territories were great and some were horrible. The Three Dimensions.

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Xactly

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Compensation drives sales behavior, which means your sales incentive plan is a critical factor in sales performance and objective achievement. The incentive compensation planning team faces the challenge of balancing executive priorities and designing incentives that motivate reps. Set the Foundation. Gather your previous and YTD data.

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Score More Sales

DECEMBER 27, 2013

If it is a new plan, or new territory – find the upside to it and see how you can make it work for you. Download the summary tip sheet for these ideas (Part 3) here click here. Download the summary tip sheet from Part 1 of this series click here. Download the summary tip sheet from Part 2 of this series click here.

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Xactly

AUGUST 20, 2018

To obtain and manage this data properly, sales organizations need automated sales performance management (SPM) solutions to help facilitate their planning strategically, from territories and quota allocation, to compensation planning and management. Design Fair, Balanced Territories. Take Sales Planning from Reactive to Active.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 28, 2013

Download the Sales Ops Field Kit Here. Rolling out a new CRM tool or territory structure. Redesigning compensation or quotas. Within the Sales Ops Field Kit ( click here to download ), there are tools to support you. Download the Sales Ops Field Kit Here. Think about the last big effort you drove for sales.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 7, 2013

He’s looking at compensation analysis, territory design, and sales structure. Download our 6 Sales VP Essential Skills Scorecard to determine if you are operating like one. However, he can’t spend time with every customer. Instead, he’s working on current projects. In short, he’s thinking 6-9 months ahead. Author: Drew Zarges.

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Xactly

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Download "The Enterprise Guide to Sales Performance Management (SPM),"to discover sales compensation best practices, the benefits of enterprise SPM solutions, and how Xactly can help you unleash sales attainment potential. These are the worst reasons to miss sales targets because they are the most controllable and the most avoidable.

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Mereo

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Do they align to a market program or a selling territory? Is a business development representative an apprentice salesperson and compensated as such, or are they simply appointment setters? Are the client success teams compensated on retention only or on account growth as well? Who owns a client?

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Xactly

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Are we assigning effective territories? Download "The Impact of Tenure on the Retention of Top Performers," to see the results extracted from the Xactly Insights application, a powerful solution which leverages 13+ years of proprietary, pay and performance data to drive intelligence. Is our pay in line with performance?

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SBI Growth

MAY 21, 2013

Download the Guide to Understanding Your CSO here. Is the comp plan or territory design pushing reps out the door? How do they compensate their reps and how are they structured? First, download the Guide to Understand Your CSO. Making the revenue number consistently is what your boss wants. Why do I lose top talent?

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