SBI Growth

OCTOBER 24, 2013

The Sales Manager position is the fulcrum between sales leadership strategy and sales force execution. 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. Poor territory. A bad boss.

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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.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 5, 2012

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? This is a crucial mistake. 2) Do it Yourself.

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Xactly

AUGUST 8, 2018

Sales and Finance leaders typically deal with limited insights, convoluted systems, and employee demands wherever compensation is concerned. welcomed Erik Charles, VP of Strategic Marketing at Xactly, and Nandini Ramaswamy, VP of Global Sales Compensation Design and Operations at Salesforce, to the panel. Incentive Compensation.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Any professional, across every field and experience level, needs to have a solid understanding of how they're compensated — after all, that's literally the reason you're working in the first place. Your base salary is one of the key elements you need to account for when getting that picture of your compensation package.

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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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Xactly

JULY 5, 2018

When it comes to sales compensation planning, you can never start prepping too early, right? Sales managers and their reporting reps will have responsibilities unique to their roles, which means your compensation plans should be tailored to different roles. Annual Target Incentive. On-Target Earnings. Pay Mix (Base/Variable).

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The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

But remember that while the execs are driven by revenue and low customer churn, your sales reps are driven by their incentive compensation plans. Prioritize a positive sales culture. What are you trying to achieve with this compensation plan? Does this include all territories and teams, or just a portion of them?

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OpenSymmetry

JUNE 9, 2016

The Journey to Sales Incentive Optimization. The recent e-Reward conference in London (May 12 2016) had a number of important messages for the Compensation and Benefits community. Compensation and benefits professionals are under pressure to provide guidance to achieve great plan design. Sales Incentive Design.

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 12, 2024

In the time the position has been vacant, has a team member stepped up to fulfill some of the responsibilities? Is their skillset better suited for the new position than the one they currently occupy? Make sure you carefully vet and evaluate each candidate applying for a sales position. If so, how are they doing?

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Someone in their position, who gets the day-to-day struggle and that the contributor can bring everything and anything to. Peer discretion here is an underrated value; going up to their manager or skipping a level to even my position can create fear. When They Ask About Expectations and Incentives. Is this worth asking?

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OpenSymmetry

JANUARY 27, 2016

A critical element that is relatively new is territory optimization and we will examine the case for this in this article. The territory optimization and alignment element of salesforce effectiveness is vital for three reasons. Poor or excessive customer coverage if territories are too small, leading to missed revenue.

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OpenSymmetry

AUGUST 3, 2016

Each salesperson is assigned a territory, a quota, and they “go forth and sell”, right? The Strategic Account Manager is included in this group and is amongst the most difficult roles to compensate in sales organizations. So, how do you compensate this key role? The organization broke my top rule to keep it simple.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Someone in their position, who gets the day-to-day struggle and that the contributor can bring everything and anything to. Peer discretion here is an underrated value; going up to their manager or skipping a level to even my position can create fear. Is this worth asking? ‘Hey, this interim role is initially exploratory.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Will it strengthen your position in the market? How about employee engagement and ancillary considerations – could the initiative positively affect these areas? Let’s incent everyone to sell more new logo business” he said. Fixing the compensation plan first was incorrect. How to conduct the assessment.

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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.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

By increasing sales velocity, you can potentially reach more customers which can positively impact your sales volume. Re-assign your sales territories. Depending on your organization’s compensation structure, providing monetary incentives to sales reps can inspire them to move more product. Implement customer rewards.

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Xactly

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

One of the best things you can do to positively impact your company’s mission is to get your sales and finance leaders in a room together. Elizabeth needs to be able to trust her numbers and deliver accurate compensation information to direct the company’s overall financial forecasting goals. Two Departments, One Solution.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 12, 2020

If you’re in a position to fill a sales role, you’re likely already feeling the pressure, because your revenue targets are built on the assumption that your team is fully staffed. Essentially, achieving your goals is only possible with a full roster of sales reps who know their territories and are ramped to full productivity.

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The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

With a new year around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about your sales compensation plans for 2023. We came away with six key considerations to keep in mind while preparing your compensation plans and processes for 2023. They should cover things like account ownership, territories, SLA’s, and who gets credit for opportunities.

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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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PandaDoc

APRIL 26, 2023

So how do you strike a perfect balance between business goals and the compensation needs of employees? How your compensation package (including commission structure) works tells a great deal about your organization. So what can possibly be a better incentive than a performance-based bonus? Well, offer more and bigger incentives!

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OpenSymmetry

JANUARY 25, 2016

OpenSymmetry achieves CIOReview’s top Solution Providers list for its expertise in Incentive Compensation and Sales Compensation Management. The annual list of companies is selected by a panel of experts and members of CIOReview’s editorial board to recognize and promote technology entrepreneurship.

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Pipeliner

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Crowded Territories. Staff misallocation may occur if the sales team grows too fast, that’s when you end up with crowded territories. To avoid that, before you decide to add headcount to a specific sales team, assess the territory’s potential, the pool of existing accounts and the current workload.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Formulation of Incentives Program. Sales Territory Assignment and Growth Forecasting. Implementation of Recommended Compensation and Incentives Program. Allocation of Accounts and Sales Territories. Manage compensation. . Territory design. Compensation plan. Performance Metrics Analyses.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 28, 2019

As you'll read below, sales operations includes everything from lead management, sales strategy, and territory structuring and alignment to process optimization, compensation plans, sales automation, training, and data analytics and reporting. Sales Operations manages sales representative compensation plans and incentives.

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Growbots

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

When salespeople do leave a company, the top five reasons are : Salary and compensation. Avoid changing your compensation structure. Most salespeople are driven by financial incentives. Changing your compensation structure or rezoning your territories should only be done with extreme caution. Company culture.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 11, 2019

They are more successful when they feel appreciated and valued and become more motivated to succeed after a positive and reinforcing meeting. That said, giving them higher comp plans and other monetary rewards won’t make a positive difference in their performance. They like “having something to show for their hard work.”

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OpenSymmetry

APRIL 8, 2016

Many companies underestimate the change challenge and respond only tactically with the emphasis being on a quick response to a challenge often seen through rushed amendments to the incentive plan or hiring new people. TQM – High modeling capability to deliver new territory alignment and quotas. Understanding the Change Challenge.

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The Brooks Group

OCTOBER 17, 2018

SPM is Not Just About Incentives and Compensation Management. Sales Performance Management is often confused with the practice of lining up incentives and compensation plans with organizational goals. More Effective Territory Management. It’s Not Just About Software. Improved Forecast Accuracy.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 30, 2013

I’m reacting to a cumulative build up of a number of conversations about compensation planning, incentives, and “motivating” sales people. So many of the discussions focus on rewards and incentives for behaviors that should be conditions of continued employment. This is one of those times.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 26, 2021

The focus is on things like reporting, territory management and later stage tasks such as contract negotiations and finance approvals. If you love seeing results and helping sales teams get paid, focusing on performance and sales incentives is up your alley. Sales ops takes a high-level view of the sales organization.

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Highspot

APRIL 2, 2020

When implemented alongside strategic training, tools, and engagement techniques, sales operations can help sales teams become more productive and efficient and have a positive impact on both top- and bottom-line performance. This includes everything from implementing key sales technology to administering compensation.

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LeadFuze

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

You have to design and administer incentive plans, decide how the territory is divided up among your employees and plan for growth in order keep pushing performance over time. In the beginning of my sales career, I would often hear from SDRs that companies didn’t need our solution because they had a different positioning or messaging.

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Xactly

AUGUST 30, 2018

Download the "2018 Sales Compensation Administration Best Practices Executive Guide," for incentive compensation trends, best practices, and tips to drive the right sales behaviors to kickoff your sales compensation planning. Build Positive Relationships with the Sales Team. Employ the Enterprise Selling Process.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 9, 2019

A direct sales position is quite different than the sales manager role, however. Their sales territory loses proper coverage since the rep is now focusing on the transition into management. Compensation. Something has to give, and all too often, it’s this critical function. It requires a completely different skill set.

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OpenSymmetry

AUGUST 19, 2016

How the right mix of personality, behavior, and compensation drives success. Having a clear understanding of both their personal and organizational goals and how those goals coincide with compensation is an essential piece of this attribute. Incent to Drive Success. Emotional connection with customers. Evolving Sales Behaviors.

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