SBI Growth

OCTOBER 29, 2012

This post will help you test a redesigned sales compensation plan to ensure cultural fit. Let’s suppose HR is fully engaged for redesign of a 2013 Sales Compensation plan. HR even brought in an expert compensation firm. But wait – this new incentive compensation plan could flop. That would make 2013 worse than this year!

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Xactly

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Few leading indicators are more predictive of a company’s future sales performance than its incentive compensation plans. As former Reliance Electric CEO Chuck Ames once said according to General Electric CEO Jack Welch, “Show me a company’s various compensation plans, and I’ll show you how its employees behave.”. View Webinar.

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Xactly

DECEMBER 12, 2018

In today’s post, I’ll talk about territory planning. Territory planning represents the foundation of sales performance management (SPM). You must have the right territory design in place to accurately allocate quotas. Accurate quota allocation impacts your team’s ability to achieve their anticipated incentive 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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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. Things to Consider in Compensation for Sales Management: Find your Leaders.

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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. Read on to understand the mechanics of effective sales compensation. How Important is Compensation? Too many companies treat sales compensation as a once-a-year review.

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JUNE 13, 2018

Effective territory design is the basis of strategic sales planning. Balanced territories allow you to set fair quotas, which have a huge impact on your incentive compensation and success of your salesforce. Ultimately, if your sales territories aren’t optimized, you hinder sales reps’ motivation and performance.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

There are 5 key motivators. Here’s what top producers have told us they look for: Territory with abundant opportunity. First-rate compensation. Or maybe your compensation plan is targeted at the median level. Take a look at each motivator: Abundant Territory Opportunity. First-Rate Compensation.

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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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Sales Hacker

APRIL 11, 2019

Clearly, new strategies alone aren’t enough to motivate a sales team. According to behavioral intelligence (BQ), it’s all about how you motivate your team. You see, BQ has found that motivation is a trigger for thoughts… which cause feelings… which yield action. Sure, these are all key motivators for your sales reps.

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 12, 2024

3) Clearly communicate benefits and compensation New hires should have a clear understanding of commission plans and other important benefits and compensation from the start. 5) Develop realistic goals Assess their sales territory and lay out the best course of action for each district or demographic.

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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. Use Data-driven Intelligence to Map Territories. Download Guide.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 23, 2020

Finding and hiring the right kind of people with the right mix of skills, developing a compensation plan, identifying training needs and aligning everyone with business goals can all be daunting. . . You just have to be able to find out what motivates your salespeople. And that’s in normal conditions. Sales Takes the Lead.

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The Spiff Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

But one thing sales and RevOps leaders all have in common is that they collectively struggle to set realistic, motivating sales quotas. By setting realistic yet challenging sales quotas, organizations can motivate employees, focus their team’s efforts, and better understand their performance. In fact, with only 24.3%

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AUGUST 8, 2018

Successfully motivating and optimizing sales performance can be a challenging task for any business. Sales and Finance leaders typically deal with limited insights, convoluted systems, and employee demands wherever compensation is concerned. Incentive Compensation. CFO Alliance CEO Nick Araco, Jr. Watch Webinar.

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Increase Sales

JUNE 9, 2016

My salespeople are not motivated to sell. Increasing or decreasing compensation? Reassigning territories? Motivation, especially the motivation to sell, is the key to sales success. Finally, possibly you as the executive leader are creating barriers to the intrinsic motivation of your salespeople.

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JANUARY 18, 2019

Motivating your sales reps is one of the key factors of sales success. Your sales commission plan is a portion of your sales compensation plan. Ultimately, your sales commission plan motivates reps to close deals and perform specific sales behaviors that align with your company goals. Gather as Much Data as Possible.

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Xactly

OCTOBER 29, 2018

This ultimately allows for better sales, territory, and compensation planning; thus, a stronger sales organization as a whole. . For example, if you notice that rep performance tends to drop off after they meet quota, you may need to examine if your incentives are truly motivating reps to meet and exceed their targets.

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SalesLoft

OCTOBER 30, 2018

This is dollars left on the table due to ineffective processes for “defining, assigning, and managing territories, quotas, and incentives and compensation plans.”. Compensation plans need to evolve with organizational objectives and sales strategy. Compensation Tied to Funnel Stages. Attract and retain the best talent.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 24, 2019

Compensation is an important factor in attracting and retaining employees, especially in sales. Imagine if almost half of your sales team left the company because of a poorly designed compensation plan. Will additional bonuses or incentives be a part of the compensation plan? Make your compensation and commission plan clear.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 12, 2017

With increasing focus on grit and many claims of meritocracies in organizations across the country, why does variable pay compensation even exist? On top of that, why are sales people some of the few employees subject to variable compensation structures? What is Variable Pay Compensation Anyway?

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Xactly

APRIL 16, 2018

There are many variables to consider, such as the customers in your market, the scope of the territories you’re accessing, your product offerings and sales cycles, the specific demands of your industry, and the skill and experience of the sales reps, among others. Or, keep reading for more sales plan ideas.

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The Spiff Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The sales commission process plays an important role in motivating sales teams and therefore drives top line revenue growth— arguably the most important metric organizations track. Sales managers can also motivate their teams based on metrics like quota attainment , commission earned, and more! About Spiff. See Spiff in action!

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The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Wherever you find your company on the proverbial path to success, chances are you’ve had to tweak your sales commission structure to match the stage your business is in, and for the type of business you’re in, to keep sales reps motivated and continuing to generate revenue. What are you trying to achieve with this compensation plan?

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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

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. Read on to understand the mechanics of effective sales compensation. How Important is Compensation? Too many companies treat sales compensation as a once-a-year review.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

If your compensation plan rewards on units, focus the incentive on revenue or margin as long as those measures contribute to the business objectives you’re trying to accomplish. The (BIG) bad news about a minimum qualifier is that it may exclude certain territories or reps. It’s easy to measure. That’s an incentive.

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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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Xactly

JANUARY 17, 2019

Processes: Are your sales territories balanced ? What incentives and sales commission structures will you use to motivate sales reps? Territory design. Compensation plans. Your Territory Design Matters. Your sales territories map the playing field for your strategic sales plan. Coverage model.

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OpenSymmetry

MARCH 25, 2015

Sales Performance Management (SPM) has truly evolved over the last 10+ years from the days of having an on-premise solution that primarily automated the compensation calculation process with basic reporting, to a new dynamic frontier with extended capabilities.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 26, 2023

However, since sales activities have been notoriously hard to measure in terms of performance, many business owners have adopted various commission structures to keep their sales reps motivated. So how do you strike a perfect balance between business goals and the compensation needs of employees? Let’s dig in.

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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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SBI

MAY 7, 2014

There’s no better place to learn how you can get more leads, motivate your sales reps, get deals signed faster, hold better conversations, convert more leads into opportunities, strategize, collaborate, forecast, follow-up, engage, AND close. Performance and Compensation. Territory & Account Planning. InsideSales.

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Salesmate

OCTOBER 22, 2021

A skilled sales rep needs recognition for his performance to stay motivated. A model that fairly compensates your sales heroes for their hard work. It is important to note that sales commission is a part of sales compensation plan. Motivation for sales reps. Motivation is a driving factor for the success of any task.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 22, 2020

With gamification and achievements to recognize good practices, sales teams are motivated to increase productivity and incentivized to create good habits. It tracks multiple metrics, creates leaderboards, and helps individual reps with custom targets so they are motivated to hit their own goals. Pricing: Free. Pricing: Free.

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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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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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