Xactly

NOVEMBER 15, 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 in their roles, which means your compensation plans should be tailored to different roles. Constructing Commissions in a Sales Manager Compensation Plan. Build a Plan.

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Xactly

JANUARY 7, 2019

The start of a new year comes with a new sales plan—and that means you must reassess your sales capacity needs , align and balance sales territories , and create a sales incentive plan that drives sales performance. Enter sales compensation planning. The Importance of Sales Compensation Planning.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 6, 2021

It would be unacceptable for them not to have territory plans, maximizing the growth within their territories. We invest millions in software tools to help do these things, we invest additional millions in training to do these things, we invest thousands of person hours in account and territory planning. So think about it.

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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. Things to Consider in Compensation for Sales Management: Find your Leaders.

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Xactly

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

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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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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 12, 2024

Ask questions like, “How would you handle a customer’s price objections?” Simulations add some much-needed objectivity to the interview process. That mock presentation will reveal how persuasive they are, how effective their delivery style is, and—again—how they counter objections. Will they be good at the job, or not?

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Start your sales planning efforts with account segmentation to fill your territories with fruitful opportunities and increase your sellers’ ability to hit quotas. Consider new territory rules that reflect changes in the market (and your business). Related: Your Territory Model Is Hurting Attainment. Territory profiles .

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Developing that skill, however, proves difficult because many organizations can’t evaluate themselves objectively. Recently I was with a client who believes they have a sales compensation problem. There was no Sales Territory Design in place. There was no Sales Territory Design in place. A Sales Process did not exist.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Developing that skill, however, proves difficult because many organizations can’t evaluate themselves objectively. Recently I was with a client who believes they have a sales compensation problem. There was no Sales Territory Design in place. There was no Sales Territory Design in place. A Sales Process did not exist.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 18, 2012

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. Are the best performers given the best territories? What territory will you get as a new hire?

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Sales performance management tracking can provide valuable data enabling your organization to forecast future sales trends and employee compensation rates — particularly for commission-based compensation structures. Performance-based compensation. Communicate objectives to your team and get their buy-in.

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Engage Selling

APRIL 2, 2012

In 20 years of selling, I’ve never encountered a compensation plan that eliminated all conflicts. The more complex the compensation plan, the easier it is to misunderstand or manipulate. The more complex the compensation plan, the easier it is to misunderstand or manipulate. If you have a specific objective (e.g.

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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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OpenSymmetry

JULY 20, 2016

Tactics may have changed, but for the most part these sales teams still run on a commission or quota based metric determined by well-planned territories. In some cases, incentive compensation (IC) methods have evolved to align with new regulations regarding specific sales metrics.

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OpenSymmetry

JULY 20, 2016

Tactics may have changed, but for the most part these sales teams still run on a commission or quota based metric determined by well-planned territories. In some cases, incentive compensation (IC) methods have evolved to align with new regulations regarding specific sales metrics.

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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. Be as simple as possible.

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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? Set Metrics.

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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. When it comes to designing sales compensation plans , there are many factors that can affect the success of your plan.

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The Spiff Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

These functions include territory management, goal setting, capacity modeling, forecasting, sales performance improvement, seller experience, and countless other exercises that set a business up for success– or failure. In fact, optimizing territory design can increase sales by 2 to 7% each year ( source ).

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , Metrics , Productivity , Sales Success , Territory Alignment , execution. By shrinking your territories, strategically where it make sense. logically shrink territories. logically shrink territories. Not all sales people have the same skills.

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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. Align all priorities and objectives.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 6, 2013

Are you changing the compensation plan? Are you changing account or territory assignments ? The objective of an expert panel is twofold. 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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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

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

JUNE 26, 2013

Before they walk into their new office, develop the following: Scorecard - Distilled, objective data to begin a team assessment. Delivered with unimpeachable data and experience that’s objective. Compensation – Overview of compensation models and exception handling. Territory Design / Structure Process.

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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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The Pipeline

AUGUST 27, 2019

If you are a full-cycle rep, with a demanding client base in a defined territory, 23% is not bad. In the process telegraphing to the buyer that despite everything you said to this point, the real object here is your quota. Based on the work they do, on an hour by hour basis, sales are usually compensated at a higher rate.

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SalesforLife

JANUARY 14, 2019

There are endless “priorities” for the year, but only a few can highly influence sales objectives, and ultimately change your business outcomes. I see sales leaders spend time with compensation plans, territory models, new technology integrations, etc. You just got the troops back into the office for another big year.

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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.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Have you tried this response to XYZ’s objection? For instance, they may be selected to support a specific territory with higher potential. They’ve done what they needed to do to be successful as a team lead, so they would earn a Sales Manager title, along with a compensation bump. Discretionary and Trustworthy.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 26, 2018

It will help salespeople deal with a spiraling complexity of products, and with increasingly large catalogs, ever-more complex compensation plans that include SPIFs and bonuses, and financing options to help make bigger deals possible. This is unexplored territory?—?and Selling skills still matter. including the B- and C-players?—?to

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Have you tried this response to XYZ’s objection? For instance, they may be selected to support a specific territory with higher potential. They’ve done what they needed to do to be successful as a team lead, so they would earn a sales manager title, along with a compensation bump.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 17, 2013

define our ideal customer profile (ICP) and the potential by territory. The cost of mis-hire is 6-8X the base compensation. Marketing is rewarded by compensation plans tied to initiative objectives. Martyn recently shared 10 best practices for transformational change in marketing organizations. Here are five.

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SBI Growth

APRIL 19, 2013

For example, your sales team will almost always lead with two solutions: Sales compensation. For example, when asked for funds to train sales reps, ask for an objective. These high level objectives do little to guide CEO decision making. Sales training. Sales leaders rely too heavily on comp and training to solve sales problems.

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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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