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SMA Research Findings: 10 Important Territory Planning Statistics

Xactly

Earlier this year, we teamed up with the Sales Management Association (SMA) to conduct a survey on sales territory design. More than 100 organizations participated in the survey and provided insights into how they design and plan their sales territories. Download Guide.

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Research Reveals Best Practices for Sales Territory Design

Xactly

By adopting advanced territory planning software, Xactly’s sales operations team shortened the time spent designing territories from a month to a week – shaving hundreds of hours off the process. That was just one of the findings from the recent Sales Management Association (SMA) research update “Optimizing Sales Territory Design.”

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How to Optimize Sale Territories for a Strategic Advantage

Xactly

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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4 Sales Compensation Plans: Which is Right For You?

LeadFuze

Why are Sales Compensation Plans Important. Building sales compensation plans for them can be a difficult task. Who are you selling to, C-level prospects, vendor managers, or small, one-man shops? There are several factors to consider when putting a sales compensation plan together. 4 Types of Sales Compensation Plans.

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The Key to Sales Territory Mapping

Xactly

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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Why Your Sales Ops Plan for Next Year May Already Be Obsolete

SBI Growth

Setting Quotas, territory structures, headcounts and total compensation budgets are examples. According to a recent Content Marketing Institute survey: 73% of marketing leaders are producing more marketing content than last year. Your compensation plan must align to your strategy.

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Are You So Busy Chasing Small Deals, You Are Missing The Important Deals?

Partners in Excellence

We are busy prospecting and doing the deals we can qualify. We were able to actually survey a number, looking at their purchases of this category of solutions. It turned out, the structure and the territory assignments of the sales people in these organizations, was a problem. The client changed territory assignments.