article thumbnail

Using Salesforce to Track Sales Commission: The Pros & Cons

The Spiff Blog

Why share this story at the beginning of an article about using Salesforce to calculate sales commission? Salesforce was the next. A few years ago, the current state of the art commission solution was to use Salesforce + Excel. The second most successful business software, after Excel, is Salesforce ( source ).

article thumbnail

2022 Sales Compensation Trends: Notes from the WorldatWork Conference

Sales Hacker

Scott Barton, Varicent’s VP of Industry Solutions & 20-year sales compensation industry pro, attended WorldatWork’s 2022 Sales Compensation Conference. Despite these advances, few industry pros currently use predictive or prescriptive analytics for determining sales compensation plan effectiveness. Is change in the air?

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Salesforce contracts, explained: 7 things you didn’t know were in your Salesforce user agreement

Nutshell

It always pays to read the fine print—especially when it comes to Salesforce contracts. While Salesforce remains the most well-known name in CRM software , their billing practices, one-sided contracts, and minimal user support can make them a bad fit for small businesses. Your subscription price can significantly increase on renewal.

article thumbnail

How to Build Sales Compensation Plans that Increase Retention and Productivity

Sales Hacker

In this article, I’ll outline the principles of compensation design , how to build sales compensation plans , and include resources to set OTEs and quotas that keep your reps happy and hungry for more. Bravado’s 2022 State of Sales Compensation Guide showed that 54 percent of reps missed their quota.

article thumbnail

Will These 6 Tests Save 2013’s Sales Compensation Plan?

SBI Growth

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. Is the tool ready for easy entry?

article thumbnail

9 Things Terribly Wrong With Sales Today: The Sales Tools

A Sales Guy

Too much reliance on selling tools. There was no Salesforce. Salesforce came on the scene. There was no help, no tools to cover your ass. There was nothing to make up for or to compensate for any weakness you had. We’re putting too much emphasis on the tools and not enough on the selling skills.

article thumbnail

[Webinar Recap] How to Use Optimized Sales Planning to Drive Growth like Salesforce

Xactly

As one of the most successful sales organizations in the world, Salesforce has optimized their approach to sales planning using tools such as Xactly to manage their global sales force and drive company growth. Download our "Ultimate Guide to Sales Compensation Planning," for everything you need for a sales comp plan design project.