Sales Benchmark Index

AUGUST 29, 2018

Article Sales Strategy 2018 2019 benchmark best practice broken christmas comp compensation plan concerned december design principles Gartner industry John Marcsisin market market practice methodology misaligned territories org organization organizations plans productivity quota setting sales sales rep sales reps territory design wondered worried yearIt’s December 25th, 2018. You are sitting around the Christmas tree with your wife, two kids and black lab—Duffers.

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Sales Benchmark Index

OCTOBER 12, 2018

It is almost that time of year again for companies both big and small, the dreaded compensation season. Numbers are crunched, budgets are realigned, and a firms overall compensation strategy is brought into the spotlight once again. As your company.

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Sales Benchmark Index

AUGUST 3, 2018

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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. New Concepts Driving Greater Performance .

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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. Is Your Territory Planning Still Stuck in the Dark Ages?

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Sales Benchmark Index

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Nearly every company gets to the point where they must realign territories, accounts or roles. While doing that is always challenging, perhaps the biggest issue is how salespeople will respond to the impact this change has on their total compensation. Image Copyright 123RF Stock Photo.

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Sales Benchmark Index

APRIL 6, 2013

These strong reps may not be in the right territories calling on the right accounts. It may be time to assess whether your territories are optimally designed. Getting the best reps in the best territories. In many organizations, territories are designed on historical precedent.

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Sales Benchmark Index

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

The average lifespan of a Revenue Leader is less than two-years. Most of the time the Leader’s departure is related to poor revenue performance or inadequate return on Sales & Marketing dollars. In the following article, we will outline.

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OpenSymmetry

MARCH 16, 2016

The Territory & Quota Management Revolution – New Incentive Compensation Platforms Blazing the Trails to Greater Efficiencies. Fast forward 20 – 30 years to the age of enlightenment for Incentive Compensation Management solutions. Territory Definition and Modeling.

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Sales Benchmark Index

MAY 10, 2018

Weeks and months of planning go into defining the optimal sales org design for your organization. Countless meetings and analysis comparing the benefits of hunter/famer, stratification, product specialization or other org designs. Time is spent defining the role SDR’s, Sales.

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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.

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Sales Benchmark Index

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Where I have seen some of the greatest amount of pain is around territory design. So let's walk through my framework on how to optimize inside sales territories. 4 Lenses to Optimize for Inside Sales Territories. To effectively design territories it is critical to identify the potential value of each target customer in the marketplace. This will enable you to design territories where each sales representative has room to sell.

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Sales Benchmark Index

AUGUST 25, 2018

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Xactly

MAY 30, 2018

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.

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Xactly

MAY 23, 2018

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. Data Has Become Essential for Effective Territory Design. Sales Sales Territories

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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. The Effect of Bad Territory Planning on Sales Performance.

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Sales Benchmark Index

JUNE 8, 2018

As sales leaders, we are all too familiar with the adage that compensation drives behavior. We missed our quarterly number on new logos, or the cross-sale of the new product launch is significantly lagging expectations, or perhaps the field isn’t.

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Sales Benchmark Index

OCTOBER 30, 2018

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Sales Benchmark Index

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

“Hello 2019, we’ll be right with you!”. Most of my clients have been in non-stop planning meetings since mid-August and earlier. Long days of adjusting and readjusting budgets and expectations. New tools make the process easier, however the resource allocation decisions.

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Xactly

OCTOBER 10, 2018

You need to start pulling together internal data from your incentive compensation management system, data from your CRM, and finally, information from financial teams on profitability and product revenues. New territories , quotas, and measures have to be sold TO the reps.

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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. Incentive Compensation

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Sales Benchmark Index

OCTOBER 6, 2013

This post is for Sales and HR Leaders planning 2014 Sales Compensation. It provides a number of common Sales Compensation complaints. I also discuss some underlying causes of the complaints that may not be compensation-related. The Sales Compensation Complaint Checker has 8 more.

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Xactly

JUNE 18, 2018

Download our executive guide, "Optimizing Sales Territories for Strategic Advantage," to see how optimized territory planning can help companies maximize return on sales resources, shorten the planning process, and reduce travel inefficiencies. Sales Planning Sales Territories

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Sales compensation is one of the trickiest aspects of the sales organization to get right. How sales compensation should work. A sales compensation plan operates from a basic principle: Money drives behavior. to calculate compensation. Sales Compensation

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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. While multiple factors influence the effectiveness of your sales incentive compensation plans, 5 tips stand out: 1. Model all components of your compensation plans.

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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. Incentive Compensation

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Sales Benchmark Index

MARCH 31, 2013

It's a critical time of year for sales compensation. If the compensation plan is not effective it will have profound negative effects. For example: selling low margin products because they maximize the compensation payout. Compensation is not an exact science.

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Xactly

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Commissions are the cost of doing business, but it’s easy to forget that sales compensation plans power your business. Choosing what sales compensation plans to implement, then, becomes an integral business strategy for sales and finance leaders. Incentive Compensation

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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.

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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? Integrating automated sales territory planning into your SPM is absolutely imperative in taking full advantage of your sales landscape and selling potential.

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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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Sales Hacker

MAY 9, 2019

A great sales compensation plan needs to accomplish quite a lot. It needs to provide fair compensation to employees in customer-facing roles. The Process for Creating a Sales Compensation Plan. Plan Compensation for Onboarding and Training. Example Compensation Plans.

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Sales Benchmark Index

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?

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Sales Benchmark Index

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.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 25, 2017

I always worry when a conversation with a sales executive starts with, “We need to fix our compensation problem.” ” The ensuing discussion usually focuses on, “We aren’t meeting our numbers, we need to fix the compensation/commission system in order to make our numbers.” Do you know what’s keeping them from achieving their goals, will fixing their compensation fix those problems?” Compensation Drives Sales Behavior?

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Sales Benchmark Index

OCTOBER 20, 2012

HR leaders, get ready for the 2013 Sales Kickoff by fixing the flaws in your compensation plan today. Read this post to reframe what may be disguised as a compensation problem. And get your hands on a Competency Grader for compensation assesement providers as part of SBI's "Make The Number 2013.". Is the compensation model to blame? Propose a Solution: Conduct a compensation study and redesign the plan. Compensation Study ? Compensation Assessment.

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Sales Benchmark Index

JULY 7, 2014

Territory Design Sales Performance Management Talent Management Compensation In all professions, talent is a key element to success. This is most obvious in sports but can be said for all professions. Put the most talented team on the field and you’ll often win.

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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. Sales Compensation Plan Tips. Sales Compensation

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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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