Xactly

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

When it comes to sales compensation planning, you can never start prepping too early, right? One of the most important things to consider when designing plans are the different roles on your sales team. In this piece, we’ll take a top down approach and start by designing a sales manager compensation plan. Plan Components.

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Xactly

JUNE 27, 2018

Sales compensation plan can be a complex process. Those who work to create a plan for their company must develop a compensation process and incentive plan that will motivate the right sales behaviors to achieve goals, all while driving growth. Time in sales compensation: 4 years. How were our Sales team compensated?

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Xactly

JUNE 27, 2018

Sales compensation plan can be a complex process. Those who work to create a plan for their company must develop a compensation process and incentive plan that will motivate the right sales behaviors to achieve goals, all while driving growth. Time in sales compensation: 4 years. How were our Sales team compensated?

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The Brooks Group

JUNE 11, 2015

By adding in a few carefully selected sales incentives, you can capitalize on this competitive streak and really get your team to race full speed towards sales goals. Sales incentives can be broken down into three categories. Sales incentives can be broken down into three categories.

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OpenSymmetry

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

In the first scenario, the eager software sales rep wants to expedite the project start and does not want to introduce any delays in their sales pipeline. They are thinking about a potential 6-12 month delay in the sales pipeline, then delayed recognition of the software sale before the project can get underway.

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Xactly

MAY 7, 2018

Sales compensation is one of the most important components of sales planning. Sales operations and compensation professionals must compile a team to piecing together metrics and goals, which carries an incredible amount of responsibility. Time in sales compensation: 11 years. Company: Palo Alto Networks.

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Nutshell

AUGUST 28, 2023

Creating a structured sales process is one of the most effective ways to boost your sales teams’ efficiency and results. With a formal sales process in place, your sales team has a framework to follow, and it’s much easier to stay on the same page, track results, and onboard new team members.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 22, 2020

Sales always has been, and always will be, about closing the deal. But, sales professionals cannot rely on cold calls and haphazard prospect visits if they want to meet their sales goals and make it into the top 10%. Sales Productivity Tools. HubSpot Sales Platform. Gamifier makes sales performance fun.

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Xactly

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Management by Objectives, aka MBOs, are goals set for employees to improve overall sales performance, as agreed up on by sales manager and rep. MBOs can be an extremely useful tool in addition to your sales commission structure because they give each rep individual goals to strengthen the overall sales organization.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

One of the biggest purchases a Sales Department makes is the CRM system. More aligned sales reps and materials. The software never lives up to expectations. And the sales team ultimately reverts to old habits. Download our CRM Potential Checklist to help you maximize your system investment. The result?

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Xactly

OCTOBER 29, 2018

For sales organizations, sales performance data can be a useful tool to drive strategic planning and increase performance. . Using a sales performance management (SPM) solution to analyze sales performance data, organizations can gain vital insights into the landscape they operate in.

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MTD Sales Training

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Failing to Ask For the Sale. A problem that many sales people have is that they do not properly ask for the order. Below are three ways of NOT asking for the sale, followed by three ways of really asking for the sale. Three Ways of NOT Asking For The Sale. #1. Three Ways of NOT Asking For The Sale. #1.

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Xactly

DECEMBER 3, 2018

This blog is the third in a series of sales planning fundamentals written by Xactly Chief Sales Officer Marc Gemassmer. If you’re in sales, this also means that you’re probably in the midst of planning season. In today’s day and age, sales planning must be data-driven, automated, and collaborative.

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Xactly

JULY 5, 2018

When it comes to sales compensation planning, you can never start prepping too early, right? One of the most important things to consider when designing plans are the different roles on your sales team. In this piece, we’ll take a top down approach and start by designing the Sales Manager compensation plan.

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Xactly

DECEMBER 31, 2018

These bonuses pay employees based on individual tasks and thus, are highly motivating incentives. Download our "Ultimate Guide to Sales Compensation Planning" for incentive best practices and everything you need for a sales comp plan design project. MBO Bonus Best Practices. Take a Simple Approach.

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Xactly

DECEMBER 12, 2018

This the fourth blog in a series of sales planning fundamentals being written by Xactly Chief Sales Officer Marc Gemassmer. So far, in my blog series on sales planning, we’ve looked at: Part one: Adopting the right sales planning approach. Part two: Evaluating sales rep ramp time and attrition. Download Guide.

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Nutshell

APRIL 28, 2020

If you’re a salesperson, this working arrangement has probably been a tough transition—making sales calls from your kitchen table while the kids fight over the remote in the living room isn’t what we’d call an ideal work environment. The Sell to Win Playbook collects 55 of the best expert sales tips we’ve ever published.

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Xactly

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Under the new revenue recognition standard , companies must change the way they report revenue in their accounting for sales commissions. Download the Executive Summary "Managing Commission Expense Accounting under ASC 606 (IFRS 15)" to learn how to prepare for and implement the new standards. Download Guide.

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Xactly

JULY 23, 2018

In the blue corner we have our CRO, or Sales Director, whose function invariably involves spending company money to attract new clients and customers to the business. Any CFO hoping to bridge the gap between Sales and Finance needs to invest their time in technology. A commission plan with too many incentives is sure to end badly.

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Showpad

MARCH 3, 2020

Sales operations (sales ops) and sales enablement are terms used often within an organization. But how do they contribute to sales productivity and overall business performance? Sales Enablement versus Sales Operations. Sales Operations Roles and Responsibilities. Managing sales tech stack.

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Apptivo

MARCH 9, 2023

3 Ways sales automation can help your reps sell more! Bye-bye manual tasks, hello sales automation! Omar Periu said- “Sales success comes after you stretch yourself past your limits on a daily basis.” However, at times no matter how long one stretches, sales tasks eat up a lot of productive hours.

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Mereo

MAY 25, 2023

Selling companies like the subscription pricing approach (whether or not they have a software as a service offering or leased physical product) because it creates a more predictable revenue stream. The issue becomes how your pricing model affects your sales team compensation plan. What term of subscription do you offer?

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Xactly

AUGUST 30, 2018

Sales team management plays a big role in the success of an organization. As the bridge between executives and sales reps, managers communicate corporate goals with their teams and keep reps on track to hit their quota. It’s important for sales leaders to manage their teams effectively. It takes a multi-pronged approach.

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Nutshell

JANUARY 30, 2020

Although typically perceived as software for salespeople, CRMs are the secret sauce behind most successful marketing initiatives. A CRM is an integral piece of software for marketers and salespeople. Tracking source to sale. Who’s downloading content. We’ve got your back, marketers! Who’s attending webinars.

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Xactly

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Download the Executive Summary "Managing Commission Expense Accounting under ASC 606 (IFRS 15)" to learn how to prepare for and implement the new standards. Download Guide. Under the commission accounting standard, there’s no need to amortize if your offering is a one-time point of sale because there’s no capitalization.

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SBI

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Inside sales reps who engage prospects with a personalized pitch see better open rates, have longer conversations, and book more meetings. But migrating from a traditional cold calling model to one that requires a high-level of customization can be challenging, even for the most sophisticated inside sales environments.

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Xactly

APRIL 18, 2018

Sales operations and sales enablement are two sides of the same coin allowing your sales team to hone in on the actual selling motions rather than focusing on the back-end processes, tracking down training material, and optimizing the sales teams’ CRM. What is Sales Operations?

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Pipeliner

MARCH 18, 2021

Done correctly, cross-promotion can dramatically increase your sales and lift your bottom line in your value chain. In an affiliate program, you offer a commission in exchange for a sale. For instance, LFA Capsule Fillers offers a free ebook as a sign-up incentive —. Only, it’s anything but. The idea isn’t new either.

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The Brooks Group

JANUARY 30, 2019

So it makes sense that in order to succeed and grow, your sales team must be using some sort of Customer Relationship Management system. Regardless of the software you choose, using a CRM platform will benefit you, your sales team, and your entire organization. Allows Sales Reps to Stay Organized. Stick to those.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 28, 2019

The sales operations professional is like the coxswain for salespeople. Patrick Kelly, who led Xerox’s first Sales Operations group, describes the role as “all the nasty number things that you don’t want to do but need to do to make a great sales force.”. Download Our Free Sales Conversion Rate Calculator and Guide.

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Pipeliner

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Payment analysis with the help of special software provides valuable information about the state of the business. Qualitative payment analytics software: how it looks? Modern payments analytic software allows you to conduct business intelligently, thoughtfully and based on relevant analytics. Data import/export.

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ExecVision

MAY 29, 2018

When sales are slow or appointments are down, many inside sales leaders instantly start saying things like, “We have a rich comp plan in place and a differentiated service to sell, so why isn’t my team killing it?” Companies routinely fall down in one critical area: sales culture. At least half the team makes the trip. ?

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OpenSymmetry

DECEMBER 4, 2015

On November 19 th , 30 organisations gathered in London at the e-reward conference to discuss the benefits of compensation management software. OpenSymmetry’s (OS) focus was Sales Performance Management (SPM) software – how we define it, how we identify the business benefits and how to chose the right software.

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Allego

AUGUST 16, 2018

In a world where sales training professionals possess unlimited resources and total control over hiring, onboarding becomes a relic of the past. With the right incentive packages – and 30 minutes to digest every scrap of information about the company and its products – new hires are ready to blaze paths to glory. Too much, too fast.

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Allego

AUGUST 16, 2018

In a world where sales training professionals possess unlimited resources and total control over hiring, onboarding becomes a relic of the past. With the right incentive packages – and 30 minutes to digest every scrap of information about the company and its products – new hires are ready to blaze paths to glory. Too much, too fast.

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Hiring How To Guidelines Policies 48

Xactly

AUGUST 6, 2018

Anytime a company implements a new technology solution, it’s important to get it integrated into existing infrastructure and ramped up quickly in order to start realizing return-on-investment (ROI) quickly, for both the sales and IT teams. New SPM solutions encompass much more than just incentive compensation management (ICM).

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Close.io

AUGUST 30, 2019

In the last few years, there has been a radical shift in the way people use and buy software. In other words, we are experiencing the product-led era that came as a replacement to the marketing and the sales-led one. How is product-led different than sales-led? Give them the right incentives to keep using your product.

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