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5 Tips for Designing Successful Sales Incentive Compensation Plans

Xactly

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. Creating incentive programs that work require balancing multiple design choices.

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3 Reasons to Drop Manual Sales Territory Planning for Good

Xactly

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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The Pros and Cons of Different Sales Compensation Plans

Janek Performance Group

One common perk of a career in sales is the ability to earn more based on your own hard work and selling success. With salary, commission, bonuses, and other incentives, sales professionals often have options and feel in control of the compensation they receive, which can be great for motivation and fulfillment.

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Onboarding Sales Talent The Right Way: The Sales Manager’s Perspective

Janek Performance Group

This may end up contributing to a lack of direction and belonging many sales professionals experience, and ultimately may negatively impact performance. Simulations help fill in the knowledge gap for the hiring manager. You can make the process even more granular by setting up a practice sales call. Reinforce the training.

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Here’s What Every Business Should Know about Multi-Channel Sales Management

Cincom Smart Selling

This information will inform your decisions about future territory assignments. Match specific products and product groups to those partners that are best equipped to handle them and the markets to which they are aimed. These are the things that, when mishandled, will blow up a sales organization. Effective Channel Management.

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A Sales Leader’s Blueprint for 2014

SBI Growth

VPs of Sales are asking questions like: Is our Sales Process good enough? Are my Sales Managers good enough? Do This— Start with a Sales Strategy Blueprint. To have a sales strategy you can execute, it must follow a structured path. Phase 4 - Sales Infrastructure - Create optimal performance conditions.

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The Sales Leader's Guide to Performance Management

Hubspot Sales

Having a sales performance management process in place is crucial for your team’s overall success. There is often a disconnect between the level of effort sales reps put into their work and the tangible outcome seen by sales management and the company at large. Helps predict future sales trends.

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