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Transparent Negotiations: The Counterintuitive Way to Negotiate More Valuable and Predictable Deals

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Todd Caponi Negotiating an agreement with a client is often perceived as requiring the development of a completely different selling muscle: During the sales cycle, we’re doing things to add value to the buying journey, building trust and providing the information a buyer needs to make a confident, informed decision. .

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Founder Q&A Series: Incentives and Compensation Structure

Sales Hacker

Spiff budget for monthly incentives/contests (keeps it fun). Cost of living limits incentive %. Each layer of complexity added to a commission plan for a AE or SDR is time taken away from prospecting, selling, closing. Do you have any suggestions for structuring an incentive package to optimize for sales/revenue efficiency?”

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Group travel is down, but not out

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Paul Nolan According to an April survey by the Incentive Research Foundation, the top concern about participating in work or reward-related travel was the threat of an epidemic/pandemic at 33%, followed closely by severe weather at 29%. This begs the question, what’s up with the weather scaredy-cats ? Incentives interrupted.

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8 Key Points to Consider When Negotiating a Relocation Package

Pipeliner

However, attempting to recruit the very best executive talent often requires extending the search beyond a specific geographic region… We have seen countless deals fall apart over the years because companies tried to save some money on relocation costs, and end up alienating the candidate or even worse the spouse, which never ends well.

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Compensation Transformation: 7 Tips for 2024 Sales Comp Planning

The Spiff Blog

But, in this era of constantly shifting market conditions, it can be difficult to know what changes will best set your sales organization on the path towards success. Market data shows that the proportion of ARR earned from new business has decreased from 61.4% Personalizing sales incentives is a difficult task for a number of reasons.

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The Science of Motivation

Sales and Marketing Management

Sales manager: I’d like to know what rewards the reps would like for our next incentive. You may be a seasoned sales manager, fatigued by trying to come up with innovative ways to motivate your reps. Or maybe you think that incentives have run their course and it’s time to drop them altogether. Are incentives obsolete?

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Pricing challenges posed by a pandemic

Sales and Marketing Management

In a blog post about pricing in the pandemic for marketing research firm Forrester SiriusDecisions, Lisa Singer says companies trying to rebound from the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic must look for opportunities to offer low-cost or free offerings. There is no single approach that serves B2B sales and marketing teams across the board.

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