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How to be Indispensable as an Incentive Compensation Manager

The Spiff Blog

As an incentive compensation manager, you hold a critical role that keeps your organization running. What does an incentive compensation manager do? First, let’s cover the primary responsibilities of an incentive compensation manager. Recommended reading: A Foolproof Framework for Better Incentive Communication 2.

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Are You Using Your Sales Performance Data Effectively?

Xactly

This ultimately allows for better sales, territory, and compensation planning; thus, a stronger sales organization as a whole. . For example, if you notice that rep performance tends to drop off after they meet quota, you may need to examine if your incentives are truly motivating reps to meet and exceed their targets.

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5 Sales Quota Setting Methodologies Proven to Generate Revenue

The Spiff Blog

These functions include territory management, goal setting, capacity modeling, forecasting, sales performance improvement, seller experience, and countless other exercises that set a business up for success– or failure. Quota planning impacts nearly every aspect of a business’s GTM motion and revenue function. Let’s start with the pros.

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A Short and Sweet Case for Enterprise SPM

Xactly

Sales performance management (SPM) and incentive compensation management (ICM) are often used interchangeably. Fact #1: In 2017, the average quota attainment was at 53%, and this rate is continuing to trend downwards. Fact #4: SPM can reduce territory planning time up to 75%. So now what’s the takeaway?

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The Sales Leader's Guide to Performance Management

Hubspot Sales

Helps predict future sales trends. Sales performance management tracking can provide valuable data enabling your organization to forecast future sales trends and employee compensation rates — particularly for commission-based compensation structures. Having clear, visible goals and incentives builds well-rounded sales professionals.

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10 Ways Data and Automation are Evolving Sales Planning

Xactly

To obtain and manage this data properly, sales organizations need automated sales performance management (SPM) solutions to help facilitate their planning strategically, from territories and quota allocation, to compensation planning and management. Design Fair, Balanced Territories. Drive the Right Sales Behaviors with Incentives.

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Xactly Extends AI Based Sales Planning with Acquisition of OpsPanda

Xactly

As the forerunner in cloud-based incentive compensation management (ICM), Xactly identified data as a key performance driver from the very start. With AlignStar , we provide the industry-leading territory design and planning software. Now, we’re raising the bar once again with a data-driven sales planning solution.