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The power of incentive programs lies in their structure

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Tim Houlihan The best incentives have open budgets, meaning anyone who qualifies can win. Here are a few incentive structures to consider for open budgets : Do This Get That – Rewarding reps on every increment of units, sales dollars or gross margin dollars they write up during the incentive period is a great way to increase sales.

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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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How to Optimize Sale Territories for a Strategic Advantage

Xactly

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. Ultimately, if your sales territories aren’t optimized, you hinder sales reps’ motivation and performance.

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Doing The Whole Job

Partners in Excellence

.” If sales management and selling were that easy… The problem is, these are false choices. As sellers, we have to manage our territories and accounts. We have to find as many opportunities as we can within those territories/accounts. We have to find as many opportunities as we can within those territories/accounts.

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Is Your Sales Compensation Driving the Right Behaviors?

SBI Growth

For example: selling low margin products because they maximize the compensation payout. Did it incent the right behavior? They have targeted their selling campaigns for the coming year to maximize their income. The existing plan is compared to see how it stacks up against the market. Time is of the essence.

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Creating the Ideal Performance Culture

SBI Growth

By signing up for the tour , you’ll receive the " Performance Culture Assessment " tool. Those reps were covering an extensive territory and large customer base. If the tools are not enabling selling activity, they are a hindrance. Incentive Programs. Does your comp plan incent behaviors that will get you to your number?

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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. How can an organization set themselves up for success by nailing the quota setting process?

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