Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

That’s why I downloaded Xactly’s 2025 Sales Compensation Survey. I was hoping to see statistics about actual compensation but there wasn’t much substance in the area of compensation. Collaborative and team-based incentives might also contribute to why 87% of teams are not hitting quota.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 20, 2012

HR leaders, get ready for the 2013 Sales Kickoff by fixing the flaws in your compensation plan today. Read this post to reframe what may be disguised as a compensation problem. And get your hands on a Competency Grader for compensation assesement providers as part of SBI's "Make The Number 2013.". Compensation Study ?

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

HR and Sales leaders face the challenge of maximizing the investment in sales compensation. The compensation calculator offered here will help you make smarter decisions about the economics behind motivating a critical component of your sales force. With proper structure and compensation , they can provide tremendous leverage.

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Fostering this kind of sales culture requires CROs to: Shift incentives toward long-term success. Compensation structures should reward not just deals closed, but also client retention and satisfaction. Emphasize mentorship and coaching.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

When sales reps think about their compensation, the first thing they ask is “How can I make more?” Is your compensation plan well designed or driving top-tier reps away? Does executive leadership refer to key annual sales goals (customer retention, new product sales targets) that are not part of your compensation plan?

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Canidium

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Incentive compensation is a form of payment designed to reward employees—particularly in sales roles—for meeting specific performance milestones. This type of additional compensation aligns employees' efforts with broader business goals, boosting productivity and driving revenue growth.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

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The Pipeline

MARCH 27, 2014

Almost everyone in sales will tell you that incentives drive behaviour, but beyond that there is often little agreement among the pundits as to what the right incentive plan is. One aspect of the incentive where the pendulum of opinion swings back and forth is between simplicity and complexity of a plan.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Author: Tim Houlihan Sales leaders are always trying to figure out how to get the most out of their reps at the lowest cost, and incentives are excellent at revealing that sweet spot. Finding the sweet spot for an incentive is like how Mama Bear’s porridge was juuust right. The best duration of an incentive is no longer than 90 days.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Author: Tim Houlihan Sales leaders are always trying to figure out how to get the most out of their reps at the lowest cost, and incentives are excellent at revealing that sweet spot. Finding the sweet spot for an incentive is like how Mama Bear’s porridge was juuust right. The best duration of an incentive is no longer than 90 days.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Incentives are natural motivators — and sometimes, some "natural motivation" is exactly what your salespeople need to perform to the best of their abilities. That's why several companies leverage something known as incentive compensation : the practice of offering financial rewards for professional excellence. Annual Incentives.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

I devised an incentive. Incentives work. However, when there is very little incentive for bringing in new business, salespeople whose compensation plans are all or mostly salary, won’t do it for long. That was a pretty optimistic thought for a realist like me! Jack’s eyes lit up. .”

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 29, 2018

The same can be said for sales compensation. Incentive compensation plans are often far too complex. With this in mind, an incentive plan should be as simple as possible. He’ll focus on his work and hope the incentives pan out. A sales representative will spend too much time focused on the incentive plan.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Author: George Kriza, CEO, MTCPerformance Your organization wants to drive sales with an incentive program. Here are 10 of the most important elements in designing and deploying your next incentive campaign. Here are 10 of the most important elements in designing and deploying your next incentive campaign. Gen X, Y or Boomer?

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SBI Growth

JUNE 20, 2014

Don’t over-compensate the Sales team to sell the new product. Reward Product Management and Customer Support with sales incentives. CEO CEO Resources New Product Compensation' ” Here’s an answer based on experience. This may sound counter-intuitive, but I’ll explain in the rest of the article.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 19, 2018

Author: George Kriza, CEO, MTCPerformance For most large resellers or distributors, sales incentive programs for internal sales teams get little attention from top financial executives inside their organizations. Most multibillion-dollar reseller and distributor organizations attract millions of incentive dollars. Reseller Benefit: $0.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 16, 2017

Today’s topic is incentive compensation planning to hit your revenue goal. Joining us for today’s show is Eric Schwab, a Chief Revenue Officer who knows a thing or two about revenue growth. To follow along download our 10th annual workbook, How.

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SBI Growth

JULY 14, 2013

Compensation : Akin to a pro athlete’s salary. Competitive Compensation Aligned to Strategy. If your compensation plans aren’t in line with your competition, you lose talent. Incentive pay is a lever that must align with strategy. Suppose Rodgers was paid an incentive every time he threw an interception.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The line between rewards and compensation can become blurred. As you plan for next year, consider implementing a sales incentive program or series of “just in time” contests to keep team engagement and interest high. Not all sales incentive programs are the same. Not all sales incentive programs are the same.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Are the compensation mechanisms driving the right behaviors?" To make your assessment easy, SBI has created a 10-point Compensation Inspection tool. Read on to understand the mechanics of effective sales compensation. How Important is Compensation? Erik Charles is the Principal Incentive Strategist at Xactly Corp.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

Improper mix in compensation plans. Let’s incent everyone to sell more new logo business” he said. Fixing the compensation plan first was incorrect. Incenting new logo business will only further frustrate the sales force. Compensation can now be changed using the new Quotas. Poor quota setting.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

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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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

One obvious factor and lever is incentive. I keep hearing, as I have heard throughout my sales career, that incentive drives behaviour, if so why do so many companies (senior sales executives), continue to reward sales people on the price they get, rather than the profit that sales person contributes?

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Author: TIM HOULIHAN Do you avoid team incentives because you are worried about being fair? Teams perform better than individuals [ Kuhn, “Experiments on Motivation, Incentives and Rationality” 2007 ], and you and your bottom line can benefit from rewarding teams. Worry no more. Rely on extrinsic, non-monetary rewards.

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 7, 2013

Should you offer incentives to Referral Sources? Just don’t make compensation the reason they refer you. Although this bank did offer incentives to customers who referred new clients, the researchers admit that such company-stimulated, word-of-mouth programs (WOM) are ultimately less effective than organic referrals. “In

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 27, 2019

There’s a simple solution that will help streamline this issue and create more time for sales reps to spend actually selling the product or service: implement a sales and compensation system that’s transparent and easier to understand. Sales incentives are meant to attract and retain top talent, keeping them engaged in their work.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Sales compensation is one of the trickiest aspects of the sales organization to get right. How sales compensation should work. A sales compensation plan operates from a basic principle: Money drives behavior. So before you can craft or adjust your sales compensation plan, you must know your business objectives for the next year.

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The Spiff Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

As an incentive compensation manager, you hold a critical role that keeps your organization running. In this day and age, no one doubts the importance of sales compensation when it comes to driving growth for a business. What does an incentive compensation manager do? Design compensation plans.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Compensation Plan : Did they change their compensation plan incenting more new business vs. account development? Is this new compensation plan attracting more talented sales reps? We chose these: Sales Process : We wanted to get our hands on their sales process.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Territory design, quotas and compensation plans. Change the compensation plan to incent new logo growth by adding an accelerator. Compensation plans come last not first. Too many, you erode profitability. You must match selling capacity with market demand. Talent Management and gamification sit in this area.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 24, 2025

Pipedrive Pipedrive is a sales CRM built to simplify pipeline management with its intuitive, visual interface.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Poor compensation. Part of the poor compensation may be the inability/difficulty to achieve incentives. Assess sales compensation plans to check comp vs. desired behaviors. The hiring process needs guidance on interviewing, testing, and communicating with the candidate. This may seem to be a common root cause.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 3, 2018

While on the surface, this incentive strategy had some validity, the results were not what the company predicted, or wanted. Second, many of these performers were married and the idea of travel, even incentive travel, meant their families would be on their own for a few days. In fact, cash bonuses almost become an expectation.

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Openview

MAY 30, 2018

In this guide, you’ll find tips for designing sales compensation packages that yield results and actually scale. As most CEOs have discovered at some point, sales compensation is very often a delicate balancing act. Salary or Bonus-Heavy Compensation: Which Model is Best?

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

They tend to pay more than smaller and larger businesses and their recruiting efforts, compensation and incentive plans are designed to attract stronger salespeople.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 4, 2019

As Summer wraps up and a successful third quarter draws towards a close, it’s time for sales leaders to start looking towards 2020 and beyond as part of the annual planning process. Amongst the plethora of reports and discussions to.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Let’s incent everyone to sell more new logo business” he said. Fixing the compensation plan first was incorrect. Incenting new logo business only further frustrated the sales force. This Sales VP’s immediate reaction was to change the comp plan. This will cause the behavior change we are looking for to make the number.”.

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