Most Recent Sales Comp Answers
Webinar: How Much Is Too Much? Predicting and Assessing the Cost of the Sales Team
(62 minutes) The question of the year seems to be, “What should our sales compensation costs be?” Join Donya Rose of The Cygnal Group and Kevin Gray of IBM as they discuss best practices in modeling the cost of sales compensation, and the best ways to balance motivation for your sales people and value for the business.
What is the Right Sales Manager Commission Percentage?
Overrides can be problematic as a way to pay a sales manager, although they are very common because they are easy to communicate and economically straightforward…
How to Develop a Sales Compensation Plan
You have a new sales role on your team. Maybe it’s your company’s first foray into Inside sales, or maybe you just approved a requisition for a new channel manager role. To set things up correctly from the start, follow these steps…
Selling your sales comp plans to Sales
Plan communication matters in sales comp. Get maximum value from your plans by communicating clearly and positively with your sales people, both at the start of your plan year and as the year progresses. We offer best practice guidance, along with helpful templates to get you started.
Podcast: Winning Sales Comp Plans for Early Stage SaaS
(30:00) Donya Rose was interviewed by Alex Adamson on behalf of Bowery Capital. In this 30 minute podcast, Donya walks us through the do’s and don’ts of building rewarding and sustainable sales compensation plans for SaaS businesses.
Simpler is better (up to a point)
Over the years we have interviewed hundreds of senior business leaders about their need for better sales compensation plans, and 100% of them have listed plan simplicity as a key characteristic of a better plan. If it’s a top priority for everyone, why is it so elusive?
Presentation: Visual Analytics for Comp Plan Assessment
(33:53) View this presentation for some great ideas about how to use visual analytics to gain real insight in what’s working and what’s not working in your plans. In a blast from the past, this recording of a presentation from a 2009 Synygy conference surfaced recently, and it’s as relevant today as it was then.
Video: Sales Pay Structure – How much fixed, how much variable?
(17:44) In putting together a sales pay structure, first establish the right total cash compensation for the role. Following this, the pay mix (fixed:variable ratio) and leverage (upside intentions) complete the pay structure. The considerations are…