Posts tagged bonus
When Cash Isn't the Whole Story: Equity and Alternative Comp in Fractional Work (2)

What he had was a quarter ahead of him that turned on a single, named outcome: launching a new product line into a new region, with a revenue target, by a date already on the board. Would I tie a portion of our fee to whether we hit that target?

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The Greatest Sales Compensation Plan Ever*

* Just kidding, there is no such thing. The many, often conflicting goals a sales compensation plan is meant to achieve, in addition to the huge variety of products, services, and businesses, make it impossible to have one plan that is “the greatest.”

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Sales Is a Numbers Game... Or Not?

Not every opportunity converts; consider the time and effort it takes to have a conversation with a potential customer; for the salesperson, this means a world of difference; a few dollars make a big difference; the one number that makes or breaks success; CRM to counterbalance to the self-perception of greatness. Sales is a numbers game!

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