Sales
Managing Multiple Sales Channels and Territories: A Guide
Managing multiple sales channels and territories in a growing SaaS company has its challenges. Competition and confusion can arise when different sales channels, such as inside and outside reps, target...
Sales
How To Get An Accurate Sales Forecast With Demand Forecasting
Sales forecasting is one of the most essential yet challenging aspects of business. However, having an accurate estimate of revenue through a sales forecast can shape your success. Everything from...
Leadership
How to Honor Commissions When a Rep Leaves
A sales rep based in Colorado earned $100K in commissions that the company didn’t pay because he left before they collected the cash from the customer. Their compensation policy states...
Sales
How to Set a Sales Quota
According to our compensation data, 91% of teams missed sales quota last year. Market conditions were the leading reason, along with misaligned sales activity and unrealistic quotas or sales goals....
Sales
How AI Lead Scoring Optimizes Your Sales Forecasting Strategy
This is a guest blog from the data and AI company, Databricks. Sales forecasting is supposed to make everyone’s lives easier. Sales and marketing have their targets. Customer services and...
Leadership
What is Field Ops?
There are RevOps, Marketing Ops, and even Financial Operations, but have you heard of Field Operations? These various operations roles exist to support and optimize their specific areas. However, where...
Leadership
What’s The Revops Market Like Right Now?
The role of RevOps and the entire RevOps market has encountered explosive growth over the past couple of years. In 2020, only 33% of companies had a RevOps function. Today,...
Sales
7 Reasons Why Sales Data Analysis is Vital for Business Success
Businesses strive for growth in all areas, and we often look at sales as the leading driver of growth. More sales = more success. It’s a good start, but sales...
Leadership
Navigating Sales Compensation Compliance: Best Practices
More than 60 percent of SEC enforcement actions against companies for financial statement fraud relate to improper revenue recognition. Some of these violations were the result of unethical practices. However,...
Leadership
Calculating the True Cost of Sales Compensation: Key Metrics and Considerations
Without a clear understanding of your sales compensation costs, you’re flying blind. It’s impossible to optimize your sales strategy or forecast future profitability accurately. According to Alexander Group, the cash...
Leadership
How to Drive Inbound Leads Response Times
Who needs to improve their inbound lead response strategies? Timing is everything when it comes to qualifying inbound leads. The possibility of qualifying a prospect drops by a staggering 21X...
Leadership
Bonus Structure Examples
Companies with a well-designed sales bonus structure report 50% higher employee retention. Creating a strong plan is crucial to attract and retain top talent in the competitive SaaS industry, where...