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Sales Pipeline Radio, Episode 240: Q & Brian Trautschold @BTrautschold

Heinz Marketing

From a personal, from a dad with young kids’ standpoint, from having to close offices and figure out all of that, it certainly felt long. They’d be like, Oh, I see these 10 opportunities, Brian, you have that are closing this month and are in pipeline stage five for a million dollars. They’re cool. Brian Trautschold: Man.

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The Greatest Competitive Advantage You’ll Ever Know: Mental Health

Sales Hacker

A serene escape somewhere in the mountains of Tennessee. The year before my, err, trip to Tennessee, I hit my annual quota three months into the year. This closed-mindedness keeps most people oblivious to the rapidly-increasing research on productivity, success, happiness, motivation, and focus — all byproducts of mental health.

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How Your Location Impacts Sales Success

Heavy Hitter

.  We’ll review the research results from over two hundred and fifty business-to-business field salespeople who completed an extensive forty-three-part sales persona survey including sales quota performance history. Previous Year Quota Attainment. Career Average Quota Attainment.

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The Greatest Sales Advantage You’ll Ever Know: Mental Health

Lead Fuze

The year before I took a trip to Tennessee, I hit my annual quota three months into the year. They think it’s not important and they’re closed-minded to research about productivity, success, happiness, motivation and focus — all of which are byproducts of mental health. Will this deal close?

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How Much Will Your Reps Make? Everything You Need to Know About On-Target Earnings (OTE)

Salesforce

It’s nearing the end of Q4, and your team has met their sales quotas — maybe even exceeded them. If your team is paid based largely on commissions, OTE will change depending on quota and likely quota attainment. And if they exceed the quota, they could make even more. Imagine this.

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What is a SPIFF in Sales? Benefits, Types, and When to Use

Salesforce

Your sales team is close to meeting their quota. For example, you might tell your sales team they can earn a bonus on top of their salary and commission, for selling [X] products above quota by the end of the month or for booking [X] demos in a quarter that lead to a sale. Imagine it’s the beginning of Q4.

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How to Use Clawback Clauses in Your Sales Compensation Strategy

Salesforce

But, the sales rep who initially closed the deal might’ve received a substantial commission payment. In other words: Their concern over potential clawbacks makes them less productive, impacting their ability to focus on closing new deals. Let’s say a sales rep closes a $150,000 deal for which they earned 5% commission, or $7,500.