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4 sample bonus structures for AEs to consider for 2023
As much as we love sales commissions, we also appreciate strong sample bonus structures. We’ll dive into four of our most widely adopted account executive (AE) bonus structures, but before...
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The 5 biggest takeaways from our 2023 Sales Compensation Trends survey
In August, we surveyed more than 300 leaders and sales reps to get a pulse on today’s sales compensation trends. With 38 questions around sales commissions structure, ownership, and rep...
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The problem with complex comp plans (and how to fix them)
This blog is the second in a four-part series featuring comp plan examples for account executives from industry leaders. To catch the first blog, featuring Liz Christo, Amy Volas, and...
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How to include Finance in sales comp planning
Sales representatives have the least confidence when Finance takes the lead on sales comp planning. Conversely, sales reps have the most confidence when Sales Leaders come up with the commission...
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Why is sales compensation so hard?
This blog marks the first of four in a series highlighting the challenges and solutions around sales compensation planning and comp plan examples. Our contributors span the sales industry and...
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5 takeaways from SaaStr 2022
SaaStr 2022 marked my third attendance at the SaaS community event, and, honestly, it was the best to date. I went out to San Mateo, CA, with seven QuotaPath team...
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A call for pricing transparency
QuotaPath CEO and Co-Founder AJ Bruno authored this blog on SaaS pricing transparency. Almost all the information we need today we can access at our fingertips. In SaaS, that means...
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Logo commissions: what they are and how to comp them
Sales incentive compensation often features multiple avenues for reps to earn variable pay, such as bonuses on logo commissions or multi-tier commission structures like accelerators. We like to refer to...
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3 commission pay examples for Account Management & Customer Success
Account managers (AMs) and customer success managers (CSMs) have very different roles than account executives (AEs) and sales development reps (SDRs). As such, their sales compensation also varies. Below, we...
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What’s a bluebird sales deal, and how do I pay for it?
Your sales compensation plan is all set up, you have balanced a plan that is attainable yet challenging. It’s lucrative for the reps and profitable for the company. It has...
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Example compensation communication plan
The blog below includes 10 best practices and an example compensation communication plan to follow when deploying new plans and adjustments. It’s mid-year. The sales team has been hitting their...
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How to design sales compensation plans
QuotaPath’s Senior Director of RevOps Ryan Milligan originally published a version of “How to design sales compensation plans” with Pavilion. A good compensation plan is like anything in business: If...