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15 Inspiring and Tactical Sales Books by Women — for Everyone

While women comprise over half of the workforce, only 30% hold sales positions, with most filling customer service or account management roles, according to a survey by Zippia. Fewer women...

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How to involve Marketing at your SKO

An effective sales kickoff (SKO) promotes team collaboration, alignment, and motivation. Start this trend as you prepare for a successful sales kickoff with collaborative planning to align the entire go-to-market...

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Align Your Agendas with Sales Kickoff Themes

Imagine your sales team, energized and united, laser-focused on a single, decisive goal. Picture workshops buzzing with ideas, speakers igniting passion, and activities that drive home key messages like never...

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Best Sales Podcasts 2024

Podcasts have rapidly risen in popularity from 274.8 million listeners worldwide in 2019 to 464.7 million in 2023. With over 5 million podcasts, there’s something for everyone, including sales professionals,...

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When to hire a freelance sales rep (and how to pay them)

Ready to scale your business but don’t have the cash to pay a full-time sales rep? A freelance sales rep may fit the bill.  A freelance sales rep is a...

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Quota relief for sales leaders, reps, and new hires

As active members in the RevOps and Sales professional communities Pavilion, RevOps Co-op, and Women in Sales, we always listen to the questions and conversations concerning quota and compensation strategy. ...

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Guide to sales compensation dashboards

Are you asking Sales to fly blind? You wouldn’t try to fly a plane without the necessary data to follow the flight plan. But that’s what you do if you...

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How to create an effective sales report

The key to success in sales is having a flexible, well-considered strategy in which every member of your organization has a part to play. But regular sales reports prevent even...

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How to motivate sales team

According to our 2024 sales compensation report, Solving the Biggest Sales Compensation Challenges, more than 450 Finance, RevOps, and Sales leaders reported “failure to motivate reps” as their most challenging...

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5 negotiation tactics every woman in sales should know

In 2020, staffing firm Randstad US released a report that showed 60% of women never negotiated with an employer over pay. That’s a number far less than their male counterparts,...

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How to get the most of sales compensation reporting

Sales compensation reporting refers to tracking and analyzing sales compensation data.  Companies might manually create their compensation dashboards, enlist the help of compensation reporting tools like QuotaPath, or conduct it...

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Commission rates by role

People often ask us about commission rates. What should the commission rate be for a CS? What about an AE? How does this change with the compensation plan? Our goal...

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