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What is OTE? On-target earnings definition + examples
What is OTE? OTE stands for On-Target Earnings. Your OTE is the amount of money you can expect to earn if you hit 100% of your quota. This number is...
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What does a sales engineer do? We asked our own to answer.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, about 60,000 individuals held the role of “sales engineer” in 2021. This role most frequently appeared in the computer systems design and...
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Community-qualified leads are the future of sales
Move over marketing qualified leads (MQL). Community-qualified leads (CQL) are the hottest new best practice for generating solid leads and brand evangelists. According to this Community-Led Report, 22% of companies...
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Why gamifying sales commissions is advantageous
Gamification in the workplace has increased in popularity by 143% over the last five years, according to recent research. The same study revealed that 70% of global 2000 companies and...
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Why you should offer a draw against commission
Paying your employees on a commission basis is a complex operation, and it can sometimes be difficult to retain employees if the system isn’t working for them. If you don’t...
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How to comp and manage parent child accounts in your CRM
Like other processes and procedures in sales, approaching hierarchies of parent child accounts contains a lot of blurred lines and situational dependencies. Fortunately, we’ve got some experience to clear this...
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10 essential metrics to track before investing in a sales enablement program
This is a guest blog written by Tanhaz Kamaly, a Partnership Executive at Dialpad. Sales enablement has evolved over the past few years from a trendy concept to a strategic investment for businesses....
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Is your commission check wrong?
In the world of sales, it’s common to receive an incorrect commission check. Most times, it’s not done on purpose, but instead, a mistake occurred along the way. The challenge...
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How to calculate commission
A commission plan with accelerators, bonuses, and spiffs can motivate positive selling behaviors but only if you can see how close you are to reaching key milestones and thresholds. In...
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Does your comp plan encourage sandbagging in sales?
Ready for this? If there is sandbagging in sales at your company, it’s your fault.Reps sandbag deals for a reason and oftentimes that reason makes sense based on what you’ve...
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Sales Nerds Live! Ep. 3 recap “Prospecting Tips from a Cold Calling Champ”
On Sales Nerds Live Ep. 3, our host and QuotaPath Sales Nerd, Graham Collins welcomed Carabiner Group Account Executive Amelia Taylor to the show! Amelia recently earned the title “Cold Calling Champion”...
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Is your POC the decision maker? Here’s how to tell.
Countless hours of research. Sales training after sales training. You’re actively perfecting your demo, editing your sales email template, and finetuning your cold call script. You’re even bantering like a...