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Compensating New Sales Roles: How to Design Rewards That Work in Today's Selling Environment
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Compensating New Sales Roles: How to Design Rewards That Work in Today's Selling Environment

by Jerome A. Colletti, Mary S. Fiss
June 2001
Intermediate to advanced
416 pages
11h 28m
English
AMACOM
Content preview from Compensating New Sales Roles: How to Design Rewards That Work in Today's Selling Environment

Compensating Telemarketing Jobs

Compensation plans for telemarketing jobs fall into three categories:

  • Hourly wage only

  • Hourly wage plus a performance bonus

  • Hourly wage plus commission pay

We have found that the most common type of plan for telemarketers is an hourly wage plus a performance bonus. Thus, we have selected a position compensated in that manner to describe the building blocks that you could use to develop a customized plan for your telemarketing job.

Role description. In many companies, the process of defining jobs is a lost art. The telemarketing job is frequently defined incorrectly as "telephone selling" or "customer service." Telemarketing may involve any one (or more) of three responsibilities: (1) lead generation, (2) appointment ...

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ISBN: 0814471064