The Small Business Owner's
Guide to Sales Incentives
and Compensation

The right sales compensation plan turns your team into a motivated, high-performing revenue machine. The wrong one will cost you top talent, encourage the wrong behaviors, and quietly destroy your margins. This free guide gives small business owners a proven blueprint for building a sales compensation plan that drives performance — without overpaying or creating unintended consequences.

Small business owner and sales leader analyzing a sales compensation plan — free Sales Gravy guide to sales incentives and comp plans

What's Inside This Sales Compensation Guide

  • The four pillars of a strong sales compensation plan
  • How to set the right sales goals that balance aggressive targets with sustainable growth
  • How to choose the right metrics and KPIs to build your compensation plan around
  • The key compensation structures — base, commission, bonuses, accelerators, and SPIFFs — explained in plain language
  • A real-world compensation plan example you can model for your own team
  • How to balance individual performance with team goals to build a healthy sales culture
  • The most common sales compensation pitfalls with famous real-world failures from Wells Fargo, Sears, Domino’s, JCPenney, and Salesforce
  • A step-by-step three-phase rollout guide for launching a new compensation plan without confusion or pushback
  • A build-your-own compensation plan worksheet included in the guide

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