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[Podcast] Comp Programs to Move Used Equipment: Dealers ‘Trade’ Best Practices

In this podcast recording from Farm Equipment, 3 farm equipment dealers share their expertise for the levers that work best to get the behaviors that dealers want and need relative to used equipment inventories.
July 2, 2017 | Posted in Best Practices, Used Equipment Remarketing, Department Management
In this podcast recording from Farm Equipment, 3 farm equipment dealers share their expertise for the levers that work best to get the behaviors that dealers want and need relative to used equipment inventories.
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Business of Selling

Why Sales Compensation Based on Gross Margin?

By Dr. Jim Weber posted on September 5, 2012 | Posted in Operations & Finance
While previous articles is this series have addressed the two most prevalent types of sales personnel compensation — salary and cash difference — this column focuses on a system that is not used as frequently, yet should yield significantly greater results. It is a sales compensation system based on the equipment gross margin.
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Cash Difference Compensation Plan = Low Margins

By Dr. Jim Weber posted on June 14, 2012 | Posted in Data & Forecasts
In a survey conducted several years ago on how equipment dealers compensated their sales personnel, it was revealed that 30% of the dealers paid their sales personnel on the basis of salary while 28% of the dealers paid their sales force on the basis of "cash difference." While salaried sales compensation was the basis of last month's column, this column will explore the nuances associated with paying sales personnel on the basis of the cash difference that is "drawn"? on each transaction.
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Business of Selling: What's Wrong with Salaried Sales Compensation Plans?

By Dr. Jim Weber posted on June 14, 2012 | Posted in Operations & Finance
While the last installment of this column documented the general characteristics of a well thought out compensation plan, this column, and a few to follow, will address the three most prevalent forms of salespersonnel compensation. The series will conclude with a radical approach for progressive dealers who want to "think outside of the box."
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Recruiting Ideas that Stand the Test of Time

October 31, 2011 | Posted in Best Practices
Source: Lou Adler, ere.net
While many things have changed involving recruiting over these years, a few things have stayed the same. Here's my short list of the best things I've learned about recruiting, sourcing, and hiring top talent that seem as true today as they did when I first started as a recruiter.
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