NAILBA ID Trends Resource Guide 2019-20 | Page 21

#nailba38 21 Effective commission process: Ensuring BGA’s freedom to grow All growth-oriented companies focus their attention on growing revenue: “sales must come first!” But wait! There’s more to it! What are the traits of a top-notch business system for managing commissions? A single person has OWNERSHIP of the commission process. Add REDUNDANCY through cross-training for maximum effect! HIGHLY AUTOMATED SOFTWARE to handle all intricacies of your business and covers ALL aspects of commissions: schedules, compensation, verification, payout calculation, statement delivery and reporting. Especially with EXCEPTIONS! A software vendor with PERSONAL and HIGH-TOUCH SERVICE. With the ever-changing IT landscape, you’ll need it! Once the sale is made, one must also collect the REWARD (commissions in this case) and make sure they don’t lose their pants in the process. They also must handsomely and promptly reward the sales force, to keep them feeling excited and appreciated! Let your guard down in any of these areas and the trouble will ensue. Traditionally, commission is the area of pain – one that the leadership tries to stay away from, work around, or take as a fact of life as their agency moves through different stages of growth — “starving hunter” to “profit powerhouse.” Super-focused on sales, agencies make trade-offs that make things seem easier in short term but plague their ability to grow in long run. A DOCUMENTED commission management process! The right software package will streamline your process, but you still must document it to achieve continuity, redundancy and replication! Ready-to-go process and materials for onboarding and training of new commission personnel. Leaders of the most successful BGAs and agencies keep this in mind: an effective system for handling commissions is critical for ensuring that growth of your company is unrestricted, and any related pains are minimized. This is an investment into your organization’s wellbeing. Commissions done right Stop Manual Processing! Automatically validate and payout commissions. Let the machines do the processing. TO LEARN MORE, join us Friday, November 8 at 3:45pm for our workshop session in the Grapevine 1 Room or call us 336-790-7002 GreenWaveCommissions.com booth #107