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# Sales Development Representative (SDR)

The SDR works leads — inbound and outbound — toward a booked meeting. The role
sits organizationally within the Marketing department, reflecting how closely
SDR output (booked meetings) depends on marketing's lead generation and
activation work. See the
[SDR job description](/handbook/peopleops/job-descriptions/sales-development-representative/)
sits organizationally within the Marketing department, as the SDR output
(meetings attended and qualified) depends on marketing's lead generation and
activation work. See the [SDR job description](/handbook/peopleops/job-descriptions/sales-development-representative/)
for the full role definition.

## Bonus Structure

The SDR is compensated under a quarterly bonus plan tied to a single goal:
booking `First Meetings`. Note that specific targets are subject to review at
the start of each fiscal year or quarter.
The SDR is compensated under a monthly bonus plan tied to a single goal:
`First Meetings`, defined as **meetings attended and qualified**. Note that
specific targets are subject to review at the start of each month.

- First Meetings Booked: Measured against a quarterly goal.
**_Note: overachieving the goal comes with a proportional upside bonus._**

### First Meetings Bonus Formula

The bonus is calculated on a linear scale between the baseline and goal:
Each qualifying First Meeting in the month earns a per-meeting bonus that
increases with the SDR's running meeting count for that month, up to a cap:

Variables
- $X$: Achievement (Actual First Meetings booked)
- $Y$: Baseline (The minimum First Meetings threshold before any payout)
- $G$: Goal (The target First Meetings for a standard 100% bonus payout)
- $B_{\text{target}}$: Target Bonus (The dollar amount paid if the SDR exactly hits goal $G$)
- $n$: the sequence number of the meeting within the month (1 for the
SDR's first qualifying meeting that month, 2 for the second, and so on)
- $B(n)$: the bonus earned for that meeting

**Formula**
### Formula

$$
\text{Bonus} = \max \left( 0, B_{\text{target}} \times \frac{X - Y}{G - Y} \right)
B(n) = \min(38.18 \times n, 500)
$$

The monthly bonus is the sum of $B(n)$ over all qualifying meetings in the
month. For example, 10 First Meetings in a month earn
$\sum_{n=1}^{10} B(n) \approx \$2{,}100$. Once $n$ reaches 14 ($38.18 \times 14
> 500$), each further meeting is capped at $500.

For payout timelines and submission requirements, see
[Processing non-commission Bonuses](/handbook/operations/commission-payment/#processing-non-commission-bonuses).
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The next step depends on the outcome of the call, but usually results in a more
technical discussion, a product [Demo](/handbook/sales/meetings/demo/), or sending
relevant content to follow up on at an appropriate time in the future.

Before moving on, complete the
[Post-meeting HubSpot updates](/handbook/sales/meetings/#post-meeting-hubspot-updates) —
logging the call, updating lead status, and answering the MQL-to-SQL
qualifying questions if this call qualifies the prospect.
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To validate the solution to the problem the customer is experiencing, FlowFuse will
aid in a [PoV](/handbook/sales/meetings/pov/).

## Post-meeting HubSpot updates

Every sales call must be reflected in HubSpot before you move on to the next
task — the pipeline, forecast, and compensation calculations (e.g. the SDR
[First Meetings Bonus Formula](/handbook/marketing/sdr/#first-meetings-bonus-formula),
which counts meetings attended and qualified, not merely booked) all depend on
records being current, not on what happened in the call itself.

After each meeting:

- Log the meeting/call activity against the contact, and mark whether the
prospect actually attended and was qualified — a booked-but-no-show or
disqualified meeting should not read as a completed one.
- Update `Lead status` and, where applicable, lifecycle stage per the
definitions in [HubSpot: Lead Status](/handbook/sales/hubspot/#lead-status).
- If the meeting qualifies the prospect from MQL to SQL, answer the
[MQL-to-SQL qualifying questions](/handbook/sales/hubspot/#from-mql-to-sql-qualifying-questions)
and open the deal, per [Deal Management](/handbook/sales/hubspot/#deal-management).
- For an existing deal, update the deal stage, amount fields, and close date
to reflect what you learned, per
[Deal Amount Fields](/handbook/sales/hubspot/#deal-amount-fields).
- Add a short note summarizing outcome and next steps — link the Fathom
recording/summary if one exists (see below).

## Using Fathom Notetaker

Fathom Notetaker is an AI-powered tool we use to record, transcribe, and summarize meetings efficiently. This guide will help beginners get started with Fathom, ensuring you can focus on collaboration rather than manual note-taking.
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