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Is your complex incentives plan holding you back?

Sales and Marketing Management

Incentive compensation plans are often far too complex. With this in mind, an incentive plan should be as simple as possible. He’ll focus on his work and hope the incentives pan out. A sales representative will spend too much time focused on the incentive plan. Copyright © 2018 ZS Associates, Inc.

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5 incentive travel trends for 2019

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Paul Nolan Meetings and incentive travel professionals agree that Brexit will impact their industry, but they differ on what sort of impact it will have. The British-based C&IT Magazine recently summarized five incentive travel trends that will impact programs in 2019. We are moving from incentive travel to ‘Instatravel.’

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Serving Others Never Goes Out of Style

Sales and Marketing Management

Helping others as a team is invigorating and bonding, which is why corporate social responsibility (CSR) continues to be a popular component of offsite meetings and incentive travel programs. Comparing the results from 2015/2016 with 2017/2018, CSR is actually up two points across all regions.

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Managers Who Call the Shots On B2B Gift Card Use Love Their Flexibility and Ease of Administration

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: SMM Staff Suppliers of incentive gift cards tout their flexibility, the ease with which gift card programs can be administered, and their versatility in terms of use. That’s the takeaway from a new survey of incentive gift card users by Sales & Marketing Management magazine.

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16 Sales Incentives to Keep Your Team Engaged and Motivated

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Sales incentives are a great way to motivate your team and keep morale high. Your first line of motivation is your sales commission structure , but there are several different types of sales incentives you can use to further encourage your team. Getting SPIFs Right as Sales Incentives. Making SPIFs too complicated.

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10 TED Talks Every Sales Professional Should Watch in 2018

Hubspot Sales

Great sales departments motivate their employees with incentives, contests, and -- you guessed it -- pep talks. Sheena Iyengar: How to Make Choosing Easier. Rocio Lorenzo: How Diversity Makes Teams More Innovative. Shonda Rhimes: My Year of Saying Yes to Everything.

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Want Your LinkedIn Profile to Stand Out in 2018? Don't Include These 10 Overused Words

Hubspot Sales

Here’s the 2018 list (from most-used to least), along with our suggestions for more convincing swaps. Skilled" is a new addition to the list in 2018. In addition, salary is a big incentive for many salespeople -- and there’s nothing wrong with that. 1) Specialize. What it means: To concentrate in a specific area. 3) Skilled.