Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 29, 2018

You said you’ve built a lot of sales incentive programs as a manager, and, not to toot your own horn, but they have worked pretty darn well. So, why read this article? With 20-plus years and more than 1,500 sales incentive programs under my belt, I’ve got some experience to share. Author: TIM HOULIHAN Maybe we’ve met.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 6, 2019

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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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 2, 2014

Now it’s up to the sales manager to coach, motivate, and incent everyone else—the average performers. Opportunities to grow, learn, and advance are much better incentives. Read the rest of the article.) This is how it’s always worked in most sales organizations. But new research shows we might have been doing it wrong all along.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

According to the search results inside this blog, I have written on the topic of coaching salespeople more than 400 times or 25% of my articles. The Top Sales Leaders quoted in the article are sales experts – like me – and I couldn’t believe what I read. But it’s not really their fault. It was good advice.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

It’s a concise guide to our best articles about managing this time of year. This article reviews ways to foster better performance among your “B” players. Specifically: You tend to offer additional incentives to customers or channel partners. This article reviews best ideas on how to deal with them. Getting Organized.”.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 29, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan According to an April survey by the Incentive Research Foundation, the top concern about participating in work or reward-related travel was the threat of an epidemic/pandemic at 33%, followed closely by severe weather at 29%. Incentives interrupted. This begs the question, what’s up with the weather scaredy-cats ?

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 19, 2013

My colleague Dan Perry wrote an excellent article on sequence. Let’s incent everyone to sell more new logo business” he said. Let’s incent everyone to sell more new logo business” he said. Incenting new logo business only further frustrated the sales force. It is called How To Fix Your Sales Problems in the Right Order.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 29, 2017

A survey from Health IT Outcomes reported that 90 percent of employees surveyed said they wanted their company to provide a wearable device for tracking as an incentive. This article was first published on Entrepreneur. The post Improving Company Culture Starts With Wellness appeared first on TalentCulture.

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SBI Growth

MAY 17, 2021

There are many factors that drive high-performance in a sales organization: talent development, enablement, and incentives, to. Most agree it’s important, some understand why, but very few sales leaders use it as a competitive differentiator.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 30, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan I have to question Geoffrey James for an article he recently posted on Inc. He opens the article by saying that for most companies " the ability to find potential customers is the difference between growth and bankruptcy." That makes the article all the more disappointing.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 29, 2013

Incentive Structure. Even when their virtual team has no monetary or organizational incentive to do so. Share articles and market insights you gain from the field. Roadmaps, product and campaign requirements, and a list of other priorities occupy their mindshare. It is difficult for them to set aside time to answer questions.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 22, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan The Harvard Business Review finally published a relevant article that I agreed with! Much too frequently, their articles on selling are written by out-of-touch researchers with little field experience and lots of theories.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 14, 2014

The Huffington Post and the Hubspot Blog both published an article, by Dan Lyons about OMG and Kurlan and what it takes to succeed in sales. This article was named Top Sales Article for last week and this article was named a Top 10 Sales Article for last week, both over at Top Sales World. Not really.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 13, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Last week I posted an article that linked to two additional articles I wrote for EcSell Institute and Top Sales World. Apparently there were issues with those links last week because I got dozens of emails letting me know that you couldn't get to those two articles.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Create engaging content of all kinds, strictly for your customers — articles, videos, webinars, and any other type of content your customers enjoy. Establish an incentive-based customer loyalty program. Consider structuring your program around several distinct loyalty tiers, with each tier providing incentives that increase in value.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 2, 2018

Author: Theresa Thomas, VP Strategic Solutions, Hinda Incentives Have you ever daydreamed about cloning your top sales performers? Visit, www.hinda.com to find out about engaging, inspiring and rewarding incentive programs, and look for upcoming articles on more ways to replicate top-performer behaviors coming soon. Think of it.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 14, 2020

The 9-to-5 workday, or any semblance of it, seems like a relic of a bygone era,” states a recent Bloomberg article. “I Click on any of the articles below to read more from our "NEXT" special report. . One problem that has been widely reported regarding new WFHers is the inability to distinguish between the workday and home life.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

This article discusses how to use social media to share ideas among your peers. It is behavior that must be reinforced and incented. You want your Buyers to say “I’ve never thought of that” or “that’s creative.”. Buyers and Sellers alike seek an innovative edge. We are in constant need of fresh ideas to be successful. Gamification.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 26, 2017

Software is eating the world,” stated Marc Andreessen in a 2011 Wall Street Journal article. Not your father’s incentive program. “We Andreessen is co-author of Mosaic, the first widely used web browser, and a wildly successful Silicon Valley venture capitalist. The world of employee engagement is no exception. is Engage People Inc. ,

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Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 20, 2014

Two of the results pointed to an article of mine from earlier in 2014 that answered the question, " How Many Sales Candidates are Worthy of Being Hired? ". I posed that very question to Google search and none of the results that appeared on the first page answered my question. Isn''t it Expensive to Use That Many Assessments?

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 21, 2020

What does it mean for business events and incentive travel programs? Bauer : There’s no doubt this current crisis has changed the landscape for business events and incentive travel. Author: Paul Nolan The COVID-19 outbreak has changed the world’s concept of gathering. Have things been permanently disrupted?

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The Spiff Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

As an incentive compensation manager, you hold a critical role that keeps your organization running. In today’s article, we’ll explain how you can make your efforts stand out and earn you deserved recognition as an indispensable asset to your organization. What does an incentive compensation manager do? Monitor market trends.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 26, 2018

In my work with sales executives from corporations large and small, I repeatedly see that team rewards are easily overlooked in favor of individual incentives. And while individual incentives are critical to the success of any sales organization, most companies are not fully invested in supporting the team environment.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 6, 2019

Choose the right incentives. Plus, incentives motivate customers, as 50% of people say they’re likely to give a referral if offered a reward ( source ). But, we recommend you give more thought to your referral incentives. We aren’t here to tell you which incentives are effective and which aren’t.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 29, 2020

Channel leaders have the unprecedented opportunity to invest in and improve channel automation systems, including sales incentive platforms, partner portals, digital training programs and through-channel marketing. When it comes to channel engagement, the right mix of sales incentive tools is still the most effective and impactful.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan This article was orginally going to be just a single paragraph, but it took on a life of its own as I wrote it. I haven''t written too much about incentives and contests, although I have some strong opinions. I''ll share those opinions in my next article.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Creators can include a lot of information beneath each video, but it’s important to put a compelling incentive and/or promotional link first since YouTube cuts off the majority of this text. Blog Posts and Articles. For example, if your company caters to clients in the finance industry, it behooves you to publish something in Forbes.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 22, 2020

The musician David Byrne wrote in a Wall Street Journal article, “In its own terrible way, the virus is showing us how intricately we are connected. This publication writes a lot about recognizing stellar performances with non-cash rewards, including gift cards, merchandise and incentive travel experiences. and also with ourselves.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 28, 2017

These types of incentives align all employees on the growth of the business. An article in Chief Executive Magazine notes the rise of team-based incentives across organizations. There are different incentive types that can drive collaborative behavior; some will work better than others for your organization. .

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Smooth Sale

JANUARY 23, 2025

Recognize Your Employees for Their Work Giving employees incentives for their hard work is a great way to help your team function better. Consider personalizing these incentives based on their preferences to strengthen the connection between management and the workforce.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

It should be obvious that this article is a call-to-action for CEOs and a cattle prod to awaken Sales Leaders. Most of us don’t have the time and/or expertise to maintain our properties so we hire landscapers, snow plowers, painters, gutter cleaners, tree companies, turf companies, etc.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 29, 2020

Optimize your e-commerce channel to give buyers ease and convenience, and make sure all your sales channels are integrated and incented to collaborate with each other. Click on any of the articles below to read more from our special report. speed, transparency and expertise?–?from from all of your sales channels. Are you digital-ready?

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 5, 2019

That’s why I approached this article carefully, with eyes wide open and BS detectors set on high. (If We use it to create meetings, events and incentive programs, but it’s really at the core of everything we do. If you haven’t seen her video yet, it’s 13 minutes well spent.). Alexa, what’s design thinking?

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 27, 2019

In today’s article, we explain word-of-mouth marketing, its unique benefits, and we offer several specific tips to get people talking about your products. Encourage your customers to create UGC by offering an incentive. Therein lies the power of word-of-mouth marketing. Keep reading! What is word-of-mouth marketing?

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Steven Rosen

JULY 8, 2024

In this article, Jenn Steele discusses the vital role of customer feedback in refining marketing and sales strategies. In this article, Jenn Steele shares various invaluable insights regarding strategies to bridge the gap between sales and marketing. Let’s explore the key takeaways and the implications for modern businesses.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

This article isn’t meant to prescribe fault. SPIFFs, Discount Multipliers and other incentives. One key indicator of a valued partner is their relationship to the end-user. Do they have more customers who are primed to buy? In some cases, this indicator either isn’t considered by CEOs, or is undervalued. Joint Sales Calls.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 18, 2018

The incentive for your reps to meet their quota? So what’s the incentive for meeting these smaller goals? Don’t have the budget to offer monetary incentive? Set a goal of having them share one article per week on your team Slack channel or internal communication portal. Incentivize goals. No problem.

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