Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 19, 2018

Author: George Kriza, CEO, MTCPerformance For most large resellers or distributors, sales incentive programs for internal sales teams get little attention from top financial executives inside their organizations. Most multibillion-dollar reseller and distributor organizations attract millions of incentive dollars.

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Incentive Incentives Channels Vendor 192

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Author: George Kriza, CEO, MTCPerformance Your organization wants to drive sales with an incentive program. Here are 10 of the most important elements in designing and deploying your next incentive campaign. Here are 10 of the most important elements in designing and deploying your next incentive campaign.

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Incentive Incentives Strategy Penetration 195

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 1, 2018

Author: SMM Research from the Incentive Gift Card Council (IGCC) and the Incentive Research Foundation (IRF) shows the majority of U.S. are increasingly using gift cards as a reward tool for multiple groups (channel, sales, employee and customer), and that investment in gift card rewards is both significant and growing.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 7, 2020

Scientific studies show that unexpected incentive rewards stimulate areas of the brain connected to behavior development and learning. Let’s take a closer look into the psychology behind the element of surprise and how it can be used as part of a larger sales incentive strategy. How to start applying this to your sales team.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 8, 2017

The Incentive Research Foundation (IRF), a private not-for-profit foundation that focuses its initiatives on pragmatic research highlighting the premise and the power of incentive and motivational programs, issued a list of 10 incentive travel facts to commemorate Global Meetings Industry Day. 38 percent of all U.S.

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Travel Incentive Incentives Lead Rank 205

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan Is your sales team disengaged? While not all sales teams may be struggling with demand (in fact some technology companies are experiencing record years), disen­gage­ment seems to be prevalent across all organizations and industries regardless of financial success. We took a keen interest on those in sales roles.

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Incentive Incentives Survey Sales Qualified Lead 340

Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 9, 2022

An electrical products distributor that offered mid-tier channel partners a group travel program realized a 23% increase in projected sales growth. The post Channel Travel Incentive Program Reaps 8:1 ROI appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Travel Incentive Incentives Channels 120

Zoominfo

MARCH 21, 2025

Sales is no longer about dialing faster or pitching harder. Today, it all comes down to using smarter sales coaching techniques. Using AI sales tools can help teams level up by analyzing real sales conversations, identifying what works and what doesnt. Sales teams need every advantage they can get.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

If you are like most CMOs, here’s the problem: You’re way ahead of Sales. The competencies required by Sales for Marketing to be successful are just not there. Does the CSO/VP of Sales even understand how Marketing works? Something needs to change for sales to benefit from your marketing programs. Sales people are simple.

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Sales Qualified Lead Ideal Customer Profile Referrals Incentives 312

SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

A Sales VP called me last month. Sales Force Win Rate was flat year over year. 90% of their sales came from 5% of their sales team. Sales Force Win Rate was flat year over year. 90% of their sales came from 5% of their sales team. The Sales Process was developed 9 years ago. Lots of problems.

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Sales Qualified Lead Compensation Incentives Incentive 300

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

If your go-to-market strategy relies heavily on channel partners, that’s one more step you are removed from your ultimate end-user. Training is essential to having success with channel partners, and just as in-person sales calls shifted to virtual due to the global pandemic, so too has channel partner training.

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Channels Incentive Incentives Travel 136

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

At Innovaxis Marketing, e-commerce for our B2B clients has risen from 5% to 15% or more of total sales. potential conflict with their channel partners. Businesses don’t want to jeopardize the business that comes through channel partners?—?as Pricing Is Key to Keeping Channel Peace. as much as 90%?—?for Here’s how.

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Outsourcing Services Channels B2B Incentives 156

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Taking a closer look at recognition programs, the Incentive Research Foundation (IRF) reports that 26% of program owners say they’re communicating more frequently. 42% of IRF survey respondents who postponed their incentive trips are now using alternative means to recognize or celebrate award winners.

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Incentive Incentives Travel Cancellation 317

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

How should the top sales leader in the company utilize this limited time? Download the SBI Sales SVP New Year’s Guide here. Let’s look at several ways sales leaders misallocate their year-end days. These competencies correlate to sales success. I know one sales VP who took minimal vacation around the holidays.

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Policies Incentives Incentive Channels 303

SBI Growth

JANUARY 10, 2013

This post helps CEO’s determine where to spend money on sales to make the number. Common questions we hear from CEOs regarding sales investments include: Do we have enough feet on the street? Start by defining the current state of your sales organization. Maybe you’ve tried hiring more sales heads in the past.

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Top of Funnel Hiring Funnel Channels 282

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan As with everything else in 2020, many B2B companies’ relationships with channel partners, which are critical to their success, have been disrupted. The “surprise and delight” treatment that is widely used to keep internal employees engaged is equally effective with channel partners.

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Channels Trade Show Closing Incentive 120

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 27, 2019

Author: Mike DeLeonardis, President, North America at beqom Seventy-nine percent of companies say that increasing sales productivity is a strategy they’re using to reach growth targets in 2019, but actually meeting this goal may be a challenge as only 35 percent of average-performing sales reps’ time actually goes to selling.

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Strategy Compensation Commission Incentive 223

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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Travel Incentive Incentives Trends 120

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 17, 2020

Organizations are doing their best to navigate this new landscape of layoffs, remote working, canceled events, slowing sales and demand slumps. Being well-prepared and truly understanding how to get your people, your operations and your sales back and running at full bore will be essential for survival. That’s the bad news.

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Engineering Revenue Incentive Incentives 207

SBI Growth

AUGUST 13, 2013

Remaining effective as a sales force means continuous improvement. This might be a new buyer-aligned sales process. Or sales recruiting to staff a new go-to-market channel. Whatever the Sales Force Effectiveness (SFE) improvement, it will require funds to get it implemented. Or a redesigned compensation plan.

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Hiring Incentives Incentive Benefit 288

Nutshell

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

It’s best to manage an affiliate program to have the right kind of partnerships with influencers and bloggers within the industry whom you might leverage to amplify reach and create sales. Affiliate management involves finding and managing partners, which promote your brand in exchange for commission or other incentives.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 5, 2019

What is channel sales? In a channel sales model, a company sells through third partners -- affiliate partners (who get commission on each purchase), resellers, value-added providers (who typically bundle your product with their own), or another entity that doesn't work for it directly. The Definition of Channel Sales.

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Channels Lead Rank Hiring Lead Scoring 111

Salesmate

JUNE 4, 2021

Sales isn’t the same as it used to be. And with this change in technology, advancements in sales methodologies have also taken place. Similarly, many other practices in sales have changed with the changing world around. One such practice is that of providing sales incentives to the salespeople.

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Incentive Incentives Compensation Motivation 105

No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 1, 2019

It’s also the ultimate sales advantage. Sales has always gotten a bad rap, but it’s gotten much worse as sales channels have evolved. The problem is with typical sales metrics. I always advise clients against offering incentives for referral business. Forget about incentives. We all know why.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 20, 2020

Author: Kris Belau Is there anything more quaint in sales and marketing than the door-to-door salesperson? As was common at the time, the main sales channel was an on-the-ground sales force. So what now for companies, perhaps yours, that rely even in some part on offline sales? It means rethinking how you engage.

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Face-to-face Social Media Channels Lead Rank 194

Cincom Smart Selling

MARCH 6, 2025

The contemporary competitive market poses a formidable challenge to maintain profitability across multiple sales channels. Understanding the Pricing Complexities in Multi-Channel Sales In the hyper-connected marketplace, businesses sell through multiple channelsdirect sales teams, resellers, e-commerce platforms, and distributors.

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Margin Channels Maximizer Lead Rank 48

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

If one of your goals in 2021 is to grow your online sales, you’re not alone. Choose a primary content channel (like a blog, social media platforms, or a podcast), and focus on creating content that is: High-quality. Make each piece of content valuable to your audience (read: not just sales copy). Never fear. Informational.

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Top of Funnel Social Media Google Analytics Scale 301

Openview

MARCH 15, 2019

Some of the most successful and influential SaaS companies include channel sales in their go-to-market strategy. For the uninitiated, channel sales refers to the process of partnering with third parties to get your product into the end user’s hands. Channel Sales versus Direct Sales – The Good and the Bad.

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Channels Scale Hiring Lead Rank 129

SBI Growth

MARCH 21, 2013

Generating New Sales Leads – Move leads through early stages of buyer’s journey, nurturing them until sales-ready. The purpose of your campaign is to incent the buyer to act. STEP 10 - CHOOSE YOUR CHANNELS. Choose the channels your target buyer persona frequents. STEP 12 – ENABLE THE SALES TEAM.

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Campaigns Lead Rank Lead Scoring Marketing Qualified Lead 319

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Invest in multi-channel customer service. Today’s customers interact with brands through a variety of channels, and they expect high-quality service on each one. In order to maintain consistent customer service and avoid errors, brands must invest in a comprehensive, multi-channel customer service strategy.

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Loyalty Customer Incentive Incentives 206

Zoominfo

MARCH 6, 2019

There are more answers to that question than ever before, thanks to the variety of tools and channels at a modern marketer’s disposal. A comprehensive referral marketing program treats referrals like any other marketing channel— which means it includes strategic preparation, targeted decision-making, analysis, and iteration.

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Referrals Ideal Customer Profile Marketing Incentive 197

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 29, 2020

Being well-prepared and truly understanding how to get your people, your operations and your sales back and running at full bore will be essential for survival. As organizations emerge from the pandemic crisis and fire up their sales engines, it’s clear that the channel must adapt?— Reinforce channel support.

Engineering 156

Engineering Revenue Incentive Incentives 156

The Sales Hunter

OCTOBER 17, 2013

When asked this question, most salespeople respond by saying they use a “push” sales strategy. They say this based on how they view a typical sales call being one where the salesperson is convincing or showing the customer all of the features and benefits of what they offer. Take a look at your sales process.

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Strategy Cold Calling Consultative Selling Margin 241

SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Every Sales VP wants to know what their competitors are doing. Knowing how your competitors are enabling their sales force can provide an advantage. But most Sales VPs like you don’t know how to do it. We chose these: Sales Process : We wanted to get our hands on their sales process. is to general.

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Outsourcing Services Ideal Customer Profile Territories Compensation 300

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 24, 2024

Tangible gifts are a means to reward employees, channel partners and other business associates outside of pay for performance. Here's a look at best practices and current trends in using incentive merchandise.

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Positioning Incentive Incentives Trends 156

Vengreso

JANUARY 9, 2025

Sales contests are a powerful tool to boost motivation, improve performance, and increase revenue. However, designing a sales contest or sales game that delivers tangible results requires careful planning and execution from your sales enablement team. But what exactly is the endgame?

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Incentives Incentive How To Sales Qualified Lead 66

No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Women in sales have everything they need to succeed. It’s sneakier than gender discrimination or racial prejudice of old, but just as damaging for careers, relationship-building opportunities, and account based sales teams. The first is Sue, a successful field sales manager in a tech company. Comments were prolific.

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