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Incentive Gift Cards Continue to Delight

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: SMM Research from the Incentive Gift Card Council (IGCC) and the Incentive Research Foundation (IRF) shows the majority of U.S. they can be used for both short-term and long-term incentive efforts?—?adds A lot of channel programs use a reloadable prepaid card as their incentive mechanism. businesses?—?fully

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10 Ways To Boost Your Sales Incentive Strategy

Sales and Marketing Management

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. Gen X, Y or Boomer?

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Technology’s Role in Incentive Campaigns

Sales and Marketing Management

Incentive and engagement solution providers offer software platforms that are proven to increase the engagement of program participants, improve ROI, and enhance the overall experience of incentive, recognition and consumer loyalty programs.

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Sales Incentive Program Management as a Profit Center for CFO’s of Large Channel Members and Distributors

Sales and Marketing Management

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. Reseller Benefit: $0.

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4 Reasons I Don’t Pay for Referrals

No More Cold Calling

Should you offer incentives to Referral Sources? Although this bank did offer incentives to customers who referred new clients, the researchers admit that such company-stimulated, word-of-mouth programs (WOM) are ultimately less effective than organic referrals. “In Incent or not. Do you offer incentives to Referral Sources?

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Maximizing Motivation: Why Well-Intentioned Incentive Programs Don’t Work and How to Improve Them

Sales and Marketing Management

While on the surface, this incentive strategy had some validity, the results were not what the company predicted, or wanted. Second, many of these performers were married and the idea of travel, even incentive travel, meant their families would be on their own for a few days. Bob Nelson is president of Nelson Motivation Inc. ,

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Is Your Sales Compensation Driving the Right Behaviors?

SBI Growth

Did it incent the right behavior? The analytical work and testing to develop the new compensation plan consumed hours. How do you know if comp-incented behaviors can move the needle? Early April is the time to assess and, if necessary, make corrections. Time is of the essence. Here's why: The numbers are in. Momentum is strong.