Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 7, 2020

Author: Luke Kreitner The element of surprise has been proven to be a powerful motivational tool. Scientific studies show that unexpected incentive rewards stimulate areas of the brain connected to behavior development and learning. In short, surprise incentive rewards are powerful because they’re universal.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 28, 2017

But the other night, Van Gundy was asked whether having a veteran player like guard Jimmy Butler on the Minnesota Timberwolves this year would help motivate a younger player like Andrew Wiggins to work harder. The only motivation that can make you great is self-motivation,” he said. Hire motivated salespeople,” he exclaims. “If

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Q: Why not use quota as a bar to require reps to pass before they’re eligible to earn in the incentive program? It motivates the daylights out of them! Without a doubt, stack ranking top reps can deliver powerful motivation. Ranking them isn’t going to instantly motivate them to be No. Q: Why not stack rank my reps?

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Author: George Kriza, CEO, MTCPerformance Your organization wants to drive sales with an incentive program. That’s a great start, because great salespeople are money motivated and also crave recognition for their outstanding efforts. Here are 10 of the most important elements in designing and deploying your next incentive campaign.

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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. 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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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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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Author: Tim Houlihan Why we don’t know what motivates us best. Sales manager: I’d like to know what rewards the reps would like for our next incentive. You may be a seasoned sales manager, fatigued by trying to come up with innovative ways to motivate your reps. Are incentives obsolete? Sales rep: Cash! Don’t do it.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 3, 2018

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.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Group incentive travel continues to be a leading way to recognize and retain top performers. We explore why it's so motivating, how design has changed to meet the changing demographics of the workforce, and what program sponsors can do to enhance memorability and increase ROI. appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 15, 2020

This doesn’t bode well for your long-term reward and recognition strategy, and doesn’t do much to excite and motivate your team to help you reach your business sales goals. As you plan for next year, consider implementing a sales incentive program or series of “just in time” contests to keep team engagement and interest high.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 31, 2020

Many employees who are now secluded to their home offices (or living rooms, bedrooms, or kitchens) are working from home consistently for the first time and experiencing the challenge of staying motivated and productive in their new environment, especially while coping with economic uncertainty. Reevaluate Quotas to Fit the Changing Market

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 26, 2023

Creating one-of-a-kind experiences for groups creates long-lasting motivation and loyalty, but selling these programs to the C-suite takes careful planning. The post Making the Business Case for Incentive Travel appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Author: Tim Houlihan The best incentives have open budgets, meaning anyone who qualifies can win. Here are a few incentive structures to consider for open budgets : Do This Get That – Rewarding reps on every increment of units, sales dollars or gross margin dollars they write up during the incentive period is a great way to increase sales.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 6, 2019

We touched on this phenomenon in a recent blog post about word-of-mouth marketing. Today, we’re taking a deeper look at one of the most effective word-of-mouth marketing strategies: referral marketing. Keep reading and learn everything you need to know about referral marketing! What is referral marketing?

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Money will likely always be the top answer when workers are asked what motivates them most, but new generations of employees who are more conscious of non-monetary factors on their quality of life have closed the gap in terms of what motivates most effectively.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 15, 2020

As more people permanently transition to home offices, companies will need to change how they motivate and recognize employees. In April, Echo Market Research and Tango Card asked 500 newly remote employees how engaged they were feeling. Cindy Mielke is the director of channel marketing, incentives at Tango Card.

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SBI Growth

JUNE 13, 2013

At SBI, we focus on one thing: helping Sales and Marketing leaders Make the Number. Organizations track buyer behavior all the way from “not in the market” through “implementation”. Consequences & Incentives. Similarly, reiterate incentives related to desired performance. Inspiring & Motivating.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Quality Incentive Company (QIC) creates and administers recognition and incentive programs that motivate people, inspire higher performance and deliver results. Easily Source Incentive Merchandise RepLink provides an online sourcing tool that makes finding brand name products for business gifts and incentive programs […].

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Nine in 10 respondents say gift cards make an appropriate employee incentive or reward. Here's a look at why they are popular and some suppliers for your next motivational effort. The post Gift Cards: Highly Valued and Highly Used appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Author: TIM HOULIHAN Do you avoid team incentives because you are worried about being fair? Teams perform better than individuals [ Kuhn, “Experiments on Motivation, Incentives and Rationality” 2007 ], and you and your bottom line can benefit from rewarding teams. Worry no more. Don’t ask team members to rate each other.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

The best sales comp plans effectively motivate and retain "A" player reps, push "B" reps toward better results and weed out the "C" players. They make sure that support functions like Marketing are financially motivated toward improving sales results. Should I Stay or Should I Go? I welcome your comments. Follow @pseidell.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Author: Ryan Gould In the context of content marketing, a product-agnostic approach is one that focuses on your expertise and knowledge around a product, technology or service rather than your brand. The product-agnostic approach to content marketing has been around for a long time. 4 Examples of Product-Agnostic Content.

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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. With 20-plus years and more than 1,500 sales incentive programs under my belt, I’ve got some experience to share. Your self-selected goal will be a more powerful motivator. Online Bonus:?Answers

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 27, 2019

It’s no secret, the Internet has changed the way customers buy products and the ways marketers engage with their audiences. But, despite the constant change, the following statement has held true for hundreds of years: No marketing tactic can match the influence of word-of-mouth. Therein lies the power of word-of-mouth marketing.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Motivating the sales force requires careful adjustment of payout formulas, rates, accelerators, product eligibility tables and more. The compensation calculator offered here will help you make smarter decisions about the economics behind motivating a critical component of your sales force. Motivating Specialist Behavior.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Incentives are natural motivators — and sometimes, some "natural motivation" is exactly what your salespeople need to perform to the best of their abilities. That's why several companies leverage something known as incentive compensation : the practice of offering financial rewards for professional excellence.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Author: Paul Gordon, Senior Vice President Sales, Rymax Marketing Services, Inc. What motivates? Meeting organizers seeking new ways to motivate their sales teams should incorporate interactive gifting experiences instead of the traditional pillow gift or room drop. Rymax Marketing Services, Inc.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 6, 2019

Simply sending an email announcement of your next incentive to make the reps aware of the program will not maximize results. Effective incentives are more than awareness. Effective incentives are more than awareness. Sales managers are wise to use incentives to improve their results. Help reps emotionally engage.?Neuroscientist

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 20, 2019

The company, which has been named one of the best places to work in Georgia by Georgia Trend Magazine, incorporates education, contests and incentives into its benefits program, adopting a holistic approach to helping workers be happier and healthier. The motivation is not purely altruistic. Using incentives wisely.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Discover tactical solutions to get the most out your incentive comp dollars. To compete for and retain talent, leaders must know what the market is paying. But for sales roles, it’s not enough to know “market” conditions. How do competitors structure incentive payouts? Market Conditions vs. Competitive Threat.

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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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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 5, 2020

It’s no secret that by setting effective sales incentives and pay structures you can dramatically increase your team’s success rate. Tiered commission can specifically reward reps who overperform and, at the same time, motivate the rest of your sales team to boost their performance. Offer quarterly bonuses. The takeaway here?

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Nutshell

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Affiliate marketing has been a powerful strategy for businesses for years, growing in popularity among marketers and business owners. Affiliate marketing makes a great new revenue stream for a business, but affiliate management is something that must be done effectively to make the program work.

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Salesmate

JUNE 4, 2021

One such practice is that of providing sales incentives to the salespeople. What are sales incentives? Call it what you will, incentives are what get people to work harder.” – Nikita Khrushchev . In simple terms, sales incentives are something that motivates your team to wake up in the morning and get to work.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 8, 2018

Author: Tim Houlihan Is HR telling you your millennial sales reps don’t like their incentive plans? Are you really going to have a different incentive for the 26-year-old white female than the one for the 45-year-old Asian male? The model satisfies a wide variety of motivations so everyone on your team will be engaged.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 2, 2024

I'm going to take this opportunity to both shamelessly plug and legitimately recommend LevelEleven — a solution from Ascent Cloud that helps you motivate your sales team by gamifying sales and recognizing reps' performance publicly. Leverage your data, and find “in-market” buyers. They‘re your best shot to close deals as Q4 wraps up.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 13, 2013

Or sales recruiting to staff a new go-to-market channel. And if marketing-related sales issues are being fixed, Marketing foots the bill. I mentioned department-aligned efforts (HR = Talent or Learning; Marketing = Lead Generation or Sales Enablement; Sales = Sales Process or Sales Management.) Who Should Pay?

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