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Does Your Sales Incentive Plan Drive Customers Away?

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The purpose of every incentive compensation plan is to influence the actions of sales reps. Sales incentives can be like square pegs. Incentive compensation is intended to reward specific behaviors of the sales force. Here are some real-life examples of poorly designed incentives. Product Launch Incentive.

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10 Ways To Boost Your Sales Incentive Strategy

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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. Are they already in other incentive programs, or is yours the only one they’ll see? Gen X, Y or Boomer? How do they think?

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4 Sales Ops Lessons from the NFL

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Overall strategy, go-to-market model and product suite are essential. Are your quotas attainable and reflective of current performance and market potential? To do this right you have to conduct account segmentation. Benchmark the market regularly to see if you’re competitive. Quotas : Your most important player statistic.

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Three High-Impact Benefits of Email Marketing

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Email is the OG digital marketing tool. While it might seem basic and a little bit boring, email is actually the most advanced medium of communication between marketers and their ideal customers. According to Campaign Monitor , email marketing generates $38 for every $1 spent, which computes to a 3,700% ROI. You’ll get high ROI.

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The Beginner’s Guide to Referral Marketing

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

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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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How to Compensate the Overlay Sales Specialist

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Market Specialist – penetrates new or divergent vertical markets. Ideally, the overlay specialist should eliminate their own role by training their sales people how to sell the new product or penetrate the new market without assistance. The most common varieties include: Product Specialist – promotes new or complex products.