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5 secrets to channel incentive success

Sales and Marketing Management

companies spend over $17 billion on channel incentive awards each year, according to the Incentive Federation. The simple fact is, if your products are sold through independent distribution channels, you need strategies and tactics to influence your channel’s people to align their goals with your sales. It’s no wonder U.S.

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Is your complex incentives plan holding you back?

Sales and Marketing Management

Incentive compensation plans are often far too complex. With this in mind, an incentive plan should be as simple as possible. He’ll focus on his work and hope the incentives pan out. A sales representative will spend too much time focused on the incentive plan. The same can be said for sales compensation.

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10 trends impacting incentive travel use

Sales and Marketing Management

Teaser: The Incentive Research Foundation, a nonprofit organization that funds research and fosters education on all aspects of the incentive travel industry, has identified 10 trends that will help users understand what’s in store for the future. Issue Date: 2015-01-01. Author: Staff. read more'

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5 Secrets to Channel Incentive Success

Sales and Marketing Management

companies spend over $17 billion on channel incentive awards each year, according to the Incentive Federation. The simple fact is, if your products are sold through independent distribution channels, you need strategies and tactics to influence your channel’s people to align their goals with your sales. It’s no wonder U.S.

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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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Three High-Impact Benefits of Email Marketing

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According to Campaign Monitor , email marketing generates $38 for every $1 spent, which computes to a 3,700% ROI. That statistic alone offers an incentive for brands to take a closer look at their email marketing strategy and to maximize return. You’ll gain essential insights through simple metrics.

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Why Product-Agnostic Content Wins in B2B Marketing

Sales and Marketing Management

If you’re not already implementing it in your content marketing strategy , then you’re missing out on a huge opportunity to reach potential customers while positioning yourself as an expert in your industry. Contributing high-quality content to industry websites should be an integral part of your product-agnostic content strategy.