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Training Incentives Are Vital in the Digital Sales Era

Sales and Marketing Management

As a longtime member of the incentives industry, I am often asked what businesses can do to better manage their sales teams and their relationships with their channel partners in the constantly changing world. My answer: sales training initiatives. Sales training has grown in importance in the past decade.

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Don’t Neglect Channel Partner Programs

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Paul Nolan In today’s buyer-centric world, salespeople need to create value more than ever or they won’t get in front of prospects. If your go-to-market strategy relies heavily on channel partners, that’s one more step you are removed from your ultimate end-user.

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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. 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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10 Incentive Travel Facts You Can Put To Good Use

Sales and Marketing Management

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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4 Tips for Selling to the Social Savvy Buyer

Zoominfo

In fact, a recent study suggests that 91% of B2B buyers are active and involved in social media, while 75% are significantly influenced by social content when forming their buying decisions ( source ). 69% of sales professionals are self-taught and have no active social selling training program in place ( source ).

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Firing up the revenue engine post-crisis

Sales and Marketing Management

As organizations emerge from the pandemic crisis and fire up their sales engines, it’s clear that the channel must adapt?— shifting and aligning priorities (support), implementing new, more impactful channel strategies (enable) and leveraging the right solutions (engage). Reinforce channel support. Are you digital-ready?

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If Done Right, Your Referral System Won’t Actually Cost a Thing

No More Cold Calling

Sales has always gotten a bad rap, but it’s gotten much worse as sales channels have evolved. Martin’s research on buyers and the mistakes salespeople make. Put a referral system in place, with training, metrics, and accountability for results. I always advise clients against offering incentives for referral business.

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