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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. A closer look at a sales training incentive program. Why is this a trending incentive initiative? their skills.

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E-commerce That Avoids Channel Conflict

Sales and Marketing Management

potential conflict with their channel partners. Businesses don’t want to jeopardize the business that comes through channel partners?—?as B2Bs can’t let channel conflict get in the way of serving customers,” Ed Kennedy, senior director of commerce strategy at Episerver, states in the report. as much as 90%?—?for Here’s how.

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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. Are they already in other incentive programs, or is yours the only one they’ll see? How do they view your company?

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The Ultimate Guide to Channel Sales

Hubspot Sales

What is channel sales? In a channel sales model, a company sells through third partners -- affiliate partners (who get commission on each purchase), resellers, value-added providers (who typically bundle your product with their own), or another entity that doesn't work for it directly. The Definition of Channel Sales.

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Bringing Sales Online

Sales and Marketing Management

As was common at the time, the main sales channel was an on-the-ground sales force. Yet as the digital age dawned and consumers gained on-demand access to any product imaginable (including food storage products sold by competitors), Tupperware continued to rely heavily on offline channels. Inspire them. Develop a content strategy.

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5 Ways These Remarkable Channel Leaders are Improving Their Partnerships

Allbound

Being a channel manager isn’t an easy job. While a Google search will provide plenty of “best practices” for channel management, we wanted to take a deeper dive. In this post, we sought advice from leaders that are on the front lines of channel management. We spoke with three channel leaders from different industries.

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5 Ways to Build Up Customer Loyalty

Zoominfo

Invest in Multi-Channel Customer Service. Today’s customers interact with brands through a variety of channels, and they expect high-quality service on each one. Provide Ongoing Customer Education and Training. We don’t simply refer to product training materials and educational content.

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