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5 incentive travel trends for 2019

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Paul Nolan Meetings and incentive travel professionals agree that Brexit will impact their industry, but they differ on what sort of impact it will have. The British-based C&IT Magazine recently summarized five incentive travel trends that will impact programs in 2019. We are moving from incentive travel to ‘Instatravel.’

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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. Here are 10 of the most important elements in designing and deploying your next incentive campaign. Gen X, Y or Boomer?

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Sales Incentive Optimization

OpenSymmetry

The Journey to Sales Incentive Optimization. A familiar scenario that salesforces experience is the excitement and optimism of the new sales incentive launch, followed by the realisation that: New rules have been introduced which limit the kind of high payouts experienced last year which made the plan unaffordable.

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Firing up the revenue engine post-crisis

Sales and Marketing Management

Channel leaders have the unprecedented opportunity to invest in and improve channel automation systems, including sales incentive platforms, partner portals, digital training programs and through-channel marketing. When it comes to channel engagement, the right mix of sales incentive tools is still the most effective and impactful.

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Optimal Incentive Compensation Plan Design for Successful Implementation

OpenSymmetry

In the second scenario, the organisation has a strong HR or Sales leader driving the project who wants to look at a simplified process or wants a simplified incentives landscape before they start automating. Finally, 70-80% of companies will have no or at best inflexible technology to support incentives. A Clear Roadmap.

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Keeping close to channel partners

Sales and Marketing Management

Lincoln Smith, chief strategy officer at HMI Performance Incentives, says several of their clients are staying in front of VIP channel partners by sending tokens of their appreciation. “It The IT company is happy to have cemented these important relationships and reaped numerous mentions by its partners in social media posts.

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

No More Cold Calling

Now they have a wide-open platform on social media and email. Until something changes, salespeople will continue to cold call , harass strangers on social media, and (in the process) erode trust in our profession. I always advise clients against offering incentives for referral business. Forget about incentives.

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