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The Science of Motivation

Sales and Marketing Management

Sales manager: I’d like to know what rewards the reps would like for our next incentive. Sales rep: Cash! Sales manager: Sounds good. You may be a seasoned sales manager, fatigued by trying to come up with innovative ways to motivate your reps. Are incentives obsolete? I’ve got bills to pay! Don’t do it.

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Is It Time for B2B Sales Teams to Ignore Speed-to-Lead?

Chili Piper

This stat comes from a Harvard Business Review study and for today’s B2B sales and marketing teams, it has several problems…. First, it was published in 2011. Do you realize how much has changed since 2011? Lastly, there is an incentive for sales reps to take their time. That was almost 7 years ago!

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SalesProCentral

Delicious Sales

Sales Management (2614). Inside Sales (849). Incentives (379). Outside Sales (81). 2011 (3304). THE SALES HUNTER AUGUST 12, 2013 Is Your Sales Process Slow or Fast? Is your sales process slow or fast? In 2009, there were 800,000 inside sales departments. Marketing (6398).

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Seismic Acquires Percolate to Create Exceptional Content Experiences at Every Point in the Customer Journey

SBI

“Both of our companies endeavor to foster better alignment between marketing and sales and improve the buyer/seller interaction, resulting in accelerated deals and pipeline for our customers. Gartner, the world’s leading research and advisory company, named Modus to its Market Guide for Sales Engagement Platforms. Field Sales.