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Stop Avoiding layered Incentives (and Learn to Love Them)

Sales and Marketing Management

Issue Date: 2014-11-21. Teaser: Most channel marketers have a dysfunctional relationship with layered incentives. They know that incenting sales-driving behaviors, such as training and product demo, can make a partner feel more personally invested in selling their products. read more'

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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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A Sales Leader’s Blueprint for 2014

SBI Growth

You know you need to begin planning for 2014 now. Steve asked us to stress test his 2014 sales plan. Steve told us he was going to build 3 elements into his plan for 2014. Change the compensation plan to incent new logo growth by adding an accelerator. Sales training. Complete the Strategy Blueprint Tool for 2014.

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51 Ways to Fund Your Sales Improvement Effort

SBI Growth

Or training to add emerging practices to your sellers’ skill sets. To learn how other top companies fund initiatives, register for this event: How To Make Your Number in 2014: A Sales Strategy You Can Execute. But, the SPIFF incentive didn’t completely go to the sales rep. They would record the training events for future use.

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Creating the Ideal Performance Culture

SBI Growth

As you plan for 2014, are you investing enough in both? Performance culture is studied in depth in our 2014 Research Tour. Incentive Programs. Does your comp plan incent behaviors that will get you to your number? Continually develop and train on new strategies. The comp plan must incentivize the right behavior.

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X Factor Compensation Leaders: How to Be Incredible at Incentive Planning (Nuance Communications)

Xactly

Ultimately, the new compensation and incentive plans must successfully motivate the right sales behaviors to achieve goals, all while driving growth. I started using Xactly back in 2014 when my previous company implemented Express, and they needed someone in Finance to help manage the system. How did you get your start?

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Sales Revenue Growth for 2014? More of the Same Won’t Deliver Results

The ROI Guy

In your 2014 plans, you likely have some significant revenue growth targets for the New Year. The #1 reason sales reps do not achieve quota goals is not a lack of leads, products, CRM or training – but a failure to effectively communicate value to today’s more frugal / skeptical prospect.

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