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Sales Incentives, Awards, Lead Follow Up and Sales Effectiveness

Understanding the Sales Force

This incentivizes them to book meetings that are probably not the best qualified. Dave Kurlan wrote: They should receive the incentive only if the opportunity makes it as far as 2 nd base in the sales process. Sales complains that the leads suck. The appointment setters are upset, blaming the low closing percentage on the salespeople.

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Serving Others Never Goes Out of Style

Sales and Marketing Management

Helping others as a team is invigorating and bonding, which is why corporate social responsibility (CSR) continues to be a popular component of offsite meetings and incentive travel programs. Comparing the results from 2015/2016 with 2017/2018, CSR is actually up two points across all regions.

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The Gray Between the Green

Sales and Marketing Management

In this issue’s cover feature, Tim Houlihan, a longtime veteran of the incentive industry and student of behavioral economics, takes a close look at what we say motivates and what actually does. “If If you’re thinking about asking your sales reps what will make the best prize in the incentive program, stop. No questions.

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What Is Your Merch Actually Doing for Your Business Growth?

Smooth Sale

Brand merchandise is an age-old business tool that’s been in full swing at industry events and trade shows for decades. By comparison, appealing to students and a generally younger audience could be best achieved through branded pens, book bags, laptop covers, etc.

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5 Key Pillars of Effective Sales Performance Management

The Spiff Blog

Although SPM strategy varies by company and industry, the most effective sales performance management strategies typically involve a combination of the same core pillars. These pillars include organizational alignment, robust reporting, ongoing professional development, incentive compensation, and sales enablement. It’s simple.

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Leveraging Kaizen Principles for Incentive Compensation Management

OpenSymmetry

Back in the day, I was required to read a book called The Goal for my operations and Supply Chain Management class. Like many of the other books read for this class, it was about a company, which manufactured widgets, was behind schedule in production, reducing profits and turnover. Big Results come from Small Changes.

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8 Things to Review Before Accepting a Sales Commission Plan

Sales Hacker

You’re usually given guaranteed draws so that you get paid the incentive. The industry ranges are around six to nine months for MM/Enterprise sales and three to five months for SMB sales businesses. The industry ranges are around six to nine months for MM/Enterprise sales and three to five months for SMB sales businesses.