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Technology can improve your recognition efforts

Sales and Marketing Management

In April, Echo Market Research and Tango Card asked 500 newly remote employees how engaged they were feeling. Taking a closer look at recognition programs, the Incentive Research Foundation (IRF) reports that 26% of program owners say they’re communicating more frequently. Sixty-five percent said they felt “very” or “somewhat” engaged.

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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 One large IT infrastructure client worked with HMI on a campaign to replace the networking they normally accomplish at a trade show that was canceled.

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A new normal for meetings and events

Sales and Marketing Management

What does it mean for business events and incentive travel programs? Bauer : There’s no doubt this current crisis has changed the landscape for business events and incentive travel. IMEX Frankfurt, which was scheduled for early May, was cancelled. Have things been permanently disrupted? IMEX America is scheduled for Sept.

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Managing for peak performance in a remote worker world

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Paul Nolan On the first Friday in March this year, Jeb Ory led an employee appreciation celebration at the Arlington, Virginia, headquarters of Phone2Action, a provider of advocacy software that enables organizations to create grassroots marketing campaigns. Companies are also using Tango cards as incentives to complete training.

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5 Spring Cleaning Tasks for Your Business

Pipeliner

3 – Maintain Your Property In addition to cleaning your property, use spring cleaning as an incentive to maintain it. Look for tax deductions , cancel subscriptions that don’t serve your company, and reexamine any outsourcing to see if you could save elsewhere. Look at your decor and evaluate if it’s creating your desired ambiance.

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Will We Ever Meet Again?

Sales and Marketing Management

Bauer’s company brings meetings and events suppliers together with buyers who are planning incentive travel programs, corporate events and other large gatherings. The business events sector will regain its strength, but it will take time,” she stated in an email exchange with Sales & Marketing Management. And when we.

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Sales Contests Reps Love

Janek Performance Group

Spiffs, incentives, or contests, whatever you call them–salespeople love them–when done right. A contest can be the motivator your sales team needs to announce the new product to the market with authority. It’s not uncommon to see a new product launch fail because the sales team has zero incentive to promote it.