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Training Incentives Are Vital in the Digital Sales Era

Sales and Marketing Management

As a longtime member of the incentives industry, I am often asked what businesses can do to better manage their sales teams and their relationships with their channel partners in the constantly changing world. A closer look at a sales training incentive program. Why is this a trending incentive initiative? their skills.

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Incentive Gift Cards Continue to Delight

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: SMM Research from the Incentive Gift Card Council (IGCC) and the Incentive Research Foundation (IRF) shows the majority of U.S. are increasingly using gift cards as a reward tool for multiple groups (channel, sales, employee and customer), and that investment in gift card rewards is both significant and growing.

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5 secrets to channel incentive success

Sales and Marketing Management

Distribution channel partners are vital for most companies to get their goods and services to market. companies spend over $17 billion on channel incentive awards each year, according to the Incentive Federation. Team incentives can increase performance by as much as 44 percent. It’s no wonder U.S. Define your goals.

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6 Marketing Strategies for B2B Customer Retention

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Serena Dorf Business-to-business marketing is one of the most challenging facets of the marketing industry. Businesses aren't like retail customers. You deal at a level and the businesses are your core customers. B2B marketing is more technical than B2C. Customer service. Set and exceed expectations.

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Does Your Sales Incentive Plan Drive Customers Away?

SBI Growth

The purpose of every incentive compensation plan is to influence the actions of sales reps. But an internally-focused plan can encourage behavior that works against the customer. HR leaders should act now to align the compensation plan with the customer's interests. Sales incentives can be like square pegs.

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3 Must-Haves When Designing a Modern Sales Incentive Program

Crunchbase

When it comes to keeping sales reps happy and quotas attained, what worked over the past few years is no longer working One solution is the introduction of a sales incentive program that encourages reps to work toward a goal and receive recognition. The key to selecting the perfect one?

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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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