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The Secret to Sales Rep Motivation

Steven Rosen

The researchers at MIT in a 2005 study for the Federal Reserve Bank concluded that : As long as the task involved only mechanical skills, bonuses and rewards work. But once the task required “even rudimentary cognitive skills” a larger incentive “ led to poorer performance”. The higher the pay the better the performance.

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How healthy is your office?

Sales and Marketing Management

Macomber and Allen say the green building movement of the early 1990s that led to LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification provides valuable lessons for a similar push for certifying healthy buildings. The problem of split incentives. A laboratory for studying work environments. Getting beyond green.

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How Sales and Marketing Can Collaborate (+Expert Tips)

Hubspot Sales

Case studies. While marketing compiles success stories, sales teams provide real anecdotes and feedback from clients, which makes the case study more authentic and compelling. A joint effort attracts the right kind of leads, with the sales team focusing its energy on prospects with the highest likelihood of conversion.

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Two BIG Reasons Your Prospecting Isn’t Working

Sales Hacker

Offer incentives and valuable content to ensure that subscribers stay engaged. In a Gartner study ( source ), 86% of respondents said they’re open to some personalized communication from brands, but 55% were averse to communication that feels invasive, and 40% would stop doing business with those brands if the communication was irrelevant.

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2 Birds with 1 Stone: Getting Ads and Link Building at the Same Time

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Kostas Chiotis Picture this: your company wants to boost its sales with an incentive program. But, if different people from your organization reach out to the same thought leaders with different messages, then the result can only be confusion and a lot of wasted time and energy. What do you do? Learn to Plan Like a PR Pro.

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11 Easy Morning Motivation Rituals to Kickstart Your Day

Hubspot Sales

Exercising in the morning forces you to wake up earlier, gives you a totally natural mood-booster, and increases your energy. A 2006 study showed that regular physical exercise led to increases in willpower and self-regulatory behavior. And exercise has benefits beyond improving your mood. Start with “why”.

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TSE 1284: Why Your Brain Lies To You: Cash Is NOT The Best Motivator

Sales Evangelist

Tim Houlihan and Dr. Kurt Nelson are consultants who have spent more than 20 years working with companies to design incentives that will increase productivity within sales teams. The brain then tries to conserve energy with the speed of decision making. These were extraordinarily wealthy men so cash was not a good incentive.