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Group travel is down, but not out

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Paul Nolan According to an April survey by the Incentive Research Foundation, the top concern about participating in work or reward-related travel was the threat of an epidemic/pandemic at 33%, followed closely by severe weather at 29%. This begs the question, what’s up with the weather scaredy-cats ?

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Leveraging Customer Feedback Loops for Enhanced Understanding of Customer Needs

Act!

It’s a cycle in which you gather user feedback, analyze it, make changes, and then follow up with your customers to see if those changes hit the mark. Based on customer responses, they should change specific product features and follow up with the same users to see if they’re satisfied with the new version.

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How to Accelerate Sales Performance in Q4

Janek Performance Group

In football, winning the fourth quarter is pivotal. While teams that are behind need to score fast, they too must be mindful of time or risk giving up a last-second, game-winning field goal. In the fourth quarter, both sellers and buyers have additional incentive to get deals done. Ramp Up Coaching. Incentivize.

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Managing for peak performance in a remote worker world

Sales and Marketing Management

The following week, the company’s 90-plus employees were told they would be working remotely indefinitely, as it became clear the global COVID-19 outbreak made office settings unsafe. Companies are also using Tango cards as incentives to complete training. We’ve ramped up the number of video calls we host each day.

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Proven Strategies for Effective Sales Management

Highspot

Sales managers play a pivotal role in aligning the efforts of the sales organization with the broader goals of the business. Incentives and Recognition Reward top performers with appropriate incentives and recognition. Communication Foster open and transparent communication within the team. This can boost morale and motivation.

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How to Develop a Winning Sales Compensation Philosophy

The Spiff Blog

How you pay sales reps depends on the way you design your comp program, what metrics relate to what incentives, and so on— all the details we’ve covered in many past articles about comp plan design. Finance Leaders – This team plays pivotal roles in crafting the technical aspects of compensation plans.

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B2B Lead Generation: The Ultimate Guide

Zoominfo

Tighten Up Your TAM Part of the B2B lead generation process is getting to know the audience profiles and behaviors that correlate with sales — more on that in a little bit. Each element of a lead-scoring model is assigned a value, and as leads hit more and more criteria, they rack up points.