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10 Incentive Travel Facts You Can Put To Good Use

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The Incentive Research Foundation (IRF), a private not-for-profit foundation that focuses its initiatives on pragmatic research highlighting the premise and the power of incentive and motivational programs, issued a list of 10 incentive travel facts to commemorate Global Meetings Industry Day. 38 percent of all U.S.

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16 Sales Incentives to Keep Your Team Engaged and Motivated

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Sales incentives are a great way to motivate your team and keep morale high. Your first line of motivation is your sales commission structure , but there are several different types of sales incentives you can use to further encourage your team. Getting SPIFs Right as Sales Incentives. Making SPIFs too complicated.

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Serving Others Never Goes Out of Style

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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. Caesars Entertainment has long been at the forefront of helping its group travel clients incorporate socially responsible efforts into their programs.

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Workplace Wellness Can Deliver a Healthy ROI

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The company, which has been named one of the best places to work in Georgia by Georgia Trend Magazine, incorporates education, contests and incentives into its benefits program, adopting a holistic approach to helping workers be happier and healthier. Numerous studies report the return on investment for employers is significant and clear.

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The Science of Motivation

Sales and Marketing Management

Sales manager: I’d like to know what rewards the reps would like for our next incentive. Or maybe you think that incentives have run their course and it’s time to drop them altogether. If you’re thinking of asking your reps what will make the best prize in the incentive program, stop. Are incentives obsolete? Don’t do it.

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Some Additional Thoughts.

Sales and Marketing Management

In my work with sales executives from corporations large and small, I repeatedly see that team rewards are easily overlooked in favor of individual incentives. And while individual incentives are critical to the success of any sales organization, most companies are not fully invested in supporting the team environment.

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A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words, and So Is One Great Customer Reference

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Although company websites, content and sales presentations are highly used assets when evaluating an organization and its products, a Harvard Business Review study determined that customer references are an influential decision support tool too. However, things can get complicated when these two groups have conflicting viewpoints.