Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 17, 2023

The post Your Incentive or Loyalty Program Can Get Smarter appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management. Stagnant reward and loyalty programs risk more than just ROI; they erode the equity and trust in a brand that B2B buyers rely on for stability and reputation.

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The Pipeline

JULY 7, 2020

But having been at the game for a while the one thing that never changes is the view and approach to incentive or commissions. And while it is easy to get people to agree that incentive drives behavior, it is a bit less easy to validate. Is your incentive plan driving activity or performance? He had a brilliant incentive plan.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 3, 2023

Incentive and engagement solution providers offer software platforms that are proven to increase the engagement of program participants, improve ROI, and enhance the overall experience of incentive, recognition and consumer loyalty programs.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 26, 2023

The post Making the Business Case for Incentive Travel appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management. Creating one-of-a-kind experiences for groups creates long-lasting motivation and loyalty, but selling these programs to the C-suite takes careful planning.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

In short, more precision is better for rewards used with incentives, while less precision is better for rewards used with recognition. Incentives. Good incentives rely on high degrees of precision to generate motivation. This powerful device is optimal for the above-and-beyond incentives that are outside the commission plan.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

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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The Spiff Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

As an incentive compensation manager, you hold a critical role that keeps your organization running. What does an incentive compensation manager do? First, let’s cover the primary responsibilities of an incentive compensation manager. Recommended reading: A Foolproof Framework for Better Incentive Communication 2.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The post How Does Your Incentive or Loyalty Program Measure Up? New benchmark study from the IESP reveals expectations for program success. appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Selling Energy

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Rebates and incentives have been part of the energy services landscape in America since the late-Seventies. Over the years, the collective pool of available funding has waxed and waned; however, in a typical year it’s not uncommon to see billions of dollars up for grabs.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Quality Incentive Company (QIC) creates and administers recognition and incentive programs that motivate people, inspire higher performance and deliver results. Easily Source Incentive Merchandise RepLink provides an online sourcing tool that makes finding brand name products for business gifts and incentive programs […].

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

The post The Future of B2B Incentives Depends on ‘Just One Thing’ appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management. He went on to say that when you find that one thing, you stick to it and nothing else matters — though Curly used more colorful language. […].

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 18, 2014

As part of a series of posts dealing with areas you should consider, better yet reconsider, going in to the New Year, today we look at incentive. While there are other expenses, commissions/incentives, are the most direct “payment” you pay for bringing in revenue. What’s in Your Pipeline? Tibor Shanto .

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 9, 2022

The post Channel Travel Incentive Program Reaps 8:1 ROI appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management. An electrical products distributor that offered mid-tier channel partners a group travel program realized a 23% increase in projected sales growth.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Author: Tim Houlihan Sales leaders are always trying to figure out how to get the most out of their reps at the lowest cost, and incentives are excellent at revealing that sweet spot. Finding the sweet spot for an incentive is like how Mama Bear’s porridge was juuust right. The best duration of an incentive is no longer than 90 days.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

The post Merchandise Incentives Become More Meaningful In a World Spending More Time at Home appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management. Intangibles such as interesting work, growth opportunities and autonomy are primary […].

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Predictable Revenue

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

These creative ideas for sales incentives will help you keep reps on track for quota. Learn the secret to motivating a sales team through tailored incentives. The post Ideas for Sales Incentives appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 24, 2020

Perhaps especially while the COVID-19 pandemic has placed a temporary hold on popular incentives among this demographic like travel, sales leaders can improve their incentives programs for younger employees by embedding a sense of purpose into their sales outreach. . Sometimes, the best incentive is the work itself.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Author: Tim Houlihan Sales leaders are always trying to figure out how to get the most out of their reps at the lowest cost, and incentives are excellent at revealing that sweet spot. Finding the sweet spot for an incentive is like how Mama Bear’s porridge was juuust right. The best duration of an incentive is no longer than 90 days.

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Crunchbase

APRIL 6, 2023

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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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 8, 2020

Perhaps especially while the COVID-19 pandemic has placed a temporary hold on popular incentives like travel among this demographic, sales leaders can improve their incentive programs for younger employees by embedding a sense of purpose into their sales outreach. Sometimes, the best incentive is the work itself.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Q: Why not use quota as a bar to require reps to pass before they’re eligible to earn in the incentive program? Part and parcel to that success is the deployment of effective sales incentives. Read what Annie Duke , World Series of Poker master, has to say about pre-mortems.

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Canidium

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Suppose you have uncovered the need for an incentive management solution in your company. In that case, you're likely trying to build buy-in across multiple departments. This can be challenging in large organizations for these reasons:

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 1, 2018

Author: SMM Research from the Incentive Gift Card Council (IGCC) and the Incentive Research Foundation (IRF) shows the majority of U.S. they can be used for both short-term and long-term incentive efforts?—?adds A lot of channel programs use a reloadable prepaid card as their incentive mechanism. businesses?—?fully

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 31, 2021

The post Changes Afoot for Incentive Travel Programs appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management. A full recovery is expected at some point, but the look of group travel may be forever changed.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 2, 2018

companies spend over $17 billion on channel incentive awards each year, according to the Incentive Federation. Channel incentive programs are designed to gain the time and discretionary attention of your partners by: • Gaining increased shelf space by encouraging distributors to shift inventory away from competitors to your products.

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Canidium

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Suppose you are considering incentive compensation management software but must decide whether to choose a boutique implementation firm or a large one. If so, you've landed on the right article.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 1, 2021

The post Incentive Travel Experiences Are Too Treasured to Abandon appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management. How desperate are people to travel again after a year in lockdown?

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Selling Energy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Utilizing rebates and incentives can be key in getting your efficiency projects approved. Over the course of the next three days, we’ll cover some tips and tricks of rebates and incentives.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 6, 2019

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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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Author: Tim Houlihan Most incentives are paid out between 3 and 10 percent of the income earned during the incentive period. Matching Incentive to Your Corporate Culture. Track Incentive Results. The same rigor must be applied to your incentives. How were the incentive-related communications received?

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Author: George Kriza, CEO, MTCPerformance Your organization wants to drive sales with an incentive program. Here are 10 of the most important elements in designing and deploying your next incentive campaign. Here are 10 of the most important elements in designing and deploying your next incentive campaign. Gen X, Y or Boomer?

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Canidium

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Organizations with Incentive Compensation Management (ICM) often experience issues post-implementation. System lagging. Data redundancies. Integration problems. User training problems. Or maybe the solution feels clunky, but you can't identify the core issue.

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Selling Energy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Now that we’ve covered a handful of tips and tricks for maximizing rebates and incentives, we’re going to explore some useful resources that can help us track down the most relevant rebates and incentives for our projects.

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Selling Energy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Verify accurate input by third parties: Several years ago, a national retailer needed to file hundreds of incentive applications in the context of a planned portfolio-wide lighting retrofit campaign. Once the error was discovered, the client managed to retrieve the correct data and salvage the incentive.

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The Spiff Blog

AUGUST 19, 2022

The only remedy is a formal incentive communication strategy. This post will show you how to deconstruct your current sales compensation process to ultimately build a more effective incentive communication strategy. Map out an incentive communication step to align with each step of your sales comp process. Let’s dive in!

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 29, 2018

Incentive compensation plans are often far too complex. With this in mind, an incentive plan should be as simple as possible. He’ll focus on his work and hope the incentives pan out. A sales representative will spend too much time focused on the incentive plan. The same can be said for sales compensation.

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