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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. 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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Tips to Maintain Control of a Sales Negotiation

Janek Performance Group

In our recent white paper The Ultimate Guide to Sales Negotiations , we discuss how negotiations improve with consultative selling. However, while both sides have their wants, and one side’s needs should not supersede the other’s, it is still essential that sellers control the tone, tenor, and timing of the negotiation.

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Negotiators Need To Learn How To Stop Deception In Negotiations

The Accidental Negotiator

Prevent deception in a negotiation by discouraging the other side from trying Image Credit: SexyAndHotTv. If we can’t count on being able to detect lies, a more fruitful approach may be to find ways to discourage the other side from engaging in deceptive tactics in negotiation in the first place. Negotiations can take a long time.

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What To Do When The Other Side Is Bargaining In Bad Faith

The Accidental Negotiator

Negotiators need to know how to deal with false negotiation tactics Image Credit: Viewminder. When we enter a negotiation we generally have one goal in mind: we want to reach a deal with the other side. As a negotiator, we need to understand that the other side may at times be negotiating in bad faith.

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Do You Have A Responsibility To Deal With The Other Side’s Bias?

The Accidental Negotiator

We don’t want negotiations to fail because of bias Image Credit: Harri Webb As negotiators we realize that bias is a big deal. Once we know what they are, we then have to take steps to make sure that they don’t find their way into our negotiating. We have to work hard to identify what bias we bring to the table.

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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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A Guide to Building a Referral Network for Your SMB

Act!

Referral partner networks: Existing customers, industry professionals, or other businesses sign an official contract agreeing to refer new customers to you. So, if you want to build a successful referral network network, a frictionless customer experience is non-negotiable. For instance, Act! A platform like Act!