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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. are increasingly using gift cards as a reward tool for multiple groups (channel, sales, employee and customer), and that investment in gift card rewards is both significant and growing.

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How to be Indispensable as an Incentive Compensation Manager

The Spiff Blog

As an incentive compensation manager, you hold a critical role that keeps your organization running. You want to have access to the most impactful solutions and systems that improve your ability to do your job well— but you also worry about the perception that these powerful tools are more valuable to the company than you are.

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A Foolproof Framework for Better Incentive Communication

The Spiff Blog

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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Founder Q&A Series: Incentives and Compensation Structure

Sales Hacker

Share The GTM Newsletter “I’m an early stage founder looking for resources / templates / examples of SDR and AE enterprise commission and bonus structures that have successfully worked. Spiff budget for monthly incentives/contests (keeps it fun). Cost of living limits incentive %. Measured by qual opportunities per month.

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Does Your Sales Incentive Plan Drive Customers Away?

SBI Growth

The purpose of every incentive compensation plan is to influence the actions of sales reps. The post offers tools to make longer-lasting corrections, too. The post offers tools to make longer-lasting corrections, too. Sales incentives can be like square pegs. Here are some real-life examples of poorly designed incentives.

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Technology can improve your recognition efforts

Sales and Marketing Management

Video technology tools like Zoom and Slack were reported helpful in fueling connection and engagement. No longer considered nice-to-have resources for a subset of workers, these tools have become vital to all employees and will continue to support formal and informal functions for both remote and in-office workers.

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How to Secure More Sales Comp Resources During a Recession

The Spiff Blog

Convincing your boss to sign off on more resources for sales comp can feel like an uphill battle. Making your case for more resources will be easier if you approach your boss with your talking points already prepared. It doesn’t make sense to invest in new sales comp tools if there’s a recession around the corner.”.