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Incentives and Rewards: A Closer Look

Sales and Marketing Management

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. One of the most effective reward tools is a non-monetary point system.

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Incentive Program FAQs

Sales and Marketing Management

For example, what caused pain points at the end of the program: reps changing territories mid-program, sales that were booked but not invoiced, clients who made verbal commitments but didn’t sign contracts, field sales managers that vouched for sales that didn’t get logged into the system on time, etc.? Want to learn more?

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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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Renew Your Vows with The CRM System

SBI Growth

One of the biggest purchases a Sales Department makes is the CRM system. Companies that have successfully implemented a system tout benefits like: Increased rep productivity. Integration of multiple systems to automate routine tasks. In many of these deployments the CRM system exists in a silo.

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23 Questions to Ask While Researching Sales Incentive Software

The Spiff Blog

So, you’ve realized commission spreadsheets are actually evil, and that sales incentive software will vastly improve transparency, efficiency, and your personal sanity. After all, the last thing you want is to sink time and resources into a brand new sales incentive software, only to find yourself struggling to use it. Problem solved.

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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.