When creating an incentive program, the reward mix is a crucial element in your channel sales incentive program’s success. What rewards will you offer? What will appeal to your participants? Do you need a full marketplace of rewards or just a limited number of selections? Do you use physical or digital rewards? The best sales incentive plans will choose the right rewards for their participants. There is a strong argument to be made for including digital rewards and incentives in your channel sale incentive programs. Digital incentives boast a lot of benefits over their physical counterparts and can fit a wide range of incentive programs. Adding digital incentives into your reward mix may give your program the boost you’ve been looking for. Now, let’s talk about what digital incentives are and why channel partner incentive providers encourage them. Digital rewards can include electronic gift card incentives for top-rated brands (Target, Walmart, Amazon, Best Buy, etc.), virtual visa prepaid cards, audiobook or video service subscriptions or credits (Fandango, audible, etc.) and so much more. Digital rewards can be used almost immediately and provide instant gratification to your participants, which is why they are encouraged by prize incentive suppliers. No one really […]
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Choosing The Right Reward Management Technology
Whether it’s channel sales, health & wellness, loyalty, or a customer incentive program, the technology behind it has to fit the program’s needs. Shopping for the right reward management technology is an essential part of planning for any incentive program. Although there may be things you will need to customize, there are some standard features that should be included with your incentive management system. Standard Reward Management Software Features Member Profiles – Set up an infinite number of member accounts with vital personal data. Manage the virtual currency accounts of members in real-time and audit-proof. Admin CRM – You should have access to a comprehensive member dashboard that allows you to view and manage your member profile data and see specific data such as points balance statement, status level, points expiry dates, program creation, and more. Reports and Accounting – Regularly receive program reports to review the success of your program. System Users & Groups with Audit Tracking – You should be able to provide module access to users/user groups and define permission levels. Having control and audit-proof user activity records will help you identify any changes made to your program. Event-triggered Communications and Notifications – Good reward management software will let you set up […]
The Easiest Way To Motivate Your Channel Partners
Motivation is the secret sauce for success in your channel partner program. The question is, how do you cultivate the motivation your sales force needs? A recent Forbes article outlined six keys to workplace motivation: Set goals Celebrate milestones Provide feedback Empower problem-solving and learning Follow through on promises Experiment and learn Most people will agree that these are all effective ways to motivate people, but how do you put this information into practice? A sales incentive program is an excellent way to apply all six of these motivation tips. In this post, we’ll show you how your new incentive program can implement each of these elements to increase your sales force’s motivation and productivity. Sales incentive programs allow for clear goal setting for your sales force. By offering incentives to your sales force in exchange for the completion of specific tasks or goals, you will increase their motivation and give them clear objectives to work towards. For bigger goals, you can offer individual incentives such as virtual prepaid cards, branded gift card incentives, or travel incentives like cruises and vacation packages. Additionally, with the help of a points-based incentive management solution, you could also give your sales force the […]
