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Use a Contest to Increase Sales and Build Morale
Guest articles > Use a Contest to Increase Sales and Build Morale
by: John Boe
When times are tough and prospects seem to be holding on to every dollar, your job as a sales manager is more important than ever before. Now is the time to roll out a sales contest to generate additional sales and build morale. Offering a contest to your sales team is a smart business decision on many levels. Contests, by their very nature, infuse a competitive spirit within the sales force and provide an excellent opportunity for management to recognize and reward top achievement. In addition, a contest encourages your sales reps to achieve new levels of personal production, taps into peer pressure and generates a positive synergism within the organization. The difficulty in designing an effective sales incentive contest is that it must be structured in a way that challenges your top producers, while at the same time, encourages average to below average salespeople to participate. A successful incentive program is a delicate balance of three key motivational factors; reward, recognition and peer pressure. Here are four key components that must be included in any successful sales incentive program:
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