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How to Structure Milestone Bonuses for Project Teams
Milestone bonuses should motivate teams and help projects stay on track. But most businesses have a hard time getting the balance right…
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Field-tested guidance on designing, launching, and scaling incentive programs that hold up to audit, finance scrutiny, and channel partner skepticism. Drawn from twenty years of Level 6 client work.
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How to Calculate True Cost Per Reward Transaction
Credit cards pull in $176 billion every year from rewards programs, and about 86% of these interchange fees actually get passed back…
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What is Sales Territory and Quota Planning?
Sales teams hit their targets when territories make sense and quotas aren’t out of touch. Yet 91% of businesses saw their reps…
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What is Sales Territory Design and How Does It Work?
Sales territory design can help or hurt how well a sales organization does. When you do it well, it can turn chaos…
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Channel Partner Metrics: What Numbers Actually Matter?
Most channel partner programs end up drowning in tons of data without ever finding the numbers that actually matter. When everything went…
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5 Warning Signs and Solutions of Sales Team Burnout
Sales team burnout happens when your once-reliable performers start to miss their targets and lose their drive. Say you have a top…
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Cash Draws vs Accelerators: Pick the Right Sales Tool
Ever seen a talented sales rep lose their momentum because their compensation plan didn’t line up with how long it takes to…
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Cliff vs Graded Vesting for Employee Equity: Which is Best?
You’ll land a job package that includes equity, and then the natural next thought is, “So when do those shares become mine?”…
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Gamification vs Micro-Bonuses: Which is More Popular?
When you turn boring spreadsheets into scoreboards and start to hand out small app-based rewards, engagement across the board jumps 72 percent.…
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Should You Outsource Rewards Program Management?
You have a big choice when planning your loyalty programs – you can run them in-house, or you can use a specialist,…
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4 Ways to Refresh a Stagnant Reward Program
Reward programs can start to feel stale if you just set them and forget them. The points sit unused, and you might…
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How to Evaluate Your Incentive Program’s Effectiveness
You’ll usually see some better results from your incentive programs when you measure how well they work. Remember that when you put…
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