Incentives work. I have been trying monthly sales contests ideas lately and they are working - even if only to light some fires and payment up the team a little. Try some version of them with your sales team if you don't already. Notice some of these sales contest ideas are designed for group rewards for total sales while others are designed for rewarding private achievement. Also, the contests are designed for varied goals that should be kept in mind throughout the year anyway so another function of these contests is to remind salespeople what is important.
The prize does not need to be giant; just something exciting and worthwhile. You might even offer a list of rewards (or a grab bag) they can select from. I also listed some sales contest recompense ideas at the bottom.
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In case you were wondering, "why twelve?" it's because (A) I resent even-numbered lists where the last two were obviously forced and (B) for my case I am using monthly contests and years happen to be broken down into 12 fairly equal parts.
12 Sales Contests Ideas - recompense Given to...
#1: All if total sales are above $X at a minimum of X% margin.
#2: Salesperson with many month to month sales increase.
#3: Salesperson with top sales volume from New customers.
#4: Salesperson who revives the most Past customers. I love this one.
#5: All if each salesperson on the team meets or exceeds sales goals.
#6: Salesperson with top single sale or shipment (choose and be clear).
#7: Salesperson who sells the top Pre-Paid order.
#8: Salesperson with largest sale in a region.
#9: Salesperson with the top total Gross Margin (regardless of dollar value).
#10: Salesperson with top margin on New customer.
#11: Salesperson with the top mean margin on an Existing customers.
#12: Salesperson with the top sales in a confident product line/category.
These sales contest ideas might not all apply to your enterprise for a collection of reasons from the type of products or services you sell to how your sales force is structured but hopefully they will spur some ideas for you. I love these ideas for what makes a good sales contest from Simplenomics.
Sales Contest Rewards Ideas
Sales recompense #1: Day(s) off.
Sales recompense #2: Gift certificate for two at a Nice restaurant.
Sales recompense #3: 1 month of 1 free lunch per week.
Sales recompense #4: 1/2 day Fridays for a month.
Sales recompense #5: Movie/park/event tickets
Sales recompense #6: Cash!
Sales recompense #7: selection of supplementary training (boondoggle) of their choice.
Give your salespeople some selection in the matter. Let them select the recompense and let them give ideas for the prizes. Listen to them and try to pick up on those little things they say they want and select gift certificates from places that sell those things. Some say cash is the most efficient recompense - here is an exciting narrative from Online Conversion & Beyond about Sales Incentives and Roi.
Have fun selling. Be creative with your sales contest ideas but you don't need to re-invent the wheel.
12 Sales Contest Ideas For Your Sales Team