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Using Measurable Sales KPIs to Transform Your SPIFFs

Using Measurable Sales KPIs to Transform Your SPIFFs

In the rapid and constantly changing business landscape, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) serve as compasses, guiding teams towards their objectives. The same principle applies to showroom sales and SPIFF programs! However, simply establishing KPIs isn’t a guarantee of success. They should also be relevant, measurable, and motivating for your salespeople. Today, we’ll dive into the […]

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Choosing the Best Rewards for Your SPIFF Program

Choosing the Best Rewards for Your SPIFF Program

There’s no disputing that the key to any successful SPIFF lies in its incentives! As you begin planning your program, be sure to give special consideration to reward types and amounts. What will motivate your sales team to perform at their very best? Speaking with your team members or even conducting a short survey is […]

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3 Common SPIFF Pitfalls, and How to Avoid Them

3 Common SPIFF Pitfalls, and How to Avoid Them

If you’re thinking of starting a SPIFF program for your company, congratulations! SPIFFs have the potential to be highly rewarding both in terms of revenue and sales culture. Since every company is unique, each SPIFF program will look a bit different. Learning what works best for your business and sales team is an ongoing process. […]

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Are Your Showroom Sales Lagging? SPIFFs Can Provide the Boost You Need!

Are Your Showroom Sales Lagging? SPIFFs Can Provide the Boost You Need!

Everyone who’s worked in showroom sales will probably tell you a similar story: there are brief periods of success, followed by longer stretches where purchases slow to a lull. When conversions drag despite everyone’s best efforts, staying motivated and optimistic becomes harder. The sales team is unhappy, marketing executives are unhappy, and everyone just wants […]

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Customer Loyalty: The Lost World

Customer Loyalty: The Lost World

Customer loyalty isn’t lost, but it has diversified. In a world where your competitors are only a click away, customer loyalty is really dynamic marketing. Today’s customers have access to an endless amount of information about your business. The question is: Are they willing to stop searching and stay with companies who go above and […]

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Optimizing Spiff Programs

Optimizing Spiff Programs

One of MarketNet’s primary services is management of product SPIFF programs. There is much debate on whether SPIFFs actually work, as demonstrated in Interline’s The Human Side of Spiff blog. The underlying fact is that “a SPIFF run properly is one of the most effective branding tools a manufacturer has available in his marketing arsenal.” […]

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Three Steps Towards Successful Branding

Three Steps Towards Successful Branding

There is a spectrum of opinions when it comes to “brand,” which leads to a lot of money being spent on what companies consider “branding.” Branding is mostly identified with a product, but is also tied to the value of an organization or service. For example, cattle are literally branded with their ranch symbol, which […]

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Cheviot Rewards Program

Cheviot Rewards Program

For more than a quarter century, Cheviot Products has been supplying the finest bathroom fixtures to the plumbing industry, including bathroom sinks, cast iron bathtubs, toilets, faucets, and other bathroom products. Capitalizing on MarketNet’s relationship with showroom consultants, Cheviot sought MarketNet to administer their spiff program.

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Toto Rewards Program

Toto Rewards Program

TOTO USA, the world’s largest manufacturer of bathroom fixtures and fittings, is the headquarters for the Americas Division of the TOTO Global Group, which was established in 1917 with the founding of TOTO, Ltd., in Kitakyushu, Japan. When TOTO’s Midwest regional manager sought to create a spiff program for their showrooms, they searched for a company that could support their expectations: taking care of their customers. Ultimately, their search brought them to MarketNet.

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Chicago Faucets Corporate Account

Chicago Faucets Corporate Account

Chicago Faucets has been America’s leading manufacturer of commercial faucets for over 110 years. When Chicago Faucets wanted to reward customers, management decided that a reward program would be the right incentive to generate interest among facility managers at corporate accounts.

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Eemax Rewards Program

Eemax Rewards Program

Eemax is the #1 supplier of tankless water heater solutions. MarketNet programmers designed the Web-based portal for Eemax’s incentive program, and its sales support and fulfillment team administers the program, which enables contractors to receive cash for selling specific Eemax products.

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Elkay Diamond Design Program

Elkay Diamond Design Program

Elkay Manufacturing Co., a manufacturer of plumbing fixtures and accessories, wanted to encourage kitchen and bath showrooms to promote its products more aggressively while boosting its profile and market share.

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