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Started by : Ramdas Pawar, Sales/BD Manager, Flex   07 10 2009 10:11:54 +0000
Industry : IT ProductsFunctional Area : B2B Sales(Sales & Marketing)
Activity:  197 views;  last activity : 01 19 2011 18:25:08 +0000


In a sales environment, cash compensation - base salary and commissions - satisfies Monetary Needs. But just as money can't buy happiness, money also can't buy the intangibles that drive your salespeople - self-worth, feeling valued in an organization, and approaching each new sales day with enthusiasm and positive energy.Motivating a sales person requires a fair amount of psychoanalyzing. People think and act based on certain triggers in their brain. If you can figure out the triggers then you have gone a long way in finding out what motivates people.

Thus, cash is not king - at least not when it comes to jumping up the performance of your salespeople.

 
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1 Motivation, Challenges & Incentives!
2 It's fire in the belly
3 Perspective, Confidence and Attitude Drives Sales
4 Satisfactory Reply from the Customer
5 kiran
6 MONEY,FEAR TO LOOSE THE JOB AND REPUTATION
7 hunger
8 Getting up in the morning
9 Money is the initial motivator which loses its worth very soon.------ In the final stage,one has to learn the art of remaining
10 Self Growth
11 Positive Reinforcement, Fringe Benifits, Rewards & Recognitions
12 Motivation and feedback from superiors

Motivation, Challenges & Incentives!

idea posted by Makrand Bhave AGM - Corporate Business, E18, part of Network 18 Group

These are the three essential ingredients which make a salesman life worth living everyday! :))

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by Meera Barath, Recruitment Consultant, Datamatics Staffing Services  | 09 08 2009 12:05:02 +0000

Motivation to sell the product.

Challenge is to have the motivation high and reach the target under any circumstance (internal or external).

Motivation X Challenge = Incentive

 

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by Anurag Bhusari, Founder & MD, OrcaSys  | 07 13 2009 13:39:52 +0000

Freedom to work by his own way and success into sales domain is the biggest motevating factor

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by a , a  | 07 10 2009 19:00:15 +0000

Motivation & support from senior in his downfall time so that he can become loyal for the company and can trust the company that if his sales figure will go down for a month or two month company will not fire him.

This is the most common thing is sales arena.

"High Incentives & Salary" ny firm can provide but making your employee loyal by your fair practices will definetly boost your sales figure and can help to increase Sales person efficiency.

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It's fire in the belly

idea posted by Mohan Director, Spatik Consultants P.Ltd

It is fire in the belly and the adrenalin flow when he surpasses challenges

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by Mohammadarif.A.Shaikh , Consultant, My Learning Centre (CALORX)  | 08 27 2009 06:50:28 +0000

The person can not be motivated,challenge and work hard to make sales successful unless he has fire in his belly. The only factor maters is the person himself if he wish he can make good sales and achive its target. If the person i not willing to work and you give him a work he will not work with full energy because its not of its interest. So fire in the belly is the innovation of all creation.

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by Sudeep Tarafdar, Senior Consultant, IBM  | 08 27 2009 05:54:10 +0000

Mr. Mohan is right. Salesmen are bound to perform because they are given target to fulfil failing which they may lose their job. So, they have to perform better for more selling...

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by B.Mehernath , Marketing & Technical Head, Bondit Construction Chemicals Pvt. Ltd.  | 07 11 2009 16:03:56 +0000

Thanx Ramdas for a good referral, As said monetory benifits automatically follow once a sales person starts performing, so it has nothing to do with salary or incentive it's liking for the job and when one enjoys the job every thing falls in line. So the FIRE IN THE BELLY is must.motivation and other things really doesn't matter because a sales person is self motivated and doesn't require mtivation from outside.

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Perspective, Confidence and Attitude Drives Sales

idea posted by Paresh.Khanchandani FCD Business Manager, ExxonMobil Company India Private Ltd.

Are you driven by success? If you are, you will be challenged with failure everyday. How well you perform with the fear of failure depends on three things.

    * The experience and perspective you have from similar opportunities.
    * The confidence in yourself, your product or service that you communicate.
    * The personal attitude at the moment you execute your action to move forward.


When you are confronted with sales failure, learn from the experience; celebrate it briefly as you refocus to the next opportunity for success.

When we acknowledge that failure is a natural by product of success, we can embrace failure with open arms and press toward success.

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Satisfactory Reply from the Customer

idea posted by Sharad Kiyal Financial Planning Advisor, Aviva Life Insurance
In the modern world of direct selling the incentives and commission have drastically declined and the challenges in the sales field has been raised, in spite of such circumstances the salesman is drive to perform very well in the field, one of the most important factor for such drive is the satisfactory reply from the customer. For example an insurance agent sell a policy to a client and after sometime the client realises that it was fantastic for him, then he will give satisfactory reply to the salesman with a feeling of thank, that drive the salesman that he is doing a wonderful job that is in the benefit of the people in spite of low pay.
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idea posted by kiran bhatt Sales Manager, Visaka Industries Ltd
proper leadership and motivation is main part
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MONEY,FEAR TO LOOSE THE JOB AND REPUTATION

idea posted by himanshu gadkari RETAIL STORE MANAGER(PUMA RETAIL LTD)

the sales persons are constant under pressure of acheiving target and they sometime feel insecure about loosing there jobs and there reputation matters a lot so they want to acheive 100% targets and create a good impression on there boss. so according to me this motives drives a sales person to perform

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idea posted by Sonu Gurnani Branch Manager/Regional Manager, indraprastha automobiles pvt ltd

money is always the driving force but the hunger to excel rise with best reputation in the feild is the major force which drives a sales person to perform

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Getting up in the morning

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Money is the initial motivator which loses its worth very soon.------ In the final stage,one has to learn the art of remaining

idea posted by BALBIR SINGH VP(HR&ADMN), Monnet Ispat & Energy Ltd
self-motivated and attempt to surpass his previous Best.
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Self Growth

idea posted by HUSSAIN k Area Manager Retail Operations K.S.A- Jeddah(western region ), LANDMARK INTERNATIONAL GROUP

Hunger for Growth

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Positive Reinforcement, Fringe Benifits, Rewards & Recognitions

idea posted by prakashraj kumavat MBA/PGDM student, Omegan School of Business (ICFAI Tripura)

Sales department is only department which generate revenue for the company and profit as well. So it is sure that company should keep happy all the members of sales department. 

Company can motivate their sales persons through various offerings. To encourage sales persons company should give Fringe Benifits & Rewards & Recognitions which lead them to work sincerely & honestly. As incentive should be there but always incetives dont motivate sales people to work for company, so it is import for a company to give positive reinforcement to their emplyee & encourage them to push sales.

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Motivation and feedback from superiors

idea posted by Ramdas Pawar Sales/BD Manager, Flex

Generally everyone feels that money is the main drive that motivates,but it's not so. Positive comments from the superiors ,performance appraisal etc also play an important role in motivating one to perform well.

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