Motivation Excellence

JULY 23, 2019

Communicating business performance data to your team is fundamental to helping them collaborate and engage, and to helping you reach your business goals. These communication techniques have been shown to help employee retention and increase productivity. The pitfalls of limited or absent performance data communication.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 31, 2024

Spencer is appointed as senior vice president of sales & marketing, luxury, lifestyle & Hawaii. He brings over 30 years of experience in sales, marketing and hospitality to his new role, in which he will oversee an integrated sales, marketing and communications strategy for Highgate’s Hawaii portfolio.

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Motivation Excellence

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Successful distributor incentive programs understand the importance of channel partner engagement and its relationship to loyalty. Poor Communication Communication is essential between businesses and their distribution channel. Poor communication leads to goal misalignment. But the opposite is also true.

B2B 216

B2B Incentives Seminar Training 216

Smart Meetings

APRIL 10, 2025

Strategies for Attracting and Accommodating Smaller Meetings To effectively serve this emerging market, hotels need to adopt a combination of flexibility, personalization, and technological advancements. By understanding these shifts and the clients evolving needs, hotels can position themselves as a go-to partner for smaller-scale events.

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Motivation Excellence

MARCH 7, 2025

Channel partner incentive programs are a big part of what we do at Motivation Excellence. We pride ourselves on helping clients develop dynamic incentives that maximize results, often because they remain flexible and adaptable. Here are five reasons for making sure your next B2B loyalty or incentive program is the opposite of rigid: 1.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Creating inclusive events opens attendance to new and untapped markets, driving participation and revenue while also delivering an attendee experience that fosters long-term loyalty and establishes a competitive advantage for the event. trillion in global GDP annually.

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ITA Group

JULY 29, 2021

Advice for Communicating During the 3 Stages of To-Partner Channel Marketing. Channel incentive programs are all about behavior modification. This often takes shape with to-partner marketing. Marketers have long believed that it takes multiple interactions with a brand before an action takes place.

Communications 98

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 7, 2025

The answer lies in drip email marketing campaigns. Effective drip campaigns can help you automate personalized communication to engage potential guests, convert casual inquirers into bookings, and even rekindle relationships with past clients. How can you stay top-of-mind without overwhelming your prospects?

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Motivation Excellence

AUGUST 27, 2019

Have you ever asked (or answered) the question, “Should we outsource our corporate incentive travel program?” Here, you’ll discover why outsourcing your next incentive program will set you up for success. We know how time-consuming organizing a large incentive travel program can be. Saves You Time. Ready for the Unexpected.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Incentive travel has always been more about inspiration than dollars given for work done. I think the reason incentive travel has always survived economic downturns and remained a priority for achievement programs is our drive to explore and experience new destinations. Make your family number one.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 10, 2023

The Hospitality, Marketing Crossover In a previous Smart Meetings article , we touched on the connection between hospitality schools and marketing schools. As a hospitality major, it would’ve been amazing to have been offered marketing classes. I find myself always having to create my own marketing tools for my events.

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Motivation Excellence

JANUARY 15, 2020

MICE is an acronym for meetings, incentives, conferencing, and exhibitions. It is a highly lucrative industry revolving around incentive travel , though there is a distinction between incentivized travel and business conferences. Incentive travel isn’t a stand-alone industry. Incentives versus Conference Travel.

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Social Tables

JUNE 1, 2023

Professional event planners and marketers know that there is no one-size-fits all strategy for successful event marketing. Marketers are tasked with reaching members of their target audience, enticing them to register for an event, and continuing communications all the way up to the event to encourage attendance.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 12, 2024

Lynn Willison and Rachel Englander Lynn Willison (left) and Rachel Englander (right), The Hutton Group – Inspired Meetings & Events The Hutton Group – Inspired Meetings & Events , a woman-owned and -operated boutique meeting and incentive planning company, brings in two new team members.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

How to choose the right incentives. To gamify means to take the mechanics of a game (like challenges, point systems, completion bars and narratives) and give them non-gaming applications in workplaces, marketing strategies, or events, for example. Facilitating easier communication. Choosing your incentives.

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One10 Marketing

AUGUST 1, 2024

A successful channel incentive program requires a thought-out approach to achieve positive results. Effective channel partner incentives can also drive positive loyalty experiences and boost your company’s products and perception within the marketplace. What are the included products or services in my channel sales incentives?

Incentives 98

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Establish Clear Objectives and Communicate Them Internally The foundation of a resilient event plan begins with discovering the “why” and setting clear objectives. Once you have this data, it’s also important to be able to clearly communicate outcomes to your leadership team. Do you know the real reason why your event is being hosted?

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 19, 2022

They are ready for marketers to elevate the traditional meaning of events as long as it is still convenient for them to access. Meanwhile, marketers and business owners require a good reason to expand their pool of tactics. You can leverage the content you develop and amplify it through digital content marketing after it’s over.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 4, 2023

Joelle Park Joelle Park Park is appointed to the role of senior vice president and chief marketing officer at BWH Hotels. In this executive role, Park will lead the company’s global marketing, brand strategy and communications. In this role, Donatelli will oversee the Southeast market.

Sports 233

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Endless Events

MARCH 30, 2018

Up-And-Coming Rules for Event Marketing. With the rapid evolution of the events industry, are you aware of the new rules when it comes to event marketing? For example, events are no longer one-off affairs and a constant connection with your community is a must.

Social Media 281

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2023

And the group, which now numbers 12,000 members and estimates a community of about 85,000 people proactively engaging with their content in some way during the year, will head back to St. Communicate About Safety VanDeventer acknowledged that he received some pushback around the media coverage of safety in Mexico. “We

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Making sure attendees use the event app you’ve created requires your organization to market the app before your event takes place. Event management platform VenuIQ shared some tips and tricks in a recent blog post, “Best Practices for Marketing Your Event App.” Casey Gale is managing editor of Convene.

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One10 Marketing

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Because of this, your incentive and recognition strategy must change, too. Before 2020, the incentive travel industry was growing, which was music to our ears. It was growing to the tune of $78 billion dollars, which is how much the incentive travel industry has contributed to the economy. This is due to a variety of reasons.

Incentives 98

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Brightspot Incentive Events

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

A showroom sales incentive program, also called a showroom loyalty reward program, is a motivational structure for manufacturers to reward sales representatives who work within a retail or wholesale showroom. Incentive programs can be a powerful tool for boosting morale, increasing sales, and fostering a competitive and motivated sales team.

Incentives 98

Incentives Manufacturing Retail Automotive 98

Smart Meetings

JUNE 28, 2024

Communicating this data to C-levels and clients can help manage expectations and justify budgets,” said Catherine Chaulet, president and CEO of Global DMC Partners , from the stage. MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) market is expected to grow by 7.8

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Creative Group Inc

JULY 28, 2022

You might think your incentive strategy is working, but odds are, it could be working harder… When is the last time you evaluated your incentive strategy for its effectiveness? Is your incentive strategy designed to motivate more than just the same people every year? Ready to assess your incentive program?

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Endless Events

MARCH 15, 2019

Automation can even measure the success of event activities and marketing efforts. They also greatly improve communication allowing attendees to get information 24/7 instantly and i n a world of instant gratification, the ability to immediately assist is what really cements chatbots as a new wave of communication in event support.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

In 2015, the top entrants in the awards included mostly apps, allowing for easier networking, real-time communication or streamlined translation. Radario –an AI event marketing and analytics platform. Start a conversation,” CadmiumCD Marketing Manager Mike Doane says. There was even an interactive, digital DJ instrument.

Management 185

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Bizzaboo

APRIL 19, 2023

Event marketing can be a complex and time-consuming process, but it is essential for ensuring that your event is a success. A well-crafted marketing plan for events will help you reach your target audience, generate interest in your event, and drive ticket sales. Curious how to create a marketing plan for an event?

Event Marketing 98

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Endless Events

MARCH 25, 2020

What are your marketing and financial goals? Market research can be a powerful tool here. On the same note, four weeks before the big day, designate a way to communicate virtually. Give them some sort of incentive to fill them out! What will your brand and attendees get out of the experience? After The Event.

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Motivation Excellence

JUNE 21, 2019

Digital marketing and direct mail lack the personal touch a referral provides. Word-of-mouth marketing is one of the biggest drivers of revenue growth. Here is a sample formula: Communicate. The process is seamless and incentives are funded from your new referral incremental revenue. Leveraging referrals.

Vendor 130

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ITA Group

JUNE 30, 2022

8 Sales Incentive Program Ideas That Work. In fact, about 90% of top-performing organizations use incentive programs to reward their sales associates. Drive engagement and spice up sales incentives with new and fresh ideas beyond the classic “sell X, get Y” promotion. What are your success metrics? Game Plays.

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Traveler's Q

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In today’s digital age, social media has become the most powerful and influential tool for marketing and promoting events. In this comprehensive guide, we will delve deeper into social media marketing and provide valuable insights, practical tips, and proven strategies to effectively promote your event and maximize its exposure.

Social Media 130

Social Media Promotion Media Marketing 130

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

A total of 11 new digital walls will enhance communication. Jamaica Tourist Board Director of Tourism Donovan White shared his optimism about the outlook for the meetings industry in the country at a press conference and announced, new airline service from key markets. pic.twitter.com/Xx7wPBDdFR. —

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 24, 2019

Tokyo is eager to attract more of the international meetings market, and a high-tech entertainment hub on an artificial island in Tokyo Bay could play a more important role. Odaiba wants to make it as a top international destination,” said Kazutoshi Takatani, general manager for Fujisankei Communications International, Inc.—the

Trends 153

Trends Training Entertainment Communications 153

ITA Group

JULY 28, 2022

Revamp Your Incentive Travel to Motivate Channel Partners. Is your incentive travel program as strong as it could be? Is it a differentiator for your brand in a competitive market? A recent study from Incentive Research Foundation reported 91% of participants found group incentive travel to be “extremely” or “very motivating.”

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Smart Meetings

MAY 13, 2021

Marketing (aka Nothing Comes for Free). As this was primarily an event for and by our members, we focused our marketing on our internal chapters and via social media. The plan was to have great content and community available in any time zone so we could see and learn from our colleagues from all six continents—and for this, it worked.

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