Category: Sales Incentives

Sales Incentive programs

Happy Birthday, Elvis: Recognition and the Memphis Experience

January 15, 2014 by

Happy Birthday Elvis Recognition and the Memphis ExperienceElvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, MS.  He and his parents moved to Memphis in 1948 and following graduation from Humes High School in 1953, Elvis began his singing career with the legendary Sun Records label the next year.  Elvis’ musical influences were pop, country, gospel and the R&B he was exposed to on historic Beale Street as a teenager in Memphis.

As you might expect, Elvis’ birthday celebration is a big deal in Memphis!  Last week was full of activities and celebrations to commemorate the career of the King of Rock ‘n Roll and the positive impact he had on the lives of those in Memphis, the Mid-South and the world.  At QIC, we can’t think of Elvis without making the connection to our own Memphis Experience – an event geared specifically to employee recognition and business incentives.

The Memphis Experience is designed to reward the “high achievers” – bringing your star performers into our rewards distribution facility for a 60-second shopping spree.  They can fill their cart with whatever items they can grab – electronics, housewares, power tools and more.  The selected rewards are then packaged and bulk-shipped the next business day to participants’ homes.

Besides giving your program participants “more bang for the buck” from a reward perspective, The Memphis Experience also enhances the value of your incentive program:

  • Creates photo opportunities to generate excitement and boost participation throughout the organization
  • Enables participants to choose items for loved ones, so the whole family benefits from the reward, and
  • Facilitates team bonding.

Each Memphis Experience event is designed from the ground up and can be the focal point of your program or a program enhancement for your highest achievers.  Have an existing program that needs a new twist for 2014?  The Memphis Experience can be added as a special reward for top performers.  A wide range of options are available for travel, accommodations, dining, ground transportation, custom décor and more.

So where does Elvis fit in?  Elvis [impersonator] is on site to add to the excitement!  It just wouldn’t be the “Memphis Experience” without him!  In the photo above, “Elvis” congratulates a pair of Memphis Experience participants.

Contact us to find out more about the Memphis Experience!

A New Year’s Look at Recognition & Incentive Strategy and Tactics

January 14, 2014 by

This is my first post of the new year, and I must admit that I’m finding it a bit of a challenge to get started again following the holidays.  After all the social and professional excitement that accompanies the completion of another year, January is a time when it can be easy to lose focus.… Read more »

Program Engagement and the Endowed Progress Effect

December 27, 2013 by

One key factor in achieving early engagement in an employee recognition or sales incentive program is often overlooked – dedicating a small portion of your budget for enrollment or activation in the program.  This does not have to be a substantial monetary investment, but simply a little something to get the participant started while reinforcing… Read more »

Take Out Pizza and Online Points Programs – How Convenient!

December 23, 2013 by

I’ve discovered some interesting parallels between QIC’s online points programs – on the IncenTrac® platform — and take-out pizza.  First, I have a confession to make — I don’t cook (gasp!), and it’s not that I don’t know how or that I don’t enjoy cooking — I just don’t do it. It is time consuming… Read more »

Setting The Value Proposition of Your Incentive Program – How Much is Enough?

December 9, 2013 by

I recently had a somewhat mundane, yet ironically valuable, experience that highlighted for me the importance of establishing an appropriate value proposition in your customer incentive or channel sales incentive program.  Here’s the story. I purchased a number of items at a national-chain drugstore that has a loyalty program. After supplying my program ID and… Read more »

Measuring Success: Sales Incentive Programs and ROI

November 26, 2013 by

Sales incentive programs can be an effective way of generating revenue when implemented correctly.  This can be done for channel sales incentive programs as well as direct sales.  However, it is important to have measurable goals in place prior to the program being launched in order to measure and adjust the program if necessary. This… Read more »