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Monday, 28 September 2015

Cuba

Everyone is always trying to visit the new hot locations to stay up with travel trends. For American’s, this is no Cuba. For now, the process to be granted permission to travel to Cuba is quite stringent and looks promising to become easier in the future.

Travel bans have recently been lifted to now allow some civilian traffic onto Cuban soil. In order to do so, you have to apply and be approved by the U.S. Department of Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control. Travel to Cuba for American’s has yet to be open to tourism. Instead, travelers are going on an education based programs. These programs are designed to educate visitors on Cuban culture and to what I think will help American’s become acclimated with a culture that has been so close to home.

Getting to Cuba will take some logistical planning as there are no commercial flights from the U.S. to Cuba right now. To get to Cuba you have to take a privately chartered flight out of Miami. It is roughly a one hour flight from Miami to Cuba.

Once you arrive in Cuba, you will notice that American’s are actually well received by locals. English is widely spoken, despite Spanish being their official language. The locals enjoy chatting with American’s, so don’t be afraid to strike up a conversation. Just remember to remain mindful of their culture, as things can be vastly different than those of the United States. Due to the embargo American companies have not been able to set up shop for American’s. What this means is your credit cards and cell phones will not work while you are in Cuba. Be sure to bring plenty of cash for your entire stay. Look at the bright side, you won’t go over budget on your spending and you will be completely disconnected for total relaxation.

Give us a call today and let the ISI Group help you along the way to this not so new, but foreign neighbor.

Justin Rieling
Associate Account Manager at The ISI Group of Companies consisting of:

Incentive Solutions
Loyaltyworks
Travel Solutions

678-514-0213
jrieling@isicorporate.com

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Thursday, 24 September 2015

International Incentive Programs

Overcome barriers to unify an unstoppable international team. Align your global business plans and sales strategies.

The best way to succeed in rapidly globalizing marketplaces is to have a centralized corporate strategy.

In order to increase global competition, instill company culture across regional borders and meet global worker expectations, you need management strategies that improve employee engagement and disseminate knowledge. International incentive programs help multi-national companies manage and unite their global workforce, customer base and business partners behind corporate visions and goals. Program structures can be set with macro strategies, yet program criteria can be tweaked as appropriate by region, division and country. These centralized programs also serve to create vital feedback to increase collaboration and corporate consistency, no matter the office location.

Engage and retain the best global workforce or sales channel.

Swift program design and implementation helps you to launch an ideal international incentive program solution in four to six weeks! Typical international incentive programs we manage are designed to:

Align global corporate strategies.
Reduce employee turnover.
Increase employee and customer satisfaction.
Increase employee retention and productivity.
Boost profitability.
Increase international workplace morale.

To see how our international incentive programs are helping our client success, check out our case studies and white papers.

According to the SITE Foundation, U.S. corporations invest close to $100 billion annually in incentive programs that touch a wide range of internal and external audiences, and support a variety of marketing goals.
A global Hay Group study of 1,610 companies with five million employees in 46 countries revealed that only two thirds of workers were engaged in their workplaces.
Standard and Poor’s research found that S&P 500 U.S. companies earned 48% of their revenue through international channels in 2008, up from 45.8% in 2007 and 43.6% in 2006.

Incentive rewards available for International Incentive Programs:

Travel Rewards

Group travel opportunities excite participants of all nationalities. Incentive travel will bring your diverse associates together.

The desirability of travel rewards transcends international borders and cultures. Incentive travel is one of the most universally appealing reward options you can offer incentive program participants. By hosting a group travel excursion or company event in an attractive destination, you can unite your diverse customers, partners or affiliates in a single, memorable trip. Sales reps who might not otherwise have the chance to meet, for instance, can take advantage of face-time in a relaxing atmosphere. You can forge stronger relationships and reinforce company goals in a meaningful way your by offering incentive travel rewards in international incentive programs.

In today’s rapidly globalizing markets, it’s important to utilize communication and reward technology that enables you to motivate international customers and sales channel partners. With international incentive programs, you can achieve corporate strategies and sales goals unrestricted by global and cultural borders.

To receive more information on our reward program options, schedule a tour of the entire collection of rewards, or see a demo of the online rewards technology platform, please call 1.866.567.7432 or send us a message.

Our advanced reward technology can pair any of the above reward systems with any of the following types of incentive programs:

Incite sales teams and reps to perform at their peak and increase sales.	Create long-term loyalty among your supplier, contractor and distribution channel partners.	Use incentives to align supply chain partners’ behaviours with your goals and sales strategies.	Promote employee recognition with a social media wall and point banks.
Engage international partners to achieve a global corporate strategy.	Facilitate greater mindshare with your Value Added Resellers.	Administrate all incentive programs via one configurable platform.	Prevent employee absenteeism by promoting safety and wellness.

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IN Education Reward Program Aims to Promote Better Attitudes toward Education

Friday, 18 September 2015

B2B Customer Loyalty Programs

Reward Your Business Partners To Boost Sales and Build Customer Loyalty!

The Business To Business (B2B) Customer Loyalty program is designed to cater specifically to your business partners that sell your products and services directly to customers. In other words – with this program, you can reward those who are directly doing business with you outside of your company. Using this program wisely can make your proposition much more appealing than that of a competitors’!

Differentiate yourself from the competition – implement a stronger relationship with your business partners!

Stay competitive and drive your sales by staying on top of your multi-layered customer and channel partner relationships. Though your partners are often the main source of sales revenue, managing all of the connections you share with them eventually becomes overwhelmingly complex.

Our in-house Online Rewards Platform will seamlessly connect you to all of your partners without any of the hassle. Incentive Solutions utilizes decades of experience and a cloud based, incentive reward technology to deliver you a successful and well-managed customer loyalty program that focuses on supporting single and multi-step distribution models.

Take a look at all our B2B Customer Loyalty program has to offer you:

Customer data and insight

100%

Strengthened relationships with dealers, distributors, resellers, and customers

100%

Customer loyalty

100%

Improved channel sales revenue

100%

Higher profit margins

100%

Opportunities to identify and engage product end-users

100%

Improved production speed and faster time to launch for new products

100%

Competitive differentiation

100%

Improved customer acquisition and retention rates

100%

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Additionally, our proprietary reward technology allows us to pair any of the above reward program categories with any of the following incentive programs:

B2B Channel Sales & Distributor Programs
B2B Channel Sales & Distributor Programs
Sales Incentive Programs
B2B Customer Loyalty Programs
Employee Recognition & Rewards Programs
Value Added Reseller (VAR) Incentive Programs
International Incentive Programs
Umbrella Incentive Programs
Wellness & Safety Incentive Programs
Our modules are connected to your Online Rewards Program via our Plug & Play method! To learn more, visit here!

Tuesday, 8 September 2015

HVAC CONTRACTOR RESEARCH

HVAC contractors use a wide range of marketing techniques and channels to reach their customers.
Acquiring customers through marketing can represent a significant expense for HVAC contractors
Industry sources estimated that acquiring a single customer costs an HVAC contractor between $200 and $300
These marketing channels include radio and television advertising, mailers, newsletters, and partnerships with utilities to advertise energy-efficient HVAC units.

Residential customers generally consider HVAC contractors a trusted source for home comfort and health and safety—the primary drivers of sales according to the HVAC contractors interviewed.
The American Home Comfort Study ranks “cost savings” as the primary reason why customers consider switching to a more efficient HVAC unit
It suggests that HVAC customers view cost as a primary driver of home upgrades, but actually choose to invest in home improvements that materially improve the comfort of their home—even if those improvements come with a slightly higher price tag.
This is especially true of home energy upgrades, which are relatively expensive and whose primary demographic group for sales is upper-middle-class families for whom cost is much less of a consideration than it is for the majority of those included in the study
Homeowners chose 90 percent of the time to invest in home energy upgrades to improve comfort or safety in their home rather than to create future energy savings.
Annual service and maintenance checks are the primary means by which HVAC contractors drive follow-on sales
These routine visits to customers give HVAC contractors a key competitive advantage over general remodelers or specialized home performance contractors.
HVAC contractors can build on the existing trust of their customers to offer additional home energy upgrade services.
Face-to-face interactions that educate customers are therefore the most effective marketing technique for HVAC contractors.
Once a sale is made, quality work is the best way to generate additional customer referrals, the other primary source of HVAC contractor leads
Third-party validation from customer reviews is another important source of new business, because it helps build the image of trusted service provider.

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Thursday, 3 September 2015

Incentive Solutions Article Explains How Sales Channel Incentives Improve

Manufacturing Internationally recognized manufacturing magazine Industry Today recently featured Incentive Solutions’ insights on using loyalty and incentive programs to manage channel partner relationships and reach business goals.

Today’s online technology allows incentive platforms to bolt onto CRM systems and make training, communicating, tracking, recognizing and rewarding channel partners much more efficient and cost effective.

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A new article by incentives expert and Incentive Solutions CEO Steve Damerow explains how manufacturers across all industries can use incentive technology to cultivate more positive supply chain relationships. The article was recently published by Industry Today magazine, which has been in circulation for 15 years and is the only source of manufacturing coverage that encompasses a variety of industries across the globe. Industry Today content is aimed at helping manufacturers thrive, whether in product innovation, marketing strategies or sales channel relationship management.

As Damerow’s article states, “For manufacturing industries, it was once difficult to use incentive programs effectively due to complex demands and sprawling supply chain networks. Today’s online technology allows incentive platforms to bolt onto CRM systems and make training, communicating, tracking, recognizing and rewarding channel partners much more efficient and cost effective.” Online incentive technology accomplishes all these things by allowing manufacturers to distribute a paperless rewards currency called “points” to their program participants, then maintain and track their participants’ point balances. They can then host educational tutorials, publish leader boards and track engagement levels.

When used with online technology, incentive programs can act as a reward system and marketing tool in one, which streamlines and empowers a formerly cumbersome and time-consuming process. With resources like this at their disposal, manufacturers can control a wide range of incentive sales promotions and reward a variety of behaviors that help foster channel partner loyalty and increase market share.

The success of manufacturers means the success of American innovation, which is why Steve Damerow and Incentive Solutions are excited to be counted among Industry Today’s trustworthy contributors, providing insights that analyze the current manufacturing landscape and drive industries forward.

About Incentive Solutions

Incentive Solutions, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is based in Atlanta, GA. Part of The ISI Group, consisting of Incentive Solutions, Loyaltyworks, and Travel Solutions, Incentive Solutions offers online rewards, travel incentives, and debit card reward programs. Since its creation, Incentive Solutions has been an innovator in the incentive industry by utilizing emerging online technologies that help companies increase sales, engage and motivate employees, encourage customer loyalty, create positive work environments, and enrich sales channel relationships.

Incentive Solutions
1-866-567-7432
2299 Perimeter Park Drive, Suite 150
Atlanta GA 30341

Incentive Solutions Article Explains How Sales Channel Incentives Improve

Today’s online technology allows incentive platforms to bolt onto CRM systems and make training, communicating, tracking, recognizing and rewarding channel partners much more efficient and cost effective.

Atlanta, Georgia (PRWEB) September 03, 2015

About Incentive Solutions

Incentive Solutions
1-866-567-7432
2299 Perimeter Park Drive, Suite 150
Atlanta GA 30341

Wednesday, 2 September 2015

Monday, 31 August 2015

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Incentive Travel Tips: Overcoming Plane Anxiety

You board the plane. Find your seat (aisle, YES!) and manage to cram your carry-on in the last space of the overhead bin. As you buckle your seatbelt and get settled in for your flight, you notice the person next to you acting quite unusual. With clenched fists, sweating and wide eyed, this person is in panic mode before the plane even takes off. Have you seen this person? Unfortunately, this is not a rare occurrence. About one in six adults are afraid of flying.

Whether its claustrophobia, crowds, or the image reel of plane crashes the media bombards us with, fearful fliers’ travel experiences are laced with stress and anxiety. The last thing one wants to begin their incentive trip is to endure a full-blown panic attack or forego a possible adventure of a lifetime due to flying woes. Statistics say that the odds of you being involved in an air accident are 1 in 11 million, while auto accidents are 1 in 5,000. That means that the most dangerous moment of your travels is the drive to the airport. Aircrafts are built and designed to withstand even the most severe and extreme levels of turbulence. Storms can definitely damage an aircraft, but flights are diverted or canceled often to avoid just that.

The below tips will make even them most fearful of fliers calm, cool and collected when that fasten seatbelt sign lights up.

Pretend you’re in a car. Visualize the turbulence like they are bumps in the road. Don’t startle your neighbor with squeals or intense clutching of the shared arm rest, but instead let your body move with the movements of the aircraft.
Keep your mind distracted. Watch a movie, read a book, journal, engage in Sudoku or whatever you have to do to keep your mind from dwelling on everything negative that could go wrong.
Listen to music with calming effects. Pop your headphones in and indulge in the peaceful tunes of your choice. The music will not only distract from the noises of the aircraft, but also calm your fearful mind. For the ultimate soothing harmonies and for a truly tranquil experience, I suggest Bon Iver or Lana del Ray.
Breathe. Steady and regulated breaths will help your body and mind remain in one piece. If all else fails, the sick bag stowed in your seatback pocket can be used as an anti-hyperventilating tool.
Melatonin. The best way to make a flight go by faster is sleep and with this non-addictive sleep aid. You can relax and fall asleep naturally, waking to the wheels safely on the ground.

While I am sure there are countless tricks used to ease nervous fliers, just remember that the panic will subside and you will be well on your way to extraordinary places, without boarding the plane with a parachute strapped to your back.

Mattie Logan
Associate Account Manager for The ISI Group of companies, consisting of:
Incentive Solutions, Inc.
Loyaltyworks
Travel Solutions
mlogan@isicorporate.com
Direct Contact: 678-514-0219
Sales Hotline: (800)-844-5000