Five fun competitions for sales teams

The sales profession can be very difficult at times, and any kind of motivation is helpful. One surprisingly efficient but simple way to motivate employees is games, and they're fun too. Here are five simple games that a business team can play to liven up their work.

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The most calls

According to Sales Gravy, an efficient game is a simple tally of calls on a white board that everybody sees. The person that calls the least amount of people has to bring breakfast the next morning, or something similar.

A bet with the manager

The team can also make a bet with the manager about reaching a certain goal. It can be a daily or weekly sales volume, a number of meetings scheduled, or anything else. If the team manages to reach the target, the manager has to buy them something they agreed on in advance.

A prize for the best worker

A standard competition among employees can serve as a great motivation. The person that sells the most in the month will get a free dinner, a stay in a hotel, free tickets, etc.

Filling a jar

This is a tool for individual motivation. First you must count up, for instance, the rate of success of scheduling a meeting in relation to the number of calls. If this ratio is 1:10, the salesperson then puts a coin, for example in a small box for every unsuccessful call. Then when the box is getting full, the sales rep knows that they'll make a successful phone call soon.

Bell

Anyone from the team who manages to schedule a meeting or to sell something, rings a bell located in the office. The successes of their colleagues then drives the other sales reps to give their best performance.

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