MEDIA CONTACTS: Arthur T. Gehring
Makana Solutions
781.652.7020
agehring@makanasolutions.com
http://www.makanasolutions.com
Dennis Garrigan
Davies Murphy Group
781.418.2402
makana@daviesmurphy.com
http://www.daviesmurphy.com
-MEDIA ALERT-
Makana To Hold Webinar "Sales Compensation For Tough Times" Next Week
Incentive Compensation Experts Will Provide Live Online Session
On Successful Sales Compensation Strategies to Succeed in this Challenging Economy
WHAT: Elizabeth Cobb, CEO, and Teanna Spence, director of compensation, Makana Solutions, provider of self-service on-demand solutions for sales compensation, will present a webinar on Oct. 29 at 2 p.m. titled "Sales Compensation for Tough Times: Expert Advice to Keep Your Team Motivated."
The media is saying "recession," "worst financial crisis since the Great Depression" - whatever the reality - the current economic turbulence will have a profound impact on business and sales compensation in the foreseeable future. Business as usual will not work.
SESSION OVERVIEW:
Webinar participants will learn what can and should be done now to ensure success in 2009. You'll see how to avoid overpayment and how to manage your incentive costs, so that they stay in line with sales results in these tough economic times. The free webinar with sales compensation experts will provide strategies and tactics on how sales compensation tools can be used to keep teams motivated against an economic storm. The webinar will showcase best practices to ensure you get maximum productivity from your sales force now and through 2009.
WHERE: The seminar will be held online. Reserve your seat now at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/829670319
WHEN: Elizabeth Cobb and Teanna Spence will present on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008, at 2 p.m. Eastern.
SPEAKERS: Elizabeth Cobb, founder, chairman and CEO of Makana Solutions is an innovator in the sales compensation field. She founded two other incentive-compensation companies before her vision of a self-serve on-demand software solution inspired her to create Makana Solutions. Her goal is to produce an affordable set of tools that enable design planners-even those for whom planning is only an occasional task-to easily create sales plans tailor-made for their unique organizations. Prior to Makana Solutions, Cobb founded Incentive Systems (1997) and ViComp Management, Inc. (1991).
Teanna Spence, director of compensation at Makana Solutions, has 28 years' experience in financial systems including 14 years in incentive design, management, automation, and best-practices development for many companies in a wide range of industries including DEC, Cabletron, Kinkos, Aspect Computers, and Staples.
About Makana Solutions
Makana Solutions' self-service on-demand software helps companies plan and deliver effective sales compensation that supports company goals and helps teams pull together to achieve them. Makana Motivator has certified integration with salesforce.com and is available on the salesforce.com AppExchange. Makana Solutions also offers expert sales compensation consulting and free best-practice information at www.makanasolutions.com.
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