Contests
Contests that motivate and engage your employees to hit targets
Turn everyday tasks into fun by holding team competitions between employees, departments and locations.
Benefits
Why contests work
Increase activities
Working in a high-volume, fast-paced environment? Contests turn repetitive tasks into fun, friendly competition between colleagues.
It's an extrinsic motivator
Everybody loves a prize! The promise of rewards or recognition will be exactly what you need to get your team working toward a win.
Promotes healthy competition
A great way to foster friendly rivalry, celebrate shared success, and create a culture of constant improvement.
Create a contest before close of business today
It only takes a few steps to set up your contest in Plecto:
- Select the theme
- Choose your participants, your target
- Set what the prize is
It's game on! It's as simple as that.
Avatar
Design your avatar to personalize your contest look
Employees can personalize how they appear on contests by creating their own avatar, bringing a splash of color and personality to the competition. Choose from an astronaut, a spaceship, or get creative with your humanoid.
Contest Ideas
Made for both sales and support teams
Sales contests get reps out of that sales slump
Everyone knows that salespeople have an inbuilt competitive streak. Contests tap into that mindset by driving even better performance and rewarding reps for their achievements.
Transform work into play with contests for support teams
With irregular shifts, repetitive tasks and difficult customers, working in support is tough. By holding contests, you give your agents the opportunity to spice up their day-to-day activity and to showcase the top service they are providing.
“Every salesperson is competitive both with themselves and within the team. Being able to have and see that healthy competition, and run sprint contests creates a positive motivation for them.”
Alexandra Francis
Global Director of Inside Sales @ Secomea
TV or Mobile
Show off your participants. Show contest on office TVs.
Create an unbeatable buzz with contests up on your TV screens for the whole office to see. Remote team? Our mobile app works wonders for competitors looking to keep tabs on their progress.
Motivate your middle performers
Did you know that middle performers make up around 60-70% of your team? Start using contests to tap into their untapped potential and increase their contribution to your team's results.
Team-vs-team contests
Unite teams across department, region or even different countries
Spread across different offices, regions or even countries? Stoke healthy competition and boost camaraderie by pitting office against office, team against team and employee against employee.
“Sales teams at If are visualizing and comparing performance, as well as running fun contests to keep sales reps motivated.”
Daniel Toft
Outbound Sales Leader @ If Forsikring Privat
More contest ideas
Struggling for inspiration? Here are some contest ideas
Morning madness
Reps bleary-eyed? Kickstart the day with a burst of productivity by completing specific tasks or hitting early morning goals.
Team vs Team
Split the office into two and see which team can reach the goal first. Based across multiple locations? This is a great way to spark a bit of cross-location competition!
Daily Challenge
Have a specific activity that needs to be completed every shift? Make work fun by creating a challenge out of it.
Power Hour
Motivating slipping at certain points of the day? Pick your KPI and give your employees an hour to hit that target.
March Madness
Create a bracket-style contest and pitch rep against rep! It's a great way for rookies to try their luck against the more established agents.
The Rejection
Being told "no" is a part of a job for any sales rep. This contest rewards the reps' effort instead of their results by awarding the rep who has received the most rejections.
“Gamification really works wonders to keep everyone motivated and having fun. You can see the impact in real-time during competitions - it's clear how motivating it can be.”
Emil Gjørup Pedersen
Performance Specialist @ Telmore
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