8 Sales Contest Ideas for May
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Looking for ways to get your salesforce closer to their quarterly sales goals in the second month of the second quarter? Here are some exciting sales contests ideas for the month of May which will encourage your sales reps to strive harder to achieve their sales targets
May the salesforce be with you
Why has this contest been chosen for May? Star Wars Day
Goal: To encourage your sales folks to add new opportunities into the salesforce
Duration: 2 weeks
Winner: Top 3 rep who succeed in adding more number of opportunities into the salesforce than the others in the team
Reward: Cash bonus and Star Wars movie on Blu-Ray
2. Pamper your mom
Why has this contest been chosen for May? Mother’s Day
Goal: To fill the sales pipeline with as many leads as your reps can
Duration: One day
Winner: The top 3 reps who generate more leads than the others
Reward: The winners get to dine at a 5-star hotel with their mothers (or family)
3. Fishing for leads
Why has this contest been chosen for May? World tuna day
Goal: To get your reps to call as many qualified leads as they can in the given time-frame
Duration: 3 hours
Winners: The top 3 reps who call up the most number of leads in this time-frame
Reward: Reward the winners by ordering their favorite seafood dish
4. C for cleanup
Why has this contest been chosen for May? National chocolate chip day
Goal: To encourage the participants to clean up the older opportunities (updating the sales stage to “Closed Lost” with a reason code).
Duration: One day
Winners: Everyone in the team who cleans up all the older opportunities.
Reward: Most delicious cookies along with milk/ coffee/ tea delivered to the winners’ desks every day for a week
5. Jolt Awake those Opportunities
Why has this contest been chosen for May? National beverage day
Goal: To encourage your reps to advance those opportunities in the pipeline (bring them at least one step closer to converting them into customers)
Duration: One month
Winner: The top 3 reps who succeed in advancing more opportunities than the others in the team
Reward: You can present the winners with a huge cash bonus plus a grocery store gift card or a 12-Pack of Soda or Beer
6. Who wants to be a millionaire?
Why has this contest been chosen for May? Millionaires day
Goal: To get your reps to close as many deals as they can during the contest period
Duration: One month
Winner: The top 3 reps who close more number of deals than the others in the team
Reward: A million dollars check
7. Sales Olympics
Why has this contest been chosen for May? World Athletics day
Goal: Organize a team-based sales contest. Set a revenue target and encourage various sales teams to be the first ones to reach this target
Duration: One month
Winner: The team that first reaches the revenue target
Reward: The winning team gets a huge cash prize and each person in the team gets the tickets to go and watch their favorite game
8. ROFL
Why has this contest been chosen for May? World laughter day
Goal: To increase the sale of a newly launched product
Duration: Two weeks
Winner: The rep who succeeds in selling more number of new products than the others in the team
Reward: Winners get free passes to go to their favorite stand-up comedian’s show
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Looking for sales contest ideas for different months? Check out this below:
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February– 7 Sales Contest Ideas for February
March– 8 Sales Contest Ideas for March
April– 7 Sales Contest Ideas for April
June– 8 Sales Contest Ideas for June
July– 8 Sales Contest Ideas for July
August– 7 Sales Contest Ideas for August
September– 8 Sales Contest Ideas for September
October– 8 Sales Contests For October
November– 8 Sales Contests for November
December– 7 fun sales contests for December
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Looking for creative and funny team names?
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How will you communicate the contest to your participants?
Once you have a perfect contest idea and a suitable name for it, focus on communicating it effectively to your participants. Follow our sales contest communication template to announce your contest.
Published on Fri Sep 3 2021