For internal sales competitions based on unique views and lead gens, what keeps folks from sending links to their friends & family to request demos and move them up the leaderboard?

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Nothing, sadly. This type of competition is such a waste of time, because it's markedly unfair. There are plenty of other ways to engage a sales team in a way that's more equitable and therefore more effective.

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Ding ding ding. You hit the nail on the head. Nothing, which makes the contest essentially obsolete as far as I'm concerned. More of a popularity contest than anything.

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Just seems there aren't any barriers to prevent it other than requiring a business/work email on the demo request page. I'm new to sales and was excited for the competition, but seems like there is little control over who's requesting demos (one of the metrics for top prizes)

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