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Changing Role of Ortho Sales Reps

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ORTHOKNOW (March 2016) shares insights from six experts on how the orthopedic sales rep role is changing – including Richard Ruff. Changing-Role-Rep_ORTHOKNOW_March-2016.

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Trials and tribulations of new sales managers

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Sales Manager. New sales managers often are promoted for their sales success – not sales management expertise. So what happens after the sales manager assumes the role and responsibilities of their new position? Too often “paperwork” like CRM systems, HR concerns, and other administrative requirements take precedence. Additionally many new sales managers are inundated by their sales team with fires to put out.

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New business from existing business is smart business

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Let’s assume you’re a sales manager in a highly competitive B2B market with a team of eight major account reps. You have just received an email from your VP of Sales outlining an aggressive growth strategy for the next 6 months. You’ve decided the best approach is to ask your sales reps to grow the business in their existing accounts. You have called a meeting with the sales reps to share best practices for generating new business from existing accounts.

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Artificial Intelligence – a last best hope for sales management coaching

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AI and Sales Management. Sales leadership talks about it all the time. Sales consultants advocate it and sales managers say they would like to do more of it. The “it” of course is sales coaching. Yet, if you nose around, you’ll find less sales coaching is occurring then might be expected given all the advocacy. Lots of companies start sales coaching initiatives but a scarce few sustain them over time.

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Happy New Year!

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Happy New Year. Wishing you a successful sales year. Keep an eye on the Sales Training Connection for new ideas that may help you improve your sales performance. To a smashing 2017, Janet and Richard.

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Happy Thanksgiving

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Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving … and for many a long weekend filled with fun, football, and perhaps some shopping.

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Sales training – more of the same never results in something different

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Sales training. If you look back over the last decade, a number of industries have gone through dramatic change. They have changed what they buy, how they buy, and what they are willing to pay for it. The future will produce more of the same with the changes likely to be even more dramatic. If your customers are making changes of substantial magnitude, then the case is made that it’s no longer business-as-usual for your sales team.