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Onboarding In Sales: Training + Leadership

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Mat Singer, Senior Director of Sales Operations and Excellence, Upland Software Sales teams are often one of the most expensive resources within a company, yet the average frontline sales manager spends only 9% of his or her time developing direct report sellers. . Furthermore, training doesn’t end after onboarding.

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MedTech sales – the declining advantage of superior technology

Sales Training Connection

However as a recent report by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) notes the strategy for generating those outcomes is no longer sustainable. ” The BCG report goes on to suggest that MedTech companies must also invest in reinventing their sales team to reflect the shifts in the buying process. Medtech sales. ©2014 Sales Momentum ®.

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The Monthly Rundown: Startups to Watch from Shamus the Sales Guy – May

Crunchbase

The five startups that caught my eye in May include a few interesting players in the mental health, security and SOC-as-a-service spaces, and a new socially conscious fintech platform. . Industry: Health Care, Health Diagnostics, Personal Health, Wellness. Mindstrong. HQ: San Francisco, CA. DefinedCrowd.

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Selling to experienced vs. new physicians – it’s not just more of the same

Sales Training Connection

Yet others, in a recent Bain study , 80% of the 500 physicians interviewed reported they felt it was their responsibility to help reduce the total cost of care delivered to their patients, while maintaining quality. Many on the front lines have been cited as saying that physicians don’t consider cost in making decisions.

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Medical device sales – sales managers play a pivotal role for sales productivity

Sales Training Connection

The Sales Executive Council , for example, reported a four-fold difference in top-line territory growth of sales reps under “star sales managers” (top 10%) compared to sales reps under weak sales managers (bottom 10%). The same report showed the sales difference between the top 25% and bottom 25% of sales managers was a stunning 80%.

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Medical device sales – selling with clinical data

Sales Training Connection

Physicians – and other medical staff – report that clinical studies in peer reviewed journals and evidence-based medicine are increasingly important in making decisions. Rather, medical device sales reps should leverage research done by a third party through attribution, such as: NIH reported … or Drs. Selling with clinical data.

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MedTech sales – past success doesn’t guarantee future wins

Sales Training Connection

As the marketplace shifts to value-based healthcare, BCG (in its 2013 MedTech Value Creators Report ) argues the existing business strategy providing these outcomes is no longer sustainable. If you found this post helpful, you might want to join the conversation and subscribe to the Sales Training Connection.