The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. ” Related posts: Stop Sacrificing Your Co-Workers: Sales Training Tip #411.

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Sales Training Connection

OCTOBER 17, 2012

hospitals have begun responding to the implementation of health care reform by accelerating their hiring of physicians. physicians are now employed by hospitals or integrated delivery systems , a trend fueled by the creation of accountable care organizations (ACOs) and the prospect of more risk-based payment approaches.

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Sales Training Connection

DECEMBER 19, 2012

Medical sales. So, when physicians interact with medical sales reps they are looking for people with products that can help them manage the risks they must face every day. After all, physicians aren’t looking to be sold to – which is why they’re great at fending off medical sales reps. ©2012 Sales Horizons, LLC.

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Sales Training Connection

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

As we edge towards the end of 2012, medical sales people are thinking about closing out 2012 strong – providing momentum for a good start in 2013. Payers also are consolidating with other health care plans – increasingly seeking to own and operate providers. What’s the macro level impact on sales?

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

So, the challenge for medical sales reps is to figure out the right “buying” experience for every physician. Understand why the physician is using the current medical product – personal financial gain, comfort level, relationship with sales rep, opportunities with vendor for practice building. ©2012 Sales Horizons, LLC.

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Sales Training Connection

DECEMBER 10, 2012

In our last blog we posted 4 hospital-physician issues impacting medical sales in 2013: Hospital consolidation continues. Measuring customer satisfaction is another trend that hasn’t been written about as much in the medical sales world , but strikes us as one with implications for selling to physicians and other hospital medical staff.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Sales reps usually get excited when their company launches a new product. The down side is that sales reps falsely assume their customer base is equally excited and want to hear about every last detail as soon as possible. How can medical sales reps sell new products to this larger population of physicians?

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APRIL 9, 2012

At a minimum they will be entering the healthcare market with a different set of expectations around healthcare availability and a different point of view about their relationships with medical sales companies than their more senior peers. So, what does this can as medical sales reps begin to sell to the newly minted physician?

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Sales Training Connection

OCTOBER 1, 2012

So, today’s medical device sales reps must become skilled in selling with clinical data. Unfortunately too many medical device sales reps do not optimize the use of clinical data during their interactions with medical staff. Medical device sales reps can no longer simple say, “my product is the best” or “Dr.

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Sales Training Connection

AUGUST 6, 2012

Medical sales. Storytelling and sales – a powerful combination! We’ve written extensively about the power of storytelling noting that success comes more quickly to sales reps who are able to share engaging stories that resonate with the listener. Those tips work with all B2B sales. ©2012 Sales Horizons, LLC.

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APRIL 23, 2012

What does this mean for the sales force? Historically, a medical device sales team primarily focused their efforts on selling the clinical benefits of a product to physicians. In some cases, the medical device sales rep will be making this economic case on their own. ©2012 Sales Horizons, LLC.

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The Sales Hunter

JUNE 13, 2012

If you want greater success in prospecting — and more sales! So, one week you may focus on the health care industry and the next week you may focus on the automotive industry. I have a new on-line training program I think every salesperson who wants a fuller pipeline and more profitable sales should invest in immediately.

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Sales Training Connection

JANUARY 13, 2012

Medical sales. Booz & Co recently posted an interesting study in strategy + business on accelerated clockspeed as it applies to the health care industry. Booz & Co recently posted an interesting study in strategy + business on accelerated clockspeed as it applies to the health care industry.

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Sales Training Connection

JANUARY 6, 2012

Medical sales. billion, 2011 followed pace – and it looks like there will be even more M&A activity in 2012 as health care reforms kick in, certainty in the health care landscape increases, the economy picks up, and investors seek bargains. In 2010, hospital mergers and acquisitions were valued at $3.8

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan I would like to discuss what happened toward the end of the presidential campaign (hooray for that being completed!), Over the past four years, the national health care package has come to be known as Obamacare. Sales Manager: "What happened?". c) Copyright 2012 Dave Kurlan

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JANUARY 20, 2012

To stay competitive, medical device companies – and their sales forces – must keep these changes in mind as they look to 2012. The first question is whether Ishrak’s comments would resonate with most VP of Sales in the medical sales market? We think that one is fairly easy – the answer is yes. And physicians?

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Sales Training Connection

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Sales Performance. If you are a VP of Sales, adjusting to constant changes in the marketplace is the new normal. So, what can a VP of Sales do to meet the challenges produced by these disruptive trends and take advantage of the growth opportunities they generate? Augment the sales team with market specialists.

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Score More Sales

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

If you are an inside sales person, it is important to put yourself in the receiver’s shoes – the person who you are trying to connect to. I get a lot of these calls and messages from eager sales reps every week, and I can tell you that there is one thing overall that shuts a conversation down quicker than anything else for me.

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Sales Training Connection

MAY 30, 2012

Medical device sales. The sales rep who does not adjust and adapt to these changes is unlikely to prosper. This means medical device sales reps must be respectful of the implanter’s time and the consequences of their presence, such as the doc going “off schedule” 3. ©2012 Sales Horizons, LLC.

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Sales Training Connection

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Sales reps. Health care is a good case in point. You need to adjust and adapt your sales strategy and the skills of your sales team. In a transformational market future success is about sales innovation. ©2012 Sales Horizons, LLC. An alternative approach is to seek out Positive Deviants.

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Sales Training Connection

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

For example, hospitals are continuing pursuing mergers and acquisitions , purchasing physician practices and hiring sales people to call on physicians to increase referral rates. So for those of us interested in sales what do we need to do in order to be responsive to these changes so we can continue to be successful? Collaboration.

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Sales Training Connection

JANUARY 11, 2012

New Normal in Sales. In some cases, such as the health care industry, these changes can legitimately be labeled transformational – as a result who does the buying, what they buy, and what they are willing to pay for it have all changed. What does this all means for sales leadership? Change the pivotal job first.

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JANUARY 27, 2012

Pharma - new challenge, new sales strategy, new sales training. We’ve been in the consultative sales training business for more than 30 years. Over the last dozen or so years, we specialized in sales training for the health care market. sales force by 24%. Sales strategy.

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HeavyHitter Sales

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Heavy Hitter Sales Blog. Closing Techniques Using Sales Linguistics. Top 7 Critical Sales Trends for 2012. IT Sales Strategy: Software, SaaS & Hardware Sales. Best New Sales Book of 2011. If Sigmund Freud Was Your Sales Manager. Four Critical Sales Kickoff Meeting Success Factors.

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