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Dave Kurlan's Predictions for Sales Organization in 2020

Understanding the Sales Force

TWO: While there are certainly nuances that influence how selling changes based on the target audience and complexity, selling is essentially the same whether it is technology, pharmaceuticals, capital equipment, financial services, cars, components, accounting or any of 200 other industries.

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Medical sales – tailoring sales to physician preferences – An STC Classic

Sales Training Connection

Many factors influence the physician’s view of the ideal experience. Develop a clear picture as to why physicians would switch vendors – better patient outcome, efficiency in the OR or Lab, fear (doesn’t want to be the last one using the product), influence, ego. A Classic - '63 Corvette. ©2012 Sales Horizons, LLC.

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Getting MedTech Sales Strategy Right – A FREE Sales Momentum White Paper

Sales Training Connection

Shifting decision-makers, rising number of new influencers, pricing pressures, increasing consolidation, and consumerizing healthcare will require MedTech salespeople to redefine their sales strategies to continue growing the business. And to learn more about our MedTech sales training programs, click here. ©2014 Sales Momentum, LLC.

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Pharma sales – it’s a different world

Sales Training Connection

On the other side of the table with fewer sales reps seeing physicians face-to-face, physicians have come to accept the new normal – fewer free office lunches, reduction in paid speaker programs, and cuts in dollars paid for pharmaceutical and marketing research. Pay-for-performance is on the rise. ©2013 Sales Momentum ® LLC.

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Juuust right incentives

Sales and Marketing Management

Also, the element of risk influences the size of the reward. Example: A global pharmaceutical manufacturer uses 3 to 4 percent of base pay for spurts and 7 to 8 percent when introducing new products to the market. Task difficulty is critical, too. The more difficult the task, the greater the incentive.

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Juuust right incentives

Sales and Marketing Management

Also, the element of risk influences the size of the reward. Example: A global pharmaceutical manufacturer uses 3 to 4 percent of base pay for spurts and 7 to 8 percent when introducing new products to the market. Task difficulty is critical, too. The more difficult the task, the greater the incentive.

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5 Steps for a Winning Virtual Product Launch

Allego

Ness is the founder of Field Factor Training and was recently featured on the Adapter’s Advantage podcast. Sometimes, your FDA approval can come weeks before you’re anticipating it, so your salesforce needs to be trained, optimized, and ready to mobilize from day one. 2 Train and Iterate Rapidly.