Archive for the ‘Medical Sales Skills’ Category
How to Bridge the Gap Between Being Perceived as a Product-Pusher vs. a Medical Sales Professional
May 6th, 2010 | 
Author: Consultative Selling — the term has become cliche…everyone in medical sales knows the term and says it, but the reality is not everyone is doing it! The challenges of selling to healthcare customers can create an environment and mindset where consultative selling is difficult. In this edition of The Medical Sales Guru Podcast, Mace Horoff addresses the main cause of “the gap” and talks about what you need to do to avoid being perceived as just another product-pusher as opposed to a valued link in the chain of patient care.
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Medical Sales When Customers Act Like They’re Better Than You
We hear this question often from people who are just beginning their medical sales careers: “What do you do when customers act like they’re better than you?” If you have never had it happen, you’re probably doing all the right things…or you just weren’t paying attention! It’s not necessarily a bad thing when it happens, in fact, it may be an opportunity. Mace Horoff discusses the frequent causes when medical professionals attempt to let sales people know who the real authority is and how to handle it.
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Serious Medical Sales Professionals Do This To Maximize Their Sales Results with Every Call…Do You?
Your healthcare customers demand attention to detail from the vendors with whom they do business, but there is one thing you MUST do if you want to maximize your sales results and meet their expectations. Do you know what it is? In this edition of The Medical Sales Guru Podcast, Mace Horoff describes an essential habit that can separate the true medical sales professionals from the wannabe’s.
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Stop Killing Your Medical Sales Presentations With Your I’s
You might have been told you have beautiful eyes, but your healthcare provider customers and prospects don’t give a darn about your I’s! Don’t take it personally…this is a common mistake that so many medical sales reps repeat day in and day out and they are doing little to differentiate themselves from their competitors. In this edition of the Medical Sales Guru Podcast, Mace Horoff discusses why you need to break this sales-killing habit if you’re guilty.
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If Your Medical Sales Presentations Are Bombing, Maybe You Need To Change Your Thinking
You’ve been to training. You know your medical, dental, or pharmaceutical product or service inside and out. You have rehearsed and perfected the sales presentation and you feel that you deliver it perfectly. However, you’re not closing many sales with healthcare professionals. What’s wrong? Maybe it’s what’s in your head and if you want to move forward with your product or service, you need to fix this first.
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How Your Medical Sales Competition Is Going to Beat You This Year
It’s a New Year and you’re ready to tear it up in your medical sales territory…well, your competition has other ideas. Listen as Mace Horoff describes how your medical sales competition is conspiring to eat your lunch over the next twelve months.
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In Medical Sales, Put It In Writing
Has it ever happened to you in your medical sales career where your customer asked you for one thing and you delivered something else, or vice versa? Miscommunications in medicine can be harmful to the patient and harmful to your business. In this edition of Medical Sales Guru Podcast, Mace Horoff discusses a simple way to be a professional, deliver the right thing for the patient and healthcare provider, and CYA. It’s usually not a question of if a miscommunication will bite you in medical sales, but when. Here’s how to prevent it from happening.
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Don’t Be a Professional Visitor in Medical Sales
Medical sales is a relationship business, but there are many medical sales professionals who spend too much time being a “friend” and not enough time helping their “friends” achieve better clinical outcomes by getting their products into the customer’s hands. In this episode of The Medical Sales Guru Podcast, Mace Horoff discusses the pitfalls of becoming a “professional visitor” and creating a mindset to avoid the trap.
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How to deal with customers in medical sales who won’t commit
The customer who says he is interested. The customer who says he will use your product or service. The customer who tells you that he or she will keep you in mind. But you never hear from them and any attempts to follow-up are fruitless. How do you deal with the frustration of customers who won’t commit? In this episode of the Medical Sales Guru Podcast, Mace Horoff discusses some ways to find out if the customer is serious, or just wasting your time and emotional energy.
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Cold Calling Tips for Medical Sales
Love it or hate it, cold calling is often a necessary evil if you work in medical sales, and if you’re going to do it, you may as well get good at it. If you’re willing to spend about eight minutes of your time, I’ll share with you some effective cold-calling tips that will make a difference in your medical sales results.
Do me a favor — after you listen, please leave some comments about cold-calling in medical sales. Let’s get a discussion going!
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