Archive for the ‘Professional Behavior’ Category
How to Un-Level the Playing Field in the New Era of Medical Sales “No Gift Giving”
December 7th, 2011 | 
Author: Whether it’s the Holidays, or any other day of the year, if you sell to physicians, hospitals, clinics or wherever–you’re probably thrilled that the “No-Gift” policies of recent years have unburdened you and provided a level playing field. Guess what? The playing field will never be level, nor should it be. You should focus on unleveling the playing field every day. Listen as Mace Horoff shares some thoughts on how how you can keep “gifting” your patients.
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Getting Around the “Youth and Inexperience” Issue in Medical Sales…Even if You’re Not That Young!
Sales reps who are just starting in medical sales, especially those with “baby faces” who just got out of college (or just look like they did) often need to overcome the credibility issue of limited experience. New medical sales representatives sometimes find that their “youth and inexperience” keeps their clinical customers from taking them or their products seriously. Even if you’re not that young, you still might come off as inexperienced. Here’s how to avoid that.
And make sure you don’t get caught MSU! If you don’t know what that is, you MUST listen to this podcast!
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Dealing with competitors who are good-looking, former pro athletes, and have other “unfair” advantages
Have you ever had a competitor who was able to make inroads with YOUR customers quickly because he or she was good-looking, a former professional athlete, or had some other perceived advantage? I hear about this concern on a fairly regular basis. I understand it because I experienced it myself. In this edition of the Medical Sales Guru Podcast, I describe a situation that I encountered where a competitor was able to take business because he was able to do something outside of the clinical environment that put him in a favorable situation with a customer. It’s great to have talents and attributes that get you in the door, but in the final analysis, you need to have more…much more if you expect to win business for the long term.
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An Unwanted Title in Medical Sales — The Professional Visitor
Do you ever visit customers just to “check-in” ? What a colossal waste of your time and theirs! If you don’t have a purpose for the call…I mean a real purpose…that serves you, your company, the customer and the patient…then don’t make the call. But I’m going to help you avoid that situation with a simple question that I offer up in this podcast. After you listen, let me know how you avoid being “The Professional Visitor” by clicking on either “comments” or “no comments” in the box below and sharing with the world at http://www.MedicalSalesGuru.com .
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Medical Sales and Social Media — Don’t Shoot Yourself in the Wallet!
Facebook, LinkedIn and a host of other social media sites are now a part of every day life. Almost everyone has a page on one of these sites and the postings, for the most part, are fairly benign. However, in this edition of The Medical Sales Guru Podcast, I discuss how a recent applicant for a medical sales job blew her chances with her postings on one of these sites. Could posting things about yourself on the Internet hurt your medical sales career? The answer is yes. Listen to the podcast and make sure it doesn’t happen to you.
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