Don’t Hide From Mistakes in Medical Sales

…And Yes, There Will Be Mistakes

It’s not about whether or not you’ll make mistakes as a medical sales professional–it’s about how you handle it!

Sales reps spend years building a reputation, only to have it collapse when they mishandle an unexpected event.

Listen as Mace describes the most uncomfortable “mistake” he ever faced in his career and how he dealt with it (he actually broke a sweat retelling it as he recorded the podcast).

Whether you’re a sales rep, a manager, a distributor, or VP of sales, dealing with mistakes is in your future. Listen and formulate a plan now so you’re prepared when it happens.

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The Cost of Inaction in Medical Sales

Medical sales reps say it all the time: “You gotta spend money to make money.”

It sounds good, but so many sales reps…as well as their prospects and customers…only consider the cost of action, while neglecting the cost of inaction.

Big mistake.

In this podcast, Mace Horoff presents some case examples from his days in the territory. You’ll learn how he lost some big sales opportunities so you can avoid doing the same. You’ll also learn how  he turned it around.

The cost of inaction is an important thing to know in your medical sales career!

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Medical Sales Rep Behaviors to Avoid

As a medical sales representative, you work hard to develop relationships and build your reputation. It can take years to achieve this. Yet, too often, you’ll see medical sales reps exhibiting behaviors that serve to detract from and diminish how they want to be known. Think you’re immune? Why take chances? Listen to this episode of The Medical Sales Guru Podcast and make sure you’re protecting your relationship and repetitional capital.

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When Customers Don’t See An Advantage Using Your Product

Medical sales training at your company probably never covered this!

What do you do when customers fail to see all the  wonderful advantages your product has over what they’re currently using? It’s a bit frustrating, isn’t it?  I mean, your product is far better than the competition’s product. So, there must be something wrong with the customer because any reasonable person would realize it.

Wait a second. What if it’s not the customer? What if its…..

YOU!

Don’t worry, it’s fixable. In fact,  not only does medical sales expert Mace Horoff tell you how to solve the problem, he even describes a way for you to have a second chance with customers who already turned you down.

Get ready for some serious and in-your-face medical sales training!

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Medical Sales: When Your Product Isn’t As Good As The Competition’s

What do you do when your competitor has what is considered to be a truly better product?  Do you give up, stop trying and look for a sales job with a company that has better products?

Hell no!  No company will ever have the best product on the market in every category. And even if they do, it’s only a matter of time until a competitor comes up with something better.

As a medical sales professional, your job is to sell “what you got!”

Spend 18 minutes with medical sales expert Mace Horoff as he describes some proven methods for selling products that might not be as good as those your competitors offer.

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How to Have a Better Year, Quarter, or Month in Medical Sales

My apologies for the length of time since my last podcast. After 17 years in the same place, I moved my home and my office. Truth be told, my new studio isn’t even set up yet–this was recorded using a portable recorder. While the sound quality is generally good, it’s a little rough in spots. But the content is dead on!

I recorded this podcast at the end of 2015, but the advice is timeless. If you want to have better results moving forward, it’s about being able to deliver needed value to your customers. I dissect this a bit and provide some examples of how you can add value, because once you do…you’re going to sell more and earn more.

If you have any thoughts of your own to add, please leave a comment below (and don’t be shy about being the first).

I’m here to help you kick butt over the next year, that is, if you take action on the time-tested advice I share with you here. Listen now and stay tuned for more.

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Detailing is Dead. Do this instead…

Few things make my stomach tighten like when someone refers to medical sales professionals as “detail-people.” Yet, I must confess,  most medical sales reps I encounter don’t sell, they detail. If you’re a detailer (and there is a high probability you are), you need to stop. Detailing is dead! It’s time to take a professional approach as described in this episode of The Medical Sales Guru Podcast.

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Call Notes – A Big Step Towards Beating the Competition in Medical Sales

Medical sales is a process.  A big part of that process is follow-up, but how do you follow-up if you can’t recall the specifics from your last sales conversation?

In this podcast, medical sales expert Mace Horoff discusses how to use call notes, whether you employ a CRM or not. This information is too important to miss!

Download the FREE resource guide:
Secrets of Positioning Products and Services
to Healthcare Providers and Institutions”
It includes a step-by-step exercise that walks you through a positioning strategy for any healthcare product or service.  This could literally be worth thousands of dollars to you! 

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FOR  MORE MEDICAL SALES TIPS!

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Don’t Try to Steal the Customer’s Power

As a medical sales speaker who spends a lot of time training aspiring and experienced medical sales representatives, I love it when sales reps use terms like “evidence-based selling.” Selling in healthcare certainly demands the ability to discuss scientific data, but there is a right way and a wrong way to do it. When you do it the wrong way,  what you’re doing is driving customers away instead of pulling them in. In this episode, medical sales performance expert Mace Horoff discusses how to stop killing sales with a faulty evidence-based medical sales approach.

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The Risks of Intuitive Selling in Medical Sales

Most of the medical sales representatives I have met sell intuitively. In other words, their sales strategies and tactics are based on what they think will work. This is a dangerous way to sell to healthcare providers and institutions.

In this podcast, Mace Horoff gets into more depth in this topic that he wrote about recently in The Medical Sales Blog. Learn about the alternative to intuitive selling and why you should consider it for long term medical sales success.

Product Positioning is NOT intuitive!
Download the FREE resource guide: 

Secrets of Positioning Products and Services
to Healthcare Providers and Institutions”
It includes a step-by-step exercise that walks you through a positioning strategy for any healthcare product or service.  This could literally be worth thousands of dollars to you! 

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