Sales Call Preparation is for Amateurs & Rookies!
Let’s be honest most of you reading this missive don’t routinely plan for sales calls and you haven’t’ written out a sales call plan in years. This is not meant as a criticism. It’s just fact, based upon our experience and informal polls in working with sales organizations all over the world and in a […]
“Negotiating the Complex Sale: Five Fatal Myths”
In a recent workshop on negotiation, we asked the sales representatives “When that long awaited telephone call comes from your client, what steps do you take in preparing yourself to negotiate the contract or deal?” It was relatively easy to tabulate the data. One participant raised her hand and said that she does a quick […]
Common Characteristics of the Best Healthcare Sales Reps: Part 2
Have you ever wondered why some healthcare sales reps consistently out-perform their peer’s year in and year out? We think they exhibit twelve (12) key characteristics. Last week in this blog we reviewed the first seven (7): accountability, process orientation, bias for action, experts at time management, buyer personas, customer intimacy and lose early. This […]
Common Characteristics of the Best Healthcare Sales Reps: Part 1
Have you ever wondered why some healthcare sales reps consistently out-perform their peer’s year in and year out? We think they exhibit twelve (12) key characteristics. In Part 1 of this blog we will review the first seven (7): accountability, process orientation, bias for action, experts at time management, buyer personas, customer intimacy and lose […]
