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Starting Right: PharmaceuticalSales Representative Resources for Beginners Navigating the world of pharmaceuticalsales might seem daunting at first, especially if you are a beginner. But fear not, there are a plethora of pharmaceuticalsales representative resources for beginners that can aid your journey.
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He’s like, “You’d be a perfect fit for pharmaceuticalsales or medical device sales. Like a lot of people, they don’t quite know pharmaceutical or medical sales. The thing they went back to was salesexperience and playing college sports. I love that book. This is terrible.
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We have a staff of patient advocates who talk to the patients and book the appointment for the practice, so it’s not a high five about, “We did some advertising.” Have a staff of patient advocates who talk to the patients and book the appointments so people aren’t overburdened. We create the demand and take the phone call.
Discover Andy’s expertise as he guides high-performing individuals, executive sales leaders, and professional athletes through his coaching and training organization. Through his book, “The Trilogy of Yes,” Andy empowers salespeople to inspire customers to say yes. Talking about these sales teams, you’ve seen a lot.
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Tune in now and discover the world of spine med sales. They were like, “You got to have some salesexperience for this thing.” A lot of our readers want to get into any type of medical sales. Some of them are in different medical sales like OB-GYN, endoscopy, pharmaceuticalsales, or diagnostic testing sales.
What is the best book you have read in the last six months? I’m mostly reading instruction manuals and stuff to learn, but at night, I’ll hit up an Audible book. I’m not going to say I’ve read that because it was years ago that I came across that book. Are you ready? Let’s do this. I wrote a bit.
If I’m a gray-haired surgeon that’s been on the board for several years and I’m booked out for six months, why would I invest in digital marketing? They might not even have salesexperience. They’ve been working 3 or 4 years somewhere in there saying, “I want to get into the medical sales space.”
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Can you have an ambition to go from outside the industry to field clinical engineer or do you need to become a sales at first or do you have to have a Nursing degree? We have people on our team who had zero salesexperience prior to coming in. We do have a lot of sales reps on our team though. It’s all open.
So I actually tried for about two years to get into pharmaceuticalsales. 03:27 – Jaclene Corstorphine (Guest) I mean, how come you even knew about pharmaceutical? Everybody’s like we have to have salesexperience. How do you get salesexperience without salesexperience?
So I actually tried for about two years to get into pharmaceuticalsales. 03:27 – Jaclene Corstorphine (Guest) I mean, how come you even knew about pharmaceutical? Everybody’s like we have to have salesexperience. How do you get salesexperience without salesexperience?
M ost people that get into your space, specifically genomic testing , have had in medical sales, pharmaceuticalsales , or something. T hey have shown some level of success in medical sales already. He’s like, “You need outside salesexperience.” W hat’s the best book you’ve read in the last six months?
I wanted to go into pharmaceuticalsales. For those of you reading, you can Google that in 2009 and 2010, the pharmaceuticalsales industry died. I’m like, “I got to build my salesexperience. I need outside sales and sales in general.” I graduated college in 2009.
So, I believe I have a tip or two to share with those who are just about to start their journey into sales and you’ll benefit the most if you just started at the very beginning – the job interview, especially when you have no prior salesexperience. But then I talk about getting into a pharmaceuticalsales job.
I’m always either reading a book or listening to a lot of YouTube videos and TikToks. I’m an open book. The first question is what’s the best book you’ve read in the last six months? I don’t have any salesexperience. I don’t have any saleexperience or medical background.
So I actually tried for about two years to get into pharmaceuticalsales. 03:27 – Jaclene Corstorphine (Guest) I mean, how come you even knew about pharmaceutical? Everybody’s like we have to have salesexperience. How do you get salesexperience without salesexperience?
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