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الأربعاء، 4 سبتمبر 2013

Basic Selling Skills.. How to Be A Successful Medical Rep .. Sales Call

How to be A Successful Medical Rep (4) ... Sales Call
Basic Selling Skills
Written by/ Abdullah Azzam
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One of the most important things for the successful medical rep is his call and to be a successful sales man , you should make an ideal call.

So, How can you do this.. and what are the required steps to a successful sales call .. all things you want .. you'll find in these little words.
 
 First, It's always good to have a plan for your sales visits that can serve as a quick reminder of the essentials. You can use this checklist as a review before and after each sales call to make sure you cover all the bases. Leaving a sales call and wishing you had remembered to ask a specific question or show the prospect another product idea is a horrible feeling; using this checklist may help you avoid that.
 
Our Workshop
 
Sales Call
 
Sales Call can be divided into three stages or steps

1. Pre-call Planning
·         Prospecting
·         Data Collection
·         Setting Objective
 
2. Call
·         Call Opening
·         Call Presentation
·         Call Closing

3. Post Call Analysis
·         Feed Back
·         Evaluation
·         Action Plan


                                 Pre-call Planning

I. Before Call

       1.Prospecting

                   Prospecting means:
a)    Finding your potential customers.
b)    Classifying and Categorizing them.
        Prospecting: allows proper allocation of time and frequency of call.
        Prospecting is  a permanent process.

   Prospecting:
·         DRs List
·         Hospitals
·         Pharmacies
·         Contracting
·         Poly Clinics
·         Distributors.

How do you find potential customers

Company records.
*   Conferences.
Personal observations.
From your supervisor & senior reps.
From salesmen in other companies.
Pharmacies.

Pharmacy feedback
* Pharmacy feedback is a continues process.
*  Is important to know:
a)     Your product availability.
b)     The Dr’s potential.
c)      His interest.
d)     Rx habits.
Ø      Competitors : your product ratio.
Ø      Needs established relations and appropriate time to visit.

Remember
Never to visit the dr. without feedback.

                                 Feedback workshop

DATA COLLECTION

·         KOL Customer List.
·         Address.
·         Telephones.
·         AM Activity.
·         Buying Motives.
·         Best Time to Visit.
·         Rx Habit.

Know your customers
·         Dr’s profile and potentiality.
·         Dr’s profile and Territory Management

Territory Management
*  You need to analyze the prospects and the geography.
Ø      Goals need to be set:
* Long term – Within 1 year
*  Short term – Interim (temporally) results towards long term goals
*  Prospects need to be categorized.
Ø      A, B, C …
* Focus on prospects with high degree of high expected value.
*  Develop a plan for each account.
*  Time is the real “Death of a Salesman”.
*  Time is MONEY.

Strategic vs. Tactical Selling

* Strategic selling is the 20/80 rule.
*  Long term vs. short term goals.
Ø      Manage objective vs. time.
* What 10 prospects will make my quota?
Ø      How do I get them?
*  Effective time management is the key.
*  All other activities are “Tactical”.

I. Before Call

3-Setting Objectives

*  IN Order To Qualify In Business Objective Should Be SMART:
S pecific
M easurable
A mbitious
R ealistic
T ime bound


How are you going to achieve your objective?
* List all of your products’  features ,benefits & competitive advantages.

* Analyze your competitors:
1.       Who are your competitors?
2.      What are the strengths of your competitors?
3.      What are their weaknesses?
4.      Why do Drs Rx the competitors?
5.      What do Dr Rx for you and not them?
6.      What are your competitors doing right?
7.      How can you imitate their success?

                                 TYPES OF OBJECTIVES

1. QUANTITATIVE
*   Increase The Sales.
Increase Frequency Of Daily Visits.
Upgrade Customer.

 2. QUALITATIVE
*  Settle Company Image
* Settle Good  Relations With Pharmacists
*  Imporve The Quality OF The Call

Plan your work .. Then Work your plan

Plan The Call and Find Out The Best Time
      Prepare
* Approach
* Questions to Uncover Needs
*  Benefits to Satisfy Needs
*  Response to Reactions
*  Use Visual Aid
*   Closing &Commitment

Remember
  “A battle well prepared is half won”. 
Napoleon Bonaparte

Right Medical Rep+Right Dr + Right time give
 Awesome Sales

 
Right timing can mean the difference between
 success and failure.
 
To Be Continued ....

Abdullah Sabry Azzam

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