Always keep your pipeline full as a medical sales rep. It’s easy to put all of your focus on one opportunity, but you shouldn’t. Why? 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧. - Keep your pipeline full - Keep having conversations - Don’t put all of your time into one opportunity You’re pipeline can never be too full 🙏🏻 What do you think? Have you learned this lesson the hard way? I have 🙋🏻♀️ #medicalsales #medicaldevice #sales
One thing about this industry that is baffling, especially within the big strategics, is the lack of CRM and pipeline management tools. Think we in med tech would benefit from tools often found in SaaS companies?
Super wise advise.
Excellent perspective Vendela Dubin. Nothing is in the bank until you get the P.O. (and even then...). Focusing on just one opportunity can blind you from the others around you. A sales rep's job is to keep feeding opportunities into the pipeline (and I love your creative scrubsink pipeline metaphor).
Multiple streams of revenue! Pick up other lines and run with it. Good advice Vendela Dubin
I’ve learned this lesson a couple times. Sometimes when I’m in a hot season of cases for a couple weeks straight, I forget to add in enough sales activity in between. I’ll be crushing number and in front of customers daily for cases and feeling busy, but eventually the funnel dries up and can go cold quick!
🙋🏻♀️ Never burn bridges, you never know who’s bridge you may need to stand on or cross.
There's a balance of spending lots of time working on that huge opportunity and keeping your pipeline full. You need to know what that balance is. It is vital for sustained growth and success.
When I first started my career, one of my first sales paid me an $18k commission. I definitely slacked a little after that thinking they'd all come as easy as that one did! I was only 3 months in but I was convinced I'd be making millions in no time 😂
Great points Vendela. One to add, in my opinion, is if you are representing a product or solution that you confidently believe helps a Patient/Surgeon/Continuum of Care you should be just as passionate about making it available to all those in your area. Thank you for sharing!
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1mo100% Healthy pipe = low(er) stress life We (or our managers) may all think we are 🧙♂️ wizards and can just pull a different opportunity forward but the reality is most(not all) deals we lack reasonable control of timelines. Our ability to "influence" limited. 1 VAC doesn't get to your agenda item - they won't reschedule for you, you're on next months 1 Board meeting doesn't happen cause of a vacation there and Boom 💥 you're waiting for the next...where someone else is on vacation. I've never seen someone complain about a pipeline being too full Vendela Dubin What do you do with that full pipeline that has too many opportunities for you to close at once? Qualify and re-qualify to prioritize w. a goal oriented lens (against your short and long term quota) - What opportunities CAN you influence timeline on? Is the benefit worth the effort influencing timeline? - What opportunities have defined timelines? Okay, do what you can do keep them on track if they have major impact on your goal but don't bang head against the wall trying to "pull forward a week" - When can you expect to see things close? Is that enough? What if X slips or Y does not approve