Articles by Patricia Strandboge - Pharmaceutical Representative
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Articles by Patricia Strandboge

Boon or bust

How productive is your national sales meeting?
Sep 1, 2007

You're packing your bags and heading off to the airport for a week in the sunshine.

Show and tell

What sales and marketing really think about sales aids
Mar 1, 2007

For years sales representatives have been forgoing the use of their brand's sales aids. And for years this has frustrated marketing managers. With so much research and money invested in the creation of these pieces, we wanted to find out why reps weren't incorporating aids into their messages. After all, there is plenty of evidence suggesting that we retain more information when visual aids are used. When words and pictures are combined, we are forced to use our brains more fully, thereby processing the content more deeply, which increases our understanding of the information. Essentially, the harder our brains work, the more we remember.

The right tool for the job

What reps and managers have to say about call reporting
Dec 1, 2006

Reps and managers give both positive and negative input on the daily task of call reporting.

Two sides of the team

What reps and managers have to say about team selling
Sep 1, 2006

Getting all members of the team talking and on the same page is vital to success.

Déjà vu

Getting the most out of second and third orientations
Jun 1, 2006

Getting the most out of second and third orientations.

The view from both sides

Reps and managers offer advice on improving ride-alongs
Mar 1, 2006

Reps and managers offer advice on improving ride-alongs.

More than skin deep

Dermatology is a serious specialty with a human touch
Sep 1, 2004

Dermatology is a serious specialty with a human touch.

Gastroenterology

A specialty that's tough to digest
Mar 1, 2004

A look at the gastro specialty and how to sell to it.

The road to specialty sales

Navigating the path from primary care to specialty rep
Nov 1, 2003

Navigating the path from primary care to specialty rep.

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