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New Year's. A time to reflect on the past while planning for the future.
In the spirit of New Year's, I've put together this guide to help you prepare for a new year of marketing. So without further ado, here are ten ways that you -- as a real estate agent -- c
In the spirit of New Year's, I've put together this guide to help you prepare for a new year of marketing. So without further ado, here are ten ways that you -- as a real estate agent -- c
According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product
an improve your marketing in 2006.
1. Clarify our objectives.
What are you primary business objectives for 2006, and how does your marketing program support those objectives? If you have no idea, you've got work to do. If you have a rough idea, you
1. Clarify our objectives.
What are you primary business objectives for 2006, and how does your marketing program support those objectives? If you have no idea, you've got work to do. If you have a rough idea, you
; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.
Examples of combination products may in
Examples of combination products may in
need to refine it.
Without an overall objective, you're shooting arrows at a bunch of random targets. Your chances of success will be greater if you shoot your arrows at the same target.
Is your overall objective to have twice as many clients as last year? To
Without an overall objective, you're shooting arrows at a bunch of random targets. Your chances of success will be greater if you shoot your arrows at the same target.
Is your overall objective to have twice as many clients as last year? To
lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.
venture out on your own? To increase the size of your farm area? Whatever it is, define it … on paper and in your mind. It should be with you every working day of 2006.
2. Set achievable goals.
Incremental goals are important, because they give you
2. Set achievable goals.
Incremental goals are important, because they give you
here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
something to work for (and achieve) along the path to your overall objective. Be specific and realistic when setting your goals. Instead of saying "I want to increase my business during the first part of the year" … say "I want to gain six new clients by March 1
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.
Combination pro
Combination pro
5."
Be specific, and you'll know exactly what you must do. Be realistic, and you'll have a greater chance of achieving the goal -- and enjoying the morale boost that comes from it.
3. Learn something new.
Make it a point to learn something new seve
Be specific, and you'll know exactly what you must do. Be realistic, and you'll have a greater chance of achieving the goal -- and enjoying the morale boost that comes from it.
3. Learn something new.
Make it a point to learn something new seve
ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc
ral times throughout the new year. Learn something new about your farm area and the people in it. Learn a new technology that can help you work smarter. Learn a new marketing tactic.
Combine these lessons with the goal-setting from #2. For instance, maybe you'l
Combine these lessons with the goal-setting from #2. For instance, maybe you'l
easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi
set a goal to learn about one new technology per quarter -- electronic newsletters in February, websites in May, digital cameras in August, etc.
4. Take notes (or better notes) on each client.
Perhaps you've heard that referrals account for the maj
4. Take notes (or better notes) on each client.
Perhaps you've heard that referrals account for the maj
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
ority of real estate business. It's true, if you have a good follow-up program. Because nothing generates referrals like good service and proper follow-up.
Taking notes about your clients makes the follow-up process easier and more effective. If you have a file
Taking notes about your clients makes the follow-up process easier and more effective. If you have a file
and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ
on each client, you can dip into it for specific information when sending your follow-up emails. And nothing makes people feel special like being remembered!
5. Buy a book (and read it).
To improve your marketing, you must become a lifelong student
5. Buy a book (and read it).
To improve your marketing, you must become a lifelong student
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
So make it a point to read at least one new marketing book in 2006. I know you're busy, but look at it this way. If a book runs 500 pages, and you give yourself all year to read it, that's less than a page-and-a-half per day. Hey, with a rate like that, why not
ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.
Following aspects would a
Following aspects would a
make it four books?
6. Get motivated ... again.
Repetition can drain your motivation. So as you move into the new year, revisit your initial reasons for becoming a real estate agent. What were your dreams then? What drew you to the profession? Remi
6. Get motivated ... again.
Repetition can drain your motivation. So as you move into the new year, revisit your initial reasons for becoming a real estate agent. What were your dreams then? What drew you to the profession? Remi
dd to the challenges in developing combination products:
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
nd yourself of those reasons, and focus on them. The dream justifies the routine. Sometimes you just have to remind yourself what the dream was in the first place.
7. Look backward while planning forward.
Marketing sometimes means making mistakes. A
7. Look backward while planning forward.
Marketing sometimes means making mistakes. A
cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
nd that's okay, as long as you learn from them. Going into the new year, take a moment to look back. What have you learned this year? How can you apply those lessons to your marketing as you move forward?
8. Improve one thing about everything.
This
8. Improve one thing about everything.
This
tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
ear, make it a point to improve at least one thing about everything. In other words, find a way to improve each part of your marketing.
If you have a website, add some helpful new content, or maybe organize the existing content. If you use direct mail, make it
If you have a website, add some helpful new content, or maybe organize the existing content. If you use direct mail, make it
t?
As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
a point to build a stronger offer for your postcards. One improvement per item … you can do it!
9. Ask for help.
Marketing can be a lot of work. So don’t try to do it all yourself. That’s a fast track to exhaustion. Ask for help when you need it. T
9. Ask for help.
Marketing can be a lot of work. So don’t try to do it all yourself. That’s a fast track to exhaustion. Ask for help when you need it. T
ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
hat might mean hiring a professional for certain aspects of your marketing, or just seeking help from a marketing-minded friend.
10. Reward yourself.
Got a new client as the result of a direct mail campaign? Treat yourself to a nice dinner. Heck, or
10. Reward yourself.
Got a new client as the result of a direct mail campaign? Treat yourself to a nice dinner. Heck, or
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
er an expensive bottle of wine while you're at it. Don't be shy about celebrating your success.
If you work hard and gain something as a result of that hard work, you deserve a reward. Achieving goals without being rewarded will reduce your motivation to achiev
If you work hard and gain something as a result of that hard work, you deserve a reward. Achieving goals without being rewarded will reduce your motivation to achiev
.
As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
e similar goals in the future. So break out the bubbly once in a while. It's okay ... really.
Conclusion
You don’t have to apply all ten of these tactics to your marketing. Just pick the ones you think you can best accomplish. The point is to improv
Conclusion
You don’t have to apply all ten of these tactics to your marketing. Just pick the ones you think you can best accomplish. The point is to improv
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
e the individual parts of your marketing program in order to strengthen the program as a whole. It's about growth and development.
I hope these ideas help you prepare for the new year, and I wish you every success going forward.
Copyright 2006, Brandon Cornett
I hope these ideas help you prepare for the new year, and I wish you every success going forward.
Copyright 2006, Brandon Cornett
tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products
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