Invest in Yourself This Summer

July tends to be a slow time for those of us in med/surg sales. In many ways it is the calm before the storm of back to school and respiratory season. It’s a time to relax and go on vacation with our family and friends so that we can recharge and prepare for closing the year strong.

As you take the next 4-6 weeks recharging and getting a little down time, also take some time to catch up on investing in yourself and your career. Take a good business book on holiday with you or invest in the Master Class series. This series has several great programs on content, negotiation, and management. It also has some excellent cooking / BBQ classes.

From an industry standpoint, I’d encourage you to take advantage of the tools we have for you. If you’re not caught up on your Repertoire issues, the last few have a ton of great content around key changes coming to our space and to your customers. You can find each of these issues in RepConnect as well as the printed version.

Speaking of RepConnect, we featured the app during each of the national meetings this spring to great reviews from hundreds of reps. This app is free to download and found in the app store. It can save you countless hours of afterhours work.

RepConnect Features: ʯ Each day the industry news is updated. These articles can easily be shared with your customers and posted on your social media. ʯ The latest issue of Repertoire can be read in the app. ʯ Manufacturer listings with their rep rosters and collateral material are in the app. You can e-mail and call your local rep directly from the app as well as send collateral material directly from the app, so you don’t have to go to 10 different manufacturer sites each day looking for it. ʯ The Repertoire podcast library is in the app. ʯ There are over 50 2-minute product training videos in the app as well as enduser videos, which you can share with your customers directly from the app.

WHY SHOULD YOU download and use RepConnect: ʯ Stay up to date on industry news daily. ʯ Saves you time. ʯ Provides you with content to enhance your abilities. ʯ It’s free.

I realize I talk about our tools often in this column. I do this because I firmly believe in you and distribution’s importance to the success of our country’s health. Each and every thing we create is to help you invest in your career.

Happy Birthday Month America!

R. Scott Adams

editorial staff editor

Mark Thill mthill@sharemovingmedia.com managing editor

Graham Garrison ggarrison@sharemovingmedia.com editor-in-chief, Dail-eNews

Pete Mercer pmercer@sharemovingmedia.com art director

Brent Cashman bcashman@sharemovingmedia.com circulation

Laura Gantert lgantert@sharemovingmedia.com sales executive

Amy Cochran acochran@sharemovingmedia.com (800) 536.5312 x5279 publisher Scott Adams sadams@sharemovingmedia.com (800) 536.5312 x5256 founder Brian Taylor btaylor@sharemovingmedia.com

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