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For beginners, the first step in growing your new business is to find the customers. For those of you who are already up and running, the next step (now that you have clients) is that you must continue to generate new business every month, even if you have dozens of clients 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 and no time for marketing! Why? Because there might come a day when the clients are not there, a VERY lean month when the phone doesn't ring. This is not the time to begin marketing; the time to market is now. Here are some cost-effective tips on where to find clients. Pl ; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug. Examples of combination products may in ase note that not every tip will work for everyone. It really depends on both the type of service you have and who you are marketing to. Persistence is the key here! Don't give up after only one or two tries because it might take more. Remember that you are selling an in lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together. tangible service that everyone needs, but none of them think that they need it, so it is up to you to convince them of its value -- and this takes time. 1) E-mail signature - most email software programs allow you to put an automatic signature at the bottom of your emails. here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe ou know . those few lines of contact information at the bottom of an email. People love it when you make information easy to find. In fact, e-mail is such a part of our lives now, that most people are more likely to grab your phone number off your latest e-mail than to dig u d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations. Combination pro your business card. So what should go on your sig file? Your name, title, company name and your company tagline. You should also include your address, phone, cell phone, fax number, e-mail address and your Website address. Now, also consider putting promotional info in your 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 sig file, such as an offer for a free report or product, a free consultation or trial offer, company announcement (new client, new product, award won, etc.), a hyperlink to your latest press release, article, or Web site feature or an invitation to subscribe to your free e- 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 ewsletter. 2) Include a return envelope -- If you'd really like a response from a personal letter, include a return envelope in it with a live stamp on it. It will increase your response or it'll drive them nuts. 3) Post advertising circulars on all the free bulletin board nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically s in your area, especially the coin-operated laundries, grocery stores, and beauty and barber shops. 4) Always acknowledge when something nice is done for you with a thank you letter. No, a call is not the same. 5) Write articles for magazines and newspapers. Each time you 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 articles are published, you gain credibility and visibility. 6) Develop a "small town" marketing approach . Send out congratulatory notes for weddings, graduations, and birthdays. 7) Stand-by space -- many publications will give you a contract for "stand-by" space. In thi ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi arrangement you send them your ad, and they hold it until they have unsold space, and then at a price that's always one third or less than the regular price for the space you need, insert your ad. Along these lines, be sure to check in with the suburban and neighborhood new ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it. Following aspects would a spapers. 8) Headlines -- Use headlines on your website, brochure and sales kit. Talk about how customers will benefit from your services, not simply a list about what services your business offers. An excellent way to get attention is to boldly give the 5 or 6 key benefits dd to the challenges in developing combination products: Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well? Which combination prod f your product or service. Put the biggest benefit on top and list off the rest in descending order of importance. The best formula for creating headlines in marketing is "New product offers benefit, benefit, benefit." Use this to create the headline of your press releases a cts are meaningful and rational? Which therapeutic categories to select? Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients? Do combin nd advertisements, for envelope teaser copy, and for the beginning lead of your brochure. For example: How Would You Like To Get: Biggest benefit, Second biggest, Third biggest benefit. You get the idea. 9) Become a guest on as many of the radio and television talk shows or tions increase the patient compliance? What would be the developing cost? How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen interview type programs as possible. Actually, this is much easier to bring about than most people realize. Write a letter to the producer of these programs, then follow up with an in-person visit or telephone call. Your initial contact should emphasize that your product or 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 ervice would be of interest to the listeners or viewers of the program -- perhaps even saving them time or money. 10) Provide GREAT customer service -- this is the key to your success. If you tell people that you are going to give them more time, then you must take it one s ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality. Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust tep further and value their time. Return ALL telephone calls and emails in 24 hours or less. This one thing has done more to grow Triangle Concierge than anything else we've done. Our reputation for fantastic customer service has given us more referrals than anything else. y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products 11) Proof - nobody wants to be a fool, or get robbed. Before buying anything, everyone wants to know if the money they're paying is worth the product or not? In this case, the proof is in the testimonials from your clients. Nothing works better than word of mouth because peo . 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 ple want to know how the other person has benefited from your product. 12) Have no doubts! Want to know the secret of growing your business? The REAL secret? Change your words. I'm serious, change your words and you will change your life. Don't listen to the negative peo elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements. Companies that provide selfless information through particip le who are telling you that your business will fail in today's economy. Turn your back on people who tell you that perhaps you should consider a 9 to 5 job. KNOW that can do this! Have no doubts about it and turn your thoughts to "I am going to succeed!" and "I can do this. 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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