Author Archives: Bill Cook

Overnight Success!

Last Friday, I had the pleasure of attending an Entrepreneur’s Roundtable event that featured my friend and neighbor.  He spoke about his business, which he recently sold.  His story was moving and inspirational, and he shared many of the lessons … Continue reading

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Do Your Homework!

Have you ever noticed the look on someone’s face when you both suddenly realize that they did not do their homework? I am not talking about the kind students bring home from school and fail to get done.  I am … Continue reading

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Is the Tomb of the Unknowns Still Relevent?

Today’s blog is a guest post from a young lady in middle school, writing about the Tomb of the Unknowns, which she will be visiting during an upcoming trip to our nation’s capitol.  She seeks to win the privilege to … Continue reading

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6 Steps to a Great Quarterly Sales Plan!

Working a quarterly business plan ought to be second nature for most experienced sales representatives. Yet everywhere I go as a sales leader I find that reps are poorly skilled at this essential task. Even sales reps who have been … Continue reading

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5 Reasons Why the VP of Sales Should Make Some Calls

I had the pleasure last week of making about 20 sales calls. On my own. I wasn’t riding with a rep as I frequently do, or modeling sales calls for a rep. I was doing the selling just like I … Continue reading

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Virus to the Rescue

Today’s post is a guest blog from Stephen Vogt, PharmD, President and CEO of BioPlus Specialty Pharmacy. He shares fantastic hope for those affilicted with hemophilia: For the first time ever, gene therapy successfully treated hemophilia B and even allowed … Continue reading

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Four Reasons to Share “News from the Front Lines”

You are responsible for a sales team. How do you communicate what you do and what your sales team does with other leaders and departments at your company? I ask this question because I think it’s important for sales leaders … Continue reading

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Bloopers from our BioPlus video shoot– hilarious!

Check out this hilarious blooper video from our recent BioPlus Corporate Overview shoot that we did back in September. It’s worth a few minutes for the laughs! Thanks for watching, Bill

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Do it Anyway

We were blitzing one of our key markets this week and I saw this poem on the wall in a physician office waiting room.  I was inspired and have copied it below for you to read.  I hope it inspires … Continue reading

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving Day everyone!  Here are some thoughts to ponder on this day: The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving. ~H.U. Westermayer … Continue reading

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