<script data-pm-proxy="intercept"></script><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Modern Med Sales | Lauren Brown💉]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Modern Med Sales is a newsletter addressing all things new in med sales, landing a 6 figure career, & building your dream life🫶🏻]]></description><link>https://laurenbrownnnn.substack.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sMpU!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc1331654-a136-43c9-86e1-03a896f3f9e0_1280x1280.png</url><title>Modern Med Sales | Lauren Brown💉</title><link>https://laurenbrownnnn.substack.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:09:28 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="/__u/laurenbrownnnn.substack.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Lauren Brown]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[laurenbrownnnn@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[laurenbrownnnn@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Lauren Brown]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Lauren Brown]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[laurenbrownnnn@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[laurenbrownnnn@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Lauren Brown]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[The Interview Gym: 7 Things You Can Do Every Day to Get Better at Medical Sales Interviews]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s something I don&#8217;t think people realize about interviewing:]]></description><link>https://laurenbrownnnn.substack.com/p/the-interview-gym-7-things-you-can</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://laurenbrownnnn.substack.com/p/the-interview-gym-7-things-you-can</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauren Brown]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 15:15:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sMpU!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc1331654-a136-43c9-86e1-03a896f3f9e0_1280x1280.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Interviewing is a skill.</strong></p><p>And just like sales, you get better with reps.</p><p>Most people prepare for an interview by reading through potential questions the night before and thinking about what they <em>might</em> s&#8230;</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your Resume Isn’t a Job History. It’s a Sales Pitch.]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the questions I get asked constantly is:]]></description><link>https://laurenbrownnnn.substack.com/p/your-resume-isnt-a-job-history-its</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://laurenbrownnnn.substack.com/p/your-resume-isnt-a-job-history-its</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauren Brown]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 12:19:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sMpU!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc1331654-a136-43c9-86e1-03a896f3f9e0_1280x1280.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the questions I get asked constantly is:</p><p><strong>&#8220;How do I break into medical sales?&#8221;</strong></p><p>And usually, one of the first things I want to see is your resume.</p><p>Not because I think you need years of medical sales experience to get into the industry. You don&#8217;t.</p><p>But because you need to know how to <strong>position the experience you already have.</strong></p><p>There&#8217;s a huge difference.</p><p>I see so many people apply to dozens, sometimes hundreds, of jobs and assume the problem is that they don&#8217;t have enough experience.</p><p>Sometimes that&#8217;s true.</p><p>But sometimes?</p><p><strong>Your resume simply isn&#8217;t selling you.</strong></p><p>And if you&#8217;re trying to get into an incredibly competitive industry like medical sales, that matters.</p><p><strong>Your resume has one job.</strong></p><p>Your resume isn&#8217;t supposed to tell someone everything you&#8217;ve ever done professionally.</p><p>Its job is to make someone think:</p><p><strong>&#8220;I need to talk to this person.&#8221;</strong></p><p>That&#8217;s it.</p><p>Think about your resume the same way you would think about selling a product.</p><p>You wouldn&#8217;t walk into a sales meeting and list every feature your product has. You&#8217;d figure out what your customer cares about, connect your product to that need, and show them why it provides value.</p><p>Your resume should do exactly the same thing.</p><p>The job description tells you what the company needs.</p><p><strong>Your resume needs to show them why you&#8217;re the solution.</strong></p><p>That means a resume for a medical device sales position shouldn&#8217;t necessarily look exactly like the resume you use for a pharmaceutical sales role, an aesthetics position, or a SaaS sales job.</p><p>Your experience hasn&#8217;t changed.</p><p><strong>The way you position it should.</strong></p><p><strong>The biggest resume mistake I see: listing responsibilities instead of results.</strong></p><p>There is a major difference between telling me what you were <em>responsible for</em> and telling me what you actually <strong>accomplished</strong>.</p><p>For example:</p><p>&#8220;Responsible for managing customer accounts and developing new business.&#8221;</p><p>Okay.</p><p>But what happened because you managed those accounts?</p><p>Did you grow revenue?</p><p>Did you exceed quota?</p><p>Did you acquire new customers?</p><p>Did you increase retention?</p><p>Did you expand a territory?</p><p>Did you rank against your peers?</p><p>Did you launch something successfully?</p><p>Did you train a team?</p><p>Did you improve a process?</p><p><strong>That is what I want to know.</strong></p><p>Whenever possible, quantify it.</p><p>Instead of:</p><p>&#8220;Responsible for growing sales within assigned territory.&#8221;</p><p>Think:</p><p>&#8220;Grew territory revenue 32% YoY while acquiring 18 new accounts.&#8221;</p><p>The second version immediately tells me something about how you perform.</p><p><strong>Stop sending the exact same resume to every company.</strong></p><p>This is probably going to be unpopular because it creates more work.</p><p>But if you&#8217;re applying to jobs you genuinely want, <strong>you should be tailoring your resume.</strong></p><p>That doesn&#8217;t mean rewriting the entire thing every time you apply.</p><p>Create a strong master resume.</p><p>Then look at the job description.</p><p>What skills keep coming up?</p><p>What responsibilities seem especially important?</p><p>What terminology does the company use?</p><p>What experience do you have that directly supports those requirements?</p><p><strong>Move those things to the forefront.</strong></p><p>Your resume needs to make sense for the position you&#8217;re applying for. If the job description repeatedly talks about territory growth, new business development and account management, those are things I should immediately see when I look at your resume.</p><p>Don&#8217;t make the recruiter connect the dots for you.</p><p>This is also why I don&#8217;t love the &#8220;apply to 100 jobs this week&#8221; strategy.</p><p>I&#8217;d rather see you submit <strong>10 highly intentional applications</strong> where your resume clearly positions you for the role than blindly hit Easy Apply 100 times with the same generic resume.</p><p>Volume isn&#8217;t a strategy if your positioning is wrong.</p><p><strong>Another mistake: assuming your experience doesn&#8217;t translate.</strong></p><p>This is especially important for anyone trying to <strong>break into medical sales without medical sales experience.</strong></p><p>You might look at a job description and think:</p><p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve never sold medical devices, so I don&#8217;t have that experience.&#8221;</p><p>But let&#8217;s look deeper.</p><p>Maybe you&#8217;ve worked in B2B sales.</p><p>Maybe you&#8217;ve managed a territory.</p><p>Maybe you&#8217;ve prospected and cold called.</p><p>Maybe you&#8217;ve consistently hit quota.</p><p>Maybe you&#8217;ve grown existing accounts.</p><p>Maybe you&#8217;ve presented to executives.</p><p>Maybe you&#8217;ve worked in a clinical environment.</p><p>Maybe you&#8217;ve sold a complicated product.</p><p>Maybe you&#8217;ve had to educate customers.</p><p>Maybe you&#8217;ve managed long sales cycles.</p><p>Those are <strong>transferable skills.</strong></p><p>Your resume needs to connect those dots for the recruiter.</p><p>Never assume they&#8217;re going to do it for you.</p><p>If a hiring manager has two resumes in front of them and one candidate clearly demonstrates how their background translates to the role while the other makes them hunt for it, who do you think feels like the safer interview?</p><p><strong>Your resume is probably too vague.</strong></p><p>I see words like:</p><p>&#8220;Results driven.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;Highly motivated.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;Team player.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;Excellent communicator.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;Proven leader.&#8221;</p><p>None of those statements are inherently bad.</p><p>They&#8217;re just meaningless without evidence.</p><p><strong>Show me.</strong></p><p>Don&#8217;t tell me you&#8217;re results driven.</p><p>Show me the results.</p><p>Don&#8217;t tell me you&#8217;re a leader.</p><p>Tell me you trained six new hires, led your district in performance, or created a process that your entire team adopted.</p><p>Don&#8217;t tell me you&#8217;re good at sales.</p><p><strong>Show me the number.</strong></p><p>Specificity builds credibility.</p><p><strong>And please stop trying to make your resume pretty.</strong></p><p>Unless you&#8217;re applying for a highly creative position, your resume does not need to look like a Canva presentation.</p><p>I know.</p><p>It hurts me a little too.</p><p>But your resume isn&#8217;t your Pinterest board.</p><p>Keep it clean. Keep it easy to read. Make the important information obvious.</p><p><strong>Clean beats cute.</strong></p><p>Every time.</p><p>Save the personality for your LinkedIn, networking conversations and interview.</p><p><strong>AI can help you write your resume. But don&#8217;t let AI write your resume.</strong></p><p>AI has made resume writing significantly easier.</p><p>I use AI.</p><p>You should use AI.</p><p>But I can also usually tell when someone copied a job description into ChatGPT and said:</p><p>&#8220;Rewrite my resume for this position.&#8221;</p><p>Suddenly every bullet sounds like it came from a corporate press release.</p><p>AI should help you identify gaps, improve language, analyze job descriptions and organize your accomplishments.</p><p>It shouldn&#8217;t manufacture your story.</p><p>The strongest resume still needs something AI doesn&#8217;t inherently know:</p><p><strong>What actually makes you good at what you do.</strong></p><p>That&#8217;s the strategy piece.</p><p><strong>Before you apply to your next job, ask yourself:</strong></p><ol><li><p><strong>Can someone tell what type of role I&#8217;m targeting within 10 seconds?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Does my resume show accomplishments or mostly responsibilities?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Have I included numbers wherever I reasonably can?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Does the language align with the job description?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Are my most relevant accomplishments easy to find?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Am I showing how my experience translates into this role?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Would this resume make me want to interview me?</strong></p></li></ol><p>That last question matters.</p><p>Because your resume doesn&#8217;t have to get you the job.</p><p><strong>It has to get you into the conversation.</strong></p><p>And once you&#8217;re in the conversation?</p><p>That&#8217;s where you can sell yourself.</p><p><strong>Want me to look at yours?</strong></p><p>This is exactly why I created <strong>Modern Med Sales</strong>.</p><p>I get so many messages from people trying to break into medical sales who are qualified but don&#8217;t know how to position themselves to actually get in front of the recruiter or hiring manager.</p><p>So I&#8217;ve opened two ways to work with me:</p><p><strong>THE RESUME AUDIT</strong></p><p>Send me your current resume and the types of medical sales positions you&#8217;re targeting. I&#8217;ll review it through the lens of what I would change to make you a stronger candidate, including your positioning, transferable skills, metrics, formatting and the overall story you&#8217;re telling.</p><p></p><p><strong>BOOK A 1:1 WITH ME</strong></p><p>If you feel like you need more than resume help, book a call with me.</p><p>We&#8217;ll talk through your background, where you&#8217;re getting stuck, what types of roles I think you should be targeting and how I would approach your job search if I were in your position.</p><p>Because sometimes you don&#8217;t need to submit another 50 applications.</p><p><strong>You need a better strategy.</strong></p><p><a href="https://stan.store/thelaurenbrown/p/medical-sales-career-accelerator--resume-audit">GET YOUR RESUME AUDIT HERE</a></p><p><a href="https://stan.store/thelaurenbrown/p/med-sales-11-call">BOOK A 1:1 WITH ME</a></p><p>xx,<br>Lauren</p><p><em>Modern Med Sales</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 2025 Pharma + Med-Device Expansion Report - Who’s Hiring the Juiciest Products In The Industry  ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The companies gearing up to hire &#8212; long before they tell the public.]]></description><link>https://laurenbrownnnn.substack.com/p/the-2025-pharma-med-device-expansion</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://laurenbrownnnn.substack.com/p/the-2025-pharma-med-device-expansion</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauren Brown]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 11:44:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sMpU!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc1331654-a136-43c9-86e1-03a896f3f9e0_1280x1280.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you&#8217;re paying attention, 2025 is shaping up to be the biggest hiring year in pharma and med-device in the last half decade. But the companies that are about to open roles aren&#8217;t announcing &#8220;We&#8217;re hiring!&#8221;</p><p>They&#8217;re showing their cards in quieter ways:</p><ul><li><p>Filing for new indications</p></li><li><p>Getting FDA approvals</p></li><li><p>Launching new devices</p></li><li><p>Expanding manufacturing</p></li><li><p>Scaling their cardiovascular, obesity, diabetes, and oncology divisions</p></li><li><p>Building robotics teams</p></li><li><p>Creating new alliance models between pharma + digital health + devices</p></li><li><p>Splitting territories in high-growth markets</p></li></ul><p>Most people outside the industry never see these signals.</p><p>But the people who land the best jobs?<br><em>They know exactly how to look for these moments.</em></p><p>Below is your 2025 cheat sheet:<br><strong>The pharma and device companies that are actively expanding &#8212; and the insider signals that give it away.</strong></p><p>This is the kind of intel hiring managers don&#8217;t expect candidates to know.<br>Use this list to get ahead of upcoming hiring waves by months.</p><div><hr></div><h2><strong>1. Eli Lilly &#8212; Obesity, Cardiometabolic Device Integrations</strong></h2><p>Signals:</p><ul><li><p>New obesity indications</p></li><li><p>Combination drug-device metabolic programs</p></li><li><p>Wearable + GLP-1 integrations</p></li></ul><p>Why it matters:<br>When Lilly enters a new therapeutic vertical, they build teams <em>early</em>: educators, territory splits, new commercial pods.</p><div><hr></div><h2><strong>2. Novo Nordisk &#8212; Manufacturing Surge + Cardiovascular Launch Prep</strong></h2><p>Signals:</p><ul><li><p>Billions in U.S. manufacturing expansions</p></li><li><p>Cardiovascular outcomes readouts</p></li><li><p>More injectables + oral agents on the way</p></li></ul><p>Why it matters:<br>This usually precedes hiring for totally new field teams.</p><div><hr></div><h2><strong>3. Abbott &#8212; Diabetes Tech, Structural Heart, Neuro</strong></h2><p>Signals:</p><ul><li><p>Libre refresh and expansion</p></li><li><p>Structural heart growth</p></li><li><p>Neuromodulation pipeline</p></li></ul><p>Why it matters:<br>Abbott expands headcount every time they add another CGM or structural heart indication.</p><div><hr></div><h2><strong>4. Medtronic &#8212; Surgical Robotics + AI Navigation</strong></h2><p>Signals:</p><ul><li><p>Hugo robot expansion</p></li><li><p>AI-assisted spine and cranial navigation</p></li><li><p>ASC penetration</p></li></ul><p>Why it matters:<br>Robotics = hiring for clinical specialists, OR support, and territory reps.</p><div><hr></div><h2><strong>5. Intuitive Surgical &#8212; Da Vinci Expanding into ASCs</strong></h2><p>Signals:</p><ul><li><p>New surgical indications</p></li><li><p>New geographies</p></li><li><p>Lower-acuity settings</p></li></ul><p>Why it matters:<br>New indications = new commercial coverage needs.</p><div><hr></div><h2><strong>6. Edwards Lifesciences &#8212; TAVR &amp; Structural Heart Growth</strong></h2><p>Signals:</p><ul><li><p>Expanded transcatheter indications</p></li><li><p>Early patient populations opening</p></li><li><p>EP partnerships</p></li></ul><p>Why it matters:<br>Valve + EP growth always precedes new territory outlines.</p><div><hr></div><h2><strong>7. Dexcom &#8212; G7 Rollout + Wearable Integrations</strong></h2><p>Signals:</p><ul><li><p>Global G7 growth</p></li><li><p>Device-health integrations</p></li><li><p>Pharma partnerships (cardio, obesity)</p></li></ul><p>Why it matters:<br>CGM companies hire field educators like crazy during rollout cycles.</p><div><hr></div><h2><strong>8. InMode &#8212; Body + Face RF Expansion</strong></h2><p>Signals:</p><ul><li><p>New Morpheus8 generations</p></li><li><p>Advanced RF tightening lines</p></li><li><p>Body contouring divisions</p></li></ul><p>Why it matters:<br>Training and practice development roles expand sharply.</p><div><hr></div><h2><strong>9. Boston Scientific &#8212; Watchman + EP Market Growth</strong></h2><p>Signals:</p><ul><li><p>New EP systems</p></li><li><p>Watchman FLX Pro expansion</p></li><li><p>ASC cardiac programs</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h2><strong>10. Zimmer Biomet &#8212; Robotics + Ortho Navigation</strong></h2><p>Signals:</p><ul><li><p>ROSA hip/knee growth</p></li><li><p>New ASC robotics push</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h2><strong>11. AstraZeneca &#8212; Oncology Wave</strong></h2><p>Signals:</p><ul><li><p>Multi-indication oncology launches</p></li><li><p>Combo therapies</p></li><li><p>Phase III readouts</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h2><strong>12. J&amp;J MedTech &#8212; Internal Reorganization + Expansion</strong></h2><p>Signals:</p><ul><li><p>Ethicon, Depuy, Biosense Webster restructuring</p></li><li><p>Robotics + digital surgery</p></li></ul>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Breaking Into Medical Sales in 2025: The Insider Playbook Nobody Shares]]></title><description><![CDATA[Medical sales still has that aura]]></description><link>https://laurenbrownnnn.substack.com/p/breaking-into-medical-sales-in-2025</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://laurenbrownnnn.substack.com/p/breaking-into-medical-sales-in-2025</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauren Brown]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 13:20:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sMpU!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc1331654-a136-43c9-86e1-03a896f3f9e0_1280x1280.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Medical sales still has that aura</p><p>Six figures, freedom in your schedule, the badge that gets you into the OR, and a career that can spin into leadership, consulting, entrepreneurship, or industry roles.</p><p>Also real talk</p><p>For most people trying to break in, it is confusing, gate-kept, and more competitive than they expect. There are thousands of medical sales jobs posted across the country at any moment, but most of the &#8220;good&#8221; ones never make it past internal referrals and niche job boards.</p><p>This piece is for the person who is not already a nurse injector, not a surgeon&#8217;s golf buddy, and not coming from a Fortune 500 sales program.</p><p>You will get</p><ol><li><p>A breakdown of the entry level roles that actually exist right now in medical sales</p></li><li><p>How to build a strategy to land the first interview</p></li><li><p>How to prep for interviews in a way that makes you look like a rep, not a student of the industry</p></li><li><p>A practical checklist you can work through over the next thirty days</p></li></ol><p></p><p><strong>1. Where The Entry Level Jobs Actually Are</strong></p><p>There is no single &#8220;medical sales rep&#8221; job.</p><p>Hiring managers think in segments and titles. The more you speak their language, the easier it is to get taken seriously.</p><p><strong>Core entry level titles you should be searching</strong></p><p>When you are on Indeed, LinkedIn, MedReps, or ZipRecruiter, you should not just be typing &#8220;medical sales representative.&#8221; That keyword will bury you under mid-senior roles. Instead, filter for titles like:</p><ol><li><p>Associate Sales Representative</p></li><li><p>Associate Territory Manager</p></li><li><p>Clinical Sales Specialist or Clinical Specialist (device)</p></li><li><p>Sales Trainee or Medical Sales Trainee</p></li><li><p>Inside Sales Representative, Medical Device Management</p></li><li><p>Medical Sales Associate or Medical Device Sales Associate</p></li></ol><p>These are the jobs where companies expect you to learn.</p><p>You are not replacing a tenured rep. You are supporting a team, covering cases, developing inside accounts, or running a smaller territory that feeds into something larger.</p><p><strong>What these roles actually do</strong></p><p>Across most associate or trainee roles, the core responsibilities look like this:</p><ol><li><p>Prospect and generate leads for the senior rep or territory manager</p></li><li><p>Build and maintain relationships with clinics, hospitals, and provider offices</p></li><li><p>Educate staff on the product and how to use it</p></li><li><p>Support cases or procedures, especially in surgical specialties</p></li><li><p>Track activity in a CRM and hit very real activity targets</p></li><li><p>Manage the unsexy work: tray prep, sample management, backorders, and logistics.</p></li></ol><p>If you are imagining yourself as a glamorous closer who just &#8220;builds relationships,&#8221; reset that expectation now. The first two years are more grind than glam, and the people who accept that reality move up faster.</p><p><strong>Where these jobs live</strong></p><p>Right now there are thousands of medical sales roles posted across the US, with states like Michigan showing hundreds of device and pharma openings alone.</p><p>Look for:</p><ol><li><p>Big strategics Abbott, Johnson and Johnson, Medtronic, Stryker, Boston Scientific, etc. Many have associate or clinical roles feeding into full territories.</p></li><li><p>Mid-market device and specialty companies Wound care, spine, orthopedics, aesthetics, diagnostics, cardiology, respiratory. These often post &#8220;Associate Representative&#8221; or &#8220;Sales Development&#8221; type roles.</p></li><li><p>Rotational and graduate programs AtriCure&#8217;s Sales Training Associate program, Merck and Novo Nordisk rotational programs, and similar tracks give you structured training plus mentorship that feeds into field sales or commercial roles.</p></li><li><p>Outsourced and staffing partners Firms like Rep-Lite and others that provide contracted associates and territory support to device companies. These can be a back door into the industry when you do not have direct experience.</p></li></ol><p><strong>What entry level actually pays</strong></p><p>Entry level medical device sales roles around markets like Michigan show average salaries in the low forties on ZipRecruiter, with some ranges going higher once commission is included.</p><p>Translation</p><p>You are usually not starting at the glamorous number you saw on TikTok. You are starting at</p><ol><li><p>A base that might feel just okay</p></li><li><p>A commission plan that can double that if you and your territory perform</p></li><li><p>Experience that can 3X your income over the next three to five years if you are strategic</p></li></ol><p><strong>2. Your Positioning: Why Should They Bet On You</strong></p><p>Most people trying to break into medical sales are painfully generic.</p><p>&#8220;I am passionate about healthcare and helping people&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;I am a people person and a hard worker&#8221;</p><p>You will not stand out with that. The bar for preparation is low, but the competition is high. Your advantage is to make yourself look like a working rep who just has not been hired yet.</p><p>Build three assets before you touch another application.</p><p><strong>Asset one: a performance-driven resume</strong></p><p>You need a resume that reads like you understand selling.</p><p>If you already have sales experience, your bullets should look like this:</p><ol><li><p>Owned a territory of 150 SMB accounts across three states, responsible for X annual revenue</p></li><li><p>Achieved 135 percent to quota in 2024, ranking 4 of 22 reps in the region</p></li><li><p>Generated 40 percent of new pipeline from self-sourced outreach</p></li></ol><p>If you do not have sales experience, think in the same format</p><p>What did you own, what changed, and what numbers prove it.</p><p><strong>Asset two: a crisp professional story</strong></p><p>You need a ninety second story you can say out loud without stumbling:</p><ol><li><p>Who you are and what you have done</p></li><li><p>Proof you can sell and grind</p></li><li><p>Why medical sales specifically</p></li><li><p>Why this segment, product type, or disease state</p></li></ol><p>You want hiring managers to feel like you have already done the mental work of seeing yourself in their world.</p><p><strong>Asset three: a one page &#8220;new territory&#8221; plan</strong></p><p>This is your light version of a brag book. Think of it as a sample of how you think.</p><p>For a sample geography, outline:</p><ol><li><p>Ten to fifteen target accounts in that metro</p></li><li><p>How you would prioritize them (high volume, competition, access)</p></li><li><p>What your first thirty, sixty, and ninety days would look like</p></li></ol><p>You are showing that you think in targets, not vibes.</p><p><strong>3. How To Land The Interview In A Crowded Market</strong></p><p>Applications alone will not carry you. The people who break in treat it like a full-time outbound campaign.</p><p>Here is a simple weekly system.</p><p><strong>Step one: build a focused target list</strong></p><p>Create a spreadsheet and build a list of</p><ol><li><p>Ten strategic device companies</p></li><li><p>Ten mid-market or specialty companies in segments you like</p></li><li><p>Five to ten staffing, associate, or trainee programs</p></li></ol><p>Use MedReps, Indeed, LinkedIn, and niche programs like AtriCure&#8217;s STA or medical sales trainee postings as a starting point.</p><p>For each company, capture:</p><ol><li><p>Current open entry level roles and locations</p></li><li><p>Hiring managers or local reps you can find on LinkedIn</p></li><li><p>Any mutual connections</p></li></ol><p><strong>Step two: optimize your LinkedIn as a medical sales candidate</strong></p><p>Your headline should not be &#8220;Seeking opportunities&#8221; </p><p>Examples that actually get noticed</p><ol><li><p>&#8220;B2B top performer pivoting into medical device | 145 percent to quota | Shadowing OR in spine and ortho&#8221;</p></li><li><p>&#8220;Former college athlete pursuing associate sales rep roles | High volume outbound, CRM disciplined, healthcare focused&#8221;</p></li></ol><p>Your About section should read like your ninety second story, written out. Attach any relevant certifications, shadowing experiences, and your one page territory plan as a featured item.</p><p><strong>Step three: run a daily outreach cadence</strong></p><p>Every weekday, hit small, non negotiable numbers</p><ol><li><p>Five to ten direct applications to targeted roles</p></li><li><p>Ten to fifteen LinkedIn connection requests to current reps, associate reps, and managers in those companies</p></li><li><p>Five direct messages or emails where you ask for something specific</p></li></ol><p>Your outreach script needs to be short and direct.</p><p>Example DM to a current rep</p><p>&#8220;Hi [Name],</p><p>I am applying for the Associate Sales Representative role in [City]. I have been in [your current role] for [X years], running a territory and finishing [X percent] to goal.</p><p>If you were hiring for your own team, what would you want a candidate to know about [product line or specialty] and the day to day. I would be grateful for any candid insight and would love to support your team if I am lucky enough to get an interview.&#8221;</p><p>You are not asking for a referral on the first message. You are signaling that you respect their time and you understand you are asking to enter their world, not the other way around.</p><p>Once you have had a conversation and built some rapport, you can ask directly whether they would be open to referring you into a specific requisition.</p><p><strong>Step four: go where your competitors are not</strong></p><p>Everyone applies to the glamorous roles in ortho or capital equipment in big metros.</p><p>You can often break in faster if you are willing to:</p><ol><li><p>Start in a &#8220;less sexy&#8221; segment like DME, home health, or wound care</p></li><li><p>Take a secondary market or a more rural territory</p></li><li><p>Join a contracted associate program that feeds into full-time roleA</p></li></ol><p>Device companies want people who are hungry enough to take the less perfect territory, prove themselves, and then trade up.</p><p><strong>4. Interview Strategy That Makes You Look Like A Rep</strong></p><p>Most interview prep is vague. You need to leave a hiring manager thinking</p><p>&#8220;This person could start next month and would not embarrass me in front of a surgeon.&#8221;</p><p>Here is how to prepare.</p><p><strong>Before the interview</strong></p><p>Minimum non negotiables:</p><ol><li><p>Read the company site like it is your job Know the product portfolio, indications, basic clinical language, and any visible case studies or white papers.</p></li><li><p>Map a sample territory For the territory in the posting, identify and write down ten to twenty target accounts by name Hospitals, surgical centers, large derm or specialty groups, high volume referral clinics.</p></li><li><p>Prepare six structured stories Use a simple Situation, Action, Result format and build stories around Prospecting and cold outreach Turning around a &#8220;no&#8221; Winning against a competitor or alternative option Managing a long sales cycle Fixing a mistake or service failure Leading without the title</p></li></ol><p>You should be able to plug these into almost any behavioral question.</p><p><strong>During the interview</strong></p><p>Expect three buckets of questions</p><ol><li><p>Fit and motivation Why medical sales Why this company and product line Why now, and why you over someone who has already been in the industry</p></li><li><p>Sales process and execution Walk me through your current sales process from lead to close How do you manage your week and your territory Tell me about a time you had to grind through high volume outreach</p></li><li><p>Clinical and industry understanding What do you understand about [disease state] and [product] How would you explain this product to a busy physician in two minutes What do you think will be most challenging about selling into healthcare settings</p></li></ol><p>If your answers are vague, you will lose.</p><p><strong>How to answer &#8220;Why medical sales&#8221; like an adult</strong></p><p>Bad answer</p><p>&#8220;I love helping people and I am passionate about healthcare.&#8221;</p><p>Better structure</p><ol><li><p>Anchor in your track record &#8220;In my current role I have managed X accounts, finished at Y percent to quota, and I genuinely like selling.&#8221;</p></li><li><p>Bridge into healthcare &#8220;What I have realized is that I want that energy directed toward something with clinical impact where the stakes are real.&#8221;</p></li><li><p>Connect to their exact space &#8220;Specifically, I am drawn to [wound care, spine, cardiology, aesthetics] because [tie to experience, shadowing, or personal story], and your product line sits right at that intersection.&#8221;</p></li></ol><p>You are showing that this is a deliberate move, not an aesthetic choice based on TikTok.</p><p><strong>Questions you should ask them</strong></p><p>You are also being evaluated on the quality of your questions.</p><p>Use questions like:</p><ol><li><p>&#8220;What separates your top twenty percent of reps from the rest here&#8221;</p></li><li><p>&#8220;In the first six months, what would success look like for someone in this associate role&#8221;</p></li><li><p>&#8220;Where have new associates historically struggled, and what support do you have in place to close that gap&#8221;</p></li><li><p>&#8220;How do you think about territory transitions and promotions from associate to full line rep&#8221;</p></li></ol><p>You are signaling that you are already thinking about performance, support, and earning your way up.</p><p><strong>5. How To Compete Against Experienced Candidates</strong></p><p>You cannot magically manufacture experience, but you can close the gap in other ways.</p><ol><li><p>Show proof you can sell Numbers, rankings, KPIs, not adjectives</p></li><li><p>Show you understand the grind Talk comfortably about cold calling, rejection, long cycles, and admin work</p></li><li><p>Show your learning curve Come in with a real understanding of the disease state, customers, and competitors so they do not have to drag you through the basics</p></li><li><p>Show your professionalism in the details How you show up on video, how you follow up, whether you send a thoughtful thank you that references specifics from the conversation</p></li></ol><p>Also, bring something tangible to the second round</p><p>A simple one page territory plan, or a short slide with three example accounts and how you would approach them. Even if it is rough, most entry level candidates will not do this. That is the point.</p><p><strong>6. A Thirty Day Plan To Break In</strong></p><p>If you are serious, treat this like a job.</p><p>Week one</p><ol><li><p>Write and refine your ninety second story</p></li><li><p>Build your performance based resume</p></li><li><p>Draft your one page &#8220;new territory&#8221; plan</p></li><li><p>Clean up LinkedIn and set your headline and About section</p></li></ol><p>Week two</p><ol><li><p>Build a target list of thirty to forty companies and programs</p></li><li><p>Set up saved searches on MedReps, LinkedIn, and Indeed for the associate level titles listed above</p></li><li><p>Start daily outreach and applications with real volume</p></li></ol><p>Week three</p><ol><li><p>Shadow at least one rep or OR day if you can</p></li><li><p>Build out your six core interview stories</p></li><li><p>Record yourself answering &#8220;Why medical sales&#8221; and &#8220;Walk me through your sales process&#8221; until it sounds conversational instead of rehearsed</p></li></ol><p>Week four</p><ol><li><p>Aim for at least two to three first round interviews on the calendar</p></li><li><p>Deep dive the product and territory for each one</p></li><li><p>Prepare tailored questions and a simple leave-behind for any second round or ride along</p></li></ol><p>If you run that plan honestly for three months, you will be operating at a level above the majority of people &#8220;interested&#8221; in medical</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 3 Question Framework for Diagnosing an Underperforming Territory]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Truth About Territory Performance]]></description><link>https://laurenbrownnnn.substack.com/p/the-3-question-framework-for-diagnosing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://laurenbrownnnn.substack.com/p/the-3-question-framework-for-diagnosing</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauren Brown]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 09:58:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sMpU!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc1331654-a136-43c9-86e1-03a896f3f9e0_1280x1280.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>The Truth About Territory Performance</strong></p><p>When a territory starts to slide, most reps blame one of three things: the product, the market, or the accounts.</p><p>But top performers know better. 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Top Medical Sales Reps Get Hired First — and What They’re Doing Differently]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve ever scrolled LinkedIn and thought, &#8220;Everyone in medical sales is saying the exact same thing,&#8221; you&#8217;re not wrong.]]></description><link>https://laurenbrownnnn.substack.com/p/why-top-medical-sales-reps-get-hired</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://laurenbrownnnn.substack.com/p/why-top-medical-sales-reps-get-hired</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauren Brown]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 11:16:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sMpU!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc1331654-a136-43c9-86e1-03a896f3f9e0_1280x1280.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://laurenbrownnnn.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/laurenbrownnnn.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p>If you&#8217;ve ever scrolled LinkedIn and thought, &#8220;Everyone in medical sales is saying the exact same thing,&#8221; you&#8217;re not wrong.</p><p>The industry is filled with ambitious, capable people who are all chasing the same positions, hitting the same quotas, and posting the same photos from training meetings.</p><p>So what separates the reps who get noticed, promoted, and recruited from the ones who stay stuck?</p><p>It&#8217;s not luck. It&#8217;s clarity and presentation.</p><p><strong>The Silent Skill No One Teaches You</strong></p><p>Here&#8217;s what most people never learn in medical sales: it doesn&#8217;t matter how well you perform if you can&#8217;t clearly communicate your value.</p><p></p><p>The top reps &#8212; the ones getting called by recruiters and tapped for leadership roles &#8212; don&#8217;t just have results. They know how to present those results.</p><p>That means:</p><ul><li><p>Their LinkedIn reads like a brand, not a r&#233;sum&#233;.</p></li><li><p>Their brag book looks like a sales deck, not a binder.</p></li><li><p>Their interview answers sound like strategy, not stories.</p></li></ul><p>They&#8217;re intentional about how they show up.</p><p><strong>Why Clarity Beats Experience</strong></p><p>I&#8217;ve interviewed and coached hundreds of medical sales professionals, from new reps to enterprise account executives. The consistent pattern among the top 5 percent is this:</p><p>They make people understand exactly what they do, what they&#8217;ve achieved, and what it would look like to hire them.</p><p>That&#8217;s it.</p><p>No complicated scripts. No corporate fluff. Just clarity.</p><p>When a hiring manager can clearly picture your value, they stop comparing you to other candidates.</p><p><strong>Where Most Reps Fall Flat</strong></p><p>They rely on company talking points instead of personal results.</p><p>They think being &#8220;polished&#8221; means sounding rehearsed.</p><p>They focus on memorizing product features instead of learning how to position themselves.</p><p>And when they finally land an interview, they&#8217;re not ready to sell the most important product in the room&#8230; themselves.</p><p><strong>How to Fix It</strong></p><p>Start with three simple actions this week:</p><ol><li><p>Rewrite your LinkedIn headline so it describes what you do and who you help, not just your title. Example: Instead of &#8220;Account Manager, Aesthetics Division,&#8221; try &#8220;Helping Dermatology and Plastic Surgery Practices Drive Growth Through Injectable Strategy.&#8221;</p></li><li><p>Audit your r&#233;sum&#233; for results, not tasks. Replace &#8220;Responsible for managing accounts&#8221; with &#8220;Grew 70 key accounts by 44 percent YOY through new training and conversion programs.&#8221;</p></li><li><p>Practice explaining your impact in one sentence. If someone asks what you do, your answer should sound like: &#8220;I manage multi-million dollar territories and help practices grow through consultative selling and partnership strategy.&#8221;</p></li></ol><p>Those three changes alone will make you sound sharper than 90 percent of applicants.</p><p><strong>For Those Ready to Go Further</strong></p><p>If you&#8217;re serious about building a career in medical sales that opens doors, not just meets quota, this is what I cover inside the Modern Med Sales Paid Member Hub:</p><ul><li><p>The Interview Blueprint &#8212; what to say, what to ask, and how to run the conversation like a business leader.</p></li><li><p>The Brag Book Template &#8212; the same design I use and sell, customized for your portfolio.</p></li><li><p>The 30/60/90 Plan &#8212; a strategy-driven framework you can present in any interview to position yourself as the obvious hire.</p></li><li><p>The Resume Builder + Messaging Guide &#8212; so your profile reads like a personal brand, not a job history.</p></li></ul><p>These tools aren&#8217;t just theory. They&#8217;re built from the exact processes that have helped reps land roles at Stryker, BD, Medtronic, Sanofi and Johnson &amp; Johnson.</p><p>If you&#8217;re tired of feeling like you&#8217;re doing everything right but not getting traction, this is the missing piece.</p><p>I have hundreds of videos on TikTok, but if you are looking to get the templates, resources, and guides to all things Med Sales, subscribe to the monthly or annual subscription to fill that knowledge gap:)</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://laurenbrownnnn.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/laurenbrownnnn.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p><strong>Final Thought</strong></p><p>The best people in this industry aren&#8217;t the ones who know the most.</p><p>They&#8217;re the ones who communicate the clearest.</p><p>Make yourself impossible to overlook.</p><p></p><p>Xx Lauren</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Build a Brag Book That Sells You Like a Brand]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Power of a Brag Book in 2025]]></description><link>https://laurenbrownnnn.substack.com/p/build-a-brag-book-that-sells-you</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://laurenbrownnnn.substack.com/p/build-a-brag-book-that-sells-you</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauren Brown]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 11:11:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sMpU!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc1331654-a136-43c9-86e1-03a896f3f9e0_1280x1280.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><strong>The Power of a Brag Book in 2025</strong></p><p>A great interview is about more than conversation. It is about how you present yourself as a business.</p><p>In medical sales, your brag book is your brand manual. It is the &#8230;</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Interview Blueprint: How to Prep Like a Top 1% Medical Sales Rep]]></title><description><![CDATA[You don&#8217;t get hired because you have the right experience.]]></description><link>https://laurenbrownnnn.substack.com/p/the-interview-blueprint-how-to-prep</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://laurenbrownnnn.substack.com/p/the-interview-blueprint-how-to-prep</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauren Brown]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 11:01:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sMpU!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc1331654-a136-43c9-86e1-03a896f3f9e0_1280x1280.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You don&#8217;t get hired because you have the right experience.</p><p>You get hired because you sound like you already work there.</p><p>Every stage of the medical sales interview process is a test, not just of your sk&#8230;</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone’s Using ChatGPT for LinkedIn DM’s & Here’s Why They’re Getting Nowhere]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve been trying to break into medical sales (or any career for that matter) lately, you&#8217;ve probably DMed a recruiter or manager using a message that sounded something like this:]]></description><link>https://laurenbrownnnn.substack.com/p/everyones-using-chatgpt-for-linkedin</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://laurenbrownnnn.substack.com/p/everyones-using-chatgpt-for-linkedin</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauren Brown]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 10:49:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sMpU!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc1331654-a136-43c9-86e1-03a896f3f9e0_1280x1280.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>If you&#8217;ve been trying to break into medical sales (or any career for that matter) lately, you&#8217;ve probably DMed a recruiter or manager using a message that sounded something like this:</p><p>&#8220;Hi [Name], I&#8217;m &#8230;</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 5 Things You MUST Do to Break Into Medical Sales (Even If You Don’t Have Experience)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every week, my DMs are full of people asking:]]></description><link>https://laurenbrownnnn.substack.com/p/the-5-things-you-must-do-to-break</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://laurenbrownnnn.substack.com/p/the-5-things-you-must-do-to-break</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauren Brown]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 10:31:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sMpU!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc1331654-a136-43c9-86e1-03a896f3f9e0_1280x1280.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Every week, my DMs are full of people asking:</p><p>&#8220;How do I get into medical sales?&#8221;</p><p>They&#8217;ve applied to 50+ jobs. Rewritten their resumes. Networked until they&#8217;re blue in the face.</p><p>And still&#8212;nothing.</p><p>Here&#8217;s &#8230;</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modern Med Sales ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Issue #1]]></description><link>https://laurenbrownnnn.substack.com/p/modern-med-sales</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://laurenbrownnnn.substack.com/p/modern-med-sales</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauren Brown]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 17:00:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!d_k_!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffed81ed7-9c0f-45d8-84eb-826817c68a7c_1080x1920.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Issue #1</strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong>&#8220;We&#8217;re Not Just Reps Anymore&#8221;</strong></p><p>Hi All! I&#8217;m Lauren, and welcome to Modern Med Sales.</p><p>If you&#8217;re in medical sales  (device, aesthetics, diagnostics, biotech, or pharma) you&#8217;ve probably noticed: the game has changed.</p><p>The old playbook of &#8220;show up with lunch and smile&#8221; doesn&#8217;t cut it anymore. Providers expect strategy. Leadership expects growth. And the reps winning today? They&#8217;re not just product experts, they&#8217;re brand builders, marketers, and business consultants all in one.</p><p>I created Modern Med Sales because this job deserves more depth &#8212; and honestly, so do we.</p><p><strong>What You&#8217;ll Find Here</strong></p><p>Each week, I&#8217;ll share one powerful insight, one tactical move, and one real story from the field.</p><p>You&#8217;ll get:</p><ul><li><p>Modern sales strategy &#8212; scripts, psychology, and frameworks that actually work today.</p></li><li><p>Career growth insights &#8212; how to build your brand, negotiate better, and move into roles that align with your lifestyle and income goals.</p></li><li><p>Aesthetics + wellness crossovers &#8212; because this industry is about more than numbers; it&#8217;s about energy, influence, and showing up with confidence.</p></li></ul><p><strong> Why This Matters</strong></p><p>I&#8217;ve spent years managing multimillion-dollar territories, driving launches, and mentoring reps  and the biggest shift I&#8217;ve seen is this:</p><p>The top performers aren&#8217;t just closing accounts. They&#8217;re building personal equity.</p><p>They&#8217;re the ones showing up on LinkedIn, partnering with brands, and thinking like CEOs of their territories, not employees of them.</p><p>That&#8217;s what Modern Med Sales is here to teach.</p><p><strong> What&#8217;s Coming Next</strong></p><ul><li><p>The 3-question framework I use to diagnose any underperforming territory</p></li><li><p>How to position yourself as the go-to rep providers actually want to work with</p></li><li><p>The mindset shift that took me from sales rep to strategist</p></li></ul><p>If you&#8217;re here to elevate (not just in your numbers, but in how you think, lead, and live) welcome to the new era.</p><p>This is Modern Med Sales.</p><p>Lauren Brown</p><p>Medical Aesthetics Sales Leader | Creator of Modern Med Sales | </p><p></p><p>P.S. If you know a rep who&#8217;s ready to evolve, forward this to them &#8212; we&#8217;re building the next generation of leaders in med sales.</p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>