{"id":1131,"date":"2007-08-15T08:26:48","date_gmt":"2007-08-15T13:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/08\/ads-that-appeal\/"},"modified":"2007-08-15T08:26:48","modified_gmt":"2007-08-15T13:26:48","slug":"ads-that-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/08\/ads-that-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Ads That Appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Twin Cites are a hotbed for medical sales positions so we see many sales ads up here.&nbsp; One of these ads caught my eye this morning for this bit of clever writing:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8230;what we do makes a statement about who we are. We are driven by scientific excellence and a commitment to make a difference in the quality of people\u20ac\u2122s lives. We believe that investment in and commitment to our employees is key to our success and the achievement of our mission.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I use the word clever in the best possible sense.&nbsp; We have worked with medical companies in the past in evaluating their sales teams.&nbsp; Our work has consistently revealed a strong <a href=\"http:\/\/www.selectmetrix.com\/Assessing_Motivations\/Social.html\" target=\"_blank\">Social motivation<\/a> tied to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.selectmetrix.com\/Assessing_Rewards\/Sense_Mission.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sense of Mission reward<\/a>.&nbsp; The well-written ad plays strongly to that motivation-reward combination.&nbsp; I suspect this ad will draw in many salespeople with a complementary combination that will match the position&#8217;s motivation-reward combination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Twin Cites are a hotbed for medical sales positions so we see many sales ads up here.&nbsp; One of these ads caught my eye this morning for this bit of clever writing: &#8230;what we do makes a statement about who we are. We are driven by scientific excellence and a commitment to make a difference in the quality of people\u20ac\u2122s lives. We believe that investment in and commitment to our employees is key to our success and the achievement of our mission. I use the word clever in the best possible sense.&nbsp; We have worked with medical companies in the past in evaluating their sales teams.&nbsp; Our work has&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/08\/ads-that-appeal\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employment-ads"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-if","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2186,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2009\/12\/newspaper-meet-the-dodo\/","url_meta":{"origin":1131,"position":0},"title":"Newspaper Meet The Dodo","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"December 1, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"This is an advice column from the Selling Power archives: E. 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Then I read the opening sentence: This is a job in our Customer Service Department that can lead to an\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1656,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/07\/tightening-the-ad\/","url_meta":{"origin":1131,"position":4},"title":"Tightening The Ad","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"July 11, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been reading through many sales employment ads recently and am seeing a trend - the ads are written tighter.\u00a0 A couple of examples: -Minimum of 5 years of related public accounting and\/or corporate sales -A minimum of two years\u2019 business development experience in a pharmaceutical and\/or CRO biotechnology, or\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Economy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Economy","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/economy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":229,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/08\/job-titles-attract-workers\/","url_meta":{"origin":1131,"position":5},"title":"Job Titles Attract Workers","author":"Lee Fratzke","date":"August 12, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"I read a recent newsletter article from Ragan's Management Resources titled \"Use job titles to attract and reward workers\" (sorry, no link available). 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