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Strategies, benchmarks, and playbooks for building pipeline in B2B healthcare — from SDR tactics to omnichannel outreach and everything in between.

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The State of Healthcare Prospect Data (2026)
Healthcare Sales

The State of Healthcare Prospect Data (2026)

Only 2% of ~26,000 healthcare prospect records we received in one week were complete. Missing rates by field, and how to fix a list before outreach.

Brad Hinely 7 min read
Best Healthcare SDR Agencies in 2026: An Honest Comparison
Healthcare Sales

Best Healthcare SDR Agencies in 2026: An Honest Comparison

Ten healthcare SDR and appointment setting agencies compared on healthcare focus, channels, pricing, and contract terms, using their own published info.

Brad Hinely 10 min read
Healthcare Appointment Setting: How It Works and What It Costs
Healthcare Sales

Healthcare Appointment Setting: How It Works and What It Costs

How B2B healthcare appointment setting works, what retainers and per-meeting fees cost in 2026, and how to pick a provider that books meetings that show.

Brad Hinely 8 min read
How to Shorten the Health Plan Sales Cycle
Healthcare Sales

How to Shorten the Health Plan Sales Cycle

Payers are putting money into vendors that can prove results. Here's how to shorten the health plan sales cycle by selling to one outcome metric, finding its owner early, and showing up with an implementation plan.

Brad Hinely 7 min read
In-House vs. Managed Healthcare SDRs: What an SDR Really Costs
Healthcare Sales

In-House vs. Managed Healthcare SDRs: What an SDR Really Costs

A well-funded healthtech is recruiting SDRs at $90K-$110K OTE. Here's the full cost of an in-house healthcare SDR, from benefits and data to ramp, attrition, and management time, and how it compares to a managed program.

Brad Hinely 7 min read
How to Sell to Health Plans: An Outbound Playbook for Reaching Payer Buyers
Healthcare Sales

How to Sell to Health Plans: An Outbound Playbook for Reaching Payer Buyers

Payers buy differently than health systems. Here's how to map health plan buyers, tie outreach to Stars, prior authorization, and interoperability pressure, and build an SDR sequence that books meetings.

Brad Hinely 7 min read
Cold Email Frameworks for Healthcare Sales
Outreach Strategy

Cold Email Frameworks for Healthcare Sales

A repeatable cold email framework built for healthcare buyers — hooks, value proofs, compliance guardrails, and follow-up sequences that convert CIOs, CMIOs, and procurement leads.

Brad Hinely 9 min read
Healthcare SDR Cadence: 14-Day Multichannel Template (2026)
Outreach Strategy

Healthcare SDR Cadence: 14-Day Multichannel Template (2026)

A 14-day healthcare SDR cadence template: a day-by-day table of email, LinkedIn, phone, and intent-triggered touches that reach the buying committee without burning accounts.

Brad Hinely 10 min read
Healthcare SDR Metrics: The KPIs That Actually Predict Pipeline
Sales Strategy

Healthcare SDR Metrics: The KPIs That Actually Predict Pipeline

Calls and emails sent don't predict pipeline. Here are the healthcare SDR metrics that actually do — and how to instrument them without drowning in dashboards.

Brad Hinely 8 min read
Intent Data for Healthcare Sales: Finding In-Market Buyers Before Your Competitors
Sales Strategy

Intent Data for Healthcare Sales: Finding In-Market Buyers Before Your Competitors

Intent data surfaces the accounts researching your category before they ever fill out a form. Here's what intent data is, why healthcare intent is different, and how to turn signal into meetings.

Brad Hinely 8 min read
Healthcare Buying Committee: Who Decides and How to Reach Every Member
Sales Strategy

Healthcare Buying Committee: Who Decides and How to Reach Every Member

Health system purchases are committee decisions, not individual ones. Here's who sits on the buying committee, what each member cares about, and how to map and sequence them before your first meeting.

Brad Hinely 8 min read
HIPAA-Compliant SDR Outreach: A Practical Guide for Healthcare Sales Teams
Healthcare Sales

HIPAA-Compliant SDR Outreach: A Practical Guide for Healthcare Sales Teams

HIPAA isn't a checkbox your legal team handles once a year. For healthcare SDR teams, it's a daily operating constraint that shapes who you contact, what you say, and how you store the response. Here's how to run outreach that's both compliant and effective.

Brad Hinely 8 min read
Selling to Health System CMOs: What Actually Gets a Meeting
Healthcare Sales

Selling to Health System CMOs: What Actually Gets a Meeting

The health system CMO is the most-over-targeted, least-understood buyer in healthcare B2B. Every vendor wants 30 minutes; most get silence. Here's what actually gets a CMO to reply — and what gets your email archived.

Brad Hinely 9 min read
The LinkedIn Conference Outreach Playbook: Pre & Post-Event Strategies That Convert
Sales Outreach

The LinkedIn Conference Outreach Playbook: Pre & Post-Event Strategies That Convert

A step-by-step guide to LinkedIn pre-conference and post-conference outreach — cadence timing, connection request messaging, and follow-up frameworks that turn event attendees into booked meetings.

Brad Hinely 12 min read
The MedTech Go-to-Market Playbook: From FDA Clearance to First Meetings
MedTech Sales

The MedTech Go-to-Market Playbook: From FDA Clearance to First Meetings

The MedTech go-to-market playbook: from FDA clearance to first health-system meetings — champion mapping, value-analysis sequencing, and pipeline in 7 days.

Brad Hinely 10 min read
Healthcare SDR Role Explained: Skills, Tools & Career Path (2026)
Sales Development

Healthcare SDR Role Explained: Skills, Tools & Career Path (2026)

A healthcare SDR specializes in prospecting and qualifying buyers across hospitals, health systems, and MedTech. Here's what the role involves, what it pays, and when to outsource it.

Brad Hinely 12 min read

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