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Customer View:
Shortcoming of Technology Sales Reps Today

Understanding our business                                                                                                          73.6%
      needs/requirements
                                                                               57.2%                                                       A clear need for
  Tailoring the discussion to                                                55.3%                                                         outcome-based
             our issues                                              46.6%                                                                 selling

          Quantifying the value
                proposition

   Clarifying business impact

Understanding our industry                                    36.7%

Product/service knowledge                                29.9%

                                           0%  10%  20%  30%  40%    50%  60%                                                  70%  80%    90% 100%

                                                         Percentage of respondents

                                               Source: Meta Group Survey of over 2000 decision makers from 600 organizations.
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