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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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