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Gartner: Pitch-weary B2B IT buyers want techie talk, not sales spiel

11 September 2013 • 2 min read

Survey suggests many channel salespeople are not 'adding value to the buying process'

B2B tech customers would rather deal with technical experts than sales staff, according to new Gartner research which advised sales teams to better understand their customers' needs. The analyst...

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