Sell a solution to the people that report to me, those who know the specifics of our technology needs . I respect their input.

RJ discusses a few ways for sales rep to make connections with IT leadership and a few ways that never work.

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How to get the attention of a CIO the right way to start a conversation.

The modern CIO and CMO are increasingly connected and more frequently the same person. It is time for your sales approach to reflect this.

In many companies and organizations we are selling to purchasing in addition to the CIO.

Are you kidding me? How would you seek to do business with the CEO? Would you have a different approach for the CEO of one million dollar...

We are going to win some and lose some along the way. It’s how you handle the situation that prevails in the end.

You have done irreparable damage to yourself, your company, it's other employees, and it's investors.

Take this to your leader and tell him or her that they are an important part of the sales process and that they should follow your lead!