Trends Report

Role Profile: The CIO

Understanding And Marketing To The CIO Professional

December 18th, 2008
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Emily Van Metre
Eric Brown, null
Eric Brown
With contributors:
Alex Cullen , Christina Lee

Summary

Knowing your customers will help your sales force start the right conversation with a prospect, understand how your products are relevant to your customers' daily life, and in the end help to land you a sale. This role profile will take you through key attributes of the CIO so that you understand this role's job, organizational structure, success imperatives, and key decision-making factors and obstacles. Use this role profile to better craft compelling messages and share-capturing campaigns for your CIO customers.

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