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IT consulting companies provide a wide portfolio of solutions where there are basically a discovery phase and an implementation phase. I’m referring to consulting areas, not to products that reproduce reports based on input information.<\/p>\n

Some companies give it for free. The two main arguments are simple:<\/p>\n

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  1. If you understand in deep the problem your customer has, then you have a good % of the deal.<\/li>\n
  2. In addition the customer knows its problem and s\/he does not want to pay for something s\/he already knows.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Nothing is free in this world; and you can say that a good salesman will sell this discovery phase for a good bunch of dollars simply because is able to convince the customer about the value of working with him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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