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82% -- salespeople not aligned with buyer needs for salespeople (2025)

2025  · Salesforce

82% of sales people are not aligned with the needs of their buyers.

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2025
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salespeople
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salespeople: 82% salespeople not aligned with buyer needs. Source: Salesforce (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/salespeople-not-aligned-buyer-needs
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/salespeople-not-aligned-buyer-needs" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>82%</strong> -- salespeople not aligned with buyer needs for salespeople<br><small>Source: Salesforce (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/salespeople-not-aligned-buyer-needs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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