I don't contract "SAS" specifically, but rather, I contract my skill as, among other things, a prgrammer who uses SAS as a tool. I don't know if I speak for other contractors here, but my own goal is not, and has never been, to market SAS as a solution. SAS has their own sales and marketing department geared toward this end.

-Ellen Edwards Consultant AT&T Wireless

> ---------- > From: Doug Zirbel[SMTP:doug.zirbel@SUPERVALU.COM] > Reply To: doug.zirbel@SUPERVALU.COM > Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 7:34 PM > To: SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU > Subject: Mostly to the SAS contractors among us > > I've been interviewing SAS folks for a SUGI paper on Marketing SAS At Your > Worksite (or something along those lines). I sent this out a couple of > weeks > ago and got a big '.' for a response. Perhaps it's not as interesting as > I'd > first thought, but let me more specifically redirect it: this is to all of > you > who do contract SAS and whose livelihoods and professional reputation > depends on > this sort of thing: > > How do you "sell" SAS (as a solution to a given problem) to a client? > Or don't you? > Would anyone benefit? > What advice do you have for them? > > TIA > Doug Zirbel > doug.zirbel@supervalu.com >