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    Bob Apollo

    Bob Apollo
    November 19, 2023
    Bob Apollo is a Fellow of the Institute of Sales Professionals, a regular contributor to the International Journal of Sales Transformation and Top Sales World Magazine, and the driving force behind Inflexion-Point Strategy Partners, the leading proponents of outcome-centric selling. Following a successful corporate career spanning start-ups, scale-ups and market leaders, Bob now works as a strategic advisor, mentor, trainer and coach to ambitious B2B sales organisations - teaching them how to differentiate themselves through their provably superior approach to achieving their customer's desired outcomes.
    Articles By Bob Apollo

    The management skill that’s missing in two-thirds of sales organisations

    Miller Heiman’s always-excellent research programme has thrown up another compelling statistic: only 34% of all the sales ...

    The 3 levels of sales qualification: account, opportunity, sponsor

    It makes for pretty uncomfortable reading: CSO Insights’ latest global study of sales forecast accuracy suggests that - on a ...

    Bridging the gap between marketing messages and sales conversations

    I wrote late last year about the idea that “you can create brilliant content marketing and still miss the point”, and I want ...

    B2B sales: it’s your prospect’s proposal that matters, not yours!

    In most complex B2B sales environments, a proposal plays a significant part in the decision making process. But it’s not ...

    Data Driven Selling: Big Data or Smart Data?

    It often feels nowadays that you can’t turn anywhere without tripping over a Big Data message. Everybody seems to be jumping ...

    Should sales people be problem solvers or problem builders?

    The conventional view of a successful “solution sales” person is as a problem solver. But that traditional perspective is ...

    Why it’s time we stopped "weeing" over our prospects

    At an intellectual level, it’s easy to accept that our prospects are far more interested in addressing their issues than ...

    Should B2B marketing be employing more scientists than artists?

    That’s the question implied by one of IDC’s recently published “Top 10 predictions for 2013”. Driven by a number of profound ...

    Sales qualification isn’t an event - it’s a process

    Many sales pipelines include a stage labelled “qualified”. But if - like most of the companies I work with - you’re selling ...

    Why top sales people focus on priorities - not needs

    When I started my sales career, I was taught that I should focus on identifying my prospect’s needs. Later, when I started ...