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Blog Category // Complex Sales (12)
Steering sales people away from the 3Ds: Demo, Discount, Develop
Posted by
Bob Apollo
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Nov 26, 2013
3D movies can be entertaining to watch. They can make special effects jump right out of the screen at you. But if over-done, ...
How many Zombies are lurking in your sales pipeline?
Posted by
Bob Apollo
,
Nov 21, 2013
Have you ever felt that you might be in the presence of the living dead? Even if you are not a horror movie fan, it might be ...
Why your salespeople need to learn to listen laterally...
Posted by
Bob Apollo
,
Nov 19, 2013
I introduced the phrase “lateral listening” into a recent blog article, and had quite a few people ask me what I meant. In ...
Why your market segmentation must focus on the centres, not the edges
Posted by
Bob Apollo
,
Nov 14, 2013
Market segmentation is one of the most powerful tools in the B2B sales and marketing toolbox. If done well, it can ...
B2B Complex Sales: process is no substitute for emotional intelligence
Posted by
Bob Apollo
,
Nov 12, 2013
Many sales leaders believe that having a sales process is important - as evidenced by the over 300 million references on ...
Why we all need to start with “why” - Simon Sinek’s TED Talk revisited
Posted by
Bob Apollo
,
Nov 03, 2013
Kudos to the folks at HubSpot for analysing just what makes Simon Sinek’s awe-inspiring TED Talk on “Inspiring Action” so ...
McKinsey: why most B2B marketing messages fail to move the customer
Posted by
Bob Apollo
,
Oct 28, 2013
Recent research by McKinsey has revealed a dramatic divergence between the brand messages used by B2B companies and the ...
The HBR dismantle the “sales machine”
Posted by
Bob Apollo
,
Oct 22, 2013
As I pointed out in a recent article, we’re going to need fewer, smarter B2B sales people. But that’s not all: we’re going ...
Why we’re going to need fewer, smarter B2B sales people
Posted by
Bob Apollo
,
Oct 16, 2013
According to projections by Gerhard Gschwandtner (CEO of SellingPower magazine) and others, we’re going to need to employ ...
Happy B2B Sales Endings Start at the Beginning
Posted by
Bob Apollo
,
Oct 08, 2013
Do you wish that your sales people were better at closing? Or that their sales forecasts were more accurate? Are you ...
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