Business | English learning podcast Conversation | Episode 2

00:25:42
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TLDRIn this intermediate English lesson, Marco and Erica guide learners through useful vocabulary and phrases for sales strategies in a business context. They explain terms such as 'Drive Sales', which means to increase sales, and 'promotion', which refers to marketing strategies like discounts. The lesson features a dialogue from a sales meeting where participants brainstorm ideas to improve sales, emphasizing the importance of creative solutions and effective communication. Key phrases such as 'match the competitors' and 'it'll never fly' are also introduced, providing learners with practical language skills for real-life business situations.

Takeaways

  • 📈 **Drive Sales** - means to increase sales effectively.
  • 💼 **Promotion** - refers to strategies to promote products and increase awareness.
  • 🏆 **Match the competitors** - implies being competitive in the industry.
  • 🔍 **In the market** - describes being part of an industry or product group.
  • 🚫 **It'll never fly** - indicates an idea that won't work.
  • 🗣 **Consider** - a more formal way to say 'thinking about'.
  • 🌟 **Brilliant idea** - a stronger expression for a good suggestion.
  • 🛍 **Two for one offer** - a popular sales promotion strategy.
  • 🔄 **Sales cycle** - the process a customer goes through when buying a product.
  • 👥 **Customer loyalty** - refers to customers repeatedly buying the same brand.

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  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    In this lesson, Marco and Erica discuss an intermediate English lesson focused on sales strategies. They cover vocabulary related to driving sales and promotions, and prepare listeners for a dialogue about a sales meeting.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    The meeting begins with a manager expressing urgency for solutions to drive sales. A suggestion to lower prices is met with skepticism, prompting Natalie to propose a two-for-one promotion, which also faces criticism. Eventually, the CEO shows interest in the promotion idea, highlighting its potential effectiveness.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    Key vocabulary from the dialogue is introduced, including 'match the competitors,' which means to be as good as or better than others in the industry, and 'in the market,' referring to the industry context. These terms help to clarify discussions around competition and sales strategies.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:00

    The phrase 'it'll never fly' is explained, indicating that an idea will not work or be approved. The conversation shifts to language takeaways, showcasing expressions that can enhance fluency, such as 'the CEO will be here any minute' and 'we should consider' instead of 'we are thinking about.'

  • 00:20:00 - 00:25:42

    The dialogue is repeated at a slower pace for enhanced understanding, but the focus also shifts to discussing effective managerial styles. Marco shares a personal story of an encouraging manager, contrasting this with the negative portrayal of the current meeting's manager, promoting a discussion on the importance of positive workplace dynamics.

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Video Tanya Jawab

  • What does 'Drive Sales' mean?

    To increase sales.

  • What is a 'promotion' in marketing?

    A marketing strategy to make people aware of a product, like discounts or special offers.

  • What does 'in the market' refer to?

    It means to be in the industry.

  • What does 'it'll never fly' mean?

    It means an idea won't work or won't be approved.

  • How can employees suggest solutions in a business meeting?

    They can propose ideas like promotions or changes to prices.

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Gulir Otomatis:
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    [Music]
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    welcome back English Learners my name is
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    Marco and I am joined by Erica how are
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    you Erica I'm doing great Marco and you
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    excellent I'm doing really well and I'm
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    really excited about our lesson for
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    today that's right we've got an
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    intermediate lesson today and we're
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    going to study some real English English
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    that you use every day right that's
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    right English that native speakers
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    really use exactly and today as Erica
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    mentioned we have a intermediate lesson
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    and not only is it intermediate but it's
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    a business lesson yes so today we're
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    listening into a sales meeting and we're
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    going to learn some great useful English
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    to talk about sales strategies so we're
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    going to learn English for sales
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    strategies for making suggestions and
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    for responding to suggestions great so
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    why don't we take a look at our
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    vocabulary preview for today vocabulary
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    preview so our vocabulary preview is a
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    part of our lesson when we teach you
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    some really important words that will
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    help you to understand the dialogue
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    better okay great so that is what
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    vocabulary preview is we have two words
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    for you today and we can start off by
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    looking at the first one our first word
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    today is Drive Sales Drive Sales Drive
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    sales to drive sales and that means to
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    increase sales right to sell more
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    exactly so to Drive sales okay so now
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    let's look at our second word and it's
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    an interesting one it's promotion
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    promotion promotion promotion so Erica
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    what is a promotion exactly okay so here
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    we're not really talking about getting a
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    better job right okay yeah not like a
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    job promotion no we're talking about a
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    marketing strategy okay so I can give
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    you an example suppose that I want to
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    buy shampoo uhhuh and if I go to the
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    supermarket and I see buy one and get
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    one free so that's a two for one that's
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    a two for one promotion yeah okay that's
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    a sales promotion or perhaps the shampoo
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    in the supermarket is less expensive
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    than usual maybe yeah usually maybe it
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    costs $5 but today it costs $4 that's a
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    sales promotion great so that's a really
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    good marketing strategy exactly and
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    we'll hear this word in our dialogue
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    today great so we are ready to listen to
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    our dialogue it's going to be pretty
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    fast so it might be a little bit
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    difficult to understand but don't worry
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    if you don't understand everything
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    because later in this lesson we're going
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    to explain all the important words and
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    [Music]
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    phrases all right people we're holding
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    this meeting today because we've got to
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    do something about our sales and we need
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    to do it now I want Concrete Solutions
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    how do you plan to drive sales
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    Roger well um in fact we're the most
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    expensive in the market so maybe we need
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    to lower our prices to match the
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    competitors lower our prices not very
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    creative it'll never fly with Swan what
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    kind of thinking is that jeez anyone
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    have a better plan Natalie um perhaps um
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    a promotion maybe a two for one offer or
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    or something like that what that's the
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    same thing
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    bad idea really bad idea damn it people
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    come on think the CEO will be here any
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    minute hello Mr Swan oh Mr Swan hello Mr
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    Swan do we have any ideas yet yes Mr
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    Swan we were kind of considering a two
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    for one offer to get more competitive a
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    two for one promotion H I kind of like
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    the sound of that it sounds like
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    something we should consider yeah
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    exactly that's just what I was thinking
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    in fact it's a brilliant idea I'm glad
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    we thought of that very
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    [Music]
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    creative okay so an interesting manager
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    right I don't know about interesting
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    maybe I would think bad manager we're
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    going to talk about him later on in the
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    show but now let's take a look at our
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    language
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    takeaway language
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    takeaway okay so language takeaway is
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    the part of our lesson where we teach
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    you the most important important words
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    from the dialogue all these words that
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    we are going to focus on can be found in
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    today's dialogue exactly so we have
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    three words for you today let's look at
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    the first one match the competitors
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    match the competitors match the
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    competitors match the competitors great
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    so we have some examples for you so you
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    can listen and try and see if you can
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    figure out what match the competitors
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    really means
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    example
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    one we guarantee that we can match the
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    competitors's lowest
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    price example
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    two it's impossible for us to match the
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    competitors our costs are just too high
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    example
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    three do you think we can match our
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    competitors prices and still keep our
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    quality
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    High ah okay so I see that match the
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    competitors means to be as good as or
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    better than other companies in the same
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    industry exactly mat the competitors all
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    right so let's move to our second word
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    today for language takeaways and it is
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    in the market in the market in the
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    market in the market we heard this
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    phrase in the dialogue and it means in
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    the industry exactly I can say for
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    example English pod is the best language
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    pod in the market so of all the podcasts
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    that teach English English pod is the
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    best of course no doubt about it I
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    totally agree right or I can give you
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    another example iPods are the most
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    popular MP3 players in the market so of
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    all the MP3 players in the world iPods
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    are the most popular so let's move to
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    our final word for today and it is it'll
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    never fly it'll never fly it'll never
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    fly it will never fly so this phrase
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    sounds a little bit strange I know fly
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    are we talking about an airplane here
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    what's going on exactly but we're not so
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    so we're going to give you some examples
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    and try and guess what it'll never fly
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    really
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    means example
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    one this marketing plan will never fly
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    it's just too
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    expensive example two
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    what you want to sell bikinis in Alaska
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    that'll never
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    fly example
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    three Brad told me his idea for a film
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    script but the story will never fly it's
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    not interesting
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    enough so it means it won't work it
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    won't work it's not a good idea they'll
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    never agree exactly great so now we've
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    seen a lot of useful phrases and we are
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    ready to listen to our dialogue a second
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    time but this time it's going to be slow
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    so you'll be able to understand a little
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    bit better and you'll be able to hear
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    the words and phrases we were just
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    talking
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    about all right people we're holding
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    this meeting today because we've got to
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    do something about our sales and we need
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    to do it now I want Concrete Solutions
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    how do you plan to drive sales
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    Roger well um in fact we're the most
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    expensive in the market so maybe we need
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    to lower our prices to match the
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    competitors lower our prices not very
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    creative it'll never fly with Swan what
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    kind of thinking is that jeez anybody
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    else have a better plan Natalie
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    um perhaps um a promotion maybe a two
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    for one offer or something like that
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    what that's the same thing bad idea
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    really bad idea damn it people come on
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    think the CEO will be here any
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    minute hello Mr Swan oh Mr Swan hello Mr
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    Swan do we have any ideas yet yes Mr
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    Swan we were kind of considering a two
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    for one offer to get more competitive a
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    two for one
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    promotion H I kind of like the sound of
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    that it sounds like something we should
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    consider yeah exactly that's just what I
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    was thinking in fact that's a brilliant
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    idea I'm glad we thought of that very
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    creative
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    okay great I hope everyone understands a
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    lot better now and I hope everyone could
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    listen out for some of those key words
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    right so now it's time for us to take a
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    look at fluency
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    Builder fluency Builder so with fluency
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    Builder we try to help you increase your
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    fluency we take a word or phrase that
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    you already know and show you how to say
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    it a little bit more naturally a little
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    bit more like a native English speaker
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    right and we have three of these words
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    for you today yeah let's start with the
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    first one okay so often students will
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    say something like I'll be here soon or
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    I will arrive soon right and these
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    sentences are correct they're totally
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    fine but I think there's a better way to
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    say this right and we heard it in the
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    dialogue so let's listen to what the
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    person in the dialogue
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    said the CEO will be here any minute
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    the CEO will be here any
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    minute okay so be here any minute he'll
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    be here any minute it just sounds a
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    little bit more natural yeah I think I
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    use this phrase quite often he'll be
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    here any minute he'll be here soon yeah
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    great okay so let's move on to our
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    second phrase for fluency Builder so
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    this phrase will help you to learn how
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    to say I'm thinking about something in a
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    better sounding way right so you can say
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    something like we are thinking about a
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    sales strategy or that sounds like
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    something we should think about right
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    and it's perfectly correct yeah there's
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    no problem with this but in the dialogue
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    we heard something a little bit
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    different so let's listen to it it
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    sounds like something we should
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    consider it sounds like something we
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    should
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    consider so consider sounds like a
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    pretty natural way of saying it right
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    yeah and you know I think it sounds
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    really kind of smart yeah it sounds more
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    more formal even a little more
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    professional yeah it's a good word y
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    okay brilliant so let's move on to our
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    third word Marco you already said our
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    third word oh yeah I actually did
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    brilliant um that's a great word right
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    there yeah a lot of people might say
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    that's a great idea or great but in the
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    dialogue we heard another way of saying
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    the same
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    idea that's a brilliant
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    idea that's a brilliant
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    idea okay so this is great but I would
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    have to say that it's a little bit more
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    British English yeah I'd agree with you
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    there but I also think it sort of gives
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    more power to this idea that it's a good
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    idea brilliant idea that it's a really
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    really good idea yeah yeah I like that
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    word okay so we're ready to listen to
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    our dialogue again a third time but at
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    its normal speed
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    is
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    it all right people we're holding this
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    meeting today because we've got to do
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    something about our sales and we need to
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    do it now I want Concrete Solutions how
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    do you plan to drive sales
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    Roger well um in fact we're the most
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    expensive in the market so maybe we need
  • 00:13:22
    to lower our prices to match the
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    competitors lower our prices not very
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    creative it'll never fly with swan what
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    kind of thinking is that jeez anyone
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    have a better plan Natalie um perhaps um
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    a promotion maybe a two for one offer or
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    or something like that what that's the
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    same thing bad idea really bad idea damn
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    it people come on think the CEO will be
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    here any
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    minute hello Mr Swan oh Mr Swan hello Mr
  • 00:13:52
    Swan do we have any ideas yet yes Mr
  • 00:13:54
    Swan we were kind of considering a two
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    for one offer to get more competitive a
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    two for one promotion H I kind of like
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    the sound of that it sounds like
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    something we should consider yeah
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    exactly that's just what I was thinking
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    in fact it's a brilliant idea I'm glad
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    we thought of that very
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    creative all right so listening to this
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    dialogue makes you think about this boss
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    I'm pretty sure everyone has had a
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    manager or a supervisor that's similar
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    to this guy yeah this boss uh Clark I
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    would have to say he sounds like a
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    terrible person to work for yeah that's
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    true if you're a manager you want to
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    motivate your employees I think it's the
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    most important thing a manager does is
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    to encourage his or her employees and to
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    help support them to grow and to be
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    better people in the job and this guy is
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    totally not doing this and you can tell
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    because they are a little bit scared of
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    talking and he cuts them off with saying
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    oh it's a bad idea give me a better idea
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    and stuff like that yeah I could never
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    work for a guy like this you know my
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    first boss that I had when I first
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    entered the workforce um I was in a very
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    Junior position and I was working for a
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    large company and the general manager of
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    the company he was amazing he was so
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    encouraging he knew every single
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    employees name first name and he would
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    you know make an effort to stop and say
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    hello and ask them how things were going
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    and you know what this left me was such
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    a good feeling about the company that I
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    really wanted to work hard for this
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    company and try my best and I think that
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    I've never met such a great boss as this
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    guy no I think that's true definitely if
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    you have a boss that's encouraging and
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    motivating like that it makes you work
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    harder and makes you feel part of a
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    really special team and that's something
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    we can all agree on and I'm sure all our
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    managers out there do the same well you
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    know what I hope some of our listeners
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    log on to our website and maybe they can
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    tell us some experiences with bad
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    managers or good managers or if they are
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    managers how they handle things yeah and
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    hopefully they can use some of these
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    great phrases that we talked about
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    today the English pod audio
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    review listen to the meaning then say
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    the vocabulary
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    word a real or specific solution to a
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    problem Concrete
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    [Music]
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    Solutions increase
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    sales Drive sales
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    in the
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    industry in the
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    market be as good as or better than
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    other companies in the same
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    industry to match the
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    competitors will not work will not be
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    approved will never
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    fly something done to make people aware
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    of a product
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    promotion will arrive very
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    soon be here any
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    minute thinking
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    about to
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    consider
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    excellent
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    brilliant as good as or better than
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    others of the same
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    type comp
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    itive make sales
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    successfully win
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    sales plans for a company sales
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    activities sales
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    strategy the process a customer goes
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    through when deciding to buy a
  • 00:17:52
    product sales
  • 00:17:55
    cycle to sell more than others
  • 00:18:00
    to out
  • 00:18:02
    sell when a customer buys the same brand
  • 00:18:05
    over and
  • 00:18:07
    over Customer
  • 00:18:10
    Loyalty let's try that
  • 00:18:14
    faster
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    excellent
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    brilliant we arrive very
  • 00:18:22
    soon be here any
  • 00:18:25
    minute to sell more than others
  • 00:18:29
    to out
  • 00:18:31
    sell will not work will not be
  • 00:18:35
    approved will never
  • 00:18:38
    fly the process a customer goes through
  • 00:18:40
    when deciding to buy a
  • 00:18:44
    product sales
  • 00:18:46
    cycle something done to make people
  • 00:18:48
    aware of a
  • 00:18:51
    product
  • 00:18:53
    promotion in the
  • 00:18:56
    industry in the market
  • 00:19:00
    increase
  • 00:19:02
    sales Drive
  • 00:19:05
    sales be as good as or better than other
  • 00:19:08
    companies in the same
  • 00:19:11
    industry to match the
  • 00:19:14
    competitors as good as or better than
  • 00:19:16
    others of the same
  • 00:19:19
    type
  • 00:19:21
    competitive make sales
  • 00:19:25
    successfully win sales
  • 00:19:29
    plans for a company sales
  • 00:19:33
    activities sales
  • 00:19:35
    strategy when a customer buys the same
  • 00:19:38
    brand over and
  • 00:19:40
    over Customer
  • 00:19:43
    Loyalty thinking
  • 00:19:46
    about to
  • 00:19:48
    consider a real or specific solution to
  • 00:19:51
    a
  • 00:19:53
    problem Concrete
  • 00:19:56
    Solutions now say the word and hear it
  • 00:19:59
    in a
  • 00:20:01
    sentence Drive
  • 00:20:09
    sales if we want to drive sales I think
  • 00:20:12
    we need to spend more time training our
  • 00:20:15
    sales
  • 00:20:17
    people drive
  • 00:20:24
    sales the most important thing for us
  • 00:20:27
    right now is to focus on D driving
  • 00:20:30
    s Drive
  • 00:20:39
    sales I think if we increase our
  • 00:20:41
    marketing budget it will help us to
  • 00:20:43
    drive sales in the fourth
  • 00:20:52
    quarter I expect each of you to come to
  • 00:20:55
    the meeting tomorrow with Concrete
  • 00:20:57
    Solutions for our recruitment
  • 00:21:03
    problem Dale have you come up with any
  • 00:21:06
    concrete
  • 00:21:12
    solution I'm sorry but I just can't
  • 00:21:15
    offer any Concrete Solutions right
  • 00:21:18
    now
  • 00:21:26
    promotion we can't have a sales
  • 00:21:28
    promotion right now because our costs
  • 00:21:30
    are too
  • 00:21:32
    high
  • 00:21:40
    promotion the department store is
  • 00:21:43
    offering a promotion everything is 50%
  • 00:21:46
    off let's go
  • 00:21:48
    shopping
  • 00:21:55
    promotion a two for one promotion might
  • 00:21:58
    be a way to attract new
  • 00:22:05
    customers we guarantee that we can match
  • 00:22:08
    the competitor's lowest
  • 00:22:16
    price it's impossible for us to match
  • 00:22:19
    the competitors our costs are just too
  • 00:22:22
    high
  • 00:22:29
    do you think we can match the
  • 00:22:30
    competitor's quality and still keep our
  • 00:22:32
    price
  • 00:22:34
    low in the
  • 00:22:40
    market English pod is the best podcast
  • 00:22:44
    in the
  • 00:22:46
    market in the
  • 00:22:53
    market iPods are the most popular MP3
  • 00:22:57
    players in the market
  • 00:22:59
    in the
  • 00:23:05
    market our product is the cheapest in
  • 00:23:09
    the
  • 00:23:10
    market will'll never
  • 00:23:19
    fly this marketing plan will never fly
  • 00:23:23
    we just don't have enough money for
  • 00:23:26
    it we'll never never
  • 00:23:33
    fly I like that idea but it'll never fly
  • 00:23:37
    with
  • 00:23:39
    management will never
  • 00:23:48
    fly Brad told me his idea for a film
  • 00:23:51
    script but the story will never fly it's
  • 00:23:53
    not interesting
  • 00:23:55
    enough be here any minute
  • 00:24:03
    hurry up the bus will be here any
  • 00:24:06
    minute be here any
  • 00:24:14
    minute Nick just called he said he
  • 00:24:17
    should be here any
  • 00:24:20
    minute be here any minute
  • 00:24:28
    is everything prepared for the meeting
  • 00:24:30
    the CEO will be here any
  • 00:24:33
    minute to
  • 00:24:37
    consider we're considering a sales
  • 00:24:40
    promotion to
  • 00:24:46
    consider I think we need to consider a
  • 00:24:48
    new sales
  • 00:24:50
    strategy to
  • 00:24:55
    consider have you considered reducing
  • 00:24:57
    the price
  • 00:25:03
    brilliant that's a brilliant
  • 00:25:07
    idea
  • 00:25:11
    brilliant this is a brilliant marketing
  • 00:25:15
    plan
  • 00:25:20
    brilliant what a brilliant suggestion
  • 00:25:23
    thanks Roger so thanks for listening
  • 00:25:25
    today everyone and until next time this
  • 00:25:28
    is goodbye bye
  • 00:25:35
    [Music]
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