This is the last in our three-part Business English Podcast series on cold calling. In der heutigen Lektion, you’ll learn how to deal with several typical kinds of objections that a potential customer might raise.

When Steve first asked for an appointment, Linda didn’t agree right away, did she? As you know, it’s normal for even a good prospect to give you one or two negative responses, so it’s important to be ready to deal with these and “turn them around” skillfully.

Today we’ll be listening to the last part of the cold calling dialogue between Linda and Steve. Wie du zuhörst, pay attention to how Steve turns around Linda’s objections.

Fragen zum Zuhören

1. When Steve asks for an appointment, what is Linda’s first response?
2. What is Linda’s second objection?
3. How does Steve deal with Linda’s objections?

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Dies ist die zweite in unserer dreiteiligen Business-Englisch-Podcast-Lektion zu einer nützlichen Telefon- und Verkaufsfertigkeit: Kaltakquise.

Du kannst dich immer noch überzeugender machen, indem du gut überlegte Fragen stellst und den Antworten wirklich zuhörst. Dieses Prinzip gilt unabhängig davon, ob Sie ein Produkt oder eine Idee verkaufen. In Teil zwei werden wir uns also einige wichtige Verkaufsfähigkeiten ansehen: strategically clarifying and summarizing your prospect’s concerns and incorporating them into your pitch to make it more persuasive.

Where we left off last time, Steve had just introduced his company’s services and asked Linda a needs analysis question. Now lets listen as he clarifies her needs and makes his pitch.

Fragen zum Zuhören

1. What’s the main issue or problem that Linda sees with her current system?
2. What does Steve mean by a “one-stop” service?
3. What does Linda suggest instead of meeting with Steve?

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Today’s lesson is the first in a three-part Business English Pod series on cold calling, the skill of making unsolicited telephone sales calls. Unsolicited means “not asked for.” So cold calling is the skill of making a sales call to someone who is not expecting you.

Cold calling skills are very useful in many parts of business life. To cold call successfully, Sie müssen überzeugend sein. And persuasion is fundamental to business success, whether you are trying to convince a customer to buy something or your boss or colleagues to accept your point of view.

In today’s listening you’ll here two examples, one bad one good. We’ll listen to the bad one first. Josh Knight of Nexus Communications International is cold calling Linda Darling, who works for the law firm Drucker and Smythe. So Linda is Josh’s prospect, or potential customer.

Fragen zum Zuhören

1. Identify four things that Josh does wrong.
2. What is Josh selling?

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