다시 오신 것을 환영합니다 비즈니스 영어 포드 오늘의 수업을 위해 how to talk with customers in English. Potential customers, 그건.
If you work in sales or business development, a big part of your job is meeting new people in search of new customers. That might include cold-calling, where you phone someone at work or drop by their office. But often this kind of networking takes place at events, like conferences, forums, and pretty much anywhere else you have a lot of people in one place.
At these events, you don’t usually begin a conversation talking about business. 대신에, you talk about the weather, or sports, or other non-work topics. This is where 영어로 사교하기 and doing business in English are closely connected. You’ve got to break the ice socially before you introduce your company, the work that you do, and other clients. And then you’ve got to lead into talking about the customer’s needs and asking to follow up at a later time. The trick is doing this naturally.
오늘 대화에서, Nick을 듣겠습니다, HR 컨설팅 회사에서 사업 개발에 종사하는 사람. Nick is at a dinner event during a big HR conference. He is seated at a table with Andria. Nick clearly demonstrates how an English sales conversation works, as he identifies Andria as a potential customer.
듣기 질문
1. How does Nick introduce his company?
2. What do Nick’s company and Andria’s company have in common?
3. What does Nick ask to identify a gap in Andria’s HR strategy?
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