BEP 50 – Suavizando Respostas Negativas (Papel 2)

This is the second in a two-part Business English Podcast lesson on softening negative replies. Last time you worked on softening negative replies in conversation to keep the atmosphere friendly and cooperative. Também, you practiced refusing an offer of help and letting someone down gently.

Hoje, we’ll be looking at refusing and disagreeing politely.

All these skills form part of a soft or gentle speaking style, which should form part of your communicative repertoire or toolbox.

Perguntas de escuta

1) Why is the GM of Avitek unable to meet with Nick on Thursday.
2) How is the weather in Kiev?

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BEP 49 – Suavizando Respostas Negativas (Papel 1)

This is the first in a two-part Business English Podcast lesson on softening negative repliessaying “não” politely.

“Não” is one of the strongest words in any language. Because it carries so much force, “não” is hard to say politely. Yet giving a negative reply, disagreeing or refusing a request are all things we have to do on a daily basis. So it’s important to learn how to say “não” in a way that enables you to maintain good relationships. In many cases this requires you to take a softer and more indirect approach. So today we’ll work on ways to soften negative replies in a variety of everyday situations.

In the dialog we meet up again with Nicholas Fisher, the European sales director for Harper-Tolland from BEP 35 e 36. He is flying into Kiev to support local sales staff by meeting with a large potential customer, Avitek. This is a Ukrainian company that manufactures cargo and firefighting aircraft. In our dialog, Nick is being met at the airport by Harper-Tolland’s sales manager in the Ukraine, Oksana Ivanchuk.

Perguntas de escuta

1) Has Nick been to the Ukraine before?
2) What day of the week is it?

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BEP 48 – Cold Calling: Como lidar com objeções e encerrar a chamada

Este é o último de nossa série de podcasts de inglês para negócios em três partes sobre ligações não solicitadas. Na lição de hoje, você aprenderá como lidar com vários tipos típicos de objeções que um cliente potencial pode levantar.

Quando Steve pediu uma consulta pela primeira vez, Linda não concordou imediatamente, ela fez? Como você sabe, é normal que até mesmo um bom cliente em potencial dê uma ou duas respostas negativas, por isso é importante estar pronto para lidar com isso e “virá-los” com habilidade.

Hoje estaremos ouvindo a última parte do diálogo de ligação não solicitada entre Linda e Steve. Enquanto você escuta, preste atenção em como Steve contorna as objeções de Linda.

Perguntas de escuta

1. Quando Steve pede uma consulta, qual é a primeira resposta de Linda?
2. Qual é a segunda objeção de Linda?
3. Como Steve lida com as objeções de Linda?

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BEP 47 – Cold Calling: Esclarecendo Benefícios e Fazendo um Passo

Este é o segundo de nossa aula de podcast de inglês para negócios em três partes sobre telefone útil e habilidades de vendas: chamada fria.

Você sempre pode se tornar mais persuasivo fazendo perguntas bem pensadas e realmente ouvindo as respostas. Este princípio é verdadeiro quer você esteja vendendo um produto ou uma ideia. Na parte dois, veremos algumas habilidades-chave de venda: strategically clarifying and summarizing your prospect’s concerns and incorporating them into your pitch to make it more persuasive.

Onde paramos da última vez, 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.

Perguntas de escuta

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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BEP 46 – Cold Calling: Começando com um bom começo

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, you need to be persuasive. 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.

Perguntas de escuta

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

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