{"id":14149,"date":"2019-09-08T12:52:31","date_gmt":"2019-09-08T20:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=14149"},"modified":"2023-01-06T10:43:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T18:43:46","slug":"bep-346-business-english-sales-collocations-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2019\/09\/08\/bep-346-business-english-sales-collocations-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 346 &#8211; English Sales Collocations (Part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-14149-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP346-Sales-Collocations1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP346-Sales-Collocations1.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP346-Sales-Collocations1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a title=\"BEP 346 - Business English Collocations for Discussing Sales 1\" href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/BEP346POD\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Business-English-Pod-346-English-Collocations-Sales-1-600x263.jpg\" alt=\"BEP 346 LESSON - Business English Sales Collocations (Part 1)\" width=\"600\" height=\"263\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-14155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Business-English-Pod-346-English-Collocations-Sales-1-600x263.jpg 600w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Business-English-Pod-346-English-Collocations-Sales-1-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Business-English-Pod-346-English-Collocations-Sales-1-768x336.jpg 768w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Business-English-Pod-346-English-Collocations-Sales-1-200x88.jpg 200w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Business-English-Pod-346-English-Collocations-Sales-1-400x175.jpg 400w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Business-English-Pod-346-English-Collocations-Sales-1-800x350.jpg 800w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Business-English-Pod-346-English-Collocations-Sales-1.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hello and welcome back to Business English Pod for today&#8217;s lesson on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/english-collocations\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">English collocations<\/a> related to sales.<\/p>\n<p>Sales is at the heart of any business. Without the hard work of salespeople who move prospects down the funnel, turning interest into sales, no business would even exist. But the game of sales is constantly changing. Good salespeople, and good companies, learn to adapt to changes in the marketplace, in consumer preferences, and in the competition.<\/p>\n<p>In this lesson, we&#8217;ll listen in on a sales team meeting in a pharmaceutical company. The team is discussing past performance and future strategy. During their discussion, they use many expressions that we call &#8220;collocations.&#8221; A collocation is just a natural combination of words that native speakers learn as one expression. For example, the first collocation you&#8217;ll hear is &#8220;sales volume,&#8221; which refers to the number of units sold in a given period of time.<\/p>\n<p>Native English speakers use collocations like this automatically. And people in a certain field of work share an understanding of these special expressions specific to their area. By studying these collocations in different fields, you&#8217;ll improve your vocabulary and sound more fluent. As you listen to the dialog, try to pick out some of these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/english-collocations\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">English collocations<\/a> and we&#8217;ll discuss them later in the debrief.<\/p>\n<p>In the dialog, we&#8217;ll hear Fran, Gus, and Nick. Fran is the sales manager, and she&#8217;s just finished talking about the past year&#8217;s sales results. Now she wants to talk about reasons for their disappointing results and strategies for improving them. The three colleagues use many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/sales\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">sales English<\/a> collocations and vocabulary specific to the pharmaceutical industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listening Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1.\tWhat is the group hoping to increase or improve by discussing sales performance and strategy?<br \/>\n2.\tWhat does Fran believe is the reason for a reasonably good third quarter?<br \/>\n3.\tWhat have better sales analytics helped the company understand?<\/p>\n<p>[tp no_translate=&#8221;y&#8221;]<strong>Premium Members: <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/BEP346SN-Sales-Collocations1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">PDF Transcript<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/BEP346QIZ\/presentation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener 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