{"id":366,"date":"2009-06-06T23:09:42","date_gmt":"2009-06-07T07:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=366"},"modified":"2023-01-11T10:49:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T18:49:07","slug":"bep-133-adv-sales-and-interviews-elevator-pitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/06\/bep-133-adv-sales-and-interviews-elevator-pitch\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 133 &#8211; Sales and Interviews: Elevator Pitch in English"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-366-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP133-Mob.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP133-Mob.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP133-Mob.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>In this Business English Podcast, we&#8217;re going to look at delivering an elevator pitch.<\/p>\n<p>A sales pitch is a presentation designed to introduce a product or service in order to convince people to buy it. An elevator pitch is a very short presentation designed to do the same thing in 60-seconds or less and often the &#8220;product&#8221; being presented is <em>you<\/em>. An elevator pitch should be short enough that you could complete it during an elevator ride. A key point being that you&#8217;re not asking the person to do something for you, you&#8217;re telling them what you can do for them.<\/p>\n<p>In today&#8217;s lesson, we&#8217;ll be listening to two pitches. First up is Jonathan, a university student visiting a job fair in search of his first job. Then we&#8217;ll hear Dominic, a manager for a logistics company, make his pitch to a potential customer while attending a local Chamber of Commerce meeting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listening Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1)\tWhat does Jonathan highlight as his key strengths in the first dialog?<br \/>\n2)\tIn the second dialog, how does Dominic get Graham&#8217;s attention?<br \/>\n3)\tWhat&#8217;s the key advantage of Dominic&#8217;s company?<\/p>\n<p>[tp no_translate=&#8221;y&#8221;]<strong>Premium Members: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/transcripts\/BEP133SN-Elevator.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">PDF Transcript<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/quiz\/BEP133-Pub\/BEP133-player.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Online Practice<\/span> <\/a>| <a 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