August 2007
Intermediate to advanced
181 pages
2h 57m
English
Communication—the glue that cements sales relationships—can come undone by carelessness including using idioms that do not translate well, words with multiple meanings, or inappropriate nonverbal cues.
You know what you mean by the words you are using, but the meaning for the customer will be clear only if it’s known. It is extremely easy for people from different cultures to misunderstand one another. Would your customer understand you if you referred to your product as the Bentley of the industry? What if you told them that they were comparing “apples and oranges” or tried to soften the blow of a product’s price by noting that you would be ...
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