📚 Key vocabulary brand equity — the commercial value derived from consumer perception of a brand name rather than the product itself market segmentation — dividing a broad market into subgroups of consumers with common needs or characteristics conversion rate — the percentage of website visitors or leads who complete a desired action, such as making a purchase customer acquisition cost (CAC) — the total cost of winning a new customer, including marketing and sales expenses return on investment (ROI) — a measure of the profitability of an investment, calculated as net profit divided by cost lead generation — the process of attracting and capturing interest from potential customers for a business's products or services value proposition — a clear statement explaining how a product solves a customer problem and why it is better than alternatives positioning — the process of establishing how a brand or product occupies a distinct place in the minds of target customers B2B (business-to-business) — commercial transactions conducted between two businesses, rather than between a business and a consumer B2C (business-to-consumer) — commercial transactions where a business sells products or services directly to individual consumers
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Choose the best response to complete each of the sentences below.
1. This advertisement doesn't __________________________ people to buy the product.
Correct answer: encourage — Base verb after doesn't: doesn't encourage.
2. This advertisement __________________________ people to buy the product.
Correct answer: A or B — Encourages (third person singular) and encouraged are both valid.
3. I haven't seen numbers like these in 10 years.
Correct answer: haven't see — Present perfect with in 10 years: haven't seen is correct.
4. Let's __________________________ this over lunch.
Correct answer: discuss — Let's + base verb — no infinitive marker needed.
5. __________________________ a business is hard work.
Correct answer: Starting — Gerund as subject: Starting a business.
6. __________________________ three businesses myself, I know what I'm talking about.
Correct answer: Having started — Perfect participial clause expressing prior experience.
7. This is an opportunity _________________ more directly with consumers.
Correct answer: to connect — Infinitive of purpose following a noun: opportunity to connect.
8. __________________________ with consumers isn't easy.
Correct answer: Connecting — Gerund as subject: Connecting with consumers.
9. He expressed concern about some of the deals currently __________________________.
Correct answer: taking place — Present participial phrase: deals currently taking place.
10. Generally speaking, nobody __________________________ to carry around a huge cellphone.
Correct answer: wants — State verb: want (third person singular, no continuous).