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English for Sales and Marketing/Choose the right synonym 4

A synonym-matching exercise for advanced sales and marketing vocabulary. The ability to use different words for the same concept is essential for natural, professional business communication.



📚 Key vocabulary
click-through rate (CTR) — the percentage of people who click on a link or advertisement after seeing it
funnel — a model representing the stages a potential customer goes through, from awareness to purchase
content marketing — a strategy focused on creating and distributing valuable content to attract and retain a defined audience
KPI (key performance indicator) — a measurable value that demonstrates how effectively a company is achieving key business objectives
market share — the portion of total sales in a market captured by a particular company or product
customer retention — a company's ability to keep its existing customers over a specified period of time
product lifecycle — the progression of a product through introduction, growth, maturity, and decline stages
demographic — statistical data relating to a population, such as age, gender, income, and education level
psychographic — characteristics relating to consumers' attitudes, interests, values, and lifestyle choices
upselling — encouraging a customer to purchase a more expensive or upgraded version of the product they are considering


READY TO PRACTICE? LET’S GO!

Choose the correct word(s) to make the two sentences have the same meaning.



1. He was _________________ a product we were not interested in. = He was trying to sell us a product we were not interested in.
2. There are more effective ways to _________________ prospective customers to buy our products. = There are more effective ways to convince prospective customers to buy our products.
3. The results of the research _________________ me to take a different approach. = After seeing the results of the research, I decided to (I had to) take a different approach.
4. To _________________ an idea = To make an idea fail/ To reject an idea
5. Our customers don't like it when we ____________ things down for them. = Our customers don't like it when we oversimplify things for them in order to make them easier to understand.
6. Why can't he ever answer a question directly? = Why does he always talk __________________ a question?
7. How do you plan to _________________ this campaign? = What changes do you plan to make to this campaign?
8. To take a _________________ view = To not be overly optimistic
9. What kind of _________________ will this have on sales? = How will this affect sales?
10. National advertising will be negatively _________________. = This will have a negative effect on national advertising.




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