A vocabulary exercise covering the core language of marketing. From brand strategy to campaign execution, these are the terms you'll encounter in any English-speaking marketing environment.
📊 Did you know? Marketing edition "Going viral" entered business English from biology — content that spreads rapidly online behaves like a virus, passed from person to person. Today it's standard marketing vocabulary: "Our campaign went viral" means it spread organically and reached a huge audience. Above-the-line vs. below-the-line — these accounting-derived terms now describe marketing: above-the-line (ATL) means mass media advertising (TV, radio, billboards); below-the-line (BTL) means targeted promotions (email, events, coupons). The line between them has blurred significantly in the digital era. "Pain point" is a marketing staple: it describes a specific problem a customer has that your product or service solves. "What are your customer's pain points?" is one of the first questions any marketing strategy session will ask.
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Choose the correct response to complete each sentence.
1. Cell phone market ______________ is at 100% in many European countries.
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2. I'm doing an ______________ of consumer trends in cellular markets such as Japan.
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3. Every marketer should have an idea of how to build strong ______________.
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4. We plan to ______________ this product in the spring of 2025.
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5. The process of gathering, recording and analyzing of data about customers, competitors and the market is called market ______________.
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6. Recent market ______________ show that there is a considerable increase in the use of our technology in the banking sector.
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7. Last year we brought together a team to ______________ for a completely new type of car.
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8. I don't think we'll have a problem ______________ this product. It will almost sell itself.
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9. Jane, could you bring me that ______________ on the Brazilian biotechnology sector?
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10. The ______________ ( = statistics/figures) in this report cover three year trends in the manufacturing sector.
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