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Sales (Trade Shows/ Trade Fairs) 1

A vocabulary exercise covering the language of trade shows and business exhibitions. These terms are used by exhibitors, attendees, and event organizers in professional trade fair and conference settings.



📚 Key vocabulary
pipeline — a visual representation of all active sales opportunities and where they stand in the selling process
prospecting — the process of identifying and contacting potential customers who may benefit from a product or service
quota — a sales target assigned to a salesperson or team for a specific time period
closing — the final stage of the sales process where the salesperson asks for or obtains a commitment to purchase
objection handling — the skill of addressing and overcoming a potential customer's concerns or hesitations
cold calling — contacting potential customers by phone without a prior relationship or expressed interest
commission — a payment to a salesperson calculated as a percentage of the sales they generate
upsell — encouraging an existing customer to purchase a more expensive product or service than originally intended
discovery call — an initial conversation with a potential customer to understand their needs and assess fit
SPIN selling — a consultative sales methodology based on asking Situation, Problem, Implication, and Need-payoff questions


READY TO PRACTICE? LET’S GO!

Choose the correct response to complete each sentence.

1. For many companies, trade show marketing can be a ____________________.
2. One of the things you have to consider are the ____________________ for your space.
3. The trade show is tomorrow and the print shop hasn't finished printing our ____________________ yet!
4. Our ____________________ production costs are low, since we're setting it up ourselves.
5. I ____________________ five trade shows last year.
6. Stacks of business cards = ____________________ business cards
7. A trade show isn't worth your time and effort if it doesn't produce good ____________________.
8. One of the main reasons we're attending the trade show is to connect with ____________________.
9. Trade shows produce about 20 ____________________ of our annual leads.
10. Setting up a professional-looking booth will help us raise our ____________________.




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