Making a cold call - 29 - Need to make a call? English at Work shows you how

For more English at Work and other great content:: TRANSCRIPT Narrator: Bye bye Mr Socrates. He’s flying back to America leaving Tip Top Trading’s London team trying to work out how best to focus their business on the European market. Paul: Sorry to keep you waiting. I had to go to the airport with Mr Socrates to see him off. We had a good chat in the taxi and he said some very positive things. Denise: Oh yes. Like what? Paul: Err, well… well, how nice English beer is. Tom: Yeah but what about the European marketing strategy – what are we going to do about that? Paul: Well, Anna is supposed to lead on that, I’m taking a more biscuitorial control over it. Anna: A what? Tom: It means you do all the work while he eats all the biscuits! Paul: Do you mind Tom. Now, what I’m thinking is we put the feelers out – do some cold calling, see what people are buying at the moment. Anna: Cold calling? But I like t