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[Gideon]

Hi, all.

I've been teaching business english at a company in seoul for quite some time now.

There has been a rather large restructure in the company and i've now be asked to teach to our Sales and Marketing dept.

Can anyone suggest a good book for teaching this dept?

Thanks.. i neeeeedzz some help

p.s. i will be going to Kyobo this weekend.

[ttompatz]

[tzechuk]

I agree with ttompatz - sales and marketing are not quite the same thing..

As a person with 2 business degrees (BA and MSc) majoring in Marketing, I'd be insulted by anyone who thought or suggested that I was in sales!

I am a little unsure of your exact need. Are you looking for a book in marketing or sales to teach? If so, I think you are slightly wasting your time because they are all very technical.

You can probably look online for some marketing jargons and slangs.

I've come across this: http://www.billfryer.com/glossary/

Seems interesting and quite comprehensive.

[poker player]

[Gideon]

poker player : i agree with you. I don't have a degree in sales or marketing, but my previous job back home paid a lot. And there are a lot of perks if you have a good sales job.. i.e. territory manager, district manager. The company i worked for allowed me to work from home. It was great, because i only had to make a trip into the office about once or twice a month.

Getting back to the main reason why i posted this msg.. Yes sales and marketing are two different things.. although they are very closely related. Most sales jobs require a certain amount of marketing experience or at least mine did..

I have a mix of people from marketing to sales.. so i guess um not sure which book to go with.. but the one from Longman Marketing looks good. I think i'll just get two books and take parts from each to make everyone happy..

Thanks all..