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Listening: Why did we lose the Apex deal?

Audiție: discuție despre un contract ratat. Ascultă un dialog realist de la birou și completează spațiile libere pentru a înțelege ce s-a întâmplat cu o propunere comercială.

Аудирование: обсуждение упущенного контракта. Слушайте реалистичный диалог в офисе и заполняйте пропуски, чтобы понять, что произошло с конкретным коммерческим предложением.

Why did we lose the Apex deal?

Ashley and Andrew are reviewing a lost software contract in their Seattle office.

Listening: Why did we lose the Apex deal? — Why did they say no?

Why did we lose the Apex deal?

Listen and choose the right answer

What did Ashley initially think caused them to lose the deal?

  • A lower competitor price
  • A missing software feature
  • Poor follow-up from Andrew

Did the client read Andrew's technical proposal?

  • Yes, they read it very carefully.
  • No, they didn't have enough time.
  • Only the pricing section.

Why did the client actually choose the competitor?

  • Because their software was faster
  • Because the competitor rep remembered his name from an old trade show
  • Because they offered a free trial

What action did Andrew take after the feedback call?

  • He quit his job
  • He lowered all software prices
  • He updated the CRM with a field for personal client trivia

Listen again and complete the sentences

  • Ashley: Andrew, I'm looking at our CRM dashboard, and I see we lost the Apex Corporation contract. What happened with that ____ ?
  • Andrew: Well, Ashley, I just finished the ____ with their procurement manager in Seattle. It's really frustrating because we spent three weeks on that proposal.
  • Ashley: They must have offered a lower price than us. We know their ____ is extremely high this quarter.
  • Andrew: That's what I thought too, but the manager told me price wasn't even the primary ____ for their board.
  • Ashley: Really? Then it must have been a ____ in our analytics module. Did they complain about our reporting tools?

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