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B2B sales in foreign languages

142 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago -

Do you need to network, negotiate and sell B2B in a foreign language?

Profit from new strategies, insights and techniques that will make you use foreign languages more successfully in international B2B sales. Get rid of fear of mistakes and blocks during trade shows, presentation and sales calls.

Gerhard Ohrband is an international trade facilitator, business psychologist and author of 9 books from Hamburg/Germany. He speaks 21 languages and assists B2B sales executives in selling successfully in foreign languages.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerhardohrband/

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Episodes

How to prepare for making free conversation?

March 22, 2024 13:00 - 6 minutes - 15.2 MB

Want to get rid of insecurity and bad feelings regarding the foreign language(s) you have already started to learn? Want to learn a new language, without going through various levels of standard courses? You feel you are making no progress? Go to Amazon and grab a copy of my classic book ”The GO Method – breaking barriers to language learning”. https://www.amazon.com/GO-Method-Breaking-barriers-language/dp/1973118688/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZLMGYKR6PDY3&keywords=Gerhard+Ohrband&qid=1694099394&spre...

Why “easy” language courses may actually make it more difficult

March 14, 2024 15:34 - 4 minutes - 10.2 MB

Want to get rid of insecurity and bad feelings regarding the foreign language(s) you have already started to learn? Want to learn a new language, without going through various levels of standard courses? You feel you are making no progress? Go to Amazon and grab a copy of my classic book ”The GO Method – breaking barriers to language learning”. https://www.amazon.com/GO-Method-Breaking-barriers-language/dp/1973118688/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZLMGYKR6PDY3&keywords=Gerhard+Ohrband&qid=1694099394&spre...

The fear of committing mistakes in learning a foreign language

March 14, 2024 15:33 - 6 minutes - 13.8 MB

Want to get rid of insecurity and bad feelings regarding the foreign language(s) you have already started to learn? Want to learn a new language, without going through various levels of standard courses? You feel you are making no progress? Go to Amazon and grab a copy of my classic book ”The GO Method – breaking barriers to language learning”. https://www.amazon.com/GO-Method-Breaking-barriers-language/dp/1973118688/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZLMGYKR6PDY3&keywords=Gerhard+Ohrband&qid=1694099394&spre...

Productive and unproductive mindsets in foreign language improvement

February 29, 2024 10:19 - 3 minutes - 7.98 MB

Want to get rid of insecurity and bad feelings regarding the foreign language(s) you have already started to learn? Want to learn a new language, without going through various levels of standard courses? You feel you are making no progress? Go to Amazon and grab a copy of my classic book ”The GO Method – breaking barriers to language learning”. https://www.amazon.com/GO-Method-Breaking-barriers-language/dp/1973118688/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZLMGYKR6PDY3&keywords=Gerhard+Ohrband&qid=1694099394&spre...

The authoritarian approach to communication training

February 22, 2024 09:08 - 6 minutes - 15.3 MB

Want to get rid of insecurity and bad feelings regarding the foreign language(s) you have already started to learn? Want to learn a new language, without going through various levels of standard courses? You feel you are making no progress? Go to Amazon and grab a copy of my classic book ”The GO Method – breaking barriers to language learning”. https://www.amazon.com/GO-Method-Breaking-barriers-language/dp/1973118688/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZLMGYKR6PDY3&keywords=Gerhard+Ohrband&qid=1694099394&spre...

Comfort zones in language learning

February 15, 2024 07:42 - 3 minutes - 7.23 MB

Want to get rid of insecurity and bad feelings regarding the foreign language(s) you have already started to learn? Want to learn a new language, without going through various levels of standard courses? You feel you are making no progress? Go to Amazon and grab a copy of my classic book ”The GO Method – breaking barriers to language learning”. https://www.amazon.com/GO-Method-Breaking-barriers-language/dp/1973118688/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZLMGYKR6PDY3&keywords=Gerhard+Ohrband&qid=1694099394&spre...

Reading out loud to a metronome

February 08, 2024 05:55 - 3 minutes - 8.94 MB

Want to get rid of insecurity and bad feelings regarding the foreign language(s) you have already started to learn? Want to learn a new language, without going through various levels of standard courses? You feel you are making no progress? Go to Amazon and grab a copy of my classic book ”The GO Method – breaking barriers to language learning”. https://www.amazon.com/GO-Method-Breaking-barriers-language/dp/1973118688/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZLMGYKR6PDY3&keywords=Gerhard+Ohrband&qid=1694099394&spre...

Why foreign language practice should be daily and in short chunks

February 01, 2024 18:37 - 4 minutes - 9.83 MB

Want to get rid of insecurity and bad feelings regarding the foreign language(s) you have already started to learn? Want to learn a new language, without going through various levels of standard courses? You feel you are making no progress? Go to Amazon and grab a copy of my classic book ”The GO Method – breaking barriers to language learning”. https://www.amazon.com/GO-Method-Breaking-barriers-language/dp/1973118688/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZLMGYKR6PDY3&keywords=Gerhard+Ohrband&qid=1694099394&spre...

Is practicing conversation enough to become better in a foreign language?

January 26, 2024 16:21 - 2 minutes - 5.91 MB

Want to get rid of insecurity and bad feelings regarding the foreign language(s) you have already started to learn? Want to learn a new language, without going through various levels of standard courses? You feel you are making no progress? Go to Amazon and grab a copy of my classic book ”The GO Method – breaking barriers to language learning”. https://www.amazon.com/GO-Method-Breaking-barriers-language/dp/1973118688/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZLMGYKR6PDY3&keywords=Gerhard+Ohrband&qid=1694099394&spre...

The problem of inconsistent learning methods

January 18, 2024 10:20 - 3 minutes - 7.62 MB

Want to get rid of insecurity and bad feelings regarding the foreign language(s) you have already started to learn? Want to learn a new language, without going through various levels of standard courses? You feel you are making no progress? Go to Amazon and grab a copy of my classic book ”The GO Method – breaking barriers to language learning”. https://www.amazon.com/GO-Method-Breaking-barriers-language/dp/1973118688/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZLMGYKR6PDY3&keywords=Gerhard+Ohrband&qid=1694099394&spre...

What about the difference between spoken and written language?

January 11, 2024 09:13 - 2 minutes - 4.84 MB

Want to get rid of insecurity and bad feelings regarding the foreign language(s) you have already started to learn? Want to learn a new language, without going through various levels of standard courses? You feel you are making no progress? Go to Amazon and grab a copy of my classic book ”The GO Method – breaking barriers to language learning”. https://www.amazon.com/GO-Method-Breaking-barriers-language/dp/1973118688/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZLMGYKR6PDY3&keywords=Gerhard+Ohrband&qid=1694099394&spre...

Why you should become a language virtuoso in international business communication

January 03, 2024 08:20 - 3 minutes - 7.75 MB

Want to get rid of insecurity and bad feelings regarding the foreign language(s) you have already started to learn? Want to learn a new language, without going through various levels of standard courses? You feel you are making no progress? Go to Amazon and grab a copy of my classic book ”The GO Method – breaking barriers to language learning”. https://www.amazon.com/GO-Method-Breaking-barriers-language/dp/1973118688/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZLMGYKR6PDY3&keywords=Gerhard+Ohrband&qid=1694099394&spre...

What are your blind spots in learning a foreign language?

December 14, 2023 17:15 - 1 minute - 3 MB

Want to get rid of insecurity and bad feelings regarding the foreign language(s) you have already started to learn? Want to learn a new language, without going through various levels of standard courses? You feel you are making no progress? Go to Amazon and grab a copy of my classic book ”The GO Method – breaking barriers to language learning”. https://www.amazon.com/GO-Method-Breaking-barriers-language/dp/1973118688/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZLMGYKR6PDY3&keywords=Gerhard+Ohrband&qid=1694099394&spre...

How to leave your comfort zone in learning a foreign language

November 30, 2023 17:04 - 1 minute - 723 KB

Want to get rid of insecurity and bad feelings regarding the foreign language(s) you have already started to learn? Want to learn a new language, without going through various levels of standard courses? You feel you are making no progress? Go to Amazon and grab a copy of my classic book ”The GO Method – breaking barriers to language learning”. https://www.amazon.com/GO-Method-Breaking-barriers-language/dp/1973118688/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZLMGYKR6PDY3&keywords=Gerhard+Ohrband&qid=1694099394&spre...

Don’t worry about your accent in a foreign language!

November 23, 2023 20:14 - 1 minute - 804 KB

Want to get rid of insecurity and bad feelings regarding the foreign language(s) you have already started to learn? Want to learn a new language, without going through various levels of standard courses? You feel you are making no progress? Go to Amazon and grab a copy of my classic book ”The GO Method – breaking barriers to language learning”. https://www.amazon.com/GO-Method-Breaking-barriers-language/dp/1973118688/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZLMGYKR6PDY3&keywords=Gerhard+Ohrband&qid=1694099394&spre...

You do not learn a foreign language to impress your teacher!

November 16, 2023 15:38 - 1 minute - 808 KB

Want to get rid of insecurity and bad feelings regarding the foreign language(s) you have already started to learn? Want to learn a new language, without going through various levels of standard courses? You feel you are making no progress? Go to Amazon and grab a copy of my classic book ”The GO Method – breaking barriers to language learning”. https://www.amazon.com/GO-Method-Breaking-barriers-language/dp/1973118688/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZLMGYKR6PDY3&keywords=Gerhard+Ohrband&qid=1694099394&spre...

Consume media from the countries of your customers

November 09, 2023 16:11 - 1 minute - 1.3 MB

Want to get rid of insecurity and bad feelings regarding the foreign language(s) you have already started to learn? Want to learn a new language, without going through various levels of standard courses? You feel you are making no progress? Go to Amazon and grab a copy of my classic book ”The GO Method – breaking barriers to language learning”. https://www.amazon.com/GO-Method-Breaking-barriers-language/dp/1973118688/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZLMGYKR6PDY3&keywords=Gerhard+Ohrband&qid=1694099394&spre...

How to become more flexible in understanding English accents

November 03, 2023 19:03 - 1 minute - 1.14 MB

Want to get rid of insecurity and bad feelings regarding the foreign language(s) you have already started to learn? Want to learn a new language, without going through various levels of standard courses? You feel you are making no progress? Go to Amazon and grab a copy of my classic book ”The GO Method – breaking barriers to language learning”. https://www.amazon.com/GO-Method-Breaking-barriers-language/dp/1973118688/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZLMGYKR6PDY3&keywords=Gerhard+Ohrband&qid=1694099394&spre...

Typical mistakes in B2B sales in foreign languages

October 28, 2023 04:57 - 2 minutes - 1.56 MB

Want to get rid of insecurity and bad feelings regarding the foreign language(s) you have already started to learn? Want to learn a new language, without going through various levels of standard courses? You feel you are making no progress? Go to Amazon and grab a copy of my classic book ”The GO Method – breaking barriers to language learning”. https://www.amazon.com/GO-Method-Breaking-barriers-language/dp/1973118688/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZLMGYKR6PDY3&keywords=Gerhard+Ohrband&qid=1694099394&spre...

How to memorize new words better

October 25, 2023 06:07 - 2 minutes - 2.07 MB

Want to get rid of insecurity and bad feelings regarding the foreign language(s) you have already started to learn? Want to learn a new language, without going through various levels of standard courses? You feel you are making no progress? Go to Amazon and grab a copy of my classic book ”The GO Method – breaking barriers to language learning”. https://www.amazon.com/GO-Method-Breaking-barriers-language/dp/1973118688/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZLMGYKR6PDY3&keywords=Gerhard+Ohrband&qid=1694099394&spre...

What is the use of intensive language learning?

October 12, 2023 18:33 - 2 minutes - 1.52 MB

Want to get rid of insecurity and bad feelings regarding the foreign language(s) you have already started to learn? Want to learn a new language, without going through various levels of standard courses? You feel you are making no progress? Go to Amazon and grab a copy of my classic book ”The GO Method – breaking barriers to language learning”. https://www.amazon.com/GO-Method-Breaking-barriers-language/dp/1973118688/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZLMGYKR6PDY3&keywords=Gerhard+Ohrband&qid=1694099394&spre...

How to stop wasting time while learning a foreign language

September 29, 2023 15:27 - 4 minutes - 2.61 MB

Want to get rid of insecurity and bad feelings regarding the foreign language(s) you have already started to learn? Want to learn a new language, without going through various levels of standard courses? You feel you are making no progress? Go to Amazon and grab a copy of my classic book ”The GO Method – breaking barriers to language learning”. https://www.amazon.com/GO-Method-Breaking-barriers-language/dp/1973118688/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZLMGYKR6PDY3&keywords=Gerhard+Ohrband&qid=1694099394&spre...

What are the critical elements your practice of a foreign language should contain?

September 25, 2023 11:23 - 2 minutes - 1.42 MB

Want to get rid of insecurity and bad feelings regarding the foreign language(s) you have already started to learn? Want to learn a new language, without going through various levels of standard courses? You feel you are making no progress? Go to Amazon and grab a copy of my classic book ”The GO Method – breaking barriers to language learning”. https://www.amazon.com/GO-Method-Breaking-barriers-language/dp/1973118688/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZLMGYKR6PDY3&keywords=Gerhard+Ohrband&qid=1694099394&spre...

Should I practice to speak spontaneously only after I feel sure about my language skills?

September 20, 2023 11:20 - 1 minute - 969 KB

Want to get rid of insecurity and bad feelings regarding the foreign language(s) you have already started to learn? Want to learn a new language, without going through various levels of standard courses? You feel you are making no progress? Go to Amazon and grab a copy of my classic book ”The GO Method – breaking barriers to language learning”. https://www.amazon.com/GO-Method-Breaking-barriers-language/dp/1973118688/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZLMGYKR6PDY3&keywords=Gerhard+Ohrband&qid=1694099394&spre...

How to express yourself more clearly in foreign languages?

September 06, 2023 05:01 - 2 minutes - 1.81 MB

Want to get rid of insecurity and bad feelings regarding the foreign language(s) you have already started to learn? Want to learn a new language, without going through various levels of standard courses? You feel you are making no progress? Go to Amazon and grab a copy of my classic book ”The GO Method – breaking barriers to language learning”. https://www.amazon.com/GO-Method-Breaking-barriers-language/dp/1973118688/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZLMGYKR6PDY3&keywords=Gerhard+Ohrband&qid=1694099394&spre...

What do you do if you cannot understand Elon Musk´s English?

July 26, 2023 15:57 - 1 minute - 1.67 MB

14 What do you do if you cannot understand Elon Musk´s English?

How to clean up my English after so many years

July 20, 2023 06:29 - 2 minutes - 1.7 MB

13 How to clean up my English after so many years

How much should I talk?

July 10, 2023 15:16 - 1 minute - 1.26 MB

12 How much should I talk?

Ideas for becoming more flexible in speaking foreign languages

June 30, 2023 14:16 - 2 minutes - 1.68 MB

11 Ideas for becoming more flexible in speaking foreign languages

What are the most important intercultural differences you need to careful about?

June 23, 2023 16:16 - 1 minute - 1.32 MB

10. What are the most important intercultural differences you need to careful about?

Why is it important not only to be fluent in business topics?

June 15, 2023 14:45 - 2 minutes - 1.87 MB

9 Why is it important not only to be fluent in business topics?

How to make conversation with asking less questions

June 09, 2023 12:22 - 2 minutes - 1.84 MB

8 How to make conversation with asking less questions

Sometimes less preparation is better

June 02, 2023 05:40 - 1 minute - 1.45 MB

7 Sometimes less preparation is better

How important are intercultural differences?

May 25, 2023 14:56 - 1 minute - 1.67 MB

6 How important are intercultural differences?

How complicated should you speak in foreign languages?

May 18, 2023 14:09 - 2 minutes - 1.85 MB

5 How complicated should you speak in foreign languages?

How to overcome the fear of public speaking in foreign languages

May 11, 2023 14:14 - 1 minute - 1.6 MB

4 How to overcome the fear of public speaking in foreign languages

How to speak more flexibly in a foreign language?

May 05, 2023 04:32 - 2 minutes - 1.66 MB

3 How to speak more flexibly in a foreign language?

Does it matter if you have an accent?

April 28, 2023 19:59 - 2 minutes - 2.12 MB

2 Does it matter if you have an accent?

Welcome and introduction

April 20, 2023 10:17 - 1 minute - 1.2 MB

1. Welcome and introduction

How important is authenticity?

March 13, 2023 06:38 - 5 minutes - 4.58 MB

How important is authenticity?

Why speaking foreign languages well can make you a worse communicator?

March 06, 2023 06:35 - 4 minutes - 4.58 MB

Why speaking foreign languages well can make you a worse communicator?

Why do sales persons overcommunicate?

February 21, 2023 06:37 - 5 minutes - 4.58 MB

Why do sales persons overcommunicate?

The two major mistakes in business communication

February 13, 2023 06:33 - 4 minutes - 4.51 MB

The two major mistakes in business communication

The 2 major mistakes in business conversation

February 06, 2023 12:03 - 40 seconds - 626 KB

The 2 major mistakes in business conversation

Can prayer help us during arguments?

January 30, 2023 09:08 - 5 minutes - 4.58 MB

Can prayer help us during arguments?

Self-consistency theory in communication

January 23, 2023 06:27 - 4 minutes - 4.58 MB

Book recommendation: Psycho-cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz

What is the problem with having an accent?

January 16, 2023 06:40 - 5 minutes - 4.58 MB

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Vicious circles in communication

January 11, 2023 08:13 - 4 minutes - 4.58 MB

4 Vicious circles in communication

The 4 sides of a message

January 02, 2023 05:59 - 5 minutes - 4.58 MB

Sorry for the mic noise. I see my mistake))

The two main aspects of communication you can improve

December 26, 2022 06:53 - 4 minutes - 4.58 MB

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