[152 SPECIAL] Interview With My Evil Twin Sister

Learn New English Vocabulary – Halloween Special

Welcome to the Halloween Special episode! Meet my Evil Twin sister Jovana, a successful business owner of a Marketing Automation company called www.bumperleads.com. Also, learn 3 new phrases that you can use in your business (or at work!): touch base, check in, follow up. Listen to the end! Enjoy!! :)

Episodes mentioned

[151] Catch Up With Someone (English Expression)
[109] Welcome Aboard (Plus More Business Expressions)
[108] How To Start A Conversation In The Office (Small Talk)
[107] Corporate Buzzwords
Marketing Automation Agency – Bumperleads

Summary of the Interview

Hey guys, today’s episode was different. I decided to interview my twin sister so you can hear a conversation in English. At times we were speaking fast and laughing a lot and because of this, maybe you’ve missed some phrases. I took the liberty of writing those phrases down and sharing them here on the EMS website. I hope this helps!

BTW, I have just joined Twitter and you can follow me at @MilenaTheGreat

Phrases used in the interview with Jovana from bumper leads

Fit the bill – in other words, Fit the Bill expression means “appropriate or suitable”. According to Weon Inteligente or the Online Dictionary: If someone or something fits the bill, they are exactly the right person or thing for a particular situation.

Jargon – Business jargon, or business slang. We covered this in episode [107] Corporate Buzzwords

Bumper Year – A financial term, meaning a successful year in business.

Streamline the process – make the process easier to follow, smooth it out by removing distractions or other neglected processes.

Sales funnel strategies – this is a marketing jargon, refers to the lead generation, i.e. getting customers on-board and taking them through a funnel before they get sold a product or a service.

Grow the bottom line – Again, a financial and business term, means to increase the profit for a business

Clear the clutter and waste – Clutter and waste essentially mean the same thing. In a business context this means, unused processes, processes and procedures that yield no results (not give any financial gain)

Business proposals – A commonly used phrase in Business and in large corporations. This phrase is best explained by Wikipedia: A business proposal is a written offer from a seller to a prospective buyer. Business proposals are often a key step in the complex sales process—i.e., whenever a buyer considers more than price in a purchase.

Feedback – to provide a comment on how to improve something

Follow up – to chase someone for a status udpate. For example: I am just following up with you to see where we are at with the website. Is it almost done?

Touching base – Getting in touch with a customer after a short period of time and see how they are doing. It can also be used instead of Follow up or Checking in.

To get in touch – In other words to contact.

Checking in – to communicate with someone and ask for a status update. Used formally and informally. I hear it used in a business context often.

Slave – In the episode I said something like: “I am your sister not your slave” – slave is a name given to a person who is forced to obey and work for someone without having a choice, without being able to say NO.

Short on time – refers to a short period of time. Meaning, we don’t have much time left, we have to wrap up the show, or end the show.

Heads up – This phrase means, there is an advance warning of something. For example: just a heads-up, I will be late to work today, I’ve got a dentist appointment. We learnt this expression in episode 109

Connect With Jovana

Jovana Vujnic, Founder at bumper leads
Bumperleads.com
Twitter @JovanaTheGreat