Kisdobos Presents: English for Marketers

 Task 1. Write an email to your boss whether you think your company should participate in a speed networking event. Give two reasons (in separate paragraphs) why you think yes, or why you think no. In the third paragraph bring up an argument from the other side, and refute it, that is give a…

Motto: “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” ----Gandhi Hello. This is gonna be a class on travelling around the world. Let’s first do a quick travellers’ quiz. Task 1. Let’s share some…

Task 1. Video: Report on couchsurfing. Fill in the gaps with the words below...a ton ofcrashlooked uppeople travellingtested outthe causevouch 1.       ……………………… on other members’ couches while…

Task 1. Thoughts about Craigslist. Check out http://craigslist.org. Spend 5 minutes on the site. Why do you think such a simple website as Craigslist can be so successful?Here's some more insight into the Craigslist phenomenon. I deleted some words from each text. Once you’ve…

Task 1. Let’s listen to this college HW video to find out more about Craigslist. Pick the answers that are closest to what you heard in the video.  1.      What happened to communities in the dotcom age?         A. They…

 Task 1. Reading: Read the interview with Craig Newmark.Write out phrases next to the verbs below to illustrate the way people use them. See solutions in Comments. VERBS1.       charge (charge for job postings; Craigslist charges $75 to post a job…

Hello. This class will be about online rental companies, the latest buzz in e-commerce (our next cycle).First,get friendly with your partner, and share some personal info.                1. Have you rented anything from a…

Task 1. Here's the full introduction from the BITS article "Rent Anything … From the Family Down the Street" by Brad Stone (February 11, 2008). Guess about the missing words.You can rent a car online. But how about a power drill? Or a disco globe? Or your neighbor’s…

Task 1. Prepositions To 2X, for 3X, past, in, on 3X, around, through 2X, from 1.       Do a search ……………. Google or Yahoo!, 2.       and you'll notice a different type of listings…

 SCROLL DOWN TO READ  HOW  OTHER  PROFESSIONAL SEOS IN THE US AND  THE  UK ANSWERED THESE  QUESTIONSNext are answers to the previous questions given by other SEOs. Do not read them until you answered your…

Staying in touch. Always. Hello. Can you decipher these acronyms?WU?                        B4          …

  Hello. Have you ever done any of the following? Compare your answers with your partner.1.     Leave comments on an online discussion board2.       Post personal photos online, and tag them with your real name and friends’…

      Task 1. Vocabulary: Improve the newsflash below with the original expressions from the article you read. (See solutions in Comments)Task 2. Writing: Google what happened to the Facebook advertising model. You can use this triplet: Facebook, marketing, uproar. If Googling…