For non-native English speakers · Sales & persuasion
Sound sure of yourself
in sales & persuasion.
Pitch, handle objections, and close with conviction. Your grammar is not the problem. What makes English sound confident is which word takes the weight, where the pause goes, and where the voice rises and falls — and nobody teaches that. Below are real lines for this situation with those three things marked. Hear each one said well, record yours, and see how close you came. Free, no account.
gold = the word that takes the weight · ‖ = a pause · ↗ the voice rises · ↘ the voice lands · → stays up, more to come
8 of 100 lines in this path
Lines people actually say.
Marked by the same engine that marks your own script in the app. The gold word is the one to lean on; everything else is lighter than you think.
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mediumOpening and qualifying
The opening line
Thanks for taking the call.
I'll be quick.
Most teams your size lose hours every week to manual reporting, and I think we can give those hours back.
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hardObjections
Losing gracefully
You've gone another way, and that's fine.
Can I ask what tipped it?
I'd rather learn something than pretend I don't mind.
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mediumMaking the case
When they go quiet
I've sent two notes and heard nothing, which usually means it slipped down the list.
Should I stop chasing?
A straight no is genuinely fine.
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hardDeals in motion
Recovering a stalled deal
This has been sitting for six weeks.
I think I lost you somewhere.
Was it the price, the timing, or did I just talk too much?
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mediumClosing and after
Selling internally
This isn't a new tool.
It's replacing three spreadsheets and a weekly meeting.
That's the pitch to your team.
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hardRenewals and retention
An at-risk renewal
I know the last six months haven't been good enough.
Before I ask for anything, I want to hear the whole list.
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mediumDifficult sales moments
Being undercut on price
They're forty percent cheaper and that's real.
Here's what's not in their number.
If it still doesn't add up, take their deal.
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mediumProspecting and outreach
The second attempt
I've tried you once and heard nothing, which is fair.
One line, then I'll leave you alone.
Is late invoicing costing you anything?
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What this path covers
The moments inside it.
- The opening lineEarn the next 30 seconds
- Handling "it’s too expensive"Reframe, don’t discount
- Walking through the valueFeatures into outcomes
- Asking for the closeMake the ask cleanly
One last thing
Hear it in a voice like yours,
then in yours.
Pick the accent closest to yours and hear one voice say a line flat, then confident — same words, same accent. Then practise any of these lines against it. Your own voice takes a ten-second read and a free account. No card.