How to Begin  the “New Contact or Referral” Call

“Hello, my name is Jane Richmond.  I got your name and number from David Jones.”

“Hi, my name is Gary Olds.  Martha Eden recommended that I contact you about…”

“Hi, this is  Martin Smith.  I met you last week at the  …  and we talked about …”

Why the Excitement about ClearTalk Weekly?  Accent Reduction

We are downright excited about our new online course, Clear Talk Weekly.  As you recall from last week’s blog, each week this subscription program gives you a new set of videos, audios, written lessons and a study guide for quick reference.

Why are we so excited about this new subscription course?  Because we have a passion to get the best possible learning program to as many people as possible.

To get this fantastic way to learn to as many people as possible meant that we needed a course that was easy to get – thus you get it from the internet!

We knew that everyone is so busy.  So the lessons need to teach the new learning in a succinct manner.  We made the little video lessons to be 3-4 minutes.

And we needed it to be affordable for as many people as possible- thus a monthly subscription program.

Best possible learning program meant using all of science research from speech science, linguistics, hearing, education, and kinesiology which Dr. Antonia Johnson investigated fully for her Ph.D. work.   Best possible learning program also meant using our current knowledge based on the teaching and action or practical research of the learning of over 2000 students with 64 first languages over the past 15 years in our courses.

We are excited because this course accomplishes our two goals: It teaches what to change in English accented speech to make it easy to understand, clear American English.  And it teaches how to learn with our best tips and advice so learning is efficient and long lasting.

This program teaches you the two kinds of critical learning  for your speech to be easy to understand – accurate pronunciation and  changing your manner of talking so that you are using strategies and tactics of clear speaking.

To get the best possible learning program meant we needed to teach you, the student, how to learn .  So we give you tips and advice on how to learn efficiently and so the learning is long lasting.

Lastly, to get the best possible learning program, in the videos Dr. Antonia Johnson speaks in a careful, easy to see and hear manner.  That’s so you have enough time to  process in your brain all you see and hear.  That is so you get position of the tongue, lips, teeth and jaw exactly right.   And that is so you can get the speed of the muscles and stiffness of the muscles exactly right.

By the way, Kenneth Brandon who makes YouTube videos on channels RedKB (twisty puzzles)  and KennethBrandon (timelapse night photography) was my mentor and teacher for making videos. As our valued partner in Clear Talk Mastery, Inc, he tutored me step by step for the interactive videos for our coached course and our YouTube videos on pronunciation.

So… now you know what makes this subscription course different from any other accent reduction course!

More information to come!

Be sure to watch our English Speech Tips videos and Accent Reduction Tip videos  for more English pronunciation and accent reduction exercise.

The “New Contact or Referral” Call

You make this kind of call to either someone you have just met  or someone you have not yet met  who has been referred to you by someone you know.

With a “new contact or referral” call, you are just getting to know each other.  This is an opportunity to gather information to see if and how you can provide mutual support.   With a referral call, it is, of course, important to indicate at the beginning who referred you.  With calls to people you have just recently me, it is good to remind them of where you met.

Clear Talk Weekly Subscription, Accent Reduction

Today I am happy to announce that we have a wonderful new product, Clear Talk Weekly.   We are very excited because it is perfect for reducing your accent and going to the next level.  And we put all our effort to make it affordable for everyone.

Monthly membership is only $19.95 as a special introductory offer. That is less than five dollars a week, and you can cancel at any point.

The course is perfect for taking you to the next level.  If you want to reduce your accent and communicate with clear, easy to understand speech, the weekly lessons will get you there quickly.

In making this subscription, we also had firmly in mind former Clear Talk students who wanted solid improvement.  Also, if you’ve lost some of your skills, this course is ideal for getting the skills back AND getting to the next level of communication.

Each week you receive:

• a brand new video lesson teaching you accurate American English pronunciation and the manner of clear, easy to understand English speech
• video, audio and written lessons which give you systematic learning in a scientific and proven sequence so the learning is easier to remember–now and for the rest of your life
• proven tips for how to do practice for fastest and long lasting learning
• training for pronunciation rules – use on the simplest to most complex words, but especially for unfamiliar words  and new vocabulary
• lessons you can practice over and over, any time of day or night on your smart phone or computer because it is internet
• videos, audios, and written exercises, broken in pieces so you can go back exactly to the sounds or sections you need
• weekly study guide you can print out which summarizes the most important parts of what you learned that week

More detail next week.

Be sure to watch our English Speech Tips videos and Accent Reduction Tip videos  for more English pronunciation and accent reduction exercise.

The “Follow-Through” Call

A “follow-through” call is made to follow up on an idea or project.  This call may involve asking or giving  information, scheduling a meeting or appointment, or staying in touch about an opportunity:

“Hi, this is Marie, calling to follow up to schedule our meeting about next year’s conference.”

“This is David.  I wanted to touch base about the project we discussed last month.”