Small Business Resource: Should you learn Spanish for business?

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August 20, 2007

Should you learn Spanish for business?

Speaking English as a first language is great. It doesn't matter where you are in the world, chances are someone will speak at least a little English.

As someone who has travelled just about ever corner of the globe, I know this to be true. There is a downside to this, however. Yes, being an English speaker is not without it's pitfalls, as you will soon learn.

The downside is that it makes us lazy. Why learn another language when we don't really need to? Well, that's a good question and the truth is there are lots of reasons to learn Spanish, if only for business purposes.

Since this is a short article, I don't have the time to go into all the reasons, but I've tried to condense it as best as I could. To learn how to speak Spanish for your business, click on any of the highlighted links.

If you live in the United States, then I'm sure you're already aware of the ever increasing Hispanic population. While many of these people speak English well, many don't. Which often means if you cannot speak Spanish to them, you will be losing business. If that's not a good reason to learn Spanish, I don't know what is.

Speaking the language of the locals will also endear you to the population, which means that return business will also increase.

Perhaps learning Spanish does not have to be a task for yourself, but if you are in an area that has a high proportion of Spanish speakers, then at least some of your staff should be able to converse in Spanish.

Posted by David at August 20, 2007 7:59 AM