This is a guest post I wrote for OnPath Business Solutions
In the B2B sales world, we often come across sales gurus who just appear from nowhere. They have an unwavering confidence – often possessing an aura of being able to sell dirt to a germaphobe.
Note to Martin: don't scan a picture of your signature.
If you want your cover letter to stand out from the pack while not being the joke-du-jour at the HR department at company X, apply these tips to your cover letter.
Bland attire ravages our world.
Many humanoids stick to simple clothes which enable them to remain blended in the background.
I prefer a different approach to how I dress.
Since I launched sociablog.net a few months ago, I have learned a lot about effective communication skills from your comments and emails. I want to truly thank you for visiting and engaging with the site.
I talk to many people who don’t understand why I blog.
Some feel it is an attempt for me to float my boat, others think it is lame and a fad.
Keyboard shortcuts make surfing the net so much easier, assuming you know which ones to use.
We all know CTRL + X, CTRL + C, and CTRL + V. These are the most used shortcuts and serve us to cut, copy, and paste text and images.
So why am I writing about keyboard shortcuts when they have seemingly nothing to do with effective communication skills?
We all saw the recent news of the escape of 33 miners in Chile who survived after spending over two months stuck in a mine.
We related to the fear the miners faced and we all wondered if put in that same situation how we would react to the physical and psychological torture they surely endured.
You are having a great chat on fb, trying to finish a project for work, and downloading the latest season of Entourage. You remember another task you gotta complete and start opening more windows.
The sound of your music starts to get drowned out and choppy. Your computer fan kicks it up a notch and things start to slow down, considerably.
Don’t worry, if you get nervous just imagine the audience is naked.
This is the unquestioned advice we have been told at the thought of our nerves getting the better of us while speaking to a crowd.
But I don’t get it.
