One of the exercises that Ruth Badger gave on the course involved asking people what people thought they needed to be a good sales person.

We were given three attributes; Skills, Knowledge and Attitude and asked to rate which attribute was the most important.

She then asked us to write down, 3 good things about a sales person and 3 bad.

Suggestions for bad traits came up as;

• Sly
• Lazy
• Doesn’t Listen
• Impersonal
• Rude
• Arrogant
• Pushy

Good traits included were;

• Honest
• Helpful
• Polite
• Passionate

Its amazing to see that both the good and the bad traits can nearly all be defined as ‘Attitude’.

…… and whilst this course related to direct selling, I think the message crosses over to Bloging.

For succesfull blogging, we need to be helpful, honest and passionate about what we’re writing about.

So think about your attitude when you blog.

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