51) 10 Most Marketable Skills

1. Adaptability

"An effective marketer isn't resistant to change but views it as a challenge and an opportunity"

2. Commitment

"With so many similar products and services today competing for the same market, the commitment of the person is often the deciding factor."

3. Communications

"Increase your selling power by improving your communications: be sure that your message is received the way that you sent it and meant it."

4. Creativity

"Selling is creative problem solving: how best to get what you want while giving the customer what he or she needs."

5. Decision Making

"Marketing often requires quick and confident decisions. That doesn't mean you have to be right all the time. We learn from all our choices."

6. Evaluation

"The best sales question you can ask yourselves, "How can I do better next time?""

7. Foresight

"Marketing must be consistently future oriented for a product or service to survive in a rapidly changing world."

8. Independence

"The more we rely on our own sales and marketing abilites, the more self-assured we became"

9. Be a team player

"Interdependence and trust are the essential relationship builder."

10.Value-added Marketing

"The success of value added marketing lies in knowing what people want and giving them more than they expected."

From "How to sell yourself and get the jobs you've always wanted"

~cC

50) Positive Energy 3 - Crossover

Crossover has become a dominant fusion for creative work in big brand names. The past few months I've seen Stella McCartney design for LeSportsac using eco-friendly recycled materials. I've also heard about GAP's limited tees by contemporary designers and of course the Beijing's "Bird's Nest" by Herzog & de Meuron.

But the most amazing work I've seen this year is the following which took me less than 30 seconds of wanting to buy immediately! That's the power of crossover!!



Here's an application to hear more songs from Coldplay's new album "Viva La Vida".



~cC

49) Positive Energy 2 - Travis

It was 11 years ago when i fell in love with their greatest hit "Flowers in the Window". Now, i'm in love again with their song "My Eyes" written by lead singer (Francis Healy) and this song is dedicated to his new born son.

My Eyes by Travis


P.S. I just love British/Scottish accents!
~cC