Tuesday, August 16, 2011

How To Keep Up Your Professionalism

By Zurgen Klinsmann


Can you recall when you could maintain the flow of info about yourself? Some time ago, the amount of information about you and how it could be accessed was completely within your control. This, however, is not true any longer. Today, people have many means to find out whatever they wish to find out about you. This is tricky enough for people who work off of the internet in "typical" jobs. For those whose work is completely on the Internet, though, it's much more difficult. Your earnings could be completely obliterated by a careless online comment.

Thus,, what are you supposed to do? What's your master plan? The way to keep your reputation immaculate is to be as professional as possible both online and offline. The following are several suggestions to help you do that.

1. See to it that every last piece of writing you produce has the proper spelling and punctuation. It doesn't matter if you're merely writing a brief instant message to someone or creating your sales page. Proper spelling and grammar are important. After all, you don't want someone to find something that is riddled with grammar and spelling errors, do you? It demonstrates that you have no clue about what is what.

2. See to it that you answer every last email message and call. When you reply, make sure that you are genial and confident and civil. Don't ever allow an e-mail to sit unanswered in your inbox for more than a day. Never leave voicemail messages unreturned. Every phone call needs to be answered by the third ring. It's little things like these that indicate to people what they want to know about you and the commitment to your job.

3. Respond to negative feedback with grace and positivity. There are constantly going to be those who would like you to feel bad about yourself. Nevertheless, there will be those who have real issues about your project and how it is presented. Accept every last negative feedback in your heart and ask yourself if you are able to make the modifications that the person wishes to see without having it be detrimental to your project. Afterwards, let that individual know if you will be heeding his feedback or not and explain, politely, why you opted for that particular course of action. This demonstrates that you take everybody seriously, not merely individuals who pay you compliments.

4. Watch your social media! When you're in the social media realm it's not too difficult to forget that you're not simply a random individual; you represent your business. Tweeting and Facebook messages that sound overly conversational might be well received by the person they are intended for. If an individual happens to see the communication, however, he might not believe that you are very serious about your business.

5. Give your personality a chance to show. No one has ever declared that you need to shove yourself down and not be yourself. As a matter of fact, one of the better ways to distinguish yourself from the others is to let who you are shine through your work. Nevertheless, bear in mind that you are the owner of a business, so keep your best self center stage.




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