Which 1 skill would you keep?

travlinguy

11 years ago

Writing. Wouldn't trade it for Lady Gaga...

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johhno131 11 years ago

Originally Posted by travlinguy

Writing. Wouldn't trade it for Lady Gaga...

Wouldn't trade a wet kipper for Lady Gaga.
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hassan007

11 years ago

Well I would Keep SEO...

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Roman Cologne 11 years ago

Originally Posted by hassan007

Well I would Keep SEO...

I probably won't.

Traffic generation would be mine.
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Randall Magwood

11 years ago

Copywriting easily. Traffic + Conversion = Sales. The "conversion" part is the copywriting element.

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MKCookins 11 years ago

Originally Posted by Randall Magwood

Copywriting easily. Traffic + Conversion = Sales. The "conversion" part is the copywriting element.

This. If you can are a great copy writer - you can essentially sell anything to anyone you want to online.
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j hogan

11 years ago

Definitely writing - it's been fastest way to make money with almost no investment for me

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butters

11 years ago

Maybe I am thinking in depth here, but writing would be the only feasible skill in keep because you need it to search, write an email, explain what you want etc... It is one of the fundamental skills in life which should be learnt, along with basic maths.

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theory expert

Banned 11 years ago

Is persuasion a skill? Give me the ability to persuade and i can write my own chequees anywhere anytime anyplace

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johhno131

11 years ago

Persuasion is definitely a skill, and a very difficult one to learn.
It is even harder to learn when the persuasion is the written word and not face to face.
The vast majority of communication we do is non verbal in a face to face situation but this is very difficult to convey as a sales letter or sales page, so it still comes back to the written word.

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theory expert

Banned 11 years ago

Originally Posted by johhno131

Persuasion is definitely a skill, and a very difficult one to learn.
It is even harder to learn when the persuasion is the written word and not face to face.
The vast majority of communication we do is non verbal in a face to face situation but this is very difficult to convey as a sales letter or sales page, so it still comes back to the written word.

However, copywriters will tell you that you should learn to sell face to face because it makes writing copy easier.

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johhno131 11 years ago

Originally Posted by theory expert

However, copywriters will tell you that you should learn to sell face to face because it makes writing copy easier.

I would agree with the copywrites in that the art of selling should be learned face to face.

All selling consists of is saying the right words at the right time to convey the sales message, but the biggest advantage you have is that you are able to guage the customers reaction whereas in a sales letter or page, you have to assume the reaction and hope that you have assumed the correct reaction at the right time in the letter.

I used to be a sales manager for a very large B2B company in the UK and one of the things I used to drill into my sales people was that every "no" from a customer was just a stepping stone to a yes.

This is very difficult to achieve in a sales letter as you are getting no interaction, so you have to assume in the pitch where the objections will be and overcome them even though they are only assumed.

The knowledge of face to face selling will give you the experience to assume where these objections will arise so you can reaffirm the positives.

The highly skilled copywriter does this through several well placed iterations of the benefits, so yes, face to face selling is important in copywriting.
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bluecoyotemedia

11 years ago

the ability to sell.. nothing happens until a sale is made.

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Peter Lessard

11 years ago

Ability to sell. Made me money before the internet and if the internet blew up tomorrow I could still make money.

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Michael Ten

11 years ago

Like some of the others here have replied, if I could keep only one skill that is related to business, and if I was going to lose the others, it would be the ability to write that I would keep.

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ymest

11 years ago

Hi there,

I'd keep my writing skills!!! It's free and it pays! That's definitely the one skill I'd keep! You can do everything when you can write, can't you? :

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Alexa Smith

Banned 11 years ago

Originally Posted by johhno131

If you had to start again from scratch with zero knowledge, but you could keep 1 skill that you believe you have at the moment, which 1 would you keep?

Writing.

That was the only skill I had when I started (and I don't have many more than that now - not to any significant level, anyway), so I know that's all you need: the rest you can learn.

Originally Posted by johhno131

After that, and assuming you could relearn the skills you have now, which would be the second skill that you would relearn as quickly as possible to get you back and earning your living again?

The ability to judge whose advice is worth listening to and who's just repeating misinformation that they imagine to be true. (If that's a "skill" ... I suppose it is, more or less?).

Originally Posted by johhno131

Wouldn't trade a wet kipper for Lady Gaga.

How about a smoked mackerel paté, then?

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Pedro Ferreira 11 years ago

Determination. (Does that count?)
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  Originally Posted by Pedro Ferreira
  
  Determination. (Does that count?)
  
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johhno131

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

Writing.

How about a smoked mackerel paté, then?

Only if the pate is accompanied by some hot buttered toast whilst sat in front of a roaring fire as the snow falls outside creating a wonderful cold, white landscape which you are safe from.

The cat is curled up in front of the fire on the rug just lapping up the warmth and comfort.

You get the picture, but I actually don't like mackerel, so, no.

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JensSteyaert 11 years ago

Since English is not my first language i would have to say reading and writing in English. That's basic but very necessary for non-English speakers making a living online
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theory expert

Banned 11 years ago

Originally Posted by johhno131

Only if the pate is accompanied by some hot buttered toast whilst sat in front of a roaring fire as the snow falls outside creating a wonderful cold, white landscape which you are safe from.

The cat is curled up in front of the fire on the rug just lapping up the warmth and comfort.

You get the picture, but I actually don't like mackerel, so, no.

Dude you should be a chef and mother nature. I'll fire my current chef and mother nature to put you on board.
Paté for dinner it is!!!! Make it snow?

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johhno131 11 years ago

Originally Posted by theory expert

Dude you should be a chef and mother nature. I'll fire my current chef and mother nature to put you on board.
Paté for dinner it is!!!! Make it snow?

My original trade is a chef but Mother Nature vacancies don't come around very often.
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- Alexa Smith Banned 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by johhno131
  
  My original trade is a chef
  
  Oooh, you should have said: I'd have offered you a proper seafood soufflé for Lady Gaga, instead of the smoked fish paté.
  
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  johhno131 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Alexa Smith
  
  Oooh, you should have said: I'd have offered you a proper seafood soufflé for Lady Gaga, instead of the smoked fish paté.
  
  A fine seafood rissotto with a chilled bottle of Californian Rousanne, now there is a match made in heaven.
  
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  MissTerraK 11 years ago
  
  I have to go with all of the others and keep my writing skills.
  
  It's just what I do, but over and beyond that, I couldn't post here on the forum without that skill.
  
  I couldn't even read about all of the sumptuous food being discussed if others didn't have that skill, either.
  
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koreancowboy

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

Writing.

That was the only skill I had when I started (and I don't have many more than that now - not to any significant level, anyway), so I know that's all you need: the rest you can learn.

The ability to judge whose advice is worth listening to and who's just repeating misinformation that they imagine to be true. (If that's a "skill" ... I suppose it is, more or less?).

How about a smoked mackerel paté, then?

Writing as well, because it's:

1) What got me here
2) How I've made money thus far on the interwebs
3) What people like most about my sites (articles)

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DubDubDubDot

11 years ago

My BS meter.

Everything else can be relearned in a few years of obsessive focus. The BS meter has 15+ years of tuning. That cannot be replaced in a few years.

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shane_k

11 years ago

The skill of leadership.

Then I can develop another, new team that has all the other important skills we would need for this new business.

There would be no way I would start alone, all over again, like I did the first time.

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Malcolm Thomas

11 years ago

The will to succeed. Because when you have the drive to want to succeed and be successful and never give up then you will be successful regardless of the niche or career that you choose to pursue.

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Frederik Jorgensen

11 years ago

I would keep my ability to keep buying new WSO's I never use, jk jk.. I would probably keep my skill of "persistence", if that is a skill?

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LexiB

11 years ago

Since sales is the only thing that matters, I'll keep selling as my one skill.

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joaquin112

11 years ago

Only one? I'm not sure whether my web-development skills (which I acquired from a degree in web design & development) or my writing skills, which although not great are still improving and quite helpful.

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ZephyrIon

11 years ago

My ability to look at something, understand it, copy it and then twist it into something of my own.

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smoh

11 years ago

Programming and conversion optimization. Two things that save me hundreds of thousands each year and they both help you to think critically beyond anything Internet related.

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lordspace

11 years ago

Persistence, followed by willingness to make mistakes and release software more often

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seoblacksmith

11 years ago

I would keep my skills in looking for warm and qualified leads without paying anyone. Being able to find leads in almost any niche is a quite rare skill.

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Luis Vaugier 11 years ago

Ability to sell
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HeySal

11 years ago

Well, since I only have one skill, I guess I'll keep that one.

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hardraysnight

11 years ago

patience

time waits for no one, uncle mick told me so must be true, but all comes to he who waits

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Abrar Tariq

11 years ago

Management and Marketing skills, because they are useful for everything ^^

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Newbieee 11 years ago

Me.. hmmm..

The skill of choosing/decision making.

The rest can be learn, u 1st had to make a choice as to what u want to do.
Then go ahead and do the necessary things, like acquiring other skills and knowledge.

Well, at least i did had to use my skill to make a choice of what skill i want to keep did i ?
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