Carnival of Top 10 List #3

Welcome to the April 22, 2007 edition of top ten list carnival.

As my regular readers of TodaysTen know, the posting rate has really slowed down. I expect that it will resume around next week. Saturday is the last day of my exams and I will be resuming my daily postings of interesting Top Ten List. In the meantime, we have the 3rd Edition of Top Ten List Carnival. There are some pretty niche list here.

My Highlights

Ted Reimers presents Campus Grotto - Youtube top 10: College edition Best Pranks and Skits posted at CampusGrotto.

Matthew Paulson presents 10 Ways To Save Money on Gasoline posted at Getting Green.

I have named the rest of the submission: The Happy, The Dead, The Depressing, The White and The Scams. Read on!

Mr. Besilly presents 10 Life Lessons from The Princess Bride posted at Mr. Besilly - One Man's highway, saying, "I present to you my personal top ten list of life lessons learned from The Princess Bride."

Tom O'Toole presents Top Ten Telegrams/Eulogies Mourning Knute Rockne's Death posted at Fighting Irish Thomas.

Deepak Jeswal presents Random Expressions » Blog Archive » Ten Things I Miss About Nepal posted at Random Expressions, saying, "Ten Things I Miss About Nepal!"

Jason Kirk presents 10 Things White People Oughta Get Over posted at Brick Cheney.

Bill Urell presents Ten Tips for Easing Depression posted at Addiction Recovery Basics.

Sagar Satapathy presents 10 Common Credit Card Scams and How to Avoid Them posted at Credit Card Lowdown.

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Top Ten Sales Killer

Sales skills can be used in multiple situations that you find yourselves in. Sales is basically convincing people to see and accept your view point. This skill is a tremendous benefit to anyone, not just salesmen. Of course all of us had our share of pushy and irritating sales people. Good sales people are like stealth jets; they glide in, take their aim and achieve both of your and theirs’ target.

I took a job as a computer salesman during my vacation. Though real life experience helps, I strongly suggest that you at the very least read a book on sales before jumping in for the experience. With a guide, you can at least see what you should and should not be doing. One book that I really like because it can really change your mindset to a sales superstart is 
Ultimate Selling Power: How to Create and Enjoy a Multi-Million Dollar Sales Career

For those who do not have time to read a book, you can try this short list instead.

Top 10 Sales Killers By Tom Hopkins
http://www.entrepreneur.com/sales/closingthesale/article159546.html

TodaysTen: IF YOU ONLY HAVE TIME FOR ONE

“Sales Killer #3: Your vocabulary. Words create pictures in our minds. Certain words that are inherent to selling turn people off. For example, I caution people in business to avoid using the word "contract" when handling the details of a large-ticket sale. We all know that contracts are legally binding documents and require legal efforts to get out of. If appropriate, call your contract an "agreement," "form" or "paperwork." The mental image is less threatening. Think about the words you use and replace any negative word-picture images with gentler, more positive ones.”

This was something I really learnt. There are professionals called wordsmiths. What they excel at is to change the structure of conversations and use gentler vocabulary so that an argument is more acceptable. Ever wondered why some people are naturally abrasive? Maybe it is because of their choice of words. If they had a wordsmith friend, they might be able to irritate less people.

Why you need Daily Top Ten?

There is a gazillion stuff on the internet. How do you sieve out the unimportant stuff? At DailyTopTen, we help you get to the interesting and important stuff that you don’t already know. After all, what you don’t know you don’t know is the most important thing you should know. Think back to the time before you got your first internet access. Your imagination of the computer was pretty limited. Maybe running Microsoft office or playing some games was your idea of using the computer. Weren’t you amazed the first time you got online? It was like a new experience everyday for the first few months. You were on a roll. Opportunities like making more friends became possible. Playing games online became really really fun (think World of Warcraft:addictive!!!).

So at DailyTopTen, we bring you stuff that you might have interest in. Top Ten list works wonder with the human minds. Somehow, Lists sieve out all the arduous learning part and tell you how to get things done. Tons of experience has gone into writing the list so that you, our dear reader, can learn at a super fast rate and become an expert in any matter in 5 minutes.
For starters, here is why Top ten lists are so amazing

8 Reasons Why the Masses Love Lists Matt Coddington (well its not ten reasons but still it works! And that’s what really matters!)
http://www.netbusinessblog.com/2007/02/03/8-reasons-why-the-masses-love-lists/

TodaysTen: IF YOU ONLY HAVE TIME FOR ONE:

“1. Instant Knowledge
“…make it seem like the reader’s online success is just a 5 minute read away.” - SEO Blackhat
Nobody likes to work hard and study to acquire knowledge. It’s much easier to read a list outlining anything and everything you need to know about a certain subject. Don’t believe me? Just look at some of the most popular publications in history: Top 10 Ways to Destroy Earth, Top 10 Ways to Steal a Car, 10 Reasons Not to Hit Your Kids (this is one of those “why didn’t I think of that” articles), and 10 Reasons You Should Never Get a Job.”