• Building relationships: Creating good working relationships with the people around you is critical to being able to deliver a job, as both sales and marketing roles rely heavily on other people to succeed.
  • Writing skills: If writing is one of your weaknesses overcome this by reading areas of interest. i.e. if you like cars start by reading wheels magazine and alike.
  • Multitasking: On daily basics you can be required to jump in and out of a variety roles, so an ability clear your mind and start the next task is essential.
  • Tertiary education: A tertiary qualification is great on your resume and demonstrates your ability to learn. It can also be the deciding factor in if you get the job or not.
  • Industry: Staying in touch with what is happening in your as industry as markets are always changing. This demonstrates you have a true interest within the area.
  • Communicating: An extremely important part of marketing and sales is being able to generate ideas and organize those ideas in a way that enables you to communicate them effectively to achieve the desired outcomes (generate revenue and/or raise awareness).
  • Data and figures: Both sales and marketing professionals rely heavy on analyzing data and figures; it’s this information that is used in creating new plans and objectives.
  • A broad understanding of people’s roles: Both sales and marketing rely heavily on others contributions to achieve the desired outcome of their plans and or objectives.
  • Thinking outside the box: To position your product/service in front of your competitors.
  • Lastly the most important attribute is Passion: Loving what you do is always the key to success.