Leveling Guide

I love helping out enchanters.  With any of my characters, at any given time, I might just have something that could use a little magic pick me up.  There seem to be a lot of low level enchanters working on their skills, and I don’t mind their asking to enchant stuff for free.
Here’s what I hate though.  Someone comes along with a really bad sales pitch like “Hey, im a chanter, need wurk, let me dchant yur stuff.”

Let’s talk a little sales 101 here.  I know people hate salesmen, but it’s one of those things you just can’t avoid in WoW.  If you want to be an effective professional in ANY of the professions, you’re going to need some basic sales skills.  Here’s a quick tip to get people to respond to you.

Always pitch the benefit, and pitch it from the customer’s point of view:

Imagine for a minute two guys come up to you.  One can’t spell, he just tells you how bad he needs work and how hard it is for him.  The other says something like “Excuse me, but I noticed your cloak is bare.  If you’d like, I would love to enchant it for you.  I have the mats to give it ______________ (insert benefit).”

Notice how guy number two spells everything right, he uses good grammar, and he said “look what I can do for you” instead of “Help me”.  Whether we like it or not, we’re judged in game and out by the appearances we use.  Our appearance online, however, has a lot more to do with our spelling and grammar than our character appearance.  Bear in mind, keeping this in mind in your every day life will have a HUGE impact on you as well, but if nothing else, you’re making the game a better place.

So, if you use correct english, good grammar, and the right tools, you’re going to see a marked improvement in all areas of the game.  Best of luck.