Your time is valuable. So I want to give you some quick wins when it comes to how to use your phone more effectively in business. For starters, if it's a really, really important call, perhaps you're interviewing for a job, perhaps you're trying to get the biggest new client for your business ever. You want to sound your absolute best. Here's a tip stand. When you're doing a phone call, you'll have more breath, you'll have more energy, you'll have a greater range in your voice and try to find a mirror you can look at and actually smile.
I realize that sounds cheesy, but when you smile, it comes out in your voice you'll sound more upbeat, more focused, more energetic, more excited to be there. That's what new employers want to hear. That's also what clients and client prospects want to hear. Another quick tip, if you're conducting a business call through FaceTime video or Skype video. Most of the time people are holding on phone down like this. What happens is it shoots up your nose.
The brightest thing on the screen is going to be the light above you, it's going to look horrible, your face will be all black and that here's the quick tip, hold the phone a couple of inches above your eyes. Now it's a much more flattering angle on your face. The lighting will be better because you're not shooting the lights from the ceiling. A couple of quick tips, this course is going to be full of them. So get ready. By the time we're done, you're going to be a real pro at using the cell phone and a regular phone and any kind of phone for every aspect of your career.