Velocity Selling begins with buyer relationships. People buy for emotional reasons and they buy from people they like and trust. The Velocity Selling Cycle starts with building relationships.

In the Velocity Selling System, you must first establish rapport with the client in order to build a lasting relationship. You need to know the components of the NLP rapport pie and how to build rapport in the first 30 seconds of meeting.

You must learn how to identify an individual’s predominant sense and how to use that sense to your benefit, especially during the presentation phase. When these techniques are applied, you enter into the Velocity Selling Cycle.

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In this new economy, it is more important than ever before to aim for Velocity Selling cycles. Your bottom line depends on it.

It is essential that sales professionals clearly define their target prospects by criteria. This criteria is based on the best return on time invested (R.O.T.I.) and confirmed in the fastest way possible. I refer to the Velocity Selling Cycle which will unquestionably acquire positive sales results.

Begin affecting sales velocity results by dissecting your data base of customers based on predetermined criteria. This should be criteria that will identify your best customers. It may be volume, margins, profits, loyalty, etc, but it must be specific and then, utilized to distinguish between different levels of clients.

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Self esteem is an internal sense of worth. Self esteem reflects an inner confidence and self-respect and shines outwardly by the actions one takes.

What evolves on the inside is usually reflected on the outside. Your internal self worth which consists of your self-esteem, self confidence and self respect will become your external net worth. It’s a matter of pride in who you are and the mentor you can be.

Compare an individual with a high net worth to another with a low net worth. What are the obvious differences? Does self esteem play a major role?

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If you want 2010 to be your best year ever, improve with discipline and refuse to be another “resigning” statistic. The world is full of people who give up on a daily basis and it is time for a positive change in attitude. Today’s world needs people with vision, focus and above all, discipline.

Earlier this month, millions of people around the world ventured down a path well travelled. It is a path which is commonly paved with bold and sometimes hastily conceived New Year’s Resolutions.

Unfortunately, over 60% of people who declare New Year’s resolutions will not see their resolutions through to fruition. They give up within the first 14 to 21 days.

That period, when resolutions are usually relinquished, has now arrived.

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Each and every day this year can be a jump start towards getting everything you want out of life when you incorporate an attitude of discipline.

An Attitude of Discipline is greeting each day with gratitude. When you wake up in the morning, you are granted another day closer to living your dreams. Simply waking up each day is a poignant reason to be grateful. So many people will not wake up today.

An attitude of gratefulness is a daily discipline. Embrace an attitude of gratitude and notice how you speak differently using powerful words and how your body language greatly improves. For instance when asked how you are, what is your typical reply? Common responses are: fine, good, ok, not bad, etc. However, with a radiant attitude of gratitude you will draw on stronger words such as: excellent, fantastic, great, etc. In addition, body language speaks louder than words. Therefore, your body language proudly highlights the jubilant words.

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Jesse Owens says, “We all have dreams, but in order to make these dreams into reality it takes an awful lot of determination, self-discipline and effort.”

It requires the same determination, self-discipline and effort to keep New Year’s Resolutions and to follow through on goals as it does to be successful.

Let’s understand the meaning of each of these words:

Determination
The power and habit of firm decision making directed toward a particular goal and end result

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1. Goal setting focuses your efforts and improves your direction in life.
2. Goal setting encourages you to set priorities and become more organized.
3. Goal setting turns your wishful thinking into reality.
4. Goal setting points out your successes as you achieve them, motivating you toward further success.
5. Goal setting improves your self-esteem.
6. Goal setting makes you responsible for your own life. It defines your own value system.
7. Goal setting makes you aware of your strengths and allows you to overcome obstacles and solve problems.
8. Goal setting points out your weaknesses. You can begin setting new goals to improve in those areas and to turn them into strengths.

Record keeping is important. Writing down your goals and action plans represents a commitment. Otherwise your dreams are merely wishful thinking. You can reread and visualize written goals. They are credible and legitimate. They move you forward. When your goals are written, you have begun to act. Inertia disappears. You will immediately sense accomplishment.

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It is common knowledge that people buy from people they like and trust. Your first objective in a sales call is to gain the prospect’s trust and in the process, get them to like you. This is known as rapport and it is the first step in this eight step Sales Process.

Without trust, prospects will mislead you and will not honestly answer your questions. You will be wasting valuable time. Traditional sales techniques can no longer be applied as most potential clients are well aware of that type of sales approach and will avoid you at all costs.

Yes, you are the most important person in the world, nonetheless, when you have a customer in front of you, he/she becomes more important. Your customer must become your priority.

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Sales motivation in today’s economy is more important than ever before. As the economy slows down, so do sales. Unfortunately, most sales people slow down too. Sales people, like the masses, become a product of the environment.

Nonetheless, what do most organizations do when the economy heads south? They cut costs, typically in the wrong areas such as training, sales conferences, coaching and sale personnel. Sales motivation does not exist. They create an environment of uncertainty as well as contributing to and supporting the downfall of the economy.

Somewhere along the way the corporate world must understand that the economic world revolves around sales. There won’t be any transactions without sales and consequently, there is no revenue without transactions. Without revenue, organizations cannot survive, and no one would have a job. Sales is the heart of most jobs in an organization.

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Let’s face it, we are all buyers and we all visit retail outlets. Did you ever take the time to listen to the sales greetings as you walk into the retail outlets? If you do, you will notice most of them repeat the same greeting, and we respond with the same old answer.

It is time for retailers to wake up and stop doing what they have always done. If they do not make the necessary changes, they will continue to get the same sales results as in the past.

This is the standard retail sales greeting you usually receive walking into an outlet. “Hello, can I help you?” and you give the standard answer, “No thank you, I’m just looking.” Even if you know what you want to buy and how much you are willing to spend, you still offer the same old reply.

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