Confidence Sells!

Confidence sells!

It’s absolutely true, when you see a confident, articulate person, you will believe what they’re saying and even buy what they’re selling!

It doesn’t matter how highly qualified you are, how good your product is, if you are up against a more confident person than yourself then confidence will win!

But this is not something you need to live with for the rest of your life – you can build your confidence , loose those negative thoughts and that disabling self doubt and work at  building your confidence , change your mindset and achieve the successes you have previously dreamed about.

It does take work but the journey is SO worth it.

This is a very personal topic for many and we don’t want to admit we’re not confident. We hide our self doubts in all sorts of ways. Sometimes, its by making more noise than less, sometimes by talking all the time non stop! Sometimes by not saying much at all and keeping out of the lime light. You see others with the same qualifications or less – seemingly doing better? Oh the pain of it all.

Waldorf Emerson said” Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world”

But what’s the fear of? Getting up in front of people and promoting yourself? Scared someone will say something nasty about you – criticism. Fear of not being good enough.

Success brings success so if you focus on achieving success it will take you on a journey towards success.

So what do you need to do if you suffer from a lack of confidence and still want to take on the world?

Dale Carnegie says in his book ” The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking” that developing your public speaking skills are a fabulous way to overcome your fears and build your confidence. He says ” Learning to speak in public is nature’s own method of overcoming self- consciousness and building courage and self-confidence. Why? Because speaking in public makes us come to grips with our own fears”

There are five incredibly powerful but simple ways of facing your fears and taking you on the journey of self discovery and confidence.

  1. Focus on positivity
  2. Look confident – Change your body language and image
  3. Change your mindset 
  4. Be prepared
  5. Look at how far you’ve come

In summary, lack of confidence is a mindset. A mindset that will stop you from getting what you so desperately want. But you can change your mindset.

The truth is if you want something then you’ve got to go and get it – change your mindset – aim for positivity and success, really value all your experiences along the way and qualifications and focus on what you want to achieve.

Because the truth is Confidence sell!

Adrienne McLean DTM – SpeakersTrainingCamp International Instructor and the Founder of The Speakers Practice – Adrienne specialises at The Speakers Practice helping clients to confidently deliver presentations for maximum impact. Adrienne has been training presenting to camera programs since 2012 and has been coached by Lou Bortone – US Video Marketing Expert.

 You can contact Adrienne on adrienne@thespeakerspractice.com.au or ring on 0414 367 960.

How can video help your business?

Video is an incredibly powerful way of connecting with your clients.

You, as a business owner, can connect one-on-one with your clients and prospective clients in a way that was unheard of 15 years ago. Today, it is so easy to use a phone or tablet to create a video, the quality is reasonably good and connections can be made one to many easily and regularly.

For more professional video, access is available and quality video is more affordable than ever. You can create your own commercial with high quality displaying you as the expert in your field to everyone that clicks on your website or Youtube channel.

So what sorts of video could you create to speak to your prospects?

Here’s a list but there’s over 50 different types of video – see –

  1. Short, sharp phone video for use on Facebook
  2. Branded professional video for websites
  3. How to video for Youtube and websites
  4. Video for Online Training programs
  5. Video via Webinars

Each profession will suite various sorts of video. Its a matter of thinking about how can video be best utilised in my business to help my clients.

Once you have thought through the use of video within your business, then its the creation of the video that is to be considered.

Video creation involves –

  1. Planning – the script, the message, the location, how the video is to be created, who is to be involved , is it a person speaking or animated video?
  2. Production – the creation of the video – who is going to do this and how
  3. Post Production – preparing the digital recording into a professional MP4 recording.

There’s plenty to think about when preparing a video.

The important consideration is the connection with you and your clients and prospects.


Video can help your business by:
a.displaying you as the expert in your field
b. keep a personal connection with your audience
c. use various, interesting video to keep your audience engaged and following your topics
d. giving your audience valuable information using video in an easy to watch format
e. you, as the business owner, only need to say this once on the video and then it can be seen multiple times by viewers so for you it is actually time consuming not having to say the same thing again and again.

Consider the ways video can help you. Perhaps, give us a call to discuss opportunities where you can utilise video to help you.

Adrienne McLean DTM – SpeakersTrainingCamp International Instructor and the Founder of The Speakers Practice – Adrienne specialises at The Speakers Practice helping clients to confidently deliver presentations for maximum impact. Adrienne has been training presenting to camera programs since 2012 and has been coached by Lou Bortone – US Video Marketing Expert.

 You can contact Adrienne on adrienne@thespeakerspractice.com.au or ring on 0414 367 960.