Let’s examine a number of defenses you can use to establish yourself as the TRUE Market Leader in Pricing – the company with the wherewithal to LEAD with your price and watch the competition scramble to find their place in the leftover space….

The first is COMMITMENT. People are much more committed to applying and doing what’s necessary to achieve a result if they’ve invested significantly. So you’re always going to get a much better result if your clients invest at the top end of the pricing scale.

Second, COMMUNICATION. One of the most demanding requirements of any business, and a true value of their clients’ satisfaction levels is the money that they’ve invested in communication. If you perfect the art of the post-sale followup you will have raving fans, no matter what they paid. If your follow up after the sale isn’t consistent with their buying experience, your satisfaction level will suffer. Charge fees that allow you to invest the BEST in follow up systems.

Finally, CONTINUITY. Who wants to invest and begin a program that isn’t available for as long as you want to be a part of it? Or one who isn’t able to consistently innovate and remain at the cutting edge. You OWE it to your clients to continue to offer products that allow them to grow along with you…

If you’re ready to begin charging 200% – 1,000% more than your currently billing AND having more satisfied clients, implement the above strategies and watch your profits grow accordingly.

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What are some of the immediate advantages to pricing your services at a premium? Doesn’t the market really want to be served at the lowest possible cost? NOT AT ALL! What they want is to be continuously educated as to WHY they are paying the premium and the specific benefit that they receive for choosing to pay additional fees for your service.

If you plan to be in business for the long haul (and you’d BETTER be or you’ll be devoured by hungrier competition), you owe it to yourself to raise your fees to the highest level possible! Then EARN those fees. Build your fees based on the cost of your clients NOT doing business with you, not from the efforts you put into the process. The net difference in those two numbers is your Value Leverage.

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Tired of Competing on Price? Try charging the Highest Prices in your Field – THEN EARN THEM! Here’s how…

Too many service providers try to grow their business by continuously focusing on price – in fact FOCUSED on convincing the market that they are indeed the Low Price Leader…

LEADER?

How in the world can someone claim to be the LOW PRICE LEADER. Doesn’t the very fact that they claim to be the lowest price in the market mean that they have researched the market and RESPONDED? And isn’t responsive positioning in the marketplace a textbook trait of a FOLLOWER rather than a LEADER?

By definition, leaders LEAD.

And that means finding that pricing that will allow you to provide the absolute BEST level of support within your market and educating the marketplace as to why it is in their best interests to retain you at a clear premium.

Join Kelly and Kevin THIS Thursday, February 4^th on a free telecall where they will teach you how it’s actually EASIER to bypass the ‘Slow Growth’ phase of your business and GO BIG right NOW! This is the ULTIMATE Success Shortcut and we’re gonna share the details with you on this FREE Call. It happens at 1 PM PT (2 PM MT, 3 PM CT, 4 PM ET) Click Here to Register!

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You have heard me say it a million times.  There is almost nothing more important to your affluent clients than exceptional service.  VIP Customer service and client appreciation campaigns can transform your clients into raving fans who build your business for you.

Here are the three pivotal steps to creating that result.

1. VIP Customer Service From The First Moment They Encounter Your Company
2. Systemized and Personalized Client Appreciation Campaigns to Build Loyalty
3. Systemized Client Referral Programs

The key to profitability and success rests in a company’s ability to differentiate itself from its competitors through creating a world class customer experience. The greatest missed opportunity for most companies is in creating more profitability from the customers they already have versus consistently replacing lost customers with new ones.

While a growing business needs to constantly capture new customers, the focus and priority should be on pleasing your existing customer base and growing your profitability through them.

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If so, you do not want to miss this call!  My good friend Kevin Nations and I are going to talk about how to move from a slow EVOLUTION in your profits to a complete REVOLUTION of your entire business!

The call is happening on Thursday, February 4th, 2010 at 1 pm PT / 2 pm MT / 3 pm CT / 4 pm ET.

Click here for details!!

It’s MUCH easier to GO BIG than to try for slow, small gains in your business. We’re going to dispel TONS of myths about steady, measured growth and reveal for the first  time ever how you can put the Science of Strategic Success to work IMMEDIATELY to literally revolutionize your own success!

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There was a teenage boy on the corner near my favorite grocery store.  He had a sign that asked for money so he could go to his prom. Now, my head told me he should really try getting a minimum-wage job at that grocery store right around the corner instead of asking for handouts. My gut told me otherwise. When I asked him why he was doing this he said that he was already working two jobs and that his parents were both laid off and he had taken his money he had saved and put it toward his SATs.   I have to tell you; I gave him $20.  Is it possible he was making it up..yes, but my gut told me otherwise.  And frankly, I thought it was brilliant that he had the courage to go out and ask for what he wanted.    I appreciate that he was “working” toward an end goal and his story had emotionality to it, which appealed to me.  You’ll see a lot of the panhandlers who communicate their story in a similar such way.  It’s these folks that you may be able to relate to because their story touches you in some way.  Importantly, you’ll notice that their story ISN’T based on price.

In business, this story is your brand and in order to relate to your potential clients, you need a compelling and relatable hook with emotionality that connects them to you. Just like in the story above, the brand of your company should reflect the personality and character of the product or service it provides, both physically and emotionally. The image you are aiming for makes your product or service more desirable than your competitors’.  Your brand image should be trying to meet your affluent target customer’s expectations, needs and aspirations, it is important to try and reflect exactly what they are looking for.

Now is the time to take these lessons to heart.  Do NOT settle for less than what you want and deserve. Decide now to create the results you desire, design your plan accordingly and then focus your passion and aspirations on success!

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Would you believe it if I told you that many clients come to me earning incomes less than $50K?  Here is what baffles me…passionate and brilliant entrepreneurs who are putting everything they have into their businesses are choosing to settle for earnings less than a panhandler.

As I previously mentioned, a recent article* indicates that an active panhandler in the city can earn $50,000 on average (tax-free). Here is an important take-away we might all want to consider in our business and in our lives:  You must ask for money.

Do you think the people on the street are embarrassed or scared to ask for money?  Well maybe they were the first few times they did it.  But now they clearly understand that the only to get what they desire is to ask for it.  So, why would clients pay you premium prices for your services unless you felt you DESERVED and ASKED for it?

In fact, asking the RIGHT price for you services is key, especially for the affluent. When your work costs more, people value it more highly. There are many “bottom feeders” scurrying around to get the cheapest work. If your work costs more (and you deliver more value) it will be worth more to the buyer.

Research shows that many times the affluent buy on prestige.   Prestigious products and services are bought for the image as much as the product itself — and a key component of the image is the price. They are too expensive for most people, ergo the one who can buy them is rich, successful, upper class, elite — or all of the above.

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Would you believe it if I told you that many clients come to me earning incomes less than $50K?  Here is what baffles me…passionate and brilliant entrepreneurs who are putting everything they have into their businesses are choosing to settle for earnings less than a panhandler. According to a recent article*, an active panhandler in the city can earn $50,000 on average (tax-free). It was calculated using survey results which gauged how much and how often the population gives to panhandlers projected across the known panhandling population in the city. Now, I’ll admit, this number may be soft.  Most researchers will agree that respondents often exaggerate how much they contribute to charity. That aside, confidential interviews with panhandlers even back up this number indicating that they make between $35,000 and $100,000 tax free per year and view panhandling as the equivalent of a job or a profession. Clearly, there is something to be learned from results-oriented panhandlers.

The folks earning a sizeable amount of money in this article are consistent in their actions.  They get out there day-in and day-out.  If a location isn’t working, they adjust.  Similarly, you must dedicate yourself to consistent marketing and sales efforts. Jay Conrad Levinson once told me, “It is unfortunate but true that bad marketing done consistently is better than good marketing done inconsistently.” Create consistency in your marketing program and you will create over time, a steady stream of incoming leads, as well as stabilize your revenue generation.

*”Brother Can You Spare $4.6 Million?” by Dave Navelle as published on the BC, Blogcrtics.com

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Alright!  Watch this Video and Respond Accordingly by Monday January 25 UPDATED: Monday, February 1, 2010 to qualify!

There will be 3 Winners, and we will begin reviewing the video submissions on Tuesday morning!

Once you shoot your video, please upload it to YouTube and then email the link to: info -AT- kellyoneil -DOT- com.

You can also post the link on the Wall of my Fan Page!

I’m really looking forward to your submissions!  Let the games begin!

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Without marketing you would not have prospects or leads to follow up with, but yet without a good sales technique and strategy your closing rate may depress you.  Ready yourself to master selling to affluent clients with the last steps of my Sales Mastery for Marketing to MillionairesÔ Blueprint System checklist:

Assemble your sales support tools – Are your tools setting you up for success?  At very least you need a sales kit which is a package of information that talks about your product offerings.

Get in the right mindset – Remember – You are the Expert.  Focus on the solving the prospects problems, not on closing the sale.  So the choice is really yours – you get to decide what type of salesperson you want to be. At the end of the day we all buy the things we need from the people we like and trust.

Make the calls – Now it is time to pick up the phone.

In today’s business climate, there are more hurdles and challenges to obtaining and keeping clients than ever. To obtain and keep clients in this market, businesses need to get “back to basics.” To get back to basics in regards to sales, we must re-establish the fundamental approach of selling. Sales Is a Science – there are methods and processes that if put into practice on a consistent basis will lead to increased business, even in the most challenging of economies.

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