Public speaking has long been touted as one of the most powerful forms of communication. Particularly for those who are entrepreneurs, public speaking has an even greater benefit: it allows you to get new prospects, new clients, and clients, often immediately after a presentation. Called a signature speech, you can easily create a massive impact for your business with just one presentation. But what do you do if you are afraid of public speaking? Is talking as a way to market your business out of the question for you?

No! You can do it.

If you’d rather be in the audience than on stage because you feel nervous in front of a crowd, you’re not alone. Let’s make you feel more confident about your presentation so you can earn more money and see all the rewards delivering your Signature Speech can bring you. The only powerful technique? Display.

World-class elite athletes regularly use visualization to perform at their best when it matters most. Brent Parkhill, owner of Flexx Fitness Personal Training and Sports Performance in Aurora, Illinois, who regularly uses visualization techniques with his clients, says, “Visualization allows the body to prepare for a physical challenge so you can achieve your goals.”

Additionally, Law of Attraction enthusiasts and experts, including Kamin Bell, author of Journey to Abundance, explain how experiencing a moment in your mind and a sensation in your body can make that same positive experience manifest when you are later in the real life situation. Says Bell, “By feeling what it feels like to be confident as you see yourself delivering a speech in your mind, you make that feeling of confidence more likely when you’re giving your next speech.”

Here are some tips for using visualization effectively:

1. Prepared: Sit in a comfortable and quiet place. Eliminate all distractions, phone, computer email bells, etc.
2. Close your eyes: This technique is performed entirely in your mind. Keeping your eyes open could distract you from your exercise.
3. Picture of every detail: Imagine the room where you will be speaking. Look at the chairs, the tables if there are any, and everything else in the room. See the audience smiling and enjoying your presentation.
4. incorporates All Your senses: Think about how the temperature feels in the room; smell the aroma of hot coffee being served on the tables if you are talking at a banquet; taste the cool water in her mouth just before it is announced that she will speak; listen to the applause as you are introduced; and see the details around you.
5. Imagine feeling comfortable, safe and calm: Now turn your attention to your body and your emotions. Imagine each and every one of your typical nervous symptoms fading away in favor of a warm and exhilarating feeling of self-confidence and the joy of being able to share your unique message with the people in the room who want to hear what you have to say.
6. Check your speech: Imagine yourself going through each part of your speech, feeling comfortable and confident with the audience enjoying every moment.
7. Stay in that calm and happy feeling: Sit with that feeling for a moment and let it permeate your being.

Using this simple visualization technique is what will help you eliminate your fear of public speaking once and for all so that you can be successful while marketing your business with your own Signature Speech.