Support is Sexy

Sales Maven is an organization dedicated to authentic selling, and Founder and CEO Nikki Rausch has the unique ability to transform the misunderstood process of "selling" into techniques, tools, and tips that can be successfully incorporated into a process replicable by anyone whose livelihood relies on selling a product, a service, or themselves. Nikki integrates her 24+ years of experience selling to such prestigious organizations as The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Hewlett-Packard, and NASA, sharing with her clients the same approaches that led to her shattering sales records in her industry and receiving multiple "top producer" awards along the way.

On this episode of the Support is Sexy podcast, Nikki tells why it's important to keep selling even during uncertain times, how to know the difference between rejection and objection, how to master your consultation calls and how to use her selling staircase to close your next deal.

For resources mentioned in this episode, or to hear interviews with more than 400 women entrepreneurs around the world, go to supportissexy.com.

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Three weeks ago when things started to get really real with the Coronavirus COVID-19, I was feeling sort of helpless. Like many, I didn't know what I could do to help others in the world who were facing this pandemic — which all of us are in different ways, yet in the same ways. It was — and still is — confusing, not knowing what information to trust, but wanting to do all the right things to keep yourself, your family, your loved ones and your neighbors safe.

Dr. Khadeja Johnson's YouTube video gave me hope. In a heartfelt and at times tearful plea, Dr. Johnson — who is board certified in Internal Medicine and has over 14 years of service to Morehouse School of Medicine and Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, GA, — sat in her home, turned on her camera, and implored us all to stay home. She explained that this was truly a matter of saving lives — yours, others and the healthcare workers on which we all depend. And she shared the scary-yet-necessary conversation she had to have with her son about what happens if mommy doesn't come home. Still it gave me hope. Perhaps because I felt like hers was a face and a voice I had yet to see featured in all the news I'd been watching. She was going to reach more people. A doctor, but also a mom, to whom many of us as women would be able to relate.

I reached out to Dr. KJ, as she is called, immediately and asked her if she'd be open to coming on one of my video chats that I recently started doing "Wine Down Conversations" that I host Thursday evenings at 8pm EST. These are conversations I began to do with women who have expertise in areas that will support us all as we work to survive and heal and take care of ourselves through this shared crisis. (My way of helping.) She said yes, and this special episode of the Support is Sexy podcast is that conversation.

We talk about the myths that still surround the Coronavirus COVID-19, why you really must stay home, how to speak to your parents about the disease, how Dr. KJ spoke to her young teenager about it and why, no matter what, you have to have the courage to use your voice.

Click here to watch Dr. Khadeja Johnson's YouTube video.

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In this flashback episode of the Support is Sexy podcast, I share something we all have to realize eventually — especially if you're up to something, creating something, trying something new and making moves. Everybody ain't gonna get it, so everybody can't come along for the ride. And you know what? We shouldn't expect them to.

On this episode, I talked about the big move I had and how I realized that everybody can't come along. I also shared other ways that we can get support when the people we thought would show up and be there just…don't, and my suggestions for how you might structure your friend circle. As they say, there are levels to this!

[Music: "Someone Else's Memories" by Revolution Void]

For resources mentioned in this episode, or to hear interviews with more than 400 women entrepreneurs around the world, go to supportissexy.com.

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Let's face it: These are scary, uncertain and potentially highly stressful times. News about Coronavirus COVID-19 fills our timelines and our TV screens, and we're all having to make major adjustments to our lives and routines, which have basically been turned upside down.⁠

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⁠Though we know we will get through this (and I believe we will!), we have to acknowledge that this is a trauma none of us has ever experienced before -- and as women, especially, we need space to talk some of this stuff through.⁠⁠

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SO JOIN ME LIVE ON THURSDAY, MARCH 19TH ON 8PM EST ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE FOR Support is Sexy & LET'S TALK ABOUT IT DURING OUR "WINE DOWN!"⁠

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That's right, grab your favorite glass of wine to unwind (or tea -- or whatever works for you) and join me for a conversation with Licensed Mental Health Counselor Robin D. Stone, who will answer your questions about how to manage stress and anxiety during these uncertain times.⁠

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Join me and Robin and ask your questions at https://www.facebook.com/supportsexy/

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For the next few "Throwback Thursday" episodes, we're going to focus on businesses that are/ or that started as home-based businesses. Since more of us being forced to work from home because of the Coronavirus pandemic, I'm hoping this mini-series inspires the entrepreneur in you to think about a business you may be able to start from home. ;)

In this throwback episode, Kelly Parker Smith tells how she Hello World Paper Co. in 2009 on Etsy by designing hand stamped cards while she was still a full-time, third-grade teacher. But in 2014, she was able to quit her job and run her rubber stamp and stationery shop full time. The company grew fast, and by summer of 2016, Kelly's best friend quit her job as a fourth-grade teacher and jumped on board. Today, Kelly has sold nearly $1 million dollars on Etsy alone and consults other brands on how to share the same success.

What was the key to her success? On this episode of the Support is Sexy podcast, Kelly shares insider tips to growing your business on Etsy, including marketing must-haves, common mistakes, and more.

For more interviews with successful women entrepreneurs, visit supportissexy.com.

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Syreeta Scott, the Philadelphia native and owner of Duafe Hair Salon in Philadelphia, PA, has coiffed the hair of celebrities like Janet Jackson, Jill Scott, director Ava DuVernay, The Roots’ Questlove and many more. Syreeta has also created styles featured in Vogue, O magazine, Essence, Philadelphia Magazine, Rolling Stone and more since 2001. Syreeta approaches each client from the heart, caring not only for their hair but their overall well-being. Centered in self-acceptance and self-love, she makes a point of helping them understand their natural hair care is an extension of living an authentic life.

   

On this episode of the Support is Sexy podcast, Syreeta talks openly about the importance of wrapping her business around the idea of addressing her trauma and how our hair trauma affects us, how she helps her clients feel confident through their self expression and how reinvention and a willingness to grow helped her sustain her business for 20 years and counting.

For resources mentioned in this episode, or to hear interviews with more than 400 women entrepreneurs around the world, go to supportissexy.com.

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The Coronavirus disease. Yep, it's scary and these are kinda crazy times. Do what you can to be safe and stay informed. Check the CDC.gov web site for the latest information and updates, take car of yourself and your family. Do all of those things. But as I share in this episode, what I hope you also choose to do is not worry; but instead, you get to work! Worry is a poor use of your imagination. How can you make the best use of this time? In this episode, I offer some suggestions on how you can avoid letting these times get you low, and how to focus on the things that light you up.

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Who is the woman I have to become to become the woman I want to be? And how do I become that woman TODAY?

This is a question I am reflecting on today, my 47th birthday. Grateful to be here, and to have you here. And I am so grateful for moments of reflection where I am reminded of the power of operating with intention, shining brightly, living and loving on-purpose and being unapologetic about the things I want accomplish in my life and in service to my mission of supporting women like you!

I know, it's kinda heavy for a birthday message. :) But please have a listen, and be reminded that you can become the powerful woman you envision TODAY -- unapologetically.

To hear interviews with more than 400 women entrepreneurs around the world, go to supportissexy.com.

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When Denise Woodard's one-year-old daughter, Vivienne, had a bad allergic reaction to a snack in their family living room, the scary incident changed their family's life. Just months later, Denise entered a pitch competition, won and quickly founded her company Partake Foods, which offers allergy-friendly cookies that were inspired by her daughter's experience with food allergies. Today, Partake Foods is making its way to shelves around the country, including Whole Foods, and Denise has raised $1 million in capital for the business — a huge and unfortunately still too rare feat for women of color entrepreneurs.

On this episode of the Support is Sexy podcast, Denise talks about taking inspired action, starting where you are and doing your research (thank you, Google), plus what it really means to go "all in" on your dreams and what it's really like to raise $1 million for your business.

For resources mentioned in this episode, or to hear interviews with more than 400 women entrepreneurs around the world, go to supportissexy.com.

HAVE A QUESTION FOR SUPPORT IS SEXY PODCAST HOST ELAYNE FLUKER? TEXT HER NOW AT +1 (908) 955-9422 AND SHE'LL TEXT YOU RIGHT BACK! SERIOUSLY! :) ASK YOUR QUESTION, OR JUST REACH OUT TO SAY HELLO.

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You've seen her on The View, Today show, E! and more, she was the first woman of color to be beauty director of Seventeen magazine, has graced the pages of many others and has been a host on the red carpet at the Grammy's, the Oscars and more. And on todays Throwback episode, my friend media personality Tai Beauchamp gets real about the not-so-glamorous parts of the journey, the moments that entrepreneurship is sometimes lonely and the empowering epiphany she had around support.

On this episode you'll learn:

• The importance of being open to signals from the Universe.
• Recognize your calling, when start to open up and happen — listen.
• The benefits of having a partner in business and in life.
• The importance of keeping some things off social media.
• The importance of showing up every time.
• Utilizing your platform to have social impact.
• Realize when it's time to cut the fat.
• Why you don't have to be superwoman.
• Know when to make room for a partnership.

For more interviews and insights from more than 400 women entrepreneurs around the world, go to supportissexy.com.

HAVE A QUESTION FOR SUPPORT IS SEXY PODCAST HOST ELAYNE FLUKER? TEXT HER NOW AT +1 (908) 955-9422 AND SHE'LL TEXT YOU RIGHT BACK! SERIOUSLY! :) ASK YOUR QUESTION, OR JUST REACH OUT TO SAY HELLO.

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