Hosted by Nikki Rausch · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 327 episodes
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Feel awkward selling your services? You're not alone.The Sales Maven Podcast is your go-to show for learning sales strategies, rapport building and how to sell with confidence, kindness, and credibility without ever feeling pushy or fake.Hosted by trusted sales strategist Nikki Rausch, each episode gives you practical sales tips, conversation examples, and real-life sales coaching so you close more deals, strengthen client relationships, and grow your business.Perfect for women entrepreneurs and service-based business owners ready to turn "I hate selling" into "I've got this."
Nikki Rausch hosts Sales Maven, a business show with 327 episodes published.
Have you ever known exactly what you should be doing in your business, yet still found yourself avoiding it? Whether it's posting on social media, following up with prospects, raising your rates, or having sales conversa
Why do people choose one business over another when the prices, expertise, and offerings seem similar? The answer is often simpler than we think: trust. In this episode of the Sales Maven Show, Nikki Rausch explores the
Have you ever had a prospect enthusiastically say yes, only to have the sale stall when it came time to pay? In this episode of the Sales Maven Show, Nikki Rausch explores a surprisingly common mistake that costs busines
The Networking Conversation Strategy That Leads to Clients Have you ever been at a networking event and completely blanked when someone asked, "So, what do you do?" Or maybe you found yourself rambling through an explana
Why Strategy Fails Without Belief What if the real thing holding your business back is not your strategy, but your belief in what's possible? In this Mastering Excellence Series episode of the Sales Maven Show, Nikki Rau
What if some of the most common sales tactics are actually hurting your relationships with potential clients? In this episode of the Sales Maven Show, Nikki Rausch shares five things she has intentionally stopped doing i
Should you list your prices publicly or wait until a potential client gets on a call with you? In this episode of the Sales Maven Show, Nikki Rausch tackles one of the most common questions business owners ask when creat
The Words That Work - How Language and Framing Change Everything in Sales Conversations What if the reason your sales conversations aren't converting has nothing to do with your offer and everything to do with your wordi
How often do you feel like you're doing everything "right" in your business yet your results aren't matching your effort? In this episode of the Sales Maven Show, Nikki Rausch sits down with business strategist Robin Wal
How often have you felt the need to apologize for your own success or your own personal time when a new client wants to get started? In this episode of the Sales Maven Show, Nikki Rausch addresses a common struggle for b
Are you tired of pouring hours into your podcast only to feel like you're shouting into a void with no ROI to show for it? In this episode of the Sales Maven Show, Nikki Rausch sits down with Ana Xavier, the powerhouse f
When someone offers you a compliment or a hand with a project, do you immediately accept it, or do you find yourself deflecting, minimizing, or politely declining? For many heart-centered entrepreneurs, the idea of askin
Have you ever had a prospect who looked perfect on paper? They had the budget, the need, and the right timing, but something in the conversation left you feeling completely out of alignment. In this episode, Nikki Rausch
Have you ever wondered why some businesses seem to have a never-ending stream of high-quality leads while others struggle to get a single shout-out, even when they offer cash incentives? In this episode of Sales Maven, N
When is the last time you were on a client call and, out of the blue, they asked for something completely unexpected? Before your brain could even catch up, did you find yourself blurting out a "sure!" only to hang up th
How do you say no without burning a bridge or getting pulled into a debate? In this episode of the Sales Maven Show, Nikki Rausch tackles an uncomfortable but essential skill for business owners and sales professionals:
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Want to make more money this year without working more hours or constantly chasing new leads? In this episode of the Sales Maven Show, Nikki Rausch breaks down how to increase revenue with existing clients in a way that
Have you ever spent hours building out referral programs only to hear crickets? You are not alone. In this episode of the Sales Maven Show, Nikki Rausch dives into why formal referral programs so often fail to produce re
Feeling overwhelmed in your business but unsure where to start with delegation? In this episode of the Sales Maven Show, Samantha Prestidge, founder of Auxo Business Services, shares her practical framework for identifyi
Nikki Rausch
sales strategist · The Sales Maven
8 appearances on this show
Andrea Liebross
business and life coach, speaker, author of She Thinks Big · She Thinks Big
1 appearance on this show
Ana Xavier
Founder and CEO · The Podcast Space
1 appearance on this show
Roger Knecht
President · Universal Accounting Center
1 appearance on this show
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Sales Maven is hosted by Nikki Rausch. The show is categorised under business (entrepreneurship) and has published 327 episodes.
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