The Black Girl Business Bar

Belief is everything as a business owner. And that manifests itself in your sales. If you don’t believe in yourself and what you’re offering as a product or service, you’ll have trouble attracting customers.

In this episode, I look closely at what it means to believe in your offer and I share tips on cultivating belief in your offer so you can confidently invite your people to work with you.

Other resources

• The RELEASE Method - 7 steps to releasing your biggest sales blocks + attracting your next client
• The Black Girl Business Bar Facebook community
• Book a sales call with Khalida
  
  

More on Khalida

Khalida DuBose is a business coach specializing in sales strategy. As a previous crowdfunding coach, she supported more than a thousand crowdfunding campaigns and project creators in their quest to bring their dreams, passions, and ideas to the world. Now, she focuses on helping women of color who are early-stage online business owners as they navigate the entrepreneurial journey. For more information on Khalida, visit khalidadubose.com. Follow Khalida on Instagram @khalida.dubose. You can email her at [email protected].

The Black Girl Business Bar is produced by Zuri Berry (@ZMCPodcasts). Music by Vincent Tone and Die Hard Productions.

Ladies, this is a special treat for you. In this episode, I'll be joined by award-winning author and business executive Heidi Lewis-Ivey.

Heidi is an ordained elder, a prophetic minister, and an internationally acclaimed speaker. She is the author of "Can I Rest Awhile?" and the new book, "Black Girl Cry: What Black Women Need to Know to Amplify Their Voices." She is also a co-author in Soulful Prayers Volumes 1 and 2 and Soulful Affirmations.

Heidi walks me through her career and how she focused on building solid relationships in the workplace to reach the C-suite level in the financial industry without a college degree (and why she went back to school to get one).

She tells us why she shouldn't have been so afraid when she started and how her creativity helped her reclaim her peace.

There's lots of practical advice for those on the corporate path and entrepreneurs. Enjoy!

Find Heidi on LinkedIn, Facebook, or Instagram.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• "Black Girl Cry: What Black Women Need to Know to Amplify Their Voices" by Heidi Lewis-Ivey
• "Can I Rest Awhile?" by Heidi Lewis-Ivey
• Savvy Sales for Solopreneurs

More on Khalida

Khalida DuBose is a business mentor specializing in sales strategy. As a previous crowdfunding coach, she supported more than a thousand crowdfunding campaigns and project creators in their quest to bring their dreams, passions, and ideas to the world. Now, she focuses on helping women of color who are early-stage online business owners as they navigate the entrepreneurial journey. For more information on Khalida, visit khalidadubose.com. Follow Khalida on Instagram @khalida.dubose. You can email her at [email protected].

The Black Girl Business Bar is produced by Zuri Berry (@ZMCPodcasts). Music by Vincent Tone and Die Hard Productions.

In this episode, I sit down with Olivia Owens, the creator and general manager of iFundWomen of Color. We sat down to geek out on all things crowdfunding including dispelling some of the top myths about crowdfunding for entrepreneurs.

Olivia fills us in on what makes a successful crowdfunding campaign, the importance of building community, and why there are no magical money elves in business or crowdfunding.

"There's so much strategy and pre-work that goes into it," Olivia Owens says. "And so we've always seen coaching as a core part of being able to crowdfund successfully. We also know that women on our platform who invest in our coaching and video services raise 27x the crowdfunding industry average."

Follow Olivia Owens on Instagram @olivialowens and follow @IFundWomen.

Resources mentioned in this episode

• iFundWomen of Color
• Brilliant Business Momentum 1-on-1 coaching

More on Khalida

Khalida DuBose is a business mentor specializing in sales strategy. As a previous crowdfunding coach, she supported more than a thousand crowdfunding campaigns and project creators in their quest to bring their dreams, passions, and ideas to the world. Now, she focuses on helping women of color who are early-stage online business owners as they navigate the entrepreneurial journey. For more information on Khalida, visit khalidadubose.com.

Follow Khalida on Instagram @khalida.dubose. You can email her at [email protected].

The Black Girl Business Bar is produced by Zuri Berry (@ZMCPodcasts). Music by Vincent Tone and Die Hard Productions.

Keeping it real, I feel like I wasted so much time trying to figure out selling and running a business when I first got started. It turns out that my first few sales where just around the corner when I got support, got focused, and took imperfect actions. Over the years, my sales process has evolved as I’ve narrowed down the most important activities for finding and signing new clients. But it wasn’t easy. There were roadblocks, mindset drama, self-confidence issues and more.

Making a conscious effort to deal with it all as it came gave me my edge and I know the same will be true for you if this is something you're struggling with in your business.

I’m going to walk you through, step by step, through my process of signing my first high-ticket clients and show you how you can do the same.

Resources mentioned in this episode

• Get on a clarity call with Khalida

More on Khalida

Khalida DuBose is a business mentor specializing in sales strategy. As a previous crowdfunding coach, she supported more than a thousand crowdfunding campaigns and project creators in their quest to bring their dreams, passions, and ideas to the world. Now, she focuses on helping women of color who are early-stage online business owners as they navigate the entrepreneurial journey. For more information on Khalida, visit khalidadubose.com.

Follow Khalida on Instagram @khalida.dubose. You can email her at [email protected].

The Black Girl Business Bar is produced by Zuri Berry (@ZMCPodcasts). Music by Vincent Tone and Die Hard Productions.

This is the last episode in our series on sales. In this week’s episode, I offer six tips for new online business owners to book more sales calls.

These tips are what I teach my clients, they are what my coaches have taught me, and I believe they’ll help you become successful, too.

Sales calls help you convert high-ticket clients, help you better understand your audience, and help inform your marketing. Selling is a foundational business skill, and doing sales calls is a great way to practice your skills.

Episodes mentioned

• Episode 35: How to diagnose 3 main problems in your business Pt. 1
• Episode 36: How to diagnose 3 main problems in your business Pt. 2
• Episode 37: The secret to confidently selling your offer
• Episode 38: The Dos and Don’ts of free coaching

Other resources

• The RELEASE Method - 7 steps to releasing your biggest sales blocks + attracting your next client
• The Black Girl Business Bar Facebook community
• Book a sales call with Khalida
  
  

More on Khalida

Khalida DuBose is a business coach specializing in sales strategy and mindset. As a previous crowdfunding coach, she supported more than a thousand crowdfunding campaigns and project creators in their quest to bring their dreams, passions, and ideas to the world. Now, she focuses on helping women of color online business owners nail the foundations of running a successful business and cultivate a rock-solid mindset as they navigate the entrepreneurial journey. For more information on Khalida, visit khalidadubose.com. Follow Khalida on Instagram @khalida.dubose. You can email her at [email protected].

The Black Girl Business Bar is produced by Zuri Berry (@ZMCPodcasts). Music by Vincent Tone and Die Hard Productions.