Sales as Service
Sales as Service is the podcast for creative agencies and solopreneurs who want to grow their businesses without feeling awkward about sales. If you’ve ever thought, “I hate selling,” or wondered how to get more clients, this show is for you.
We make sales simple and approachable with practical tips on topics like:
- How to get clients for your creative business
- Easy sales strategies for solopreneurs
- Overcoming the fear of selling
- Building a sales process that works
Whether you're a freelancer, entrepreneur, or running your own agency, you’ll learn how to handle objections, close deals, and grow your business with confidence—without hard-sell tactics.
Listen in to discover how a simple change in your perspective can create a complex change in your business.
Sales as Service
Permission to Sell: Breaking the Hidden Patterns That Block Women from Consistent Revenue with Dr. Nadia Brown
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Selling isn’t just a skill. It’s emotional. And for many women founders and service-based business owners, that emotional weight shows up as guilt, second-guessing, and a constant fear of “doing it wrong.”
In this episode of Sales as Service, Tam Smith sits down with Dr. Nadia Brown for a candid conversation about what really holds women back from consistent revenue. Together, they unpack why selling your own work feels so personal, how money stories quietly influence decision-making, and what it looks like to sell with dignity instead of pressure.
This isn’t about scripts or hard closes. It’s about courage, leadership, and building a sales practice that actually feels like you.
In this episode, we explore:
- Why selling your own work triggers guilt and self-doubt—even for experienced sellers
- How perfectionism and overgiving quietly derail revenue
- The reframe from “closing” to making a clear invitation
- Why rejection feels personal—and how to recover without spiraling
- How courage, not confidence, becomes the real growth lever in sales
Sales as Service Challenge — Start Now!
Practice Courage. Not Perfection
Over the next seven days, choose one courageous sales action and take it without trying to make it perfect.
That might look like:
- Following up with a lead you’ve been avoiding
- Making a clear invitation instead of hinting
- Stating your price and stopping yourself from over-explaining
Afterward, write down two things:
- What emotions came up for you?
- What actually happened—separate from the story you told yourself about it?
This isn’t about getting the yes.
It’s about building the muscle to show up consistently.
Selling is a practice.
And courage counts.
Links & Resources:
- Learn more about The Doyenne Agency
- Connect with Dr Nadia on Instagram and LinkedIn
- Join us for the next SAS LIVE Office Hours Event!
- Simply sales with the VIP Power Hour - download the FREE guide
- Learn how to consistently book 3–5 sales-qualified meetings each week - Book your free strategy call
- Get on the list - Become a SAS Email Insider
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Nothing happens in business — or life — until someone says hi. That's the philosophy behind Tam Smith's work as founder of Studio Three 49.
As a Sales Growth Strategist, she helps service founders build relationship-first sales systems through focused 1–3 day intensives — so they can stop relying solely on referrals, no cold pitching required. With 15+ years in sales leadership, Tam believes sales is an act of service. It's about what you give, not what you get. And when you serve well, the results always follow.
When she's not working with clients, you'll likely find her rock climbing or mapping out her next adventure with her Supermutt, Ila, in Durham, NC.