Inconsistent revenue
You are closing clients, some months are huge, but some months painfully slow. You set ambitious goals but have no real clue how to achieve them other than work more hours, do more outreach and post more content.
No predictable lead flow
You're making money but lead flow is inconsistent. You don't have a dialed in traffic source where you can step on the gas to increase revenue. You've tested a bunch of agencies and strategies from different gurus but none of the leads seem to close.
Creating content but nothing seems to work
You're posting content multiple times a week but it's not turning into leads & dollars. Nothing is getting views or going viral. You feel like you just can't get your message out there and you feel like giving up on content all together. Blaming the algorithm or market saturation for your lack of results.
No systems to acquire, nurture & close clients
If a client doesn't show up to the first call and close, it gets chalked up as a lost deal. Show up rates are low and closing rates are even lower. There are no systems & automations to nurture leads for you and your prospects just end up buying with your competitors.
No process for upselling clients or getting referrals
Your initial sales price is equal to your lifetime value of the customer. There's no cross-sell or up-sell process. Once your client reaches the end of your engagement, you guys just shake hands and part ways. You know you did a good job for your client but referrals are scarce.
Inconsistent revenue
You are closing clients, some months are huge, but some months painfully slow. You set ambitious goals but have no real clue how to achieve them other than work more hours, do more outreach and post more content.
No predictable lead flow
You're making money but lead flow is inconsistent. You don't have a dialed in traffic source where you can step on the gas to increase revenue. You've tested a bunch of agencies and strategies from different gurus but none of the leads seem to close.
Creating content but nothing seems to work
You're posting content multiple times a week but it's not turning into leads & dollars. Nothing is getting views or going viral. You feel like you just can't get your message out there and you feel like giving up on content all together. Blaming the algorithm or market saturation for your lack of results.
No systems to acquire, nurture & close clients
If a client doesn't show up to the first call and close, it gets chalked up as a lost deal. Show up rates are low and closing rates are even lower. There are no systems & automations to nurture leads for you and your prospects just end up buying with your competitors.
No process for upselling clients or getting referrals
Your initial sales price is equal to your lifetime value of the customer. There's no cross-sell or up-sell process. Once your client reaches the end of your engagement, you guys just shake hands and part ways. You know you did a good job for your client but referrals are scarce.
You are an AI agnostic
For the last 18 months you are seeing ai basically everywhere you look but you have no idea how it applies to you or how you can leverage it to help you inside of your business. You know that you should probably be paying attention to it but it all just seems too complicated.
Decisions are a guessing game, no clear reporting
You don't have clear reporting. Sales data, marketing data, content data, there is no real tracking of numbers so you can't make any data driven decisions about what to do inside of your business.
You're overwhelmed
There are thousands of pieces of business advice online, you're confused about what to implement next, so you just revert back to what you know, keeping you stuck where you're at.
You're wearing too many hats
You're doing way too many jobs inside of the business, you know that you should be creating content & growing the brand but you're stuck doing sales, accounting & everything in between.
You've sacrificed everything
You've given everything to your business, wondering "When is this going to pay off?" you've let things that are important to you slip but you feel like there's no way you can break away from work.
You are an AI agnostic
For the last 18 months you are seeing ai basically everywhere you look but you have no idea how it applies to you or how you can leverage it to help you inside of your business. You know that you should probably be paying attention to it but it all just seems too complicated.
Decisions are a guessing game, no clear reporting
You don't have clear reporting. Sales data, marketing data, content data, there is no real tracking of numbers so you can't make any data driven decisions about what to do inside of your business.
You're overwhelmed
There are thousands of pieces of business advice online, you're confused about what to implement next, so you just revert back to what you know, keeping you stuck where you're at.
You're wearing too many hats
You're doing way too many jobs inside of the business, you know that you should be creating content & growing the brand but you're stuck doing sales, accounting & everything in between.
You've sacrificed everything
You've given everything to your business, wondering "When is this going to pay off?" you've let things that are important to you slip but you feel like there's no way you can break away from work.
The answer is simplification, business owners almost ALWAYS are trying to do way too many things at once. When the key to 7 figures is doing 1 or 2 things really well. At S3 we believe in achieving mastery in disciplines, no more being a jack of all trades. You dial in what your best skills are and focus on those while automating & delegating the rest.
If you want to grow an online business there are 3 things you need to master:
We spend 12 months with every client we take on, spending our entire focus on those 3 areas because it's all that really matters.
You've given everything to your business, wondering "When is this going to pay off?" you've let things that are important to you slip but you feel like there's no way you can break away from work.
Good conversion isn't just about your ability to close on sales calls. A "real" sales department has systems in place that nurture leads over long periods of time.
Lay down closes on the first call are great, but they should be the minority of your sales. Once someone comes into your ecosystem they should be hearing from you for months to come.
Nurturing leads with education, social proof & content meant to get them back on the phone is an absolute must if you want to scale with leverage.
Good conversion isn't just about your ability to close on sales calls. A "real" sales department has systems in place that nurture leads over long periods of time.
Lay down closes on the first call are great, but they should be the minority of your sales. Once someone comes into your ecosystem they should be hearing from you for months to come.
Nurturing leads with education, social proof & content meant to get them back on the phone is an absolute must if you want to scale with leverage.
Once you've dialed in attention & conversion systems, it's time to start looking at scale. In order to truly grow your business into a well oiled machine that runs without you, you're going to have to learn how to hire, train & grow your workforce.
You need to be able to create "multipliers" inside of your business. People who can take on a department and grow the people below them without much input from you.
In order to do this you need DIALED systems, SOPs, training, company culture, everything needs to be polished.
Great question! Book a free 1 on 1 session with our CEO Brodie Kern to dig into everything you have going on inside of your business. On this call Brodie will help you identify the bottlenecks and areas of opportunity, if it seems like something we can help you with we can talk about what that looks like. Regardless, you will leave the call with some actionable advice for how to start creating some movement inside of your business.
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