If you want more customers, you may be looking in the wrong place
You may relate to this.
Business owners flat-out running jobs, juggling staff, and chasing invoices at 8pm, wondering why the bank balance doesn’t seem to reflect how hard they’re working.
It’s common enough. And here’s the problem.
Most business owners spend all their time watching the scoreboard after the game is already over. We obsess over “lag metrics” – the revenue and the signed customers – but by the time those numbers hit your screen, it’s too late to change them.
If you want to stop feeling overwhelmed and start moving the needle, you have to track the actions that actually matter. In this issue, we’re diving into:
- The Delegation Trap: Why doing it all yourself is actually keeping your business small (and your stress levels high).
- The Lead Metric Shift: Why you should stop worrying about signed customers and start counting your referral asks instead.
- Tracking the Inputs: How to identify the specific actions you control today that will change your bank balance tomorrow.
If you’re ready to get a better outcome than you’re currently getting, let’s get into it.
Cheers,
Jon
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Effective Delegation as Your Ultimate Tool
As business owners, it’s easy to fall into the trap of doing everything ourselves — especially when we’re already stretched thin with client meetings, planning, and proposals. I know how quickly that can lead to overwhelm.
In this video, I share why delegation is one of the most important skills for growing your business, and how it can help reduce overwhelm while building a stronger team.
Want More Clients Every Month?
Want to sign 2 to 3 clients a month?
Then stop worrying about how many you’ve signed and start counting how many referrals you’ve asked for.
Most business owners focus on the end result, but signed clients are a lag metric.
The better question is: what activities are you doing each week that create those outcomes?
Lead metrics are the actions you control directly… Read More
Track the Actions That Matter
Are you watching the scoreboard after the game is over?
If you only look at your bank balance or your “clients signed” column to judge how the business is going, you’re already too late.
Most business owners track metrics like revenue, signed clients, and total client count.
Those numbers matter, but they only tell you what has already happened.
If those numbers are down today, you cannot change them today… Read More