Over the past month, I’ve walked you through why conversion breaks down. We started with the fundamentals: clarity, credibility, and consistency—the three pillars that determine whether your message compounds or collapses. You learned that marketing can’t fix what unclear communication breaks. Then I showed you the $50K mistake: spending money on tactics—copywriters, designers, agencies—when what […]

The Three Plan Launch Strategy

I watched a client spend six months planning a program launch. They built the curriculum. They refined the pricing. They mapped out delivery logistics. They got internal alignment with their small, but mighty, team – consisting of a part time marketing coordinator, a finance and sales lead and an executive assistant/operations lead. Two weeks before […]

When Communications Moves From Bolt-On to Built-In

I’ve been having a lot of conversations lately with founders who describe their marketing the same way: it feels like pushing water uphill. Not hard work. Not “I’m busy.” But that specific sensation of effort that shouldn’t require this much force. Water doesn’t want to go uphill. Water wants to flow downhill. And when you’re […]

Why Your Marketing Feels Like Pushing Water Uphill – Understanding the Flywheel Economy

There’s a pattern I see in successful founders—the ones who’ve crossed a million dollars in revenue, built teams, established something real. They’re not reckless with money. They’re not making obviously bad decisions. But they’re hemorrhaging cash in a way that’s hard to spot: $8,000 here for a website redesign, $15,000 there for a brand refresh, […]

The Tactical Shopping Spree: The $50K Mistake