13/05/2026
A couple of calls I've had recently with businesses ready for serious growth have had me thinking about how business owners can sequence their investments to see the best returns and growth.
Once we're past the beginning stages of business (taking any and every call, feeling out what services work best, figuring out which clients are the right fit), we start to know what our business actually is and who it's for. And that's usually when the instinct kicks in to scale up. More visibility. More leads. A real growth push.
The momentum is there. You may have some budget or time to put towards growth. The plan to invest in ads, PR, partnerships, or a podcast tour is locked in.
But the place to send all that traffic? It hasn't quite caught up to the business that's actually been built.
Paid media is fertilizer. Powerful and fast-acting, but it works on soil that's already taking root, not on bare dirt. If your brand and site aren't there yet, a growth push won't fix that. It'll just put more eyes on it.
We really want to help businesses make the best of their investments. So if you're eyeing a paid push (Facebook ads, Google ads, a PR campaign, an influencer partnership, a podcast tour, a booth at a conference, a signature sponsorship) and you can feel that something's off, let's talk about it on a Brand Clarity Call. Link in bio.