“What is the best next step to grow your business?”
This quiz will determine the next step to grow your business. The quiz taker will discover if they should double down on marketing, sales, customer retention, or strategic partnerships. Use this quiz template for your business coaching practice to better understand your customers and generate leads.
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Quiz Transcript
What is the best next step to grow your business?
Take this two-minute quiz to see which growth strategy you should double down on to grow your business.
If your fairy godmother waved her magic wand and granted you one wish for your business, which would it be?
A marketing manager to help us spread our message faster.
A sales team to handle all the leads we have coming in.
A customer success team to help us build brand loyalty.
Partners in adjacent markets so we could accelerate our growth.
1 / 7
What stage is your biz in?
We're just starting! Not 100% sure what we're doing…
We’ve been at it for a couple years — it hasn’t been as successful as we'd hoped.
We're an old hand in biz — my brand is pretty well-established.
2 / 7
What would you say is your best trait?
I’m always learning new things.
I always look for ways to share helpful information.
I’m great at discovering what people really want.
I’m great at staying in touch with people.
3 / 7
Which quote sounds the MOST like something you’d say?
“Become the person who would attract the results you seek.” – Jim Cathcart
“Content builds relationships. Relationships are built on trust. Trust drives revenue.” — Andrew Davis, Author & Keynote Speaker, Monumental Shift
“The problem is you can’t spend enough to acquire a customer, and the way to fix that problem is to fix your sales funnel,” I replied calmly.” ― Russell Brunson, DotCom Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Growing Your Company Online
"The more you engage with customers the clearer things become and the easier it is to determine what you should be doing." – John Russell
4 / 7
What is your usual selling tactic?
I’ve tried a few things but haven’t nailed down my sales process yet.
I send tons of relevant content to prospects. How else are they supposed to see the value of what I’m offering?!
I coach the conversion to make the sale a natural next step.
I build relationships with existing customers, so they buy more of our products and services.
5 / 7
Have you ever worked with a business growth coach?
You bet! It was a great experience — I’d definitely try it again.
Nope — but it might be time to give one a go…
I've never been interested... I like to figure things out on my own.
6 / 7
How visible is your business online?
It’s almost invisible right now. We’re creating content to get the word out.
Our website is finally up, and we’ve published a few blog posts.
We get lots of paid and organic traffic through our lead-gen funnel.
We have a strong base of raving fans!
7 / 7
It's time to double down on... Marketing
Congrats, friend! You’re ready to take your business to the next level. So, which next step will best get you there? You’ve sorted your product out, but sales aren’t as high as you’d like them to be. More people need to hear about how your product or service can help them. It’s time to double down on marketing and get the word out!
You could focus on so many different areas when thinking about digital marketing (content marketing, social media, and email, just to name a few). But the bottom line is that you must start consistently creating and distributing valuable, relevant content.
When you craft content that offers a solution to your customers' and clients’ problems, you’ll increase sales, cut costs, and build brand loyalty. Yep, you heard right - a strong marketing plan, when executed, will make your inbox light up with Stripe notifications.
Your biggest challenge is consistency. As a small business owner, you’re wearing all of the hats. And even if you’ve been able to outsource a role or two, you’ve still got a lot on your plate.
But you’re driven and motivated to do what it takes to take your business to the next level – even if that means taking a weekend to figure out a marketing plan you can stick to.
“Content builds relationships. Relationships are built on trust. Trust drives revenue.”
— Andrew Davis, Author & Keynote Speaker, Monumental Shift
Three Tips to Help You Double Down on Marketing to Increase Revenue and Level Up Your Business
Know Your Target Market
Knowing your target market is 100% critical for establishing yourself as an authority in your field. Your potential clients and customers want to feel like you understand their pain. And your content should provide them with an entry-level solution. When they get a result from what you’ve offered, they’ll be back for more. Which will solidify you as the authority on solving that problem.
And when you know your target market well, you can craft compelling offers. It’ll be a no-brainer for potential clients ready to fast-track their results to whip out their credit cards to get the relief your solution brings.
Be Consistent
Anyone can do something once. But building a relationship with your potential clients and customers takes consistent action over time. Marketing expert Dr. Jeffrey Lant believes you need to contact the prospect a minimum of seven times within 18 months to penetrate a buyer’s consciousness and make significant penetration in a given market.
When you’re consistently putting out helpful content, you’re bound to connect with your target market just when they need what you’re offering.
Track Your Metrics
Tracking metrics will help you see what’s worth spending your time on. It’s hard to fix what you don’t know is broken. And it’s hard to double down on what you don’t know is working.
Determine which metrics drive revenue and track them. When you understand your metrics, it’s easier to figure out what actions you need to take to reach your revenue goals.
Who am I to help you grow your business? Let me introduce myself…
Hey friend! I’m Sarah T. Redd A little bit about me? I’m an online business growth coach based in Santa Barbara. When I’m not hanging out with my family, I’m helping businesses increase their bottom line.
On top of that, I offer a variety of online courses and coaching programs geared toward taking your business to the next level. So whether you want someone to coach you or learn how to do it yourself, I’m here to help!
Bonus Resources to Help You Accelerate Your Business Growth? Look No Further
Check out this post on my blog, Level Up. I break down exactly how to develop a plan for consistent growth. Get ready for the sweet *ping* of Stripe notifications hitting Slack.
Listen to this episode of my podcast. I chat with entrepreneurs that have been where you are and get next-level advice so you can level up.
Sign up for my free masterclass, Four Key Strategies to Accelerate Growth Without Burning Out. It’s perfect for anyone ready to break through their revenue plateau.
P.S. Expect to See Me in Your inbox With a Free PDF Version of Your Results
It's time to double down on... Sales
Congrats, friend! You’re ready to take your business to the next level. So, which next step will best get you there? Well, you’ve sorted your marketing, but sales aren’t as high as you’d like them to be. It’s time to audit your sales funnels and optimize them for conversion.
Before you throw away a poorly converting funnel - see what the audit reveals. There are likely a few sections of copy that will immediately impact your results once rewritten to be more conversion-focused. The bottom line is you need to double down on sales by implementing a continuous cycle of funnel optimization.
Your biggest challenge is you’ve got a few blind spots when it comes to your sales funnels.
But you’re driven and motivated to do what it takes to take your business to the next level – even if that means you have to bring in an expert to find the holes in the funnels you carefully created.
“The problem is you can’t spend enough to acquire a customer, and the way to fix that problem is to fix your sales funnel,” I replied calmly.”
― Russell Brunson, DotCom Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Growing Your Company Online
Three Tips to Help You Double Down on Marketing to Increase Revenue and Level Up Your Business
Know Your Target Market
Knowing your target market is 100% critical for establishing yourself as an authority in your field. Your potential clients and customers want to feel like you understand their pain. And your content should provide them with an entry-level solution. When they get a result from what you’ve offered, they’ll be back for more. Which will solidify you as the authority on solving that problem.
And when you know your target market well, you can craft compelling offers. It’ll be a no-brainer for potential clients ready to fast-track their results to whip out their credit cards to get the relief your solution brings.
Be Consistent
Anyone can do something once. But building a relationship with your potential clients and customers takes consistent action over time. Marketing expert Dr. Jeffrey Lant believes you need to contact the prospect a minimum of seven times within 18 months to penetrate a buyer’s consciousness and make significant penetration in a given market.
When you’re consistently putting out helpful content, you’re bound to connect with your target market just when they need what you’re offering.
Track Your Metrics
Tracking metrics will help you see what’s worth spending your time on. It’s hard to fix what you don’t know is broken. And it’s hard to double down on what you don’t know is working.
Determine which metrics drive revenue and track them. When you understand your metrics, it’s easier to figure out what actions you need to take to reach your revenue goals.
Who am I to help you grow your business? Let me introduce myself…
Hey friend! I’m Sarah T. Redd A little bit about me? I’m an online business growth coach based in Santa Barbara. When I’m not hanging out with my family, I’m helping businesses increase their bottom line.
On top of that, I offer a variety of online courses and coaching programs geared toward taking your business to the next level. So whether you want someone to coach you or learn how to do it yourself, I’m here to help!
Bonus Resources to Help You Accelerate Your Business Growth? Look No Further
Check out this post on my blog, Level Up. I break down exactly how to develop a plan for consistent growth. Get ready for the sweet *ping* of Stripe notifications hitting Slack.
Listen to this episode of my podcast. I chat with entrepreneurs that have been where you are and get next-level advice so you can level up.
Sign up for my free masterclass, Four Key Strategies to Accelerate Growth Without Burning Out. It’s perfect for anyone ready to break through their revenue plateau.
P.S. Expect to See Me in Your inbox With a Free PDF Version of Your Results
It's time to double down on... Customer Retention
Congrats, friend! You’re ready to take your business to the next level. So, which next step will best get you there? You’ve had to turn off the Stripe notifications on your Slack revenue channel – all those *pings* were a huge distraction! But although you’re meeting your revenue goals, most of those sales are from first-time buyers. It’s time to double down on customer retention and create a loyal fan base of repeat customers!
You’ve figured out what your ideal customer wants. They bought it from you. Now it’s time to invest in the relationship. If you treat your current customers exceptionally well, they’ll be more likely to leave a positive review, recommend you to their friends, and buy from you again. But the bottom line is you must deliberately craft an experience that will have your customers coming back to buy from you again
Your biggest challenge is regularly talking with customers. But it’s worth the time and effort to build a solid relationship with your customers because they’re the most reliable source of information. And the only way to have your finger on the pulse of your company.
Because you’re driven and motivated to do what it takes to take your business to the next level – you’ll block off time in your schedule to talk to customers. Even if it means working other meetings around it.
"The more you engage with customers the clearer things become and the easier it is to determine what you should be doing."
– John Russell
Three Tips to Help You Double Down on Marketing to Increase Revenue and Level Up Your Business
Know Your Target Market
Knowing your target market is 100% critical for establishing yourself as an authority in your field. Your potential clients and customers want to feel like you understand their pain. And your content should provide them with an entry-level solution. When they get a result from what you’ve offered, they’ll be back for more. Which will solidify you as the authority on solving that problem.
And when you know your target market well, you can craft compelling offers. It’ll be a no-brainer for potential clients ready to fast-track their results to whip out their credit cards to get the relief your solution brings.
Be Consistent
Anyone can do something once. But building a relationship with your potential clients and customers takes consistent action over time. Marketing expert Dr. Jeffrey Lant believes you need to contact the prospect a minimum of seven times within 18 months to penetrate a buyer’s consciousness and make significant penetration in a given market.
When you’re consistently putting out helpful content, you’re bound to connect with your target market just when they need what you’re offering.
Track Your Metrics
Tracking metrics will help you see what’s worth spending your time on. It’s hard to fix what you don’t know is broken. And it’s hard to double down on what you don’t know is working.
Determine which metrics drive revenue and track them. When you understand your metrics, it’s easier to figure out what actions you need to take to reach your revenue goals.
Who am I to help you grow your business? Let me introduce myself…
Hey friend! I’m Sarah T. Redd A little bit about me? I’m an online business growth coach based in Santa Barbara. When I’m not hanging out with my family, I’m helping businesses increase their bottom line.
On top of that, I offer a variety of online courses and coaching programs geared toward taking your business to the next level. So whether you want someone to coach you or learn how to do it yourself, I’m here to help!
Bonus Resources to Help You Accelerate Your Business Growth? Look No Further
Check out this post on my blog, Level Up. I break down exactly how to develop a plan for consistent growth. Get ready for the sweet *ping* of Stripe notifications hitting Slack.
Listen to this episode of my podcast. I chat with entrepreneurs that have been where you are and get next-level advice so you can level up.
Sign up for my free masterclass, Four Key Strategies to Accelerate Growth Without Burning Out. It’s perfect for anyone ready to break through their revenue plateau.
P.S. Expect to See Me in Your inbox With a Free PDF Version of Your Results
It's time to double down on... Strategic Partnerships
Congrats, friend! You’re ready to take your business to the next level. So, which next step will best get you there? Well, it seems like you’ve done all the right things.
You’ve got a marketing plan and are connecting with prospective clients through your content.
You’ve built at least one sales funnel that has Stripe *pinging* your Slack revenue channel regularly.
And you’ve lowered your churn rate by creating customer experiences people can’t help but tell their friends about.
Now it’s time to double down on strategic partnerships and let other people’s prospects and customers in on what you have to offer.
Your biggest challenge is finding the right partners. You’ve spent countless hours nurturing relationships with those on your email list. You want to ensure it’ll be a win/win/win – you, your partner, AND all the clients and customers involved.
But because you’re driven and motivated to do what it takes to take your business to the next level – you’ll take your time to select your partners. And when your new prospects turn into loyal fans, you’ll be glad you took the time.
"Partnering is the quickest, most effective way to re-engineer a business.”
– Curtis E. Sahakian
Three Tips to Help You Double Down on Marketing to Increase Revenue and Level Up Your Business
Know Your Target Market
Knowing your target market is 100% critical for establishing yourself as an authority in your field. Your potential clients and customers want to feel like you understand their pain. And your content should provide them with an entry-level solution. When they get a result from what you’ve offered, they’ll be back for more. Which will solidify you as the authority on solving that problem.
And when you know your target market well, you can craft compelling offers. It’ll be a no-brainer for potential clients ready to fast-track their results to whip out their credit cards to get the relief your solution brings.
Be Consistent
Anyone can do something once. But building a relationship with your potential clients and customers takes consistent action over time. Marketing expert Dr. Jeffrey Lant believes you need to contact the prospect a minimum of seven times within 18 months to penetrate a buyer’s consciousness and make significant penetration in a given market.
When you’re consistently putting out helpful content, you’re bound to connect with your target market just when they need what you’re offering.
Track Your Metrics
Tracking metrics will help you see what’s worth spending your time on. It’s hard to fix what you don’t know is broken. And it’s hard to double down on what you don’t know is working.
Determine which metrics drive revenue and track them. When you understand your metrics, it’s easier to figure out what actions you need to take to reach your revenue goals.
Who am I to help you grow your business? Let me introduce myself…
Hey friend! I’m Sarah T. Redd A little bit about me? I’m an online business growth coach based in Santa Barbara. When I’m not hanging out with my family, I’m helping businesses increase their bottom line.
On top of that, I offer a variety of online courses and coaching programs geared toward taking your business to the next level. So whether you want someone to coach you or learn how to do it yourself, I’m here to help!
Bonus Resources to Help You Accelerate Your Business Growth? Look No Further
Check out this post on my blog, Level Up. I break down exactly how to develop a plan for consistent growth. Get ready for the sweet *ping* of Stripe notifications hitting Slack.
Listen to this episode of my podcast. I chat with entrepreneurs that have been where you are and get next-level advice so you can level up.
Sign up for my free masterclass, Four Key Strategies to Accelerate Growth Without Burning Out. It’s perfect for anyone ready to break through their revenue plateau.
P.S. Expect to See Me in Your inbox With a Free PDF Version of Your Results