The Amy Porterfield Show

Revenue Is the Wrong Number to Watch

The Leading Numbers That Tell You What Your Revenue Is About to Do Before It Does It

My business coach asked me a simple question about my funnel, and I couldn't answer it. Not because I didn't care. Because I'd stopped tracking it. She stopped me right there and told me something I needed to hear: to succeed with this business model, I have to know my numbers every single week, until they're burned in my brain.

Revenue is a lagging number. By the time your bank account tells you something is off, the problem happened weeks or months ago. What actually predicts where your business is headed are your leading numbers, the three or four points in your funnel that move before revenue does. And they look different depending on your business model, so there's no universal list to copy.

In this episode, I walk you through the numbers I tracked during my live launch years versus the four I watch now, give you the simple test that tells you whether a number belongs on your list (follower count fails it every time), and show you the exact numbers to watch whether you run a membership, a course, a coaching offer, or an evergreen funnel.

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Multi-six-figure revenue, and the months still feel like a guess? The problem isn't your effort. It's that you don't know which numbers actually predict what your revenue is about to do. My Free Live Training fixes that. Click here to join.

High six figures is a ceiling for a reason. What got you here stops working here. If you're a female founder earning $500K or more annually and you've already tried it all, what you need next isn't another strategy. It's someone inside your business showing you the way forward. The Milly Club is my private six-month coaching program for women growing toward their first million. Apply here.

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The Stage of Business Almost Nobody Names and the Decision That Moves You Through It

Only 1 in 10 female-owned businesses earning between $250K and $499K ever reach a million, according to the JPMorgan Chase Institute. Not the ones who didn't try hard enough. All of them.

If you're in that range and the effort isn't adding up the way it should, here's what I want you to see: there's a stage between $100K and $500K that almost no one has named. I'm naming it the Quiet Climb. It's the most structurally demanding chapter of building an online business, and because nobody told you it existed, the years of effort that haven't matched your results have probably felt like a personal failure. They're not. They're the signature of the stage.

What creates your next jump isn't more work. It's alignment between what you're doing and who you and your buyer have become. Getting there is harder than working harder. It means stopping long enough to look honestly at the business you've built.

I close with six exercises you can run this week, including the one question to ask your best client that tells you more than any survey could.

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Revenue highs are exciting. The unexplainable dips that follow? Not so much. If you are a female founder making multiple six figures or annually, the problem isn't that things aren't working. It's that you can't yet see what is. And you can't repeat what you can't see. My Free Live Training fixes that. Click here to join.

High six figures is a ceiling for a reason. What got you here stops working here. If you're a female founder earning $500K or more annually and you've already tried it all, what you need next isn't another strategy. It's someone inside your business showing you the way forward. The Milly Club is my private six-month coaching program for women growing toward their first million. Apply here.

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Follow me on Instagram @amyporterfield

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If you loved this episode, please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Your support helps us reach more entrepreneurs who need these insights.

🎙 Thanks for tuning in to The Amy Porterfield Show! See you next week!

The tell-all you've been waiting for, straight from the man behind the stories

After years of being the guy you only hear about, Hobie is finally in the studio, and his first order of business is telling on Amy. This is a no-strategy, no-homework hang that's just for fun.

You'll get the story behind the wedding-ring tattoo he got before they were even married, plus the most ridiculous thing Amy's ever made him do for content. There's also a newlywed game that proves they still crack each other up after 18 years. It's a peek behind the curtain at the real Amy and Hobie, dorky karaoke picks and all.

If you've been with the show for a while, you've earned this one. Meet the real Hobie Porterfield.

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Revenue highs are exciting. The unexplainable dips that follow? Not so much. If you are a female founder making six figures or more annually, the problem isn't that things aren't working. It's that you can't yet see what is. And you can't repeat what you can't see. My Free Live Training fixes that. Click here to join.

High-six-figures is a ceiling for a reason. What got you here stops working here. If you're a female founder earning $500K or more annually and you've already tried it all, what you need next isn't another strategy. It's someone inside your business showing you the way forward. The Milly Club is my private six-month coaching program for women growing toward their first million. Click here to apply.MORE FROM ME

Follow me on Instagram @amyporterfield

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If you loved this episode, please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Your support helps us reach more entrepreneurs who need these insights. 🎙 Thanks for tuning in to The Amy Porterfield Show! See you next week!

What Every Founder Gets Wrong About Growing a Personal Brand

Nobody got rich from multiple streams of income. They got rich from one amazing stream, and then they diversified. Bezos had Amazon. Sara Blakely had Spanx. Yet the advice you keep hearing is to build seven of everything, and it's keeping you smaller, not bigger.

My guest Rory Vaden, New York Times bestselling author and co-founder of Brand Builders Group, explains why every new revenue stream isn't just more money, it's eight more jobs you have to fill. 

In this episode you'll learn what your brand actually is (it's not your logo or your colors), the one-word question that clarifies your entire business, and why the reason you feel busy but stuck has a name: priority dilution. If you've been adding offers and wondering why nothing's gaining traction, this conversation will change how you decide what to say yes to.

RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

Revenue highs are exciting. The unexplainable dips that follow? Not so much. If you are a female founder making six figures or more annually, the problem isn't that things aren't working. It's that you can't yet see what is. And you can't repeat what you can't see. Find the blind spot that's keeping your revenue stuck. My Free Live Training is built for six-figure female founders who are ready to fix it. Click here to join. 

High-six-figures is a ceiling for a reason. What got you here stops working here. If you're a female founder earning $500K or more annually and you've already tried it all, what you need next isn't another strategy. It's someone inside your business showing you the way forward. The Milly Club is my private six-month coaching program for women growing toward their first million. Apply here. 

Take the Stairs by Rory Vaden

Free Brand Strategy Call with Rory's Team

Rory Vaden on Instagram

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If you loved this episode, please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Your support helps us reach more entrepreneurs who need these insights. 🎙 Thanks for tuning in to The Amy Porterfield Show! See you next week!

What Every Founder Gets Wrong About Growing a Personal Brand

Nobody got rich from multiple streams of income. They got rich from one amazing stream, and then they diversified. Bezos had Amazon. Sara Blakely had Spanx. Yet the advice you keep hearing is to build seven of everything, and it's keeping you smaller, not bigger.

My guest Rory Vaden, New York Times bestselling author and co-founder of Brand Builders Group, explains why every new revenue stream isn't just more money, it's eight more jobs you have to fill. 

In this episode you'll learn what your brand actually is (it's not your logo or your colors), the one-word question that clarifies your entire business, and why the reason you feel busy but stuck has a name: priority dilution. If you've been adding offers and wondering why nothing's gaining traction, this conversation will change how you decide what to say yes to.

RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

Revenue highs are exciting. The unexplainable dips that follow? Not so much. If you are a female founder making six figures or more annually, the problem isn't that things aren't working. It's that you can't yet see what is. And you can't repeat what you can't see. Find the blind spot that's keeping your revenue stuck. My Free Live Training is built for six-figure female founders who are ready to fix it. Click here to join. 

High-six-figures is a ceiling for a reason. What got you here stops working here. If you're a female founder earning $500K or more annually and you've already tried it all, what you need next isn't another strategy. It's someone inside your business showing you the way forward. The Milly Club is my private six-month coaching program for women growing toward their first million. Apply here. 

Take the Stairs by Rory Vaden

Brand Builders Group

Free Brand Strategy Call with Rory's Team

Rory Vaden on Instagram

MORE FROM ME

Follow me on Instagram @amyporterfield

SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW

If you loved this episode, please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Your support helps us reach more entrepreneurs who need these insights. 🎙 Thanks for tuning in to The Amy Porterfield Show! See you next week!