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5 min readWhen a coaching client was doing everything "right"—showing up on social media daily, posting carousels, going live, sending emails—but still wasn't seeing sales, the hosts of Title Women asked a simple question: where are your actual clients coming from? The client paused and admitted, "Most of my clients aren't even on Facebook." She had been pouring time into a platform her ideal customer never visited, checking boxes that felt productive but led nowhere. That moment of honest data—not vanity metrics, not what the gurus say to track, but the actual source of revenue—changed everything.
This episode is a practical guide to identifying and tracking the metrics that actually move your business forward, without adding more to your plate or requiring a love of spreadsheets.
Start from the bottom line and work backward
The core principle is deceptively simple: don't start with what you should track. Start with what you already know works. Look at the last month or three months and ask: where did my sales actually come from? Which conversations turned into clients? Which posts, events, or emails preceded those transactions?
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:15) **Tracking the Metrics That Matter** - Why vanity metrics (follows, views) often don't translate to sales, and how to focus on what actually drives your bottom line.
- 2 (05:27) **Case Study: The Client Who Was "Doing Everything Right"** - A client was checking all the social media boxes but getting no results because her ideal clients weren't on Facebook.
- 3 (08:03) **The Power of Community Over Tech-Heavy Strategies** - Reconnecting with the fun, natural activities that sparked the business in the first place.
- 4 (10:42) **Using Built-In Analytics (No Spreadsheets Required)** - How to track performance without adding administrative burden.
- 5 (14:43) **Work Backwards from the Bottom Line** - A 10-minute pulse check to identify what's actually driving sales.
- 6 (15:48) **Building the Muscle of Awareness for Offline Connections** - In-person networking doesn't leave a digital trail of likes, but it can be your most powerful sales channel.
- 7 (17:42) **Actionable Homework & Next Steps** - A simple, low-friction plan to start tracking what matters.
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Show Notes
You’re not stuck because you lack talent or aren’t working hard enough, you’re stuck because you need to be more in tune with what is actually moving the needle in your business and then do more of that!
From tracking socials and analytics (and the different ways Jamie and Patricia go about this) to recognizing where you’re clients originate (is it facebook? Is it in person connection?) These are the small observations that make a world of difference in your ability to grow your business without magically adding more hours to your day.
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