Welcome to The She Leads Podcast, with Adrienne Garland!
The She Leads Podcast, with Adrienne Garland
The She Leads Podcast, with Adrienne Garland
The She Leads Podcast, hosted by Adrienne Garland, is the podcast for women leaders and women entrepreneurs who are sick of sugar coating what they say and how they say it. Each week, Adrienne explores entrepreneurial stories, businesses, and challenges that women entrepreneurs face with a wide range of guests who are open to sharing their authentic stories in a refreshing and real way. For far too long, women have been sugar coating our voices, thoughts, and opinions, but that stops here and now! The She Leads Podcast, formerly Sugar Coated, is the place where women leaders can express their brilliance without sugar-coating anything. This podcast offers a platform for super-practical, actionable advice for women to overcome challenges and to make a significant impact on our families, our communities, and our world. Adrienne Garland, CEO of She Leads Media - entrepreneur, media producer, and adjunct professor rejects the notion that women must be deferential to those currently in power and pull back our opinions. Join Adrienne as she dives into raw conversations with brilliant women leaders and entrepreneurs - sans Sugar Coating!
August 18, 2023

The Transformative Strategy That Can Help You Scale Beyond $1 Million

Market research and customer feedback could be the ticket to scaling your businesses beyond the $1 million mark. Without gathering insights from the market and listening to customer feedback, you are effectively running your business on guesswork, which is very costly. Researching the market gives your business and vision an informed direction to steer towards, and develo…

The Transformative Strategy That Can Help You Scale Beyond $1 Million
The She Leads Podcast, with Adrienne Garland
The Transformative Strategy That Can Help You Scale Beyond $1 Million

Market research and customer feedback could be the ticket to scaling your businesses beyond the $1 million mark. Without gathering insights from the market and listening to customer feedback, you are effectively running your business on guesswork, which is very costly. Researching the market gives your business and vision an informed direction to steer towards, and developing solutions based on customer feedback builds trust and loyalty. Once you have researched and utilized feedback, use your intuition to create a strategic, but flexible, business plan, so you can test, learn and iterate your way to success. With the right business strategy, you can tap into your unique strengths and flourish as a powerful and influential leader in the business world.


This week's challenge: Speak with 10 potential customers and ask them open-ended questions about their pain points and frustrations. Use #sugarcoatedfeedback to share your surprising insights with SheLeadsMedia on Instagram!

Show notes:
💲 Women in businesses have a difficult time scaling past the $1 million mark - only 4.2% of all women-owned firms have revenues over a million dollars or more: in order to achieve a million dollars, you must understand your customers. 01:11
📊 Market research is about gathering information to make informed decisions: when we start talking to customers, the journey never ends because customer preferences are always changing. 04:44
👂 Your customers are your best critics and allies: there's no better way to earn trust among your customers than by listening to them. 08:26
🎁 If we take feedback and don't do anything with it, it's like a wrapped gift that's never opened: when market research and customer feedback join forces, magic happens. 10:43
👔 Harness the power of community and relationships for market research and use your data: put strategic plans in place and move forward with certainty, but leave room for flexibility. 13:05
❣️ Sometimes we're afraid to be vulnerable, try a new idea or change direction: Adrienne challenges you to go out there this week and ask 10 customers open-ended questions. 16:26

Links:
Connect with Adrienne: www.sheleadsmedia.com

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