About this episode

This episode discusses how to accurately diagnose business problems by understanding that metrics often mislead and are not the root cause of issues.

Most of the metrics you're blaming right now aren't actually the problem. Your conversion rate, your ad performance, your email flows... they're usually just the messenger. And chasing the wrong fix means you spend real time and money without ever solving anything. In this episode: The one question to ask before you touch any underperforming metric in your business Why the obvious answer is almost never the real one Where this same trap shows up way outside of marketing The weirdly specific cat story + $10k vet bill that illustrates this perfectly (apologies in advance) _______ Links Mentioned Full Show Notes https://ecommercebadassery.com/393 The Lounge https://ecommercebadassery.com/membership _______ Learn With Me Work with Me 1:1 https://ecommercebadassery.com/ecommerce-help/ https://ecommercebadassery.com/email-marketing/ Courses & Membership https://ecommercebadassery.com/membership https://ecommercebadassery.com/programs _______ Let's Connect Website: http://ecommercebadassery.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/ecommercebadassery Membership: http://ecommercebadassery.com/membership _______ Rate, Review, & Subscribe Like what you heard? I’d be forever grateful if…

People in this episode

Host: Jessica Totillo Coster

Topics covered

• business metrics
• conversion rate
• ad performance
• email marketing
• diagnosing business problems

Keywords

• metrics
• conversion rate
• ad performance
• email flows
• business diagnosis

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