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EP #147: The one metric I obsess over

Feb 17, 2026
The one metric I obsess over | Grow Your Local Business podcast
 

In this shortie episode, Leslie shares the one metric she obsesses over more than anything else: sales. Yes, views, reach, followers, email stats, inquiries, consults, website traffic -- those metrics matter… but only because they’re supposed to lead somewhere.

If everything is “up” but sales aren’t coming in, you don’t have a local visibility or marketing problem, you have a conversion and selling problem.

In this episode you’ll learn:

  • Why all roads lead to sales and how every other metric should be treated as a path leading to conversions
  • The difference between marketing vs. selling and why growing an audience without strengthening your selling skillset leads results in less local demand
  • Why you should think like a business scientist and troubleshoot what’s not converting and test new theories

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