How to Grow Your Business in a Tough Market Without Starting Over

Sarah Cordiner|18 August 2026

If you’ve been feeling like business has become harder lately…

You’re not imagining it.

After more than 20 years in business, I can honestly say this is one of the toughest markets I’ve ever seen.

Years ago, I could publish one Facebook post and fill a workshop.

Today?

It might take five posts a day for five weeks just to half-fill the room.

That doesn’t mean your business is broken.

It means the market has changed.

People have:

More choice than ever before

Less disposable income

Longer buying cycles

Higher levels of scepticism

Shorter attention spans

The average customer now needs many more touchpoints before they buy.

That’s why one of the biggest mistakes I see business owners make is assuming their product has failed.

It usually hasn’t.

They simply haven’t put enough people in front of it.

Before you rebuild your course…

Rewrite your website…

Or create another offer…

Ask yourself one question:

Have enough people actually seen this?

Because 99% of the time, the problem isn’t the product.

It’s the marketing.

If you’ve genuinely been consistently marketing your offer and people still aren’t buying or they’re leaving quickly, then it’s time to iterate.

Not quit.

The businesses that survive today aren’t the ones with the perfect product.

They’re the ones willing to continually improve it.

Twenty years ago, I could leave an offer untouched for five or six years.

Then it became every three to five years.

Today?

I’m reviewing and refreshing products every six to twelve months, and I believe we’ll soon be looking at 90-day improvement cycles.

Business has become a game of momentum.

Keep marketing.

Keep listening.

Keep improving.

The winners aren’t the ones who never change.

They’re the ones who adapt the fastest.

So if you’re wondering whether you should give up…

Don’t.

Look at your marketing first.

Then look at your offer.

Keep what works.

Improve what doesn’t.

And keep moving forward.

If you want to learn how to build a business that adapts, grows and stays profitable in today’s changing market, come and join us inside Legends Lab.

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