Why Your Business Effort Isn’t Translating Into Results (And What To Do About It)

April 27, 2025

Leadership

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Helped hundreds of women build their dream businesses, breaking the rules and becoming their most authentic self since 2016, from a tiny island called Nusa Lembongan, located next to Bali (Indonesia). I love freediving and spending time with my 2 rescue doggies, hubby and 6 years old boy.

I'm GWEN — Business mentor & mindset coach

You’re doing the work—posting, creating offers, showing up consistently. But you’re not seeing the results you expected. Your audience isn’t growing the way you thought it would. Sales are inconsistent, or maybe completely dry. You’ve followed the advice, implemented the strategies, even invested in programs. So what gives?

This is one of the most common complaints I hear from women growing their online businesses:

“I’m doing everything I’m supposed to. Why isn’t it working?”

Here’s the uncomfortable truth: doing the work isn’t enough.
You can have the perfect strategy, the best content prompts, the most beautiful brand—but if your identity and energy are misaligned, you’ll keep spinning in circles.

1. Strategy Alone Doesn’t Create Results

Let’s start here: strategy matters.
But it’s not the whole picture.

Two people can follow the same exact strategy and get drastically different outcomes. One builds momentum and hits $10k months. The other feels stuck and burned out.

Why?

Because how you execute the strategy matters as much as what the strategy is.

Are you implementing with confidence or second-guessing every step?
Are you showing up in leadership or performing for approval?
Are you rooted in long-term vision or reacting to short-term dips?

If your actions are coming from scarcity, pressure, or “I hope this works” energy… the strategy won’t stick.

2. Identity Drives Everything

This is where most entrepreneurs fall off.
They’re trying to create six-figure results while operating from a “just starting out” identity.

Let me be blunt:
You cannot build consistent results from a fractured identity.
If you’re constantly thinking things like:

  • “I just need a few more clients to feel legit”
  • “I hope this offer finally works”
  • “I’m trying to make $10k this month”…

You’re reinforcing the belief that you aren’t there yet.
That “trying” energy leaks into everything—your content, your positioning, your pricing, your delivery.

Here’s the shift:
You need to embody the version of you who already runs the business you want.
That means:

  • Making decisions from power, not panic
  • Showing up like a category-of-one, not a coach-for-everyone
  • Holding your offers and prices with certainty, not apology

This is identity in business. And it’s the piece that will change everything.

3. Your Energy Is the Real Sales Strategy

Let’s talk about energy and sales.
Your audience doesn’t just buy your offer. They buy your vibe.

If your energy says:

  • “I’m not sure if this is good enough”
  • “I need you to buy so I can feel secure”
  • “Please validate my business by joining this program”…

They feel that. And they don’t trust it.

But if your energy says:

  • “This is the best decision you can make for your business”
  • “I know what I’m doing and I get results”
  • “If you’re ready, I’m the mentor who will take you there”…

That sells.

So many women are trying to sell with beautiful graphics, scheduled Reels, and perfect captions…
But behind the scenes, they’re doubting every move.

Embodiment means alignment.
You are who you say you are. You stand behind your words. You operate from the level of the business you want—not the one you’re trying to escape.

4. Stop Changing Strategy Every 2 Weeks

Here’s another trap: constantly tweaking.

You start a launch, post for a few days, and then change direction.
You post content for a week, don’t get engagement, and scrap the idea.
You test a new offer, and if it doesn’t blow up immediately, you assume it’s not working.

Momentum doesn’t come from randomness.
It comes from commitment.

Most women aren’t failing—they’re quitting too soon.
They’re building pressure around quick ROI and jumping ship the moment it feels hard.

But results in online business come from sticking with something long enough to refine it.
From showing up when no one’s clapping.
From repeating until you get better.

Repetition and refinement > reinvention.

5. Maintenance Mode vs. CEO Moves

A lot of you are stuck in “maintenance mode.” You’re staying busy. You’re keeping the machine running. But you’re not doing the things that actually move the needle.

CEO moves look like:

  • Reworking your offer to fit your future income goals
  • Creating a messaging system that builds authority and trust
  • Building a sales strategy that works beyond DMs and launches
  • Auditing your identity so your content doesn’t feel like a performance

When you upgrade your identity, your energy, and your focus—you create space for exponential growth.

The Bottom Line:

You’re probably not doing anything wrong.
But you might be doing the right things from the wrong place.

And if that’s you?
It’s time to change that.

Because the results you want come when your strategy, energy, and identity are finally aligned. That’s what we do inside Elevate.
We don’t just teach you what to do. We build the version of you who can actually lead it.

📩 Apply here: Elevate


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Helped hundreds of women build their dream businesses, breaking the rules and becoming their most authentic self since 2016, from a tiny island called Nusa Lembongan, located next to Bali (Indonesia). I love freediving and spending time with my 2 rescue doggies, hubby and 6 years old boy.

I'm GWEN — Business mentor & mindset coach

I help ambitious women build six and multi-six-figure businesses that are bold, profitable, and fully aligned with who they are,  without following cookie-cutter strategies or burning out trying to do it all.

I’ve built three multi-six-figure businesses from scratch, and I’ve helped hundreds of women refine their offers, master their messaging, step into their power with positioning that actually gets them paid.

I don’t teach one way to grow your business online. I help you find YOUR way. The way that matches your energy, your vision, and your big goals. I know you are building an empire, not a cute little side business. 

As a mom of a 6 years old boy, living on a tiny 7km² island in Asia, running a business I love and working just four days a week, I know that you don’t have to choose between ambition and freedom. You get to have both.

Ready to stop doing business like everyone else and finally become the one people buy from because your content and offers are fire?! Let’s go!!

Hi, I'm Gwen!

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