One product was bringing in close to 90 percent of the sales in one part of our business.

Ninety percent.

The answer was sitting right there in the sales report, and we were still talking about what new product we should make next.

The customers had already told us what they wanted. We just needed to stop looking past it.

Why a new product feels like the answer

If you've got a best-selling product quietly carrying part of the business while your attention keeps drifting toward the next idea, this episode is for you. A proven product starts to feel old to the person who built it long before it feels old to the customer who just found it, and a new product almost never shows up alone. It brings inventory, packaging, photos, a product page, ads, and a brand-new list of customer questions, and it starts asking the business for money before it's made a single dollar.

Sometimes a new product really is the right answer. But sometimes a product-based business ends up making something new because it feels easier than fixing what isn't working with the product it already has.

How to choose a hero product instead of launching another one

More products can help a business grow when they solve a real problem customers want. But more products can also split the same photo budget, ad budget, and attention into too many small pieces, and the customer ends up with more choices without a clearer reason to buy.

In Episode 3, I walk through the five checks I use to figure out which product has actually earned the right to lead: sales, what the business keeps after selling costs, customer proof, how clear the problem is, and whether the business can keep it in stock. I also cover what it looks like to give that lead product a clear job on different sales channels, whether your business sells on Amazon, Shopify, Walmart.com, TikTok Shop, Etsy, or through wholesale.

One problem. One fix. One clear next step.

[LISTEN TO EPISODE 3]

Free resource: the Lead Product Plan

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