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Productize Stage
You’re not making enough money per customer.
The business is stable. The team is real. Operations run.
But growth is starting to feel expensive—and fragile.
You’re doing the work, but each new customer doesn’t create enough long-term value to justify the effort and cost.
Below is a breakdown of each business function, the constraint that usually appears at this stage, and what needs to change next.
Product
Customers buy once, then leave.
Work closely with customer service and delivery to identify what customers want next.
Create a second offer that builds on existing trust and solves the next problem they face.
Marketing
Good leads are becoming expensive and limiting growth.
Refine your messaging around a more specific offer and audience.
Spend more intentionally, raise your allowable acquisition cost, and start scoring leads based on quality—not just volume.
Sales
Customers are being sold with expectations that don’t match reality.
Create clear sales materials and align sales with delivery.
Hold regular reviews between sales, customer service, and marketing to catch gaps early.
Track satisfaction, refunds, and complaints consistently.
Customer Service
Customers come in confused or with mixed expectations.
Document how customers should be onboarded, supported, and upgraded over time.
Train the team to give consistent answers and guide customers toward the next logical step.
Information Tech (IT)
Employees are using personal devices and tools, creating risk when people leave.
Shift to company-owned or company-controlled systems.
Centralize lead and customer data and introduce dashboards so leadership can see what’s actually happening.
Recruiting
You need stronger leaders, not just more people.
Promote deliberately from within when possible.
Encourage employee referrals and track the real cost of hiring—not just salary, but time and disruption.
Human Resources
People are being let go without clear process, creating risk.
Set formal termination policies and procedures to protect the business and keep decisions fair and documented.
Finance
You don’t know how much you can safely reinvest.
Create a working budget, track major expenses, and begin simple forecasting.
Understand tax-deductible costs so growth decisions are informed, not emotional.
Bottom line
Growth is capped because each customer isn’t worth enough over time.
Build and sell a second premium product to existing customers.
When value per customer increases, scale becomes sustainable instead of stressful.
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Post205, Inc
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Hey — It's Toffer.
I spent over a decade in tech—building websites, systems, and automations.
Running my own business taught me this: if I can’t understand it from a notebook, it’s too complicated.
When you’re too big to wing it but too small to have layers of management, the right tools should keep the business moving without always pulling you in.
Post205 builds systems and dashboards that handle repeatable work so you can step away and let the business keep moving.
