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Q4 Doesn't Happen in Q4: Why September Is the Month That Actually Determines Your Year-E

Q4 Doesn't Happen in Q4: Why September Is the Month That Actually Determines Your Year-E

Episode 116 Published 4 weeks ago
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There's a myth that Q4 is where you make or break your business, that October, November, and December are when the real decisions happen. The truth is that Q4 is almost entirely determined by what you set up in September. The clients you sign now, the invoices you send now, the reserves you have now, and the systems you have running now. By the time October arrives, most of what will happen in Q4 is already in motion.

Today we're talking about why September is the real Q4 decision month, what you need to have set up before October hits, and the December surprise most creatives don't see coming because they treated September like any other month.

Highlights

  • Why the Q4 you're planning for is actually already decided (and where the decision window really lives).
  • The 30-to-90 day sales cycle math that turns September conversations into October, November, and December revenue.
  • The mistakes that show up in December that trace all the way back to a choice you made (or didn't make) in September.
  • Where owner's pay fits into a Q4 that goes busy vs. a Q4 that goes slow.
  • The specific signs you're heading into a rough Q4 and what you can still fix right now.

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