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18 // Stop Wasting Time On The Wrong Platforms to Grow Your Online Business in 2026

Season 5 Episode 18

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If you’re trying to grow an online business in 2026 and feel like you need to be everywhere to stay relevant, this episode is your permission to stop. Running an online business does not require you to show up on every platform, chase every algorithm, or constantly reinvent your marketing strategy. In fact, doing that is exactly what keeps most business owners stuck, scattered, and burned out.

In this episode, I’m reframing what it actually means to grow your online business this year. Because success in an online business isn’t about reach — it’s about depth. It’s about choosing one platform where you can build trust, strengthen authority, and position yourself in front of people who are already in a buying mindset.

There’s a belief floating around that in order to make money online, you have to dominate Instagram, show up on LinkedIn, publish YouTube videos, email consistently, and somehow also maintain a presence everywhere else. But trying to market online across five different channels doesn’t increase revenue — it dilutes focus.

Instead, I want you thinking about where real purchasing decisions happen. Where can you create long-form trust? Where can you build authority in a way that compounds? Where can your content move people toward working with you instead of just consuming you?

For many business owners, the answer isn’t another short-form platform. It’s something deeper. It might be choosing to start a podcast for business and using that as your primary trust-building engine. It might mean deciding to start a podcast as a strategic move instead of another creative project. It might mean leaning into one platform and mastering it instead of spreading yourself thin across five.

This episode will challenge the idea that more visibility automatically equals more income. It will help you see why trying to grow your online business by being everywhere often slows you down instead of speeding you up. And it sets the stage for the next conversation we’re having — the mistake most entrepreneurs make when they create content for reach instead of for buyers.

If you want to market online in a way that actually supports your business goals, you need a strategy that prioritizes alignment over noise. You need a platform that builds trust instead of just attention. And you need clarity on what you’re trying to sell and who you’re trying to attract.

Your online business doesn’t need more platforms. It needs more intention.

Press play, and let’s talk about how to stop wasting time on the wrong places — and start focusing on the one that can actually move the needle.

Take what you need, and go run your damn business.

If your podcast is getting listens… but not bringing in clients? This is for you!

I’m hosting a brand-new FREE 3-day live workshop called From Listener to Lead, where I’m going to show you how to turn your podcast into something that actually helps grow your business.

Because most business podcasts are built to “put content out there” — not actually bring in leads or sales.

Inside this workshop, I’ll show you how to:
✨ Help the right people find your podcast
✨ Create episodes that build trust and lead to sales
✨ Plan your next 10 podcast episodes strategically

So instead of wondering what to post next… your podcast actually starts working for your business.

📅 May 26–28
🎧 Replay Hub included
🙌 No Facebook group required

Save your spot here: janditchfield.co/listenertolead