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258. How I Grow My Business in Q4 (Without Ever Running a Black Friday Sale)
Episode 25829th September 2025 • On Your Terms® • Sam Vander Wielen
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Most entrepreneurs think Q4 is a “dead zone” for sales—too many ads, too much noise, everyone distracted by holidays. But let me tell you: I’ve grown my multi–seven-figure business in the last 90 days of the year without ever running a Black Friday sale.

That’s right—no discounts on Thanksgiving, no frantic cyber deals, and no giving up my pumpkin pie to answer DMs. 🙅🏻‍♀️

Instead, I use five simple strategies every single year to not just end the year strong, but to set up massive momentum for the following year. And they work. Today, I’m walking you through exactly how I plan for growth in Q4 so you can steal my playbook.

In this episode, you’ll hear…

  1. How to use end-of-year messaging to spark urgency and action from your audience
  2. The behind-the-scenes planning I do in Q4 that fuels my January/February launches
  3. Why “showing up like normal” (even when everyone else taps out) has been one of my biggest growth secrets
  4. A sneaky way to run a holiday sale without competing in the Black Friday chaos
  5. How tax deductions can be the secret sales booster no one’s talking about

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