Why Your Business Maybe Stuck Right Now (And Yes You're Probably Making These 13 Mistakes Too)

Shaqir Hussyin

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2026, 4 days in. You making these 13 mistakes too?

Experts make more mistakes than newbies. Fact.

Smarter people make less money than normies. Fact.

Educated people overthink whilst normies act. Fact.

You know what I'm saying here?

Do you ever feel like your income level doesn't match your expertise?

These last few days my inbox has been hammered with leads + booked calls coming in from people wanting to start up and scale up their online biz.

Everyone's excited it's 2026. Most people will quit within 7-21 days. By the second month - what was their new years resolution? All gone.

Don't let that be you.

Why Your Business Maybe Stuck Right Now...

Let me guess...

You've tried ads. You've tried funnels. You've tried copying what "worked" for someone else.

And yet your revenue feels capped. You see everyone else "killing it brooooo"... Why not you?

You see the girls on Instagram crushing it. You see the guys younger than you getting ahead.

Why not you?

Painful truth: It's not bad luck. It's not the algorithm. It's not timing.

It's these mistakes.

Here are the 13 brutal reasons your marketing and client acquisition funnels aren't working - most of which I learned the hard and expensive way.

1. You're trying to make ONE product do all the heavy lifting

You're relying on a single offer to carry your entire business. That's fragile. One market shift, one ad account issue, one dip in demand and everything collapses.

Real businesses give buyers options. Different prices. Different depths. Different commitments.

If you only sell one thing, you're leaving money and customers on the table. I can help you craft 3-5 high ticket offers in the next 7 days.

2. Your market and message don't actually match

Be honest. If I asked you to describe your ideal buyer in painful detail - What they fear. What keeps them awake. What they secretly want but won't say out loud... Could you?

If not, your message is generic by default. And generic messaging gets ignored.

This one mistake alone decides whether a funnel lives or dies. I can have my team write your copy and messaging for you in the next 7 days.

3. You rely on ONE call to action

People don't buy at the same moment. Some are ready at the top. Some need proof. Some need logic. Some need reassurance.

If your entire funnel depends on a single CTA at the bottom, you're bleeding conversions everywhere else.

Your CTA should follow belief, not force it. I can help my team install compelling CTAs in all your marketing.

4. You're still using outdated "copy" funnel templates

If your funnel looks familiar, it's already losing. Old templates train buyers to skim, skip, and bounce. They scream "I copied this."

Worse: You have zero idea why it was supposed to convert in the first place.

Funnels aren't templates. They're psychological journeys. We will install these proven campaigns for you.

5. Your funnel is stitched together from random "proven" pieces

This is one of the most dangerous traps. You see what others do, you think if you just copy it, you'll get it.

Why isn't there 200,000+ millionaires (200,000 users signed up for GHL + Clickfunnels)...

You think just because there's another tool or software out there, you'll just magically do this?

It's NOT easy. You need help. Get the help in 2026.

Stop trying to be a smartass trying to do it yourself mate. SERIOUSLY...

Borrowing a headline from one funnel. A section from another. A CTA from somewhere else. It feels smart until nothing flows.

Funnels work as systems, not scrapbooks. Marketing and traffic flow beats fragments of marketing every time.

6. Your offer is weak

No sugarcoating. You seen Alex Hormozi's $100M offers. Again, millions of people bought the book. Do you see millions of people being millionaires? No. Lol. Get help.

Here's the rule: If people aren't buying, it's not the copy. It's the offer.

Pretty words can't rescue a bad deal. Traffic won't save it either.

If the offer doesn't feel obvious, irresistible and inevitable, it's dead on arrival. Want my help in the next 7 days? Book a call below.

7. The value doesn't feel bigger than the price

People don't mind paying. They mind feeling stupid after paying.

If your price feels heavier than the outcome you promise, buyers hesitate or look for alternatives.

Perceived value must outweigh perceived risk. No exceptions.

8. You picked the wrong pond to swim in

This mistake cost me years. You're either a big fish in a small pond or a small fish in a big pond. But most people choose the wrong one.

Example: I tried selling low ticket fitness products with cold ads because that's what the book said. It failed hard.

Your pricing must match your market maturity and buying behavior. Miss this and nothing scales.

9. You want one audience but another one actually buys

The audience you like isn't always the audience that pays. Buyers reveal themselves through behavior, not vibes.

Your job isn't to chase the perfect avatar. It's to identify the people already raising their hands with wallets open.

Follow money, not ego.

10. Your offer is replaceable

If Amazon can undercut you tomorrow, you're vulnerable. If your solution doesn't trigger novelty, status or transformation, price becomes the only differentiator.

And price wars always end badly. Your offer must feel new, specific and non-comparable.

11. You don't answer the only question that matters

"What's in it for me?"

Not for your brand. Not for your mission. Not for your story. For them.

Every second inside your funnel should answer that question louder and clearer.

12. BONUS: Your funnel is about YOU

Your credentials. Your journey. Your wins.

Nobody enters a funnel to admire you. They enter to solve a problem.

The moment I rebuilt my funnel around the customer, not my ego, everything changed. Revenue followed clarity.

13. BONUS: You mistake activity for progress

More posts. More ads. More tweaks. But no real strategy.

Movement feels productive until you realize you're running in circles. Growth comes from leverage, not noise.

Final Truth...

When my first funnel finally broke through and built a seven figure business, it wasn't because I found a secret trick. I went from zero to 7 figures in 3 years.

It was because I stopped making it about me and built everything around the buyer's mind.

I've since repeated this across multiple businesses. No magic. No hacks. Just alignment.

If this hit a nerve, good. That's where growth starts.

Question for the community:

Which of these 13 mistakes are YOU making right now? Be honest.

Drop the number below 👇

Let's fix it together in 2026.

-Shaqir Hussyin

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