Running With Wolves
Running With Wolves
Savannah Jordan
The Running With Wolves podcast is dedicated to helping female founders everywhere scale rapidly through potent marketing & sales strategies. The weekly podcast will feature lessons in marketing, sales, scaling, the mindset behind being an entrepreneur, production strategies, mental tenacity, and so much more. If you're ready for a fresh take on your marketing - this podcast is for you!
Your Competitor Is Stealing Your Sales — And Your Marketing Is the Reason Why
Your buyer showed up to your marketing ready to hand you their payment info. And your marketing sent them to your competitor without you knowing it. Not because your marketing is bad — because it's actually really good. You created the demand, built the urgency and did 80% of the work it takes to create a sale. And then you went silent on the one sentence that closes the loop. In this episode of Running With Wolves, Savannah breaks down exactly why this is happening, what specifically is broken and the one fix you can implement today to stop handing your competitor the sales that should be yours. One of her clients couldn't break past 100K sales months. They set a 180K goal for December. They closed at 360K. The only thing that changed was the marketing strategy. Here's what this episode covers: • Why problem awareness content stopped working — and what conversion marketing looks like instead • The three-part closed loop marketing framework that makes every piece of content close its own sales loop • Why your buyer reads each piece of content as a single impression — and what that means for how you sell • The closed loop marketing audit — three questions to run every piece of marketing through tonight to find exactly where your sales are leaking Apply to work with Savannah HERE: http://bit.ly/applywlfpodcast or DM her on Instagram @itssavannahjordan ( / itssavannahjordan ) with your takeaway. closed loop marketing, competitor stealing sales, marketing strategy 2026, conversion marketing, sales not converting, organic marketing, double your sales, female founder
Jun 15
43 min
The Level Your Marketing Is Operating At Is the Only Level You're Getting Invited Into
The competitor who keeps showing up at the events you should be at, getting the press placements you want, and being invited into rooms you've been trying to get into — their product probably isn't better than yours. Their work isn't sharper. They haven't been in the game longer. The only difference is their marketing is doing things yours isn't. In this episode of Running With Wolves, Savannah breaks down why most marketing is mono-marketed — built to open exactly one door — and how to restructure your marketing strategy so it opens doors to press, partnerships, speaking stages, investor introductions and every other opportunity your business needs to scale beyond revenue alone. Here's what this episode covers: Why sales-only marketing is invisible to everyone except the people about to buy from you The difference between floor content and ceiling content — and how to shift from one to the other Why the room shows up to confirm what your marketing has already claimed — not to take a bet on you How to identify the three doors you want opened and aim your marketing at the humans who hold the keys Apply to work with Savannah HERE: http://bit.ly/applywlfpodcast or DM her on Instagram @itssavannahjordan ( / itssavannahjordan ) with your takeaway. marketing strategy, floor vs ceiling signaling, open doors with marketing, speaking engagements, press placements, organic marketing 2026, brand building, female founder
Jun 8
46 min
The Economy Didn't Slow Your Sales — Your Marketing Did
If your sales have slowed down and you're blaming the economy, this episode is for you. The economy is not the reason your sales have slowed. The economy is the reason you can finally see what your marketing was always doing — just under pressure. In this episode of Running With Wolves, Savannah makes the case that market share transfers in tight economies do not reverse when the economy loosens — which means right now is the time to dial in your marketing or feel the consequences of not doing that for the remainder of your career as a business owner. Here's what this episode covers: Why the economy revealed your marketing problem — it didn't create it The difference between buyers in a good economy and buyers in a tight one — and why your current marketing was built for the wrong one Why market share transfers in tight economies don't reverse — and what that means for you right now The exact three things to fix in your marketing this week to start creating sales regardless of what the economy does Apply to work with Savannah HERE: http://bit.ly/applywlfpodcast or DM her on Instagram @itssavannahjordan ( / itssavannahjordan ) with your takeaway. economy proof sales, marketing strategy 2026, sales down economy, tight economy marketing, organic marketing, brand building, market share, female founder
Jun 1
43 min
She Was About to Quit Her Business — One Strategy Change Later She Made $600K in 6 Months
She had been building her brand for five or six years. She was going viral every single week. People were begging for her product in the comments. And she was stuck at 15 to 20K months, had already cut 80% of her expenses and was ready to walk away. Twelve months after that conversation, she made almost $300,000 in 90 days. In the second half of 2025 alone, she made $600,000 in sales — up from $180,000 in the first half. And she did it without changing her product, her price, her audience or her ad spend. In this episode of Running With Wolves, Savannah breaks down the full case study — what was broken, what changed and how to apply it to your own business right now. Here's what this episode covers: Why your sales problem is almost never a visibility, product or funnel problem — it's a clarity problem The difference between informed people and converted people — and which one your marketing is currently creating How to stop selling an ingredients list and start selling the outcome your buyer actually wants Why market research is your sales cheat sheet and how to use it to write copy that converts in any market Apply to work with Savannah HERE: http://bit.ly/applywlfpodcast or DM her on Instagram @itssavannahjordan ( / itssavannahjordan ) with your takeaway. client case study, marketing strategy, sales growth, digital product, baby led weaning brand, informed people watch converted people pay, organic marketing 2026, how to increase sales
May 26
41 min
Are You Committed to the Path You Chose — Or Committed to Comparison?
The CEOs you're watching aren't doing it on luck or talent. They're doing it on years of commitment to massive goals that looked completely unrealistic from where they started. The luck the world attributes to them is the byproduct of years they put in when no one was watching. In this episode of Running With Wolves, Savannah shares the four questions she was asked at the Forbes 30 Under 30 Summit and the answers she wishes someone had given her years ago — before polite advice almost cost her the next level of her business. Here's what this episode covers: Why the permission to stop is the actual ceiling — not your strategy, your team or your funding How to audit your environment and the ten people you spend the most time with Why you don't have a $5 million business if you can't step away for a week without it taking a hit The difference between running on incoming and building the outgoing levers that make growth predictable Apply to work with Savannah HERE: http://bit.ly/applywlfpodcast or DM her on Instagram @itssavannahjordan ( / itssavannahjordan ) with your takeaway. CEO mindset, Forbes 30 Under 30, commitment vs comparison, female founder, scaling your business, permission to play big, marketing strategy, entrepreneur advice
May 18
51 min
Polarizing vs Alienating — Why Most Brands Can't Tell the Difference
Most brands think they're being polarizing. They're being lazy. There's a difference between a take that splits opinion on something your audience cares about — and a take that crosses their values entirely. One pulls your highest value buyer closer. The other pushes them out of the room quietly, and you won't see it in your data until six months later when a launch underperforms and no one on your team can explain why. In this episode of Running With Wolves, Savannah uses the Wall Street Journal's Emma Grede headline as a real time case study to break down exactly where that line is — and how to install a values filter into your marketing review so your team never crosses it by accident again.  Here's what this episode covers: • Why polarizing and alienating look identical in your analytics — and how to tell the difference • The three structural problems causing brands to lose trust without knowing it • Why brand damage shows up six months later in a launch that underperforms — not in your next monthly report • The rule Savannah installs in every brand she works with: polarize the substance, protect the values Apply to work with Savannah HERE: http://bit.ly/applywlfpodcast or DM her on Instagram @itssavannahjordan ( / itssavannahjordan ) with your takeaway. polarizing vs alienating, brand trust, values marketing, marketing strategy 2026, brand building, female founder, marketing mistakes, audience values 
May 11
49 min
Your Biggest Threat to Scaling in 2026 Isn't AI — It's How You're Using It
Most founders think AI is the threat to their business. It's not. The real threat is that you are using AI to build a brand that AI itself could have built — optimized, replaceable and completely forgettable. In this episode of Running With Wolves, Savannah breaks down everything that has changed about how buyers find brands and make purchasing decisions in 2026, why 38% of shoppers are already using AI to decide what to buy, and exactly how she runs her entire content engine off AI while her sales have grown 50% year over date. Here's what this episode covers:  • Why your buyers aren't scrolling your feed anymore and where they actually are  • The two camps founders fall into with AI — and why both are getting it wrong • The four lessons Savannah uses to train AI like a team member not a content tool • Why AI is the engine and humans are the brand — and what flipping that means for your sales Apply to work with Savannah HERE: http://bit.ly/applywlfpodcast or DM her on Instagram @itssavannahjordan ( / itssavannahjordan ) with your takeaway. AI marketing strategy, how to use AI in business, AI for founders, brand building 2026, organic marketing, AI content strategy, scale your business, marketing that converts
May 4
47 min
Good Marketing, Bad Marketing and One Campaign That Almost Ruined a Brand
Some marketing campaigns stop you mid-scroll and make you think — that was genius. Others make you wonder how it ever got approved. In this episode of Running With Wolves, Savannah breaks down four real world marketing campaigns — the good, the bad and the truly wild — and what every single one of them teaches us about buyer psychology, modern brand building and where marketing is heading. From a sales coach who built massive trust by literally showing people how she thinks, to a salon owner whose consultation videos became a triple threat of virality, engagement and conversions, to a Real Housewives cast member who turned public mockery into a digital product — and finally to a brand that completely misread its audience's emotional reality and paid the price for it. Here's what this episode covers: Why demonstration based marketing builds trust faster than any claim ever could How founder vulnerability creates deeper loyalty than polished perfect content Why marketing to skeptics instead of serving believers is one of the biggest mistakes a brand can make The one rule every marketing campaign must follow — and what happens when you ignore it Apply to work with Savannah HERE: http://bit.ly/applywlfpodcast or DM her on Instagram @itssavannahjordan ( / itssavannahjordan ) with your takeaway. marketing campaigns, buyer psychology, founder led marketing, demonstration based marketing, brand building 2026, marketing strategy, real world marketing examples, what not to do in marketing
Apr 27
29 min
Marketing Isn't About Selling — It's About Access (What a St. Jude's Summit Taught Me)
Most founders think marketing is about getting clients and making sales. But after sitting in a room with Olympic gold medalists, ex-Google executives and some of the most powerful female founders in the nation at an invite-only St. Jude's summit — Savannah realized something much bigger. Marketing is about access. Access to rooms, people, opportunities and influence. And the life you end up living is shaped by the conversations you get invited into. In this episode of Running With Wolves, Savannah shares her personal reflections from the Legacy of Hope summit and what it made her realize about the true power of marketing — and how to use it to open doors you didn't even know existed. Here's what this episode covers: Why marketing is the vehicle that opens every door — not just the ones that lead to sales How to work backwards from your goal to build a marketing strategy that actually gets you there Why leaving room for magic is the most important thing you can do as AI takes over execution How to use AI as a tool without losing the humanity that makes your marketing powerful Apply to work with Savannah HERE: http://bit.ly/applywlfpodcast or DM her on Instagram @itssavannahjordan ( / itssavannahjordan ) with your takeaway. marketing strategy, personal reflection, female founder, St. Jude's summit, AI and marketing, organic marketing 2026, marketing opens doors, influence and impact
Apr 20
32 min
She Made $70K in 12 Hours By Changing Two Things in Her Marketing
Her previous launch record was $70,000 in an entire weekend. After two marketing changes she hit that number in the first 12 hours. No new products. No ads. Same audience. Same amount of content. Just a completely different understanding of what her buyers actually needed to hear to purchase. In this episode of Running With Wolves, Savannah shares a hot off the press client case study — an Australian rave wear apparel brand that went from a revenue rollercoaster of 15-50K on non-launch months to 60K in her first month, then shattered her launch record, all from two content pillars added to her existing strategy. Here's what this episode covers: Why going viral and having a highly engaged audience doesn't automatically translate to sales The market research breakthrough that revealed what her buyers actually cared about — and why it was completely different from what she assumed The two content pillars that replaced her ads and doubled her revenue Why most founders are marketing to the wrong buying trigger and how to find the right one Apply to work with Savannah HERE: http://bit.ly/applywlfpodcast or DM her on Instagram @itssavannahjordan ( / itssavannahjordan ) with your takeaway. client case study, market research, rave wear brand, double sales, organic marketing, no ads strategy, marketing strategy 2026, how to increase sales
Apr 13
28 min
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