The first few years felt like momentum. Referrals came in, a couple of good clients told their friends and the phone rang without you doing much to make it ring. Then, somewhere along the way, it stopped. You're working just as hard, maybe harder. You're posting, networking, tweaking the website, running the occasional promotion. But the revenue line has gone flat, and nobody can quite explain why. That's a growth plateau, and it's one of the most common and least understood