The document discusses why many small businesses fail due to using "survival marketing" tactics like chasing the next sale without systems in place, and how adopting a "lifecycle marketing" approach focusing on treating prospects as people and using systems to scale relationships can help small businesses thrive by increasing sales from current and prospective customers through each stage of the customer lifecycle from attraction to conversion. It also introduces the Infusionsoft Lifecycle Marketing Planner tool to help small businesses implement this approach.