Episodes

If you're sick of the feast-or-famine client rollercoaster... If you're tired of showing up to networking events with a pocket full of business cards and zero actual results... This episode's gonna flip the script on how you get clients. David Bush sits down with 40-year business veteran Kevin McCarthy (author of The On-Purpose Person and creator of My Referral Stream) to break down the EXACT system for turning your warm market into a consistent stream of high-quality clients. Her...

Want to stop chasing prospects and start attracting them instead? In this episode, David Bush sits down with 33-year media veteran Jason Croft to break down how coaches, consultants, and business owners can build what Jason calls "Marketing Gravity"... A simple system that turns interviews into collaborations, conversations into clients, and content into trust-building authority. You'll learn: • How to find your "differentiator" so you stand out in a sea of coaches and consultants...

Kelsey Galarza just dropped a masterclass on making HubSpot actually work for you… Instead of feeling like you're pulling a Ferrari with a horse. In this episode, David Bush sits down with HubSpot expert Kelsey Galarza to break down the exact systems small to mid-sized businesses need to stop spinning their wheels and start closing deals. You'll learn: • Why your messaging beats your design every single time (and how to fix yours in under an hour) • The 5-question messagi...

Most business owners are grinding themselves into dust going after WAY too many prospects. In this episode of Business Builders Playbook, hosts David and Jeff Bush break down the exact 5-step playbook Jeff used to scale his direct mail company from $1M to $40M... By targeting just 1% of his total market. Instead of chasing 100,000 mortgage companies, Jeff laser-focused on the 1,000 that were ALREADY buying what he sold. And then he hit them with everything he had. Phone. Email. Di...

Tired of "playing" with AI while your competition's actually using it to crush their numbers? In this episode, host David Bush sits down with Thomas Ross - VP of Sales at Workplace.ai and AI sales implementation expert - to break down exactly how to turn AI from a shiny toy into a money-printing machine. Here's what you'll learn: • The biggest barriers preventing business owners from actually implementing AI (and how to overcome them fast) • Why 98.7% of businesses say they use AI......

Most service professionals, consultants, and coaches are grinding out content for strangers on the internet... Hoping those likes and comments will magically turn into high-ticket clients. Stefan Lubinski is here to tell you why that's a losing strategy. In this episode, David Bush sits down with his friend of 20+ years to discuss why 80% of service professionals are following the wrong playbook entirely. Stefan reveals his "relationship acquisition strategy" that flips traditional c...

Sick of grinding 12-hour days just to hit quota? In this no-BS episode of Business Builders Playbook, host David Bush sits down with sales legend Jeffrey Gitomer (yes, THE Jeffrey Gitomer) and AI expert Thomas Ross to expose the harsh truth about AI in sales... And spoiler alert: If you're not using it daily, you're already losing. Here's what you'll learn: - How to leverage AI to 10X your productivity without sacrificing quality (including Jeffrey's own conversational AI that answer...

Want to know the REAL difference between speakers who get standing ovations... and ones who get politely ignored? David Bush sits down with legendary speaker and sales trainer Don Hutson to unpack 40+ years of platform secrets... Including the "signal moments" that changed Don's life forever. (Spoiler: It started with goosebumps at a seminar... and ended with him sharing stages with Zig Ziglar, Norman Vincent Peale, and Paul Harvey.) Here's what you'll learn: • The "Epiphany Thres...

Ever feel like you're competing against EVERYONE in your industry? Like... you're good at what you do, but so is everybody else? And nobody knows YOUR name yet? Well, this episode's gonna change that. David Bush sits down with Jim Cathcart – a legend who's delivered 3,500+ speeches, written 27 books, and earned literally EVERY major award in professional speaking. Jim breaks down his exact blueprint for becoming THE recognized expert in your field... Without needing decades of ...

Tired of chasing cold leads? Your million-dollar network is already in your phone... you just don't know how to activate it yet. In this episode, David Bush sits down with serial entrepreneur and connection expert Devin Sizemore to reveal the exact system Devin used to build a 7-figure business by making 5,000+ connections per year—without being sleazy, salesy, or spending all day networking. Here's what you'll learn: ✅ The 5 Core Principles that turn strangers into referral partners (m...

Tired of chasing likes and comments while your bank account stays empty? You're not alone. In this episode of Business Builders Playbook, host David Bush (the self-proclaimed "Chief Everything Officer" who only works half days... any 12 hours you choose) sits down with Daniel Pope, Chief Storyteller and founder of Be Known LLC, to pull back the curtain on what actually drives revenue in today's marketing landscape. Here's what you'll learn: How to escape the content treadmill - Daniel ...

Sick of having a "pretty" website that doesn't actually bring in clients? In this episode, David Bush sits down with web design and conversion expert Josiah Jones to break down the real difference between websites that just sit there... and websites that CONVERT. Here's what you'll learn: • The modern customer journey (and where most websites lose people before they even scroll) • Why "findability" and reputation beat fancy design every single time • The difference between website...

Running a business shouldn't mean working 90-hour weeks while your tech stack bleeds money and your team fumbles handoffs. But most entrepreneurs are drowning in complexity... because nobody taught them how operations actually work. In this episode, David Bush sits down with Rebecca Kallaus, founder of Business Done Better and creator of the proprietary Five Engine Operating System. Rebecca's spent 15 years helping everyone from solopreneurs to eight-figure agencies stop the chaos and build b...