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Guests: Jared Ledford of America Builds Better Host: Randy Chaffee Producer / Director / Co-Host: Wes Wyatt Episode Summary: Jared Ledford joins Randy Chaffee and Wes Wyatt for a hard-hitting conversation on how to actually win at trade shows instead of simply showing up and hoping the booth fairy drops leads in your lap. Coming off the York, Pennsylvania Shield Wall event, Jared and Randy unpack...

Guests: Chris Miller of The Barndo Loan Pros Host: Randy Chaffee Producer / Director / Co-Host: Wes Wyatt Episode Summary: Chris shares his leadership of The Barndo Loan Pros (powered by First Federal Bank of Kansas City), which scaled from its Midwest roots to nationwide lending across 47 states (excluding Hawaii, Alaska, and New York) over four years. The bank's 90-year history of construction l...

Guests: Christine Harrington Host: Randy Chaffee Producer / Director / Co-Host: Wes Wyatt Episode Summary: Guest: Christine Harrington (The Savvy Sales Lady / Sales Coach & Author) Host: Randy Chaffee Producer / Director / Co-Host: Wes Wyatt Episode Summary: Christine shares her 50+ year sales career spanning corporate insurance and road warrior territory, pivoting to sales coaching/training 1...

Guests: Lieutenant Colonel Oakland (Oak) McCulloch (Retired U.S. Army) Host: Randy Chaffee Producer / Director / Co-Host: Wes Wyatt Episode Summary: Oak shares his 23-year active-duty career spanning infantry (5 years) and armored cavalry (18 years), culminating in his service as commander of the Army ROTC program at the University of South Alabama in Mobile before retiring on October 1st. He disc...

Guests: Lee Salz Host: Randy Chaffee Producer / Director / Co-Host: Wes Wyatt Episode Summary: Lee shares his "sales contrarian" philosophy, challenging outdated industry wisdom, and releasing his new book, The First Meeting Differentiator (September 30th), in the acclaimed Differentiator series. He exposes common sales myths: "sales is a numbers game," treating people as numbers (quality beats qu...

Guests: Steve Thomas (President) and Adam Thomas (VP) - RJ Thomas Manufacturing / Pilot Rock Host: Randy Chaffee Producer / Director / Co-Host: Wes Wyatt Episode Summary: Steve and Adam share the three-generation family business story of RJ Thomas Manufacturing, founded in 1959 by depression-era WWII veteran RJ Thomas and his wife Doris in Cherokee, Iowa (northwest corner, 60 miles from Sioux City...

Guests: Alan Sallee Jr of Mid South Aluminum Host: Randy Chaffee Producer / Director / Co-Host: Wes Wyatt Episode Summary: Alan shares that Mid South Aluminum, a division of Kripke Enterprises, has specialized in painted aluminum coil for building construction and transportation markets since 1993. Operating from Toledo, Ohio, headquarters with Jackson, Tennessee, coil division, MidSouth maintains...

Guests: Ben Gay III , author of the ' The Closers ' book series. Host: Randy Chaffee Producer / Director / Co-Host: Wes Wyatt Episode Summary: Ben shares wisdom from his 50+ years in sales and training, including giving 5,000 paid engagements and shaking hands with 2.5 million people across 300+ talks annually at his peak (including 33 talks in 33 cities over 11 days). He and Randy explore the phi...

Guests: Gary Reichert of Shield Wall Media Host: Randy Chaffee Producer / Director / Co-Host: Wes Wyatt Episode Summary: Gary shares Shield Wall Media's success with the Max the Malamute children's book series— Max Builds a Metal Roof,  selling 5,000 copies in the first printing;  Max Builds a Pole Barn,  launching at NFBA; and  Max Builds a Barn Dominium, one-third complete. H...

Guests: Melissa Beyer and Karen Knapstein of Shield Wall Media Host: Randy Chaffee Producer / Director / Co-Host: Wes Wyatt Episode Summary: Jared shares his multifaceted role as owner of Dayton Barnes/All Steel Buildings (national dealer network), Five Rivers Pole Barns (partnering with Graber Post for Southwest Ohio construction), host of America Builds Better podcast with Idea Room and Shield W...

Guests: Melissa Beyer and Karen Knapstein of Shield Wall Media Host: Randy Chaffee Producer / Director / Co-Host: Wes Wyatt Episode Summary: Missy and Karen share details about the upcoming Post-Frame Builder Show (June 10-11, York, Pennsylvania), including the York Convention Center/Arena at the fairgrounds, which offers ample RV parking and proximity to Amish country. They reveal Shield Wall Med...

Guest: Ben Gay III Host: Randy Chaffee Producer / Director / Co-Host: Wes Wyatt Episode Summary: Ben shares wisdom from his 50+ years in sales and training, including giving 5,000 paid engagements and shaking hands with 2.5 million people across 300+ talks annually at his peak (including 33 talks in 33 cities over 11 days). He and Randy explore the philosophy behind The Closers series warning labe...

Guests: Wes Wyatt Host: Wes Wyatt Producer / Director / Co-Host: Wes Wyatt Episode Summary: Wes delivers a deeply personal solo Friday episode while Randy travels, doing "blocking and tackling" donuts-and-handshakes relationship-building. He shares the profound shift from a "have to" to a "get to" mindset—reflecting on his former commute to "the joint" (prison-like job feeling) versus his current...

Guest: Nathan Libbey (See company links below) Host: Randy Chaffee Producer / Director / Co-Host: Wes Wyatt Episode Summary: Nathan shares Best Buy Metals' 25-year journey from a Cleveland, Tennessee storefront answering phones and loading forklifts to seven locations spanning Tennessee, Georgia, and the Carolinas, plus an 18-year national division shipping specialty products nationwide. He and Ra...

Guests: Randy Chaffee and Wes Wyatt Host: Randy Chaffee Producer / Director / Co-Host: Wes Wyatt Episode Summary: Randy and Wes deliver a solo episode exploring life lessons disguised as sock talk, airport strategies, and service industry philosophies after a guest cancellation. Randy shares his recent road warrior schedule, hitting Oklahoma City, Nashville, Columbus, Cincinnati, and Detroit, and...

Guest: Shannon Large Host: Randy Chaffee Producer / Director / Co-Host: Wes Wyatt Episode Summary: Shannon shares his journey from nursing school to door-to-door canvassing (not even knowing what a canvasser was when he was hired) to becoming the Midwest Regional Sales Manager for Cidan Machinery, covering Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, and western Tennessee. He and Randy explore the transitio...

Guest: Joe Ignace Host: Randy Chaffee Producer / Director / Co-Host: Wes Wyatt Episode Summary: Joe shares his journey from door-to-door book sales in Tennessee (managing 43 reps who sold $1.4M in 11 weeks) to founding Velocity 360, a white-glove CRM solution specialized for the pole barns, sheds, post-frame construction, and metal building industries. He and Randy explore the "sales velocity form...

Guest | Host: Randy Chaffee Guest | Producer / Director / Co-Host: Wes Wyatt Episode Summary: Randy reports live from Oklahoma City's NFBA (National Frame Builders Association) conference, sharing his road warrior routine—3:45 am wake-up calls, double alarms two minutes apart, and strategic planning that fills 80% of his calendar two weeks before any show. He and Wes explore the art and science of...

Guest: Tony Rubleski Host: Randy Chaffee Producer / Director / Co-Host: Wes Wyatt Episode Summary: Tony shares his 21-year journey teaching "Mind Capture"—the strategy of standing out in an era when nobody's paying attention —drawing on his telecom door-to-door sales and advertising background. He and Randy explore the shocking reality that humans now have an 8-second attention span (less than a g...

Guests: Randy Chaffee and Wes Wyatt (Returning after medical crisis) Host: Randy Chaffee Producer / Director / Co-Host: Wes Wyatt Episode Summary: Wes shares his harrowing three-month medical journey that began on November 15th (Through January 14th - TWO Months) with a heart attack, followed by a second massive heart attack the day before Thanksgiving, stroke, full brain bleed, pneumonia, staph i...

Guest: Scott Miller Host: Randy Chaffee Producer / Director / Co-Host: Wes Wyatt Episode Summary: Scott shares his transition from corporate sales leadership to running three businesses with his wife—a consulting firm, a marketing agency, and a Vietnam-based operation serving clients such as Accor Hotels. He and Randy explore why most small businesses struggle at the $3 million mark (forced to rel...

Guest: John Knable Host: Randy Chaffee Producer / Director / Co-Host: Wes Wyatt Episode Summary: John shares his 40+ year journey through the building materials industry—from lumberyard days to 14 years managing metal roofing operations to founding Solutions Group, his independent rep agency serving Southern Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee. He and Randy explore how the metal roofing and post-fram...

Guest: Jeff Koziatek Host: Randy Chaffee Producer / Director / Co-Host: Wes Wyatt Episode Summary: Jeff shares his journey from a 25-year entertainment career, performing over 5,000 shows across the country, to becoming an author and coach focused on intrinsic worth and mindset transformation. He and Randy explore the core concepts from Jeff's two-book series—Blueprint for Value (helping leaders l...

Guest: Ben Hackley Host: Randy Chaffee Producer / Director / Co-Host: Wes Wyatt Episode Summary: Ben shares his transition from Fortune 500 CFO roles to fractional CFO work, explaining how he helps small businesses (particularly in manufacturing and distribution) navigate financial decisions without the guessing games. He and Randy explore the critical differences between bookkeepers, accountants,...

Guest: Case Kunick (Cutting-Edge Case) Host: Randy Chaffee Producer / Director / Co-Host: Wes Wyatt Episode Summary: Case shares his unique journey from hauling milk cans in rural Pennsylvania to becoming a Cutco representative specializing in high-end business gifting. He and Randy explore how engraved, forever-warranty kitchen knives create lasting impressions that far outlast traditional apprec...