Dom Builds

What happens when you clip a DJI Mavic Mini to your shirt, walk for 2 hours, and let AI do the rest? In this episode, I share how one afternoon in Sydney turned a friend's elderly care company into a possible 10-year business partnership. No pitch deck needed. No agency proposal done. Only a conversation with a friend, a transcript, and a Customer DNA report done with Claude. In this episode,...

Most founders are drowning in work because nobody taught them Parkinson's Law—the idea that tasks expand to fill whatever time you give them. I'm cutting that time to 3 days a week and getting more done than ever. In this episode, you'll learn: Why Romanian deadlifts taught me better business systems than most MBA programs—the exact moment I realized my back pain came from the same mis...

Why spending 1 hour with a coach beats 4 hours on YouTube (and how this applies to every dollar you're about to waste on "free" marketing advice) What Romanian deadlifts reveal about your business posture (spoiler: you're probably doing both wrong) The sneaky way to use your competitor's reputation to sell your services Why your customer DNA report could be worth more as a &q...

The timeboxing method that made me feel more productive in 7 days than the last 7 weeks - and the one book you can start using before you finish reading it Why I moved from LinkedIn to Instagram for ads (hint: the cost difference is brutal when you're selling low-ticket offers) How a tool I built went from free demos to $15K in cash - and the 33-episode journey that proves "slow" sti...

The "demo vs. private" pricing trick that lets you charge $9.5K or $15K for the same offer - and why clients happily pick the cheaper one The 3-stage clarity sprint that took a founder from "we couldn't phrase it for 8 years" to selling without feeling awkward - in 6 weeks

The "Uber location share" trick I accidentally use on my wife that keeps clients from canceling engagements mid-project Why I just paid for a year of mentorship to kick my butt - and the exact front-end funnel gap he spotted in 30 minutes that I missed for months The living room to bedroom framework for offers: how to create multiple free doors that all lead to the same paid room (morall...

How to get paid for discovery calls instead of giving away your best thinking for free - the "X-ray vs. surgery" frame that makes it feel fair Why your local founder community is a goldmine you're ignoring - and how I'm using mine to test offers before going wide

The two-word advice from an 8-figure founder that stopped me from overcomplicating my entire business (hint: it's German DNA kryptonite) How a $200 report turned into a $3,500 deal in 48 hours - and the exact "done with you" offer structure that made the upsell feel like a favor Why I haven't done a real sales call in 3 years - and what happened when I finally got back on one (sp...

How I made $1,200 selling something I gave away free 50 times before - and why the price change actually made people value it more The sneaky way to turn any workshop transcript into a high-converting landing page in under an hour (I used this for my $197 offer) Why 67 replies from cold LinkedIn outreach means nothing if you don't know one specific thing - the psychological tripwire that makes...

What every founder gets wrong about their sales pitch (and the baby mirror that fixed it) The one rule from TED Talks that kept everyone awake for 2 hours straight What happens when you stop talking about yourself and make it about them instead The exact moment a live report turned into an offer doc worth testing Why a simple mirror prop worked better than any slide deck ever could How 67 replies...

Listen to me rambling on about stuff that happened :)

What you'll learn: Why 50 free reports taught me more about what NOT to include than any copywriting course ever could (save yourself 6 months of testing). What Anton's 30 replies in two weeks proved about the difference between "good copy" and "copy that prints money." How to extract the exact words your customers use when they're ready to buy (not the polite words...

This is a live braindump that I use to talk about my day and feed it into AI. Raw, unfiltered. Enjoy!

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What you'll learn in this episode: How one founder makes $70K/month but takes home $0 in profit—and the math mistake e-commerce owners make without knowing it Why interviewing 20 people before you build anything will save you 6 months of wasted product development (and how to find your first whale client in week 1) The "cost of inaction" framing that turns a $5K service into a $25K n...

$1.9M from digital products?! Here’s a 5 things you’re going to learn: 1/ How a jazz musician built his second 7-figure business working 3 days a week 2/ The only metric between $3K/month and $30K/month (not audience size) 3/ The exact 3 components running his entire client engine in under 3 hours daily 4/ Package a Zoom recording, sell it as a workshop (clients prefer raw over polished) 5/ How to...

From my 105-Day Building Journey: The €17-to-€16K pricing shift that happened in one conversation—no new skills, no rebrand, just one sentence about value that Jamie Brindle taught me. What 50 analyzer reports revealed about buying triggers that made me scrap my entire pitch—and why the words people use to describe their problems are worth more than any feature list. Give me access to your competi...

How one €12 book and zero shame got me a "send me an email" from a multi-millionaire entrepreneur Also 7 other things you're going to learn in this episode: 1. The "embarrassment entrance fee" technique (Minute 8:19) How one $12 business book left on a spa table in Bali generated two new business relationships - without a single sales pitch 2. The "10x thinking" b...

What you’ll learn today: Why a crumpled banner at an AI summit turned into a $5K deal in 72 hours (and the "Tom Hanks trick" that tripled inquiries overnight) The "McDonald's Monopoly" tree-planting upsell that turns customers into unpaid sales armies The podcast microphone psychology trick that makes prospects think you're the "prepared one" How uploading Ale...

In this episode you’ll learn… Why a $1 product outperforms a freebie when building a list The exact ad budget I started with (and when to scale) How to use AI ad generators to shortcut creative work The mindset shift that turns wasted spend into tuition The simple rule for separating family and business money How to buy time with automation so you’re not stuck behind a desk The system I use to tur...

In this episode, I talk about: - How it feels to send home your dear parents, after many months not seeing them - The AI summit was in Bali, and what value I found by talking to many different founders - The lessons I learned about their products, their back story, and how not to create presentations on summits - What makes presentations on summits valuable

Why the "annoying" customer inquiry at 8 PM became Dom's biggest breakthrough in 77 days of building. What Munich camper van customers revealed about trip-wire psychology that works in ANY industry. The easiest way to extract buying triggers from real customer conversations without conducting a single interview.

In this episode: 1. "From Depression to €3K Clients in One Week" The brutal truth about entrepreneurial lows and the exact breakthrough that turned Dom's worst week into his most profitable. Raw and honest. 2. "The Michael Jordan Quote That Saved My Business" Dom was ready to quit after 75 days of "failed" building. Then one quote changed everything and led to his...

Spent hours writing “perfect” copy - only to be told it sucks? Been there. In this rooftop episode, Dom opens up about the humbling power of feedback — and why marketers are often the worst at marketing themselves. Inside, you'll hear: The cold email copy Dom was convinced would crush… until it flopped How even pros forget to speak their audience’s language (and what to do about it) Why over-o...

Building for 75 days - 70% Done Recap (22.8.2025) Products I built SEO Strategy Video to Upsell $7k Chatbot Install Offer (sold 1) $2.5k Cold Outreach Email System (Hyper Personalization with n8n WIP) (sold 0, one in nego) SOP: How I made 1152$ in 7 days with Bolt and Stripe (not sold any, still WIP) Started my own Spotify Show (Podcast). Bought a mic for it, feels so profesh Products I had before...