Weekly reflections on building a business, growing your list, and surviving the process.
Build a bigger list, faster
1 Million+
100K+
7-Figures
Podcast Downloads
Emails Captured
in Digital Products sold
A growing email list can reliably predict growth in a business unlike almost any other channel. When I ran an ads' agency, we could almost predict a client's success based on their email list.
Why? Because every subscriber represents a new lead—a new sales opportunity. Someone who subscribes to your list has given you a direct line of communication. An opportunity to cut through the noise (lookin' at you, social media) and build a relationship.
Ditch the social media algorithm jigsaw puzzle; focus on a channel that means real growth for your business.
If you want to grow your business, grow your email list...
- launch a new product
- generate more revenue "passively"
- become a top affiliate for your favorite products
- gauge interest in a new product or service (before building it!)
- improve your bottom line
Build an engaged email list—it makes everything easier.
I teach businesses how to build profitable email lists
- How to create a system for getting more people subscribed
- What you should send in your emails (and how often!)
- How to send emails people read
- Which email marketing tools you should use
- How to send emails that move people to purchase
No worries—you're in the right place! My weekly email marketing newsletter focuses on all that and more.
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Building an email list can (and should) be easy, inexpensive, and fun...
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The businesses I’ve built have afforded me opportunities like building our dream home in the Shenandoah Valley, working remotely from anywhere in the world, setting my own schedule, and spending a lot of time with friends and family.
Hey, I'm Davey
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From both wins & losses
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Round Ups
of my favorite resources, books, and podcast episodes
- jen olmstead, TONIC
I’d describe Davey as the Clark Kent of marketing. You’d honestly never expect it, but he has the hard-won marketing skills of an industry veteran, the mind of a writer, the competitive instincts of a UCF fighter, and perhaps most importantly, the ability to distill complex concepts with clarity, insight, and some really decent jokes.
Davey’s one of my favorite people to talk marketing with. I think his primary skill is curiosity — he’s able to ask the best question in the room, which means he often arrives at the answer before anyone else.
You'd honestly never expect it...
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- todd watson, CEO @ Showit
Playing pickleball with Davey? A lot of questionable energy. But when it comes to website design, Davey has a gift for identifying exactly what needs to be done to create a website that actually drives leads and conversions.
Questionable energy...”
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- jen olmstead, TONIC
I’d describe Davey as the Clark Kent of marketing. You’d honestly never expect it, but he has the hard-won marketing skills of an industry veteran, the mind of a writer, the competitive instincts of a UCF fighter, and perhaps most importantly, the ability to distill complex concepts with clarity, insight, and some really decent jokes.
Davey’s one of my favorite people to talk marketing with. I think his primary skill is curiosity — he’s able to ask the best question in the room, which means he often arrives at the answer before anyone else.
You'd honestly never expect it...
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