Next Level Business Podcast

Send us Fan Mail How much is a CRM for a small business? Most owners are shocked when they add it all up. I sat down with my business partner Shane to break down what a CRM really costs, what you're actually paying for, and why most small business owners end up with 5 different tools that don't talk to each other. Here's the math most people miss. A typical local service business is paying for: Email tool: $50/moText/SMS tool: $40/moBooking calendar: $30/moReview software: $50/moFunnel builde...

Send us Fan Mail Renting can feel safe until you do the math and realize you’re funding someone else’s future. We’re back in the warehouse with David Chuckman of Tri-Tech Window Tinting and Shane Mara, author of Confessions of a Banker, to tell the honest story of what it looks like when a business owner finally buys the building and bets on himself. David walks us through his immigrant-family work ethic, starting his shop from scratch, and the long road of renting for more than 20 yea...

Send us Fan Mail Customers are harder to win, ads are pricier, and attention is more fragmented than ever. That’s exactly why Alex Hormozi’s approach hits so hard: he doesn’t teach “a platform,” he teaches a customer acquisition system that keeps working even when the platform changes. We talk through how he went from consulting to building and scaling Gym Launch, the logic behind “client financed acquisition,” and why the best growth strategies feel boring once they’re finally predictable. ...

Send us Fan Mail https://leadfuelcrm.com/ Rockwall Texas, Marketer Josh Pather https://rockwallconnect.com/ Two bags, a decade of paperwork, and a flight to Dallas one week after 9/11. That’s how Josh Pather’s American story starts, and it sets the tone for everything that comes next: risk, reinvention, and learning the hard way. We talk about what it’s like to leave South Africa, sell off almost everything, and land in a country that’s tense, grieving, and suspicious of anyone who sounds dif...

Send us Fan Mail https://leadfuelcrm.com/ https://www.harlowpayments-texas.com/ Rockwall Texas, Marketer Josh Pather Your payment processor only feels “simple” until a payout gets held, a big transaction gets flagged, or support is a chatbot and an email queue. We’re in Heath, Texas with Mark Harrelson and Steve Vecchia from Harlow Payments Texas to talk about what small businesses actually need from merchant services: real answers, clear pricing, and a partner who treats payment processing l...