The Ravi Abuvala Show

Hosted by Ravi Abuvala

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Welcome to The Ravi Abuvala Show, hosted by entrepreneur, founder, public speaker, content creator, and recreational pilot Ravi Abuvala. On this podcast, you'll learn how to build a business that serves you, instead of the other way around. Want more in-depth training? Check out Scaling School here: https://go.scalingwithsystems.com/ss-podcast For sponsorship, please email media@scalingwithsystems.com.

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November 11, 202638 min

The Only 38 Minutes You Need to Fix Your Sales Team

Work With Me To Scale Your Business: https://go.scalingwithsystems.com/nikola-constraint ———————————— Be On The Next Constraint Call: https://www.scalingwsystems.com/constraint-call-application ———————————— Watch Me Fix $1M+ Businesses Live: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF-fSrHojCgG8V5-7AKVrKgcbtsd-BXti&si=kEOVnNFnLhhhDbYA ———————————— Join Our Team: https://www.scalingwithsystems.com/careers ———————————— In this episode of the Constraint Call, Ravi helps a founder of a $6M+ mass clipping agency identify why the first 30 days only break even despite a 15:1 lifetime return and rebuild the sales system around book-to-close data, a recruiting funnel for the right reps, and compliant ad creative. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro & Meet Nikola: $6M+ mass clipping agency 01:41 — $10K Clipping vs Lower-Ticket Offers 07:48 — $3,400 CAC vs $4,000 30-Day Profit 10:37 — Founder-Led Sales & Rep Close Rates 14:30 — Book-to-Close Data: Who Not to Take Calls With 24:11 — Recruiting Reps Like You Get Clients 28:33 — Selling Reps on $22K Months 33:13 — The 2:1 Rule in the First 30 Days 35:03 — Compliant Ads Without Public Figure Clips 37:00 — Nikola’s Action Plan

October 27, 202642 min

After Making $35M, I’m Done Feeling Guilty for Enjoying My Life

Work With Me To Scale Your Business: https://go.scalingwithsystems.com/10-22-26 ———————————— Watch Me Fix $1M+ Businesses Live: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF-fSrHojCgG8V5-7AKVrKgcbtsd-BXti&si=kEOVnNFnLhhhDbYA ———————————— Join Our Team: https://www.scalingwithsystems.com/careers ———————————— I explain why I stepped away from daily videos, how I balance living with reflection, and the systems I’m using to protect my time, build a social life, organize my wardrobe with AI, and keep building with Claude Code. CHAPTERS 00:00 Returning to the Daily Videos 01:50 Living vs. Reflecting 02:52 My Feedback Loop and AI Journal 06:56 Giving Myself Grace 08:02 Being Present and Meditation 12:52 Small Decisions and the Slight Edge 15:46 The Wedding Weekend and Enjoying Life 19:53 Building a Life Outside Work 22:44 My Friend’s Wedding and Healing After a Breakup 25:39 Protecting My Time and Calendar 28:23 Dating Without the Apps 31:25 Hurricane Damage and Delegating the Repairs 33:20 Making Time for Personal Style 34:53 My AI Wardrobe and Packing System 38:32 Brazil Plans for New Year’s 38:51 What’s Next for Dialed 40:45 My Claude Code and Phone Setup

October 26, 202634 min

If You Want More High Ticket Clients in 2027, DO THIS NOW

Work With Me To Scale Your Business: https://go.scalingwithsystems.com/josh-drylie ———————————— Be On The Next Constraint Call: https://www.scalingwsystems.com/constraint-call-application ———————————— Watch Me Fix $1M+ Businesses Live: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF-fSrHojCgG8V5-7AKVrKgcbtsd-BXti&si=kEOVnNFnLhhhDbYA ———————————— Join Our Team: https://www.scalingwithsystems.com/careers ———————————— In this episode of the Constraint Call, Ravi helps a founder of a medical marketing agency identify why his Meta ads swing between feast and famine and rebuild the money model around paid-in-full cash up front, a one-call close, and a $10-a-day ad testing system. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro & Meet Josh: $700K+ medical marketing agency 02:04 — $3,500/Month Retainer & Cash Up Front 05:07 — Direct Call Funnel Metrics 08:07 — Why Not Spend $20K Next Month? 11:31 — LTGP to CAC: 6.7:1 vs 1.3:1 15:20 — Pulling Cash Forward With PIFs 17:19 — Two-Call vs One-Call Close 19:34 — The $10/Day Ad Testing System 27:41 — Live Ads Manager Audit 33:28 — Josh’s Action Plan

October 22, 202643 min

After $35M in Revenue, Here’s Why I Wouldn’t Start a Coaching Business

In this episode of the Constraint Call, Ravi helps a founder of a $600K+ performance marketing agency identify why switching to coaching would be harder than the business he already has and rebuild it around $100K-a-month clients only, a $5K one-on-one offer, and a daily content system. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro & Meet Elliot: $600K+ performance marketing agency 02:03 — $10K Retainer + 10% Rev Share04:31 — Referrals & the 420-Client SEO Offer 07:42 — The $255K-Per-Client Math 10:38 — Why He Wants to Switch to Coaching 12:46 — Easy to Fulfill vs. Easy to Sell 17:22 — Shifting Priorities & Client Risk 22:34 — The Selfish Hybrid Offer 26:26 — Seminar Plan vs. Agency Difficulty 35:31 — Elliot’s Action Plan

October 19, 202639 min

The Most Valuable Sales System Training You’ll Ever Watch

Work With Me To Scale Your Business: https://go.scalingwithsystems.com/huncho ———————————— Be On The Next Constraint Call: https://www.scalingwsystems.com/constraint-call-application ———————————— Watch Me Fix $1M+ Businesses Live: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF-fSrHojCgG8V5-7AKVrKgcbtsd-BXti&si=kEOVnNFnLhhhDbYA ———————————— Join Our Team: https://www.scalingwithsystems.com/careers ———————————— In this episode of the Constraint Call, Ravi helps a founder of a $4.5M+ men's fitness coaching business identify why his 81% show rate was hiding nearly 70 cancelled calls a month and rebuild the sales system around a double booking setup, dollar-per-booked-call routing, and a second YouTube channel. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro & Meet Huncho: $4.5M+ men's fitness coaching 01:52 — 90-Day vs 6-Month Offer Breakdown 03:43 — Financing, Split Pay & Chargeback Rate 09:27 — The Real Constraint: 81% Show vs 56% Held 12:33 — Incentives & Dollar Per Booked Call 14:50 — 68 Cancelled Calls a Month 22:35 — The Double Booking System 27:32 — Routing Calls by Rep Performance 31:22 — Starting a Second YouTube Channel 34:42 — Huncho’s Action Plan

October 16, 202618 min

The Dopamine Hit Distracting Every $1M+ Business Owner

Work With Me To Scale Your Business: https://go.scalingwithsystems.com/trevor-ruby ———————————— Apply to Be On The Next Constraint Call: https://www.scalingwsystems.com/constraint-call-application ———————————— Watch Me Fix $1M+ Businesses Live: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF-fSrHojCgG8V5-7AKVrKgcbtsd-BXti&si=kEOVnNFnLhhhDbYA ———————————— Join Our Team: https://www.scalingwithsystems.com/careers ———————————— In this episode of the Constraint Call, Ravi helps a founder of a $1.9M marketing agency for service businesses identify why his $1,500-a-month custom software won't sell to cold traffic and rebuild the offer around a lead-gen front end, a sticky software back end, and a data-driven ideal client profile. Chapters: 00:00 - $1.9M marketing agency + software 01:22 — Why a Marketing Agency Launched Software 03:03 — Selling Software to Cold Traffic 04:15 — Agency Offer & Pricing Breakdown 07:10 — Why Software Is So Hard to Break Into 10:41 — Software as a Back-End Upsell 11:23 — Is $1,500 a Month Too High? 14:07 — Finding Your Best Clients With Data 16:15 — Can SEO Offers Still Work Without a Following? 17:10 — Trevor's Action Plan

October 15, 202651 min

Building a $1M Client Acquisition System for a Stranger in 51 Minutes

Work With Me To Scale Your Business: https://go.scalingwithsystems.com/serdar-bisi ———————————— Be On The Next Constraint Call: https://www.scalingwsystems.com/constraint-call-application ———————————— Watch Me Fix $1M+ Businesses Live: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF-fSrHojCgG8V5-7AKVrKgcbtsd-BXti&si=kEOVnNFnLhhhDbYA ———————————— Join Our Team: https://www.scalingwithsystems.com/careers ———————————— In this episode of the Constraint Call, Ravi helps a founder of an $800K+ AI appointment-setting agency for high-ticket coaches identify why his cold ads keep attracting coaches too small to buy and rebuild acquisition around a systemized referral engine, a partner program, and a pay-per-performance offer. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro & Meet Serdar: $800K+ AI appointment-setting agency 01:50 — Offer & Unit Economics: $31K LTV 05:46 — Acquisition: YouTube, Referrals & Cold Ads 11:39 — Systemizing the Referral Program 15:52 — Building a Partner Program 24:38 — Scaling Delivery: CSMs & Junior Account Managers 29:48 — VSL Funnel Audit: $3K per Qualified Call 33:00 — Pay-Per-Performance & Going Up Market 43:02 — SaaS Feeder vs. Product-Led DM Funnel 48:48 — Serdar's Action Plan

October 14, 202632 min

My $35M Life Got Put to the Ultimate Test

Work With Me To Scale Your Business: https://go.scalingwithsystems.com/10-9-26 ———————————— Watch Me Fix $1M+ Businesses Live: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF-fSrHojCgG8V5-7AKVrKgcbtsd-BXti&si=kEOVnNFnLhhhDbYA ———————————— Join Our Team: https://www.scalingwithsystems.com/careers ———————————— I break down how a hurricane tested the freedom and systems I built, from evacuating early and keeping momentum to the sales data and new offer moving my business forward. CHAPTERS 00:00 The hurricane evacuation test 04:02 My go bag and travel setup 09:58 Using AI to make better decisions 15:51 Finding a runner's high 20:36 Catching worst-case thoughts 25:37 How my team kept business moving 26:36 What the sales data revealed 29:52 Why “no worries” kills sales 30:50 Day one of my new offer

October 14, 202633 min

How to Get So Good at Meta Ad Funnels It Feels ILLEGAL

Work With Me To Scale Your Business: https://go.scalingwithsystems.com/josh-delaney ———————————— Be On The Next Constraint Call: https://www.scalingwsystems.com/constraint-call-application ———————————— Watch Me Fix $1M+ Businesses Live: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF-fSrHojCgG8V5-7AKVrKgcbtsd-BXti&si=kEOVnNFnLhhhDbYA ———————————— Join Our Team: https://www.scalingwithsystems.com/careers ———————————— In this episode of the Constraint Call, Ravi helps the founder of a UK kitchen, bedroom and bathroom coaching program see that his "broken" VSL funnel is actually returning 5X+ ROAS, so the real constraint is scaling ad spend and fixing pricing, not tweaking the funnel. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro & Meet Josh: The KBB Collective 01:10 - From £20K to £50K Months With DMs 03:19 - £5K Offer & Payment Plans 05:26 - Funnel Numbers & Cost Per Acquisition 10:51 - Why 5X ROAS Means Scale Spend 13:26 - The 10,000-Business Market Problem 16:04 - Expanding Into the US 19:06 - Pricing: 6 vs 12 Months 25:39 - VSL & Booking Page Teardown 30:53 - Josh's Action Plan

October 13, 202645 min

The Morning System That Protects My $35M Life

Work With Me To Scale Your Business: https://go.scalingwithsystems.com/10-6-26 ———————————— Watch Me Fix $1M+ Businesses Live: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF-fSrHojCgG8V5-7AKVrKgcbtsd-BXti&si=kEOVnNFnLhhhDbYA ———————————— Join Our Team: https://www.scalingwithsystems.com/careers ———————————— I break down the morning system that protects my mind, why skipping it changes my entire day, and the personal and business lessons I’m using to keep growing after $35M. CHAPTERS 00:00 Behind Enemy Lines and the beginner’s mindset 07:09 Diet, energy, and recovery 12:41 Radical transparency 16:32 Ambition vs. enjoying life 19:52 Build your morning armor 24:33 The pleasure of potential 29:21 Why Instagram makes me feel behind 33:09 Automating payroll 34:04 SaaS vs. service 39:23 Client problems are the business 42:55 Control-Z the experiments 44:20 Cash flow and enterprise value