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Keynotes built for small business audiences
Every talk is drawn from what David does daily across his own 60+ brands, then tailored to your event, your industry, and your audience. These are the topics organisers ask for most.
Your Next Hire Isn't Human
What happens when a small business treats AI like a staff member instead of just another app? David runs an international operation of 60+ brands in 32+ countries, with AI doing much of the heavy lifting. In this keynote he shows your audience exactly how, live on stage, and how they can start doing the same in their own business within a week.
Book This TalkPreparing Your Business for the Agentic Web
Your customers are starting to send AI agents to research, compare and buy for them. If an agent can't read your business, it can't recommend you and it can't buy from you. David shows your audience what an agent-ready business looks like: pages a machine can read, prices it can find, answers it can trust, and a way for it to enquire or order without a browser. Then he shows what he's done on his own sites, so they can copy it that week.
Enquire about this talkThe One-Person Empire
How does one owner run dozens of online stores without a big team? Systems, checklists, and knowing exactly what to automate and what to keep hands-on. Your audience leaves with a clear picture of which jobs to hand over and which ones to hold onto.
Enquire about this talkAI Without the Hype
Most AI talks are big on predictions and short on proof. This one is a working session: David builds a real, useful tool for a real audience member's business, live on stage. No theory, no jargon. Just proof that this technology is ready for small business right now.
Enquire about this talkStop Renting Your Customers
If Google or Meta changed the rules tomorrow, would your business survive? David has been suspended, throttled and burned by the big platforms, and rebuilt every time. A wake-up call about platform risk, with a practical plan for owning your email list, your website and your reviews.
Enquire about this talkThe Marketing Plan That Fits on a Beer Coaster
Small businesses rarely fail from too little marketing. They fail from too much of the wrong kind. David strips it all back to the handful of moves that actually grow revenue for a small business, and explains why most of the rest is expensive noise.
Enquire about this talkWhat Google's AI Search Means for Your Business
Customers are starting to ask AI for answers instead of scrolling through search results. That changes how every business gets found. David explains what is actually happening, what it means for local and niche businesses, and what to fix this year so you stay visible.
Enquire about this talkBoring Businesses, Beautiful Margins
Bird spikes. Curtain tracks. Latex pillows. David built profitable stores in niches nobody brags about at dinner parties, and that is exactly the point. A refreshing case for choosing unglamorous markets, charging properly, and letting everyone else fight over the trendy scraps.
Enquire about this talkMake your next event the one they keep talking about
From boardrooms to ballrooms, every keynote is tailored to your audience, your industry, and the outcome you need on the day. Here's what to expect when you book.
- Response within 24 hours
We'll come back with availability and a customised proposal. - Fully tailored to your audience
Content built for your industry and goals, with a pre-event briefing call. - No obligation, no hard sell
An honest conversation about whether David is the right fit for your event.
Formats
- Keynote (45–60 min)
- Half-day workshop
- Panel & MC
Audience size
- Intimate boardrooms
- Conferences of 1,000+
- Virtual & hybrid
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Event organisers don't just rate David highly. They book him again.
Their post-workshop feedback forms rated his presentation at the very top end of the scale. I would not hesitate to work with David again—in fact, I'm actively looking to make that happen.
We were thoroughly impressed with his ability to connect with business owners and share valuable insights. David was collaborative, engaging, and gained rave reviews from all who attended.
David was absolutely wonderful—a very insightful and engaging professional speaker. Exactly what we needed.
Booking David: common questions
Your event date and location, the time slot, who will be in the room and roughly how many. Then tell us what you want them to do differently afterwards. If you have a budget in mind, add that too.
Within 24 hours, with David's availability for your date and a proposal.
No. The quote is free and there's no hard sell.
David's availability for your date, a suggested format and topic for your audience, and the fee.
Mostly format, length and travel days. Extra preparation like a pre-event survey also counts, as do multiple sessions, custom programmes and recording.
Most keynotes fall between $3,500 and $5,000 AUD. Bigger jobs, like a custom programme or several sessions with long-haul travel, are quoted separately.
The fee covers David's time, including travel time. Flights and accommodation are added to the quote when your event needs them.
45 to 60 minutes. David can go as short as 25 or as long as 90, and the fee stays the same.
Yes. Multiple sessions, or a keynote plus a breakout, are quoted together as one job.
David asks about your audience and what success looks like for you afterwards. That's what turns a standard talk into one built for your room.
Yes. A pre-event survey or a few interviews can be built in. It's one of the things that shapes the quote.
Yes. Recording can be arranged and is included in the quote.
Conferences and seminars, corporate workshops, association and chamber events, and awards nights and galas.
Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia in person, and anywhere in the world virtually.
Yes. The site has a speaking enquiry endpoint at /api/speak that an AI agent can use, and it reaches a real person. It's described in the site's OpenAPI file.
Enquire anyway. Tell us the dates you're weighing up and you'll get availability across them.
Yes. Ask for a call in your enquiry and one will be set up.
Start with what you want people to do on Monday. The briefing call matches that to a topic, whether it's AI, marketing planning or getting found online.
Often, yes. If it sits within business, marketing or AI for small business, ask.
Event organiser Adam Reid called him a very insightful and engaging professional speaker. His words: exactly what we needed.