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Start Here ↗Strategy Systems Sustainable Growth
Build a Business That Grows Without Constant Hustle.
Empire Builder Hub is a Greater St. Louis business-growth consultancy and strategic growth partner for local and service-based businesses. We connect strategy, websites, messaging, local SEO, CRM, automation, content, and advertising into a system built around what your business needs next.
Book Your Growth Assessment →Clarity first.Systems second.Growth that lasts.
The real product
You don’t need more marketing activity. You need a growth system.
We look at the whole business—how people find you, why they choose you, what happens after they raise their hand, and what will make growth easier to repeat.
A clear definition
What is a business growth system?
A business growth system connects how customers discover a company, why they choose it, how leads are captured and followed up with, and how the business measures and repeats growth.
Instead of buying disconnected tactics, you build a practical path from attention to trust, conversation, service, and repeatable opportunity.
See how the Growth Assessment finds the right starting point →How we help
Four outcomes. One connected system.
Websites, content, CRM, automation, advertising, and coaching are tools. We select and connect the right ones around the outcome your business needs next.
Get Chosen
Turn attention into trust with a clearer market position.
- Brand
- Messaging
- Content
- Authority
Get Organized
Create a reliable system for every lead and relationship.
- CRM
- Automations
- Follow-up
- Lead tracking
Grow Predictably
Make better growth decisions with a plan and real visibility.
- Campaigns
- Reporting
- Strategy
- Monthly coaching
Featured offer
Need more consistent opportunities?
We’ll manage your Meta or Google ads and install the system that captures and nurtures your leads for $497 per month.
$497per month
+ ad spend
Explore the $497 Growth System →+ ad spend
Ways to work together
One clear path, scaled to what you need.
Start with clarity. Build only what solves the real constraint. Add support as the business is ready for it.
01Start here
Business Growth Assessment
A focused diagnostic to identify the constraint slowing your growth and map the most practical next move.
Book your assessment→02Built for you
Growth System Implementation
A customized engagement connecting the strategy, website, messaging, CRM, automation, content, and campaigns your business actually needs.
Discuss your growth system→03Coming soon
Empire Builder Academy
Coaching, practical resources, and a community for local business owners building stronger companies with intention.
Join the interest list→Strategy, websites, CRM, content, implementation, and ongoing growth support are custom-scoped after the Business Growth Assessment.
The starting point
Every engagement begins with a Business Growth Assessment.
Before recommending a website, campaign, CRM, or content plan, we diagnose what is actually getting in the way of growth. You leave with a clearer view of your priorities and the most practical next move.
- 01See the whole picture
Offer, message, visibility, conversion, and systems.
- 02Find the constraint
Identify the gap costing you attention, leads, or follow-up.
- 03Build the path
Turn insight into a focused, achievable growth plan.
The five-area diagnostic
Five areas every Growth Assessment evaluates.
Together, these areas reveal whether the next priority is clearer positioning, stronger visibility, better conversion, or the operating system behind growth.
- 01
Offer
What you sell, who it is for, and why it is worth choosing.
- 02
Message
How clearly the right customer understands the value.
- 03
Visibility
Where and how people discover the business.
- 04
Conversion
How interest becomes a lead, appointment, or sale.
- 05
Systems
How follow-up, delivery, and measurement support repeatable growth.
Selected work
Built around the business, not a template.
Every engagement starts with the real constraint, then connects the right strategy, message, content and systems around the outcome.
Appalachia Feel Good
Clarifying offers, building a content rhythm, and creating a stronger path from discovery to bookings.
Current client engagement15new members
Zuul Wellness
During a multi-month engagement, one focused seven-day campaign added 15 new members to the Zuul Tribe private wellness community.
Past multi-month engagement · 15 members added in 7 daysPaws with Em
Refining the website experience, brand presentation, booking flow, and client communication system.
Website improvements underwayWhere we do our best work
01Wellness
02Home Services
03Real Estate
04Professional Services
05Restaurants & Hospitality
06Nonprofits
Founder and strategic voice
André Timberlake
André Timberlake founded Empire Builder Hub to help business owners make clearer growth decisions and connect the moving parts behind customer acquisition, follow-up, and sustainable growth.
His work centers on a practical belief: the right website, message, CRM, automation, content, or campaign matters most when it solves the real constraint and supports the whole business.
Start a focused growth conversation →Coming soon
Empire Builder Academy
A private community for local business owners who want better strategy, stronger systems, and a circle of people building with intention.
- Weekly coaching
- Growth resources
- Referral network
- Masterminds
Focused resources
Useful tools, without the clutter.
These standalone resources support specific needs. They are not substitutes for the Growth Assessment or a complete growth system.
Free offer-clarity toolThe Empire Alchemist↗Real estate focused · Useful for service businesses30-Day Lead Challenge
A 30-day lead-generation program for real estate agents, with principles that translate to many service businesses. Introduced by André Timberlake, with course training from Jason Wardrop, purchased for resale in 2022.
↗Insights
Clear thinking for stronger local businesses.
Explore practical guidance on business growth systems, local visibility, CRM, follow-up, websites, and advertising.
View the Empire Builder Hub insights roadmap →Common questions
Straight answers before you start.
What to expect from the assessment, the work, and the available ways to engage.
What is a Business Growth Assessment?+
A focused diagnostic of your offer, message, visibility, conversion, and systems. It identifies the constraint creating the most friction and maps the most practical next move.
What types of businesses does Empire Builder Hub work with?+
Empire Builder Hub works primarily with local and service-based businesses, including wellness, home services, real estate, professional services, restaurants and hospitality, and nonprofits.
What is included in a business growth system?+
A growth system connects how customers discover your business, why they choose it, how leads are captured and followed up with, and how results are measured and repeated.
Does Empire Builder Hub offer websites and SEO?+
Yes. Websites, local SEO, messaging, and content are connected to the larger customer journey instead of treated as isolated deliverables.
Can Empire Builder Hub set up CRM and automated follow-up?+
Yes. CRM, lead capture, pipelines, email and text follow-up, and practical automations can be configured around the way your business actually sells and serves.
Does Empire Builder Hub manage Meta and Google advertising?+
Yes. The $497 Growth System includes management of one Meta or Google Ads channel plus lead capture, automated nurture, and a sales pipeline. Advertising spend is separate.
Is Empire Builder Hub only available to businesses in St. Louis?+
Greater St. Louis is the primary service area. Select businesses outside the region may also be supported when the engagement is a strong fit.
How much does working with Empire Builder Hub cost?+
Focused solutions begin at $297 per month. The published advertising Growth System is $497 per month plus ad spend. Larger strategy and implementation engagements are scoped after the Business Growth Assessment.
What happens after the Growth Assessment?+
You receive a clear priority and recommended next move. If Empire Builder Hub is a fit, the next step may be a focused service, a connected implementation, or ongoing growth support.
Your next move
Build the business behind the ambition.
Start with a focused assessment. Leave with a clearer view of what needs attention now and what can wait.
Book Your Growth Assessment →