BAD Marketing Podcast with Eddie Maalouf

Kieran O'Brien (Founder, MediaKits & ShopGenie) talks about his journey in the auto repair industry, successful approaches to fundraising, and invaluable lessons learned from his experiences in selling his companies. He started his first company at 16 and has since sold MediaKits, a consumer SaaS platform for influencers and personalities. Now, he has found a new venture and launched a platform na...

Luc Simmons & Nikola Stojanovic (Partners, 4Media London) share how they scaled and sold their agency to 4Media, what the acquisition process was like, and what it's like growing up in Serbia and the UK. After meeting online, Luc and Nik partnered up to create a digital marketing agency. After years of running a successful business, they were approached by Eddie to talk about what it would look li...

Jaylen LaGrande (CEO of 3:16 Collection and Million Dollar Brands) comes on the podcast to discuss his success and struggles as a business owner. He started his career eleven years ago with a brand called Religious Expressions, selling t-shirts through multiple brands. Over the last three years, 3:16 Collection has made about 6 million in sales, transitioning from brick and mortar to ecommerce. Th...

Neal Karski, CEO of Patient Engine, talks about his experience running a marketing agency from the middle of the woods in Blue Ridge, Georgia. He explains how he came to this lifestyle choice and how he has been able to build a successful agency while living in such a remote location. Karski also encourages people to invest in themselves and to fall in love with who they are. He speaks of the impo...

Ravi Abuvala (CEO - Scaling with Systems) shares his journey from being a waiter to a massively successful entrepreneur. He shares how to maximize efficiency, why content is king, how he's using AI in his business, and the idea of reputational currency. During this episode, he gets vulnerable with us and even shares some things about his personal life that he has never shared publicly before. We w...

Dee Deng (Founder, Right Hook Digital) , Tommy Patterson (Founder, WKND) and Kyle Hunt (COO, WKND) join us at Agency Founders for a round table about running a business/ agency, scaling it, and the process of letting people go. Dee Deng is the Co-Founder of Right Hook Digital, one of the largest growing agencies in the space. His Company manages millions in ad spend for their growth clients across...

Josh Hahn is the founder of  Shroom Junkie, the world's first PlantMilk powered by Mushrooms. He shares why other plantmilks suck, some crazy things they are doing with mushrooms, and how they raised $200M in funding to make this company a reality. During this episode, the guys talk about what it takes to bring a product like this to market, what struggles they had to overcome, and what the future...

Anatoliy Labinskiy (Ecommerce Agency Owner, 4-Time Two Comma Club award winner) shares his story of escaping the war in Ukraine to save his son while running a 50 person marketing agency. Anatoliy shares his story of humble beginnings trying to create a better life for himself, how he got into ecommerce, escaping the war in Ukraine, and how it affected his family and his team. Anatoliy is the foun...

JR Rivas & Phillip Tran (Founders - BNB Leverage, Hosts of the Full Disclosure Podcast) talk about Airbnb Arbitrage, Phillips success story, and how they found massive success using TikTok. JR is a returning guest to the podcast and this time brings his new partner Phillip along for the ride. Originally JR denied the partnership until Phillip came to him with 200 Leads from a $100 TikTok Ad. Now t...

Nehemiah Davis (Award Winning Author, Entrepreneur, & Philanthropist) shares his rags to riches story, his business ventures, and much more! Growing up in Philadelphia it wasn't easy for Nehemiah Davis, his story is truly unique and signifies "Rags to Riches". Starting early in his life with a Junk removal business and over committing to clients, he quickly grew to become a true learner and entrep...

Joel Kaplan & Sergio Tavarez (Founders of Agency Lab) uncover the biggest scam in the USA, why they make such great partners, how they've built multiple seven and eight figure brands, the importance of coming up with a great offer, and why they love Andrew Tate. Sergio joins the podcast for the first time to share his story of growing up with a single mother, why he decided to drop out of college,...

Jake the Stock Guy (Options Trader, Freedom Seeker, Stock Market Guru) tells the story behind his success, his day trading community, and his course, which goes over how to start trading in less than 14 days. The guys talk about how much money Jake makes in a day, his thoughts on why he chooses to make less money to have more freedom, and his plans for using machine learning and artificial intelli...

Robert J. Miller (co-founder of ARC, cryptocurrency investor) is a digital entrepreneur that has grown many ecom and personal brands to multiple 7-figures and above. He has worked under Grant Cardone, run 2 digital advertising agencies, built a cryptocurrency hedge fund, and has generated over $50M in online revenue for over 200 brands. Now, he runs ARC (Automated Retail Commerce), a business deve...

Eric Fozz (founder - Pathfinder Marketing) shares his journey from dropping out of college to growing his successful marketing agency for painters. Eric's agency, Pathfinder Marketing, is revolutionizing the way painting companies land projects through their proprietary process. In this episode, we discuss his journey with wrestling, the importance of father figures, and how being broke pushed him...

Kendall Shaw (young ecomm legend, co-founder of ARC) at just 22 years old, has grown many ecomm brands to multiple 7-figures and above. In the past, he has run his own Marketing Agency and grown many of his own dropshipping and ecomm brands. Now, he runs ARC (Automated Retail Commerce) with his business partner, Robert J. Miller (our upcoming guest for episode 29). ARC is a business development fi...

Shep Ogden & Bailey Grady, Founders of Offbeat Media Group, have been hacking attention since they were in high school. They are the go-to agency for McDonald's, Tiktok, Netflix, Samsung & many more to help them market to Gen Z. On this episode they talk about the early days of digital real estate, meme marketing, how they helped TikTok build their original user base, and they explain why they are...

George Yu (Multi-Family Real Estate Investor, World Traveler, Entrepreneur, Pilot) returns to the podcast to discuss his outlook on the world, the fall of the American Empire, and finding true value and fulfillment in life. Over the past 6 months, George has been growing his portfolio of multi-family real estate development, investing in international real estate, building homes out of shipping co...

Arab (Twitch streamer, YouTuber, Podcaster, Eddie's brother) returns to the podcast after 6 months and discusses his new venture into IRL Streaming, crazy stream moments, creating content, and why this was the best move for his career. This episode will keep you on the edge of your seat while also making you want to fall to the ground laughing. FOLLOW ARAB: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/arab Insta...

Sam Maxwell (Ecommerce Entrepreneur) shares his story from power washing to launching several successful ecommerce brands. In this episode, he goes deep into his past, his come up, and new businesses he's working on as a young entrepreneur. From dropshipping Legos, to battling his addiction to adderall, he has a very powerful story for such a young guy. You definitely don't want to miss this episo...

Chuckie & Shelby Gregory (Co-Founders - Club EarlyBird) share their story of how two regular people became successful by creating a product to solve a problem everyone faces. In this episode, they share their story of how they went from running a gas station food distribution company, trying and failing at product creation, and eventually creating their flagship product, Club EarlyBird. FOLLOW CLU...

Jonathon Kendall (CEO of DealRaise, COO of LeadNurture) is an investor, author, copywriter, speaker, and avid reader. He stopped by the 4Media office to discuss personal growth, becoming an author, and why taking big risks leads to big rewards. From leading college mission trips in Guatemala to becoming CEO of multiple companies, Jonathon's path to success was filled with unexpected career changes...

Tommy Patterson & Brandon Fink (Co-Founders - WKND Agency) share stories of childhood trauma, making $15 million from KN-94 mask sales at the start of the pandemic, and how to create an agency that can't stop growing. In this episode, Tommy & Brandon share how they got into digital marketing, how they met and decided to team up, and the strategies they've used to grow WKND agency into the dominati...

Nick Shackelford (Founder: Structured Agency, Konstant Kreative, Geek Out) shares his story of being a Soccer Star to being an absolute Ecommerce LEGEND. If you don't know Nick Shackelford, and you're in the DTC Marketing space, you're simply not paying attention. One of the absolute OG's in the space, Nick has spoken at the biggest marketing events around the world, and has paved the way for mill...

Josh Chin & Louis Teo, (Founders of Chronos Agency, experts of email marketing) flew 18 hours from Singapore to share their secrets of managing a remote team, hiring top talent, and how they built their ecommerce email marketing agency out of their bedrooms. This was such a fun episode, you definitely don't want to miss it. FOLLOW JOSH & LOUIS: Website: https://chronos.agency/ Chronos YouTube: htt...

With his company Klevr Solutions Icon produces some of the best events around. He strives to help companies reach their first $1,000,000 day through live vents. In this episode he breaks down exactly how he got here and oddly enough, why he doesn't believe in pigeons. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 02:33 - Who is Iconic Becker? 03:26 - Iconic hates the letter C? 04:39 - From videographer to event coord...