Perfectly Mentored with Jason Portnoy

Marcus Murphy is a well-known leader in the marketing and sales community that has gained attention for pioneering new and effective inside sales techniques. Along with being the prominent Director of Sales at Digital Marketer, Marcus is a respected LinkedIn instructor and speaker. His thoughtful and sharp advice about utilizing the world's largest networking opportunity has helped shape conv...

Jesse Edler is a person who some might call a visionary. His mission is to assist businessmen and women, and especially entrepreneurs, build their growth strategies in ways that are philosophical, spiritual, and "out of the box." Edler is an international life-coach and a teacher with plenty of heart. In this episode, we will cover: Self-Mastery Remembering what we already know Facing ne...

I talk with John Parkes, VP of Marketing at ClickFunnels concerning the use of funnels for driving web traffic, increasing conversions, and making sales. Parkes has been in the business for ten years. Marketing and campaigns are Parkes' specialty, and his history of success at buying ads and making millions from sales puts him in the position of what we like to call "expert." We cha...

From high school dropout to millionaire, Geoff Hughes is a true success story. He made $1.4 million the first year he launched his online business, and built two more seven-figure businesses over the next two years. Geoff took the time to share the secrets of his success with me in a recent podcast.

Justin Brooke isn't afraid to admit it: his life was going nowhere until he discovered the power of the internet. In 2007 he was an intern for Russell Brunson; though it was an unpaid internship, he was able to study Brunson's marketing library and receive what he calls "the education of a lifetime" while he wrote reviews on those marketing courses. Justin put that education to...

$4 billion dollars in direct response revenue. You read that right. $4 Billion, with a "B". That is how much Ron Lynch has achieved in DTC sales during his career and has truly earned the title of "The Marketing Mercenary".  Starting out as a humble grocery clerk, Ron found his way onto a movie set one day while in college. After obtaining his SAG card, he acted a little in the...

My guest in this episode is the epic Facebook marketer and six-figure account manager, Nick Shackelford. As many stories go, he didn't start out in marketing. He thought he would find his rhythm after achieving the status of a professional soccer player at the age of 25. He soon found out, though, that it was not his passion and after a chance encounter with a Pepsi marketing rep, he was intr...

This episode, we welcome back the founder of a product that is exploding in popularity, Snow teeth whitening, Josh Elizetxe. His last appearance gave us some amazing gems of insight, and we are excited to continue that journey in this podcast. Josh gives us an update on what has happened in the realm of Snow and explains how you can find new and exciting opportunities to get your brand noticed inc...

Depesh Mandalia is in the house to share his secrets to Facebook ads. After a long stint as a programmer, Depesh got involved in e-commerce in 2005 as a project manager with no experience in e-commerce. Little did he know at the time, this move would ignite a passion for learning everything he could about the user experience and marketing psychology in the social media realm. Once he understood ho...

Propaganda can be used for good or for evil. So, how do we use propaganda for good? Because social media is such a finely-tuned propaganda machine, they know exactly what to show us at the exact right time in the exact right place. Learn the techniques, utilize them, and the returns on your advertising budget will increase exponentially. Today, we have the co-founder of Black Box Social Media, Cur...

When you're on a mission to do good, success will always follow. And, that is the philosophy that our guest in this episode, Akbar Sheikh, adheres to in every aspect of his life, both in personal and business. He knows what it's like to build, literally, from the ground all the way to the top.  A #1 best-selling author, father, philanthropist, the maker of multiple 7-figure funnels, Akba...

In today's episode, we speak with Tim Burd, better known as "The Godfather" of Facebook Ads. With 15 years of helping companies grow their ad-posting prowess, Tim teaches us how to make your audience an offer they can't refuse.  This episode is a must for anyone using paid media.

My guest today is my good friend and inspiration, Vito Glazer. Vito is a PR News/Media and Newsjacking expert. He's the guy people turn toward to help them keep their reputations in great shape and in this episode, he shares many valuable secrets for managing your own reputation both on and offline. We discuss:  Reputation Management - Like mentioned above, be the first to tell your story. Yo...

I talk with Ryan Deiss, founder and CEO of DigitalMarketer.  Ryan has long been an established leader in digital marketing, and I had a variety of questions to ask him: How do you view the state of marketing in 2019, and how should agencies adapt to it? How can we respond to clients with unrealistic expectations? How has the traditional marketing funnel changed? What are the three golden rules of...

On this episode I spoke with Frank Kern (who you’ve probably seen all over social media) about Intent Based Branding and Behavioral Dynamic Response Marketing. Frank Kern started his career as a door to door salesman but did not have much success at it. In 1999, he took a course on how to sell things on the internet and this ultimately led him to become one of the most sought after Direct Response...

What makes a successful Facebook campaign? The answer might surprise you. Tap into the insights of one of digital media's leading experts in my recent podcast with Molly Pittman . Molly and I discuss how listeners can gain an understanding about how paid traffic works and what they must do to optimize their paid Facebook campaigns. Listen to this episode to get answers to these questions and...

Do you wonder why others are talented salespeople, but you're not? Perhaps you think some people are cut out for it, but you're not one of them. Maybe you just don't like selling. But by learning the skills, you can become a rockstar salesperson. If you're committed enough to show up and disciplined enough to keep at it and prove your value to prospects, you'll get those s...

Elena Cardone's book Build an Empire, How to Have it All , takes life coaching to the next level and she has plenty of advice for women to lift their fortunes from the ordinary to the extraordinary. It's based on the life lessons learned while building a business empire with her husband. Elena and her husband Grant, both entrepreneurs, took a significant hit in the financial collapse of...

This is the MBA episode! Roland Frasier is the co-founder and/or principal of three current Inc. Magazine fastest growing companies, and he has founded, scaled or sold 24 different 7 to 9 figure businesses ranging from consumer products to industrial machine manufacturing companies with adjusted sales ranging from $3 million to $337 million. He advises over 150 other companies on digitally centric...

I'm super excited for this podcast. I sat down with the legend himself, Gary Vaynerchuk (@Garyvee across all platforms). Gary went "on the record" to discuss everything from his persona, business, work life balance, patience vs. delusion, attention, the pollution of the marketing industry these days and much much more.  He was raw, he countered some claims and he delivered a ton of...

Brandon Steiner is an inspirational speaker, author and CEO of Steiner Sports, the leading producer of authentic hand-signed collectibles and sports experiences. Brandon and I discuss sports and business, negotiation skills and tips, business advice (including how he would build Steiner Sports in a 2019 world from scratch) and much more.

Josh Elizetxe, Founder of SNOW Teeth Whitening joins me on this podcast to talk about how he built the brand and took it, in a saturated market, to sales of over $100M. Josh discusses tactics and tips for brands to do the same.

Ryan Tseko joins me to talk real-estate investing, entrepreneurship, goal setting and much more. Ryan has gotten some fame by being Grant Cardone's private jet pilot. But he's also the Portfolio Manager of Cardone Capital and his story is incredible.  He is a true hustler, go-getter and an incredible real-estate entrepreneur. This is a must listen to episode. www.instagram.com/ryantseko...

Ezra has spent more than 10 years in ecommerce testing which strategies and types of content actually have an impact on converting customers. He's used these strategies to build a top-100 Shopify store that generates $20 million/year in revenue and is the founder of Smart Marketer. On this episode we get hands on and is a must for all ecomm marketers and store owners.

Mark Metry founded and operates VU Dream a virtual reality marketing and ad agency.  He is also the host of a top 100 podcast called: Humans 2.0 Mark discusses how he got to top 100 and some of the lessons he's learned from his podcast's superstar guest roster, the importance of authenticity and how he leveraged LinkedIn to build his following. https://www.markmetry.com/