The Lead King Podcast

In this episode, I sit down with Gary Capps — Australian entrepreneur, six-figure agency owner, and founder of myCRMSIM. We dive into how Gary created myCRMSIM to help High Level users send unlimited SMS, iMessage, and WhatsApp messages without A2P registration or per-message fees. But this isn’t about spam — Gary is on a mission to educate marketers on how to send messages the right way. He share...

On this episode of The Lead King Podcast , Russ Ward welcomes Adrian Isfan, founder and CEO of CallFluent, a cutting-edge voice AI software. Adrian shares his journey into AI, from working with GPT in its early invite-only days to launching CallFluent in 2023 with a focus on ultra-low latency conversations. They dive into the technical aspects of AI prompt engineering, the use of OpenAI API keys,...

Bryan Dulaney is a top online marketer who has generated over $500 million in sales using funnels and strategic digital marketing. His expertise has led him to work with industry giants like Tony Robbins, helping drive multi-million-dollar product launches. His journey began with a life-changing experience in 2003, when he survived a near-death incident from alcohol poisoning. This event led him t...

In this episode of The Lead King Podcast, I'm chatting with Jeff Miller, who's not just any marketing guru – he's a guy who's built an 8-figure agency from scratch. Jeff's story is pretty wild. He started his marketing agency back in 2016 after a rough patch of losing jobs and having to move back in with his folks. He hustled hard and grew his business to pulling in over 100k a...

On this episode of The Lead King podcast my guest is Josh Cline. Josh is a digital marketing agency owner who went through a very long process of self improvement to ultimately end up creating and owning a very successful agency. His personal story alone will inspire you if you are in the beginning phases of your journey or if you have hit a rough patch along the way. Josh also shares with us how...

On this episode of The Lead King Podcast Russ discusses how he originally started taking payments when he was selling bootleg sex tapes and TV shows. He tells the story of how his funds were regulaly frozen and why and explains how you can avoid the same fate! This episode also rehases some of the most outrageous moments of Russ' journey to build a bootleg video empire!

In this episode of The Lead King Podcast I interview expert white label agency owner, agency growth coach, and system and process master Morgan Zolko. I worked with Morgan personally on a project when I needed guaranteed results in a specific niche. I was incredibly impressed by how efficient and easy his systems and processes were and how quickly he was able to generate the exact results he promi...

In this episode of The Lead King Podcast I interview Psych-K facilitator LeAnna Korner. You may ask why I'm interviewing someone outside the realm of marketing and my answer is simple! LeAnna helped me in such profound ways that I just had to share her with my audience and the world! One huge obstacle LeAnna helped me overcome was my lack of belief in my own value. Like many other marketers, I sta...

In this episode of The Lead King Podcast, Russ interviews organic marketing, offer creation, profile funnel, and group marketing expert Desmond Nanor. Desmons shares his story of entering the world of marketing after he bought a $700 Tai Lopez course with his first paycheck after graduating from high school. He has since transformed that knowledge into a full blown marketing, coaching, offer creat...

In this episode of The Lead King Podcast, Russ discusses the parallells between picking up a new client and picking up a woman. This entertaining episode goes through the steps you must take to "land" a client ... or a date. He goes on to discuss knowing your worth in both business and relationships and setting healthy boundaries. You definitely won't want to miss the part where Russ discusses the...

In this episode of The Lead King Podcast I interview the owner of Epicurious One Stephanie Love! Stephanie has been in the wine business for over 15 years. She started out as a wine event planner, had some bumps along her journey, and eventually started her own wine tasting and event planning business. Without any formal training, Stephanie became a master organic marketer and regularly sells out...

In this episode of The Lead King Podcast I get very vulnerable and raw with my audience and explain how I wrecked my life then used Law of Attraction and meditation to start and grow a six figure marketing agency. I get into the specifics of what I did and how you can do it too!

In this episode of The Lead King Podcast I interview seven figure agency owner Kelly Gordon. After enduring massive adversity dating back to her childhood, Kelly started a digital marketing agency from nothing and grew her business to over seven figures. She shares how she got started, how she built her agency, her theory on different types of pricing models and much more! You will want to listen...

In this episode of The Lead King Podcast I interview Carlos Redlich - copywriting expert and agency owner. Carlos tells his story of how he went from the lights and water being turned off to making six figures through copywriting literally overnight! In addition to his inspiring story, Carlos shares actionable steps you can use to write better copy immeidately! In this episode you will discover th...

In this episode of The Lead King Podcast I interview Chelsea Hutchinson. I met Chelsea because I noticed my friends commenting on many of her posts. I saw that her content and engagement was really good so I reached out to make a connection with her. We talked a little bit and I invited her on to the show to be the first interview of my Badass Women in Marketing Series! Chelsea is a somewhat new m...

In this episode of The Lead King Podcast Russ interviews Go High Level automation expert Michael Dallas-Petersen. Like many other guests on The Lead King Podcast, Michael came from humble beginnings and faced huge challenges along the way. He started a digital marketing agency while still working a full time job and now consistently generates $50k+ in revenue every month. You will not want to miss...

In this episode of The Lead King Podcast I interview one of my own students - Luke Hyde. When I first started working with Luke he was only 18 years old. He was curious about digital marketing and was starting to learn all he could while he worked as a janitor. He started to put it all together and eventually went full time with his digital marketing agency Drive Digital Advertising. Luke is now p...

In this episode of The Lead King Podcast, Russ interviews his good friend (and one of his first clients) Lance Greenberg. Lance found himself in a situation where he was a single father, homeless, nearly disabled, working full time and also trying to launch a digital marketing business when his kids went to sleep. You won't want to miss Lance's inspirational comeback story! He now runs a very succ...

In this episode of The Lead King Podcast I interview marketing leadership coach Al Tepper. Al shares with us many of the pillars of success he has used to build a marketing agency and coaching business. Al discusses humanizing and being real with people, how to turn your story into your brand, where to find your "champagne" clients, and much more!

In this episode of The Lead King Podcast Russ interviews zero doc business funding expert Joe Lawrence. With 12 years of industry experience, Joe knows every strategy to get funding for any kind of business. Joe discusses how to navigate the SBA disaster loans and PPP loans and offers his advice on how to work with local banks to get them. He also discusses how to work with local banks to get zero...

Sherrie Sokolowski shares her strategies for event planning during these uncertain times. We discuss her time with Glazer-Kennedy, planning the initial Funnel Hacking Live events, and so much more! You do not want to miss my interview with this industry expert!

In this episode of The Lead King Podcast Russ discusses his many failures in business and life and why it is so important to embrace your failures so your ultimate success can be an inspiration to others.

Seven figure agency owner, software developer and high level coach and mentor, Ross Christifulli is my guest on this episode of The Lead King Podcast. Ross discusses how he built his agency through many trials along the way, planning and running a huge live event (that included Daymond John as keynote speaker), and much more!

The story of my trip to Las Vegas to see Connor McGregor fight in UFC 246, some drunk Irish guys who beat someone down because he threw a beer at me, and how it all relates to marketing in general!

I had the privilege of interviewing top level copywriting expert Alyson Lex. Alyson started out by working at the Glaser Kennedy company in an administrative role. She quickly rose through the ranks and became the marketing manager. The first email she sent generated over $8,000 in revenue in three days! Alyson discusses some great copywriting tips, tells us about some of her difficulties along th...