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, and how CallFluent integrates with platforms like Go High Level. Adrian also highlights responsible ...
Feb 25, 2025•41 min•Ep. 32
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 to seek purpose and transformation, eventually guiding him into personal development, marketing, and ...
Feb 03, 2025•46 min•Ep. 32
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 month, but then COVID hit and wiped it all out. But here's the crazy part – Jeff didn't give up. He bounced back and go...
Jan 31, 2024•51 min
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 he built his agency from literally nothing to six figures and how he developed a course on how to us...
Aug 19, 2022•43 min
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!
Aug 11, 2022•25 min
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 promised. Because of this great experience I invited him on to the podcast so I could share his knowledge...
Aug 08, 2022•21 min
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 started out charging very low rates - as low as $50. From there I never really felt I was worth the pri...
Jul 30, 2022•27 min
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 creation, and funnel building powerhouse that has generated over $1 Million dollars in sales for his clie...
Jul 20, 2022•32 min
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 case study he did when he dated two groups of women while treating each differently - one as a perf...
Mar 24, 2022•28 min
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 her wine tasting events! She has an incredible story of overcoming adversity and a many solid words ...
Mar 12, 2022•26 min
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!
Feb 14, 2022•37 min
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 to the entire episod so you can get to know her story and learn how you can work with her personally...
Feb 08, 2022•28 min
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 the simple five step formula for writing advertising that makes you money!
Dec 29, 2021•51 min
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 marketer. She started in May of 2021 after some tough times in her life and a rough breakup. He prett...
Oct 22, 2021•25 min
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 his story of overcoming adversity as well as the many huge golden nuggets he drops to listeners of ...
Dec 09, 2020•39 min
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 passionate about sharing his message of how entrepreneurship, specifically marketing, can change the ...
Nov 17, 2020•28 min
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 successful digital marketing agency and provides an amazing life for himself and his family!
Aug 21, 2020•41 min
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!
May 25, 2020•34 min
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 doc funding from $100k - $500k! Joe's advice can help anyone who needs money to grow their business...
May 06, 2020•31 min
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!
Apr 02, 2020•45 min
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.
Mar 17, 2020•25 min
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!
Feb 11, 2020•36 min
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!
Jan 31, 2020•25 min
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 the way and shares a ton of golden nuggets. You will not want to miss this episode!
Jan 21, 2020•35 min
In this episode of The Lead King Podcast I interview Brandon Duff. Brandon is a former six figure fitness trainer who lost his business when he moved and became a software developer. He shares best practices for Facebook profile engagement, his new software, and some fitness tips to keep you on track for your new year resolutions!
Jan 15, 2020•23 min
The story of the destruction of my life continues as I start making $15k+ per per month selling bootleg NFL games on DVD. I ended up getting sued for $10 Million dollars and got out of everything! Listen to entire episode to hear the whole story!
Jan 06, 2020•22 min
Ace Reddy joins us to talk about how he got started in the e-commerce business. He shares what has worked best for him and how to best apply what he learned to your business! He also discusses how to use memes to boost engagement on your social media profiles and how to sell your products and services organically.
Dec 28, 2019•38 min
I dive deep with Jason Wardrop on the topic of real estate lead generation and agency growth. Jason shares his best strategies for followup, branding, and touches on webinar marketing. Whether you work in the real estate niche or not, you will not want to miss this interview with all the knowledge he drops on this episode!
Dec 27, 2019•29 min
The story picks up where I was just shut down by eBay and could not sell sex tapes anymore. Panicked, I started searching for a way to sell something else that would generate as much income as before! That was how I found a way to quickly get to $15k/month selling a wide variety of bootleg DVDs. You won't want to miss the crazy story behind how I made this happen!
Dec 27, 2019•29 min
Kim discusses how she got started in digital marketing while working a full time job and without a following or a list. While starting from humble beginnings, she had the odds stacked against her but became a massive success through hard work and creativity!
Dec 26, 2019•24 min
