
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


Sammie Ellard-King built a financial education brand from a personal debt journey and turned it into a media empire, generating 1 billion views in 2025.
He cleared £24,000 of debt in 18 months, taught himself everything about money, and turned that obsession into Up The Gains - a business spanning YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, a podcast, and a 35,000-strong email list. All built over 5 years.
Sammie is now building Gains App, a fintech product co-founded with his operations director, backed by £285,000 in raised capital, and designed to give everyday people an AI-powered financial coach in their pocket.
In this conversation, Sammie reveals:
-Why Facebook is the most underrated platform for reaching everyday people and how 90% of his 1 BILLION views came from there 👀
-The investing concept that can build real wealth explained in 60 seconds flat 💸
-How he puts out 25 pieces of content a day, and his exact genius strategy behind it
-What raising £285,000 actually taught him - and why 90% of it came from ONE thing
-What building an app taught him that 7 years of content NEVER could
-How he built an incredibly smart marketing funnel that brings in leads for his business
-Why he works LESS than he used to - and why he performs BETTER because of it
For anyone trying to turn content into a business, trying to make themselves less of a bottleneck in their business - this one is PACKED full of value 🚀
--------
This episode is brought to you by our Sponsors:
Mavericks Growth Club.
This is for you if you’re ready to scale and want access to epic in-person and online events with world-class entrepreneurs who can show you the way.
You’ll unlock powerful strategies on our exclusive Mavericks-only Strategy Days, where you get dedicated time to work on your business - plus access to weekly coaching calls.
Sign up here: https://www.atomic.site/mavericks
------
Sammie's links:
https://gainsapp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/upthegainsmoney/
https://www.instagram.com/gainsmoneyapp/
------
Steal our Sales Call Success Template and convert more of the right people on calls and get more ‘YESES’ than ever before without feeling salesy
Access our FREE Sales Call Success Template, to help double your conversation rate call, forevermore.
https://atomic.site/sales-script/
------
#DontWorkHarder #BusinessGrowth #SalesandMarketing
By ATOMICSammie Ellard-King built a financial education brand from a personal debt journey and turned it into a media empire, generating 1 billion views in 2025.
He cleared £24,000 of debt in 18 months, taught himself everything about money, and turned that obsession into Up The Gains - a business spanning YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, a podcast, and a 35,000-strong email list. All built over 5 years.
Sammie is now building Gains App, a fintech product co-founded with his operations director, backed by £285,000 in raised capital, and designed to give everyday people an AI-powered financial coach in their pocket.
In this conversation, Sammie reveals:
-Why Facebook is the most underrated platform for reaching everyday people and how 90% of his 1 BILLION views came from there 👀
-The investing concept that can build real wealth explained in 60 seconds flat 💸
-How he puts out 25 pieces of content a day, and his exact genius strategy behind it
-What raising £285,000 actually taught him - and why 90% of it came from ONE thing
-What building an app taught him that 7 years of content NEVER could
-How he built an incredibly smart marketing funnel that brings in leads for his business
-Why he works LESS than he used to - and why he performs BETTER because of it
For anyone trying to turn content into a business, trying to make themselves less of a bottleneck in their business - this one is PACKED full of value 🚀
--------
This episode is brought to you by our Sponsors:
Mavericks Growth Club.
This is for you if you’re ready to scale and want access to epic in-person and online events with world-class entrepreneurs who can show you the way.
You’ll unlock powerful strategies on our exclusive Mavericks-only Strategy Days, where you get dedicated time to work on your business - plus access to weekly coaching calls.
Sign up here: https://www.atomic.site/mavericks
------
Sammie's links:
https://gainsapp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/upthegainsmoney/
https://www.instagram.com/gainsmoneyapp/
------
Steal our Sales Call Success Template and convert more of the right people on calls and get more ‘YESES’ than ever before without feeling salesy
Access our FREE Sales Call Success Template, to help double your conversation rate call, forevermore.
https://atomic.site/sales-script/
------
#DontWorkHarder #BusinessGrowth #SalesandMarketing