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Dr. Forbes Riley

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2688 total appearances

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Pod Meets World
Dr. Forbes Riley Meets World

Because you would get back-end residuals, not like movies and TV that have to go through a union.

Pod Meets World
Dr. Forbes Riley Meets World

I got a percentage of sales.

Pod Meets World
Dr. Forbes Riley Meets World

When you have a $100 million product and you've got 1%, you don't work again.

Pod Meets World
Dr. Forbes Riley Meets World

And all of a sudden I learned to, it catapulted me into a world that was very unique.

Pod Meets World
Dr. Forbes Riley Meets World

And also these things ran all the time.

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Dr. Forbes Riley Meets World

My second commercial, main commercial, was for a commodities book.

Pod Meets World
Dr. Forbes Riley Meets World

This guy had analyzed 200 years, imagine this now with AI, 200 years of trading, created a book that guaranteed that 80% of the time, if you did exactly what he said, you'd make money.

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Dr. Forbes Riley Meets World

Two hundred and fifty million dollars.

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Dr. Forbes Riley Meets World

This thing was on your TV, every other commercial.

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Dr. Forbes Riley Meets World

And all of a sudden people like we want that girl.

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Dr. Forbes Riley Meets World

We want that girl.

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Dr. Forbes Riley Meets World

And I didn't have to audition again.

Pod Meets World
Dr. Forbes Riley Meets World

So wait, you said something really interesting.

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Dr. Forbes Riley Meets World

Do you do you normally get a piece of the product that you're selling for these infomercials?

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Dr. Forbes Riley Meets World

Only if you're a good negotiator.

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Dr. Forbes Riley Meets World

Really?

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Dr. Forbes Riley Meets World

So you're I mean, you're then basically you own part of the product in a way.

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Dr. Forbes Riley Meets World

I mean, you're for as long as the infomercial runs, you get paid on a percentage of sales.

Pod Meets World
Dr. Forbes Riley Meets World

You don't own equity in the company, which is a different negotiation.

Pod Meets World
Dr. Forbes Riley Meets World

And I will tell you, I blew a really big negotiation.