Dr. Forbes Riley
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Podcast Appearances
Because you would get back-end residuals, not like movies and TV that have to go through a union.
I got a percentage of sales.
When you have a $100 million product and you've got 1%, you don't work again.
And all of a sudden I learned to, it catapulted me into a world that was very unique.
And also these things ran all the time.
My second commercial, main commercial, was for a commodities book.
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.
Two hundred and fifty million dollars.
This thing was on your TV, every other commercial.
And all of a sudden people like we want that girl.
And I didn't have to audition again.
So wait, you said something really interesting.
Do you do you normally get a piece of the product that you're selling for these infomercials?
Only if you're a good negotiator.
So you're I mean, you're then basically you own part of the product in a way.
I mean, you're for as long as the infomercial runs, you get paid on a percentage of sales.
You don't own equity in the company, which is a different negotiation.
And I will tell you, I blew a really big negotiation.