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Ryan Alford

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Podcast Appearances

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
How Ken Goldin Built a $500M Market: Attention, Hype & the Business of Collectibles

He came to the office.

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
How Ken Goldin Built a $500M Market: Attention, Hype & the Business of Collectibles

There was a

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
How Ken Goldin Built a $500M Market: Attention, Hype & the Business of Collectibles

Big publicity and real dog and pony show about the auction and making it special.

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
How Ken Goldin Built a $500M Market: Attention, Hype & the Business of Collectibles

We got a lot of publicity.

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
How Ken Goldin Built a $500M Market: Attention, Hype & the Business of Collectibles

It didn't sell because I had a reserve.

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
How Ken Goldin Built a $500M Market: Attention, Hype & the Business of Collectibles

It didn't sell.

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
How Ken Goldin Built a $500M Market: Attention, Hype & the Business of Collectibles

That didn't matter because I got a lot of eyeballs.

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
How Ken Goldin Built a $500M Market: Attention, Hype & the Business of Collectibles

I got a lot of registrations.

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
How Ken Goldin Built a $500M Market: Attention, Hype & the Business of Collectibles

We did $800,000 in our first auction.

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
How Ken Goldin Built a $500M Market: Attention, Hype & the Business of Collectibles

Everything sold tremendously.

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
How Ken Goldin Built a $500M Market: Attention, Hype & the Business of Collectibles

There was a hurricane in the middle of it.

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
How Ken Goldin Built a $500M Market: Attention, Hype & the Business of Collectibles

I stopped the auction.

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
How Ken Goldin Built a $500M Market: Attention, Hype & the Business of Collectibles

That was Hurricane Sandy.

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
How Ken Goldin Built a $500M Market: Attention, Hype & the Business of Collectibles

And we said, okay, I donated $50,000 worth of merchandise that I had.

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
How Ken Goldin Built a $500M Market: Attention, Hype & the Business of Collectibles

We auctioned it off to the Red Cross and just generated a lot of publicity.

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
How Ken Goldin Built a $500M Market: Attention, Hype & the Business of Collectibles

I just tried a lot of things.

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
How Ken Goldin Built a $500M Market: Attention, Hype & the Business of Collectibles

I did a deal with DuPont Registry.

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
How Ken Goldin Built a $500M Market: Attention, Hype & the Business of Collectibles

You know why?

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
How Ken Goldin Built a $500M Market: Attention, Hype & the Business of Collectibles

They sell really expensive cars.

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
How Ken Goldin Built a $500M Market: Attention, Hype & the Business of Collectibles

People with money, I figured, go there.