When I ran my Dead Group Goldmine auction, I made more money by talking to people who commented on my pre-auction post. DM'd every commenter: "Hey [Name]! Thanks for commenting on my post about the dormant group auction. Do you have a group that's been sitting dormant, or are you thinking about starting one?" When they answered, I used X-ray T2 and dug deeper. Whatever they say, your job is to dig deeper. - "Tell me more about that..." - "What else is important to you?" - Get SPECIFIC about what they want Keep them talking. It's rarely the first thing they tell you. The conversations will tell you: - What language THEY use (not your assumptions) - What they're REALLY buying (it's not "dead group revival" - it's something deeper) - What price point makes sense In my case, I discovered that I can also position my strategy for new groups with low active members, instead of just focusing on dead groups. Then everybody interested received a DM: "I'm going to run an auction where the winner gets the exact post structure, positioning, and step-by-step process I used. But before I do that, I wanted to talk to a few people like you to make sure I'm including everything that matters. If you could get your group making [their desired result] - what would be worth paying for that?" This tells you their price sensitivity WITHOUT you throwing out a number first. There were a couple super HOT people, so I DM'd them: "You know what - you seem like exactly the right person for this. The auction might go higher than makes sense for you. What if I just hooked you up directly for $[reasonable number based on their buying history]? Would that work?" Closed them even before the auction started.

Pre-Auction post scheduled for Monday I am BEYOND excited! Just got off my first coffee date. The dude is super skeptical whether it would work or not. But his paid community has been stuck at ~250 members for months while his free community almost doubled during that time. And he's looking for ways to change that. He kept saying "Can we make it a $100 starting bid?" "What if the highest bid is only $100?" And I kept bringing it back to the pre-auction post. I REALLY had to work hard to NOT get into the nitty gritty lol.. But I think his pain is enough with his current situation so he's open to the test. And cool with the 25% split. So we're gonna start the test on Monday. He'll be sending it out via email as well. He has a 9k Free Skool The paid community is $99/mo, $149/mo & $6k/year for the DFY Then there’s also a group format DWY for $1k We're doing the pre-auction for the DFY Posting the pre-auction post separately for review:

I don't want to tell you to get in it, cuz I don't want the competition. But if you're looking for new opps... check it out ASAP. I got this lead list in less than twenty minutes from the first vid in the program. Perfect targeted leads for the service we're pushing right now.

So, I have people literally reaching out to me to talk about auctions saying "can you do this for me too?" and I haven't even scheduled my first auction yet cause I've been a bit too afraid I might mess up so I'm actually overcomplicating things but getting off that vibe ahah. One guy just reached out to me to see if I still wanted to buy his 10k program on copywriting and I said I've been working on this new hot thing that is helping businesses sell like crazy and he didn't understand and thought I was running ads. I explained again and he told me "can you do this for me?". This guy is a big name who worked with a few VERY big names in the industry, I think even Tony Robbins at some point. If I do this with him, it's going to be HUGE! I'm so excited. Meanwhile I have more leads that I can handle, one multi million dollar business owner who has assets and distribution who wants to do this as soon as possible, hopefully already next week, I mean, I have enough to put the reps in and get better at this. If I play my cards well, I should have 3-4 auctions within the next month or so. On top of that I have a coffee date with a social media manager, which might be a good collaboration, if her clients are big enough. I mean, she literally builds communities for a living ahah

Hey everyone, quick context and would love your eyes on this. Last week I sent out the pre-auction email to my list of 9000 subscribers and got some good feedback about bidders. So now I’ve gone ahead and created the Skool group as a starting point today. Right now it includes: • A drafted About section • The first pinned post outlining the intent, structure, and initial rules This is very much a foundation build, not final, and the goal was to get something tangible up so I could pressure-test the positioning, clarity, and flow before sending invites. I’m planning to start inviting people tomorrow, so any feedback would be massively appreciated. Here’s the link to the group: https://www.skool.com/rise-and-rewire-4309/about Tear it apart if needed, all feedback welcome