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What’s up, Rock Nation! Today we’re joined by Kolin Jones - founder and CEO of Amalfi Jets, one of the fastest-growing private aviation companies in the world. While most of his competitors stuck to polished ads and Google keywords, Kolin flipped the script and turned TikTok into his main growth engine, racking up billions of views with provocative office skits, culture clips, and disruptive behind-the-scenes content

Kolin breaks down how to engineer virality in one of the most conservative industries imaginable, why safe is actually risky, and how consistency and volume beat aesthetics every time. From declaring war on industry “dinosaurs” to turning impressions into real revenue, he shares the exact systems that scaled Amalfi Jets from startup to tens of millions.

If you want to understand how to make any business go viral - even the ones that look boring on the surface - this episode is packed with lessons you can put into practice today.

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Timestamps:

0:00 – Intro

1:10 – The most overlooked strategy brands don’t do on social media

2:01 – Not showing off the planes to go viral

4:21 – Kolin’s provocative approach to social media

5:27 – Declaring war on Dinosaurs

7:29 – How to make an unsexy brand viral

8:56 – Using tech & efficiency to scale Amalfi

11:03 – People buy from people

13:00 – The responsibility of flying private

15:44 – Personal Brand Kickstart

16:08 – Utilizing campaigns as a content strategy

17:17 – Strategically targeting an affluent audience

19:30 – Getting creative to generate success

21:48 – Bringing employees into content

24:02 – Building trust and brand equity with clients

25:15 – The absurd lifestyle of flying private

27:33 – Can virality be manufactured?

28:45 – Social media is a volume game

30:13 – Competing against legacy jet companies

31:51 – Why organic content beats paid ads

34:39 – Outworking and outposting competitors

38:01 – Handling criticism from the industry

39:35 – Turning views into qualified leads

44:06 – Why more friction creates better customers

45:46 – Data, attribution, and scaling systems

47:49 – Organic content as the best marketing

49:11 – Google, TikTok, and the future of search

50:32 – Copywriting & SEO for brand equity

53:31 – Competing against better-funded rivals

54:54 – Landing your first customers as a new founder

58:15 – Lessons for first-time entrepreneurs

59:45 – Scaling from $3M to $15M in revenue

1:02:44 – Using data to understand your customers

1:05:29 – Customer experience as a competitive advantage

1:08:01 – The power of branding and perception

1:09:05 – Surviving the early days of Amalfi Jets

1:10:22 – Sacrifices and risks of entrepreneurship

1:12:04 – Kolin’s mindset when building Amalfi

1:13:46 – Navigating rapid growth and challenges

1:14:55 – Why speed beats perfection in business

1:18:05 – Staying competitive in a cutthroat industry

1:18:54 – The pressure of leading a team

1:20:46 – Keeping consistency at scale

1:22:20 – Why competitors can’t copy Amalfi

1:23:17 – The importance of brand reputation

1:25:06 – Leveraging content for long-term trust

1:27:25 – Building resilience as an entrepreneur

1:28:44 – Kolin’s advice for new founders

1:30:43 – Advice to your 18-year-old self

1:32:13 – Post pod debrief

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