| Celebrity Booking Agent - Ryan Totka, Founder of AthletePromotions |
With
a strong desire and passion for sports as both a fan and a
player, celebrity agent, sports marketing consultant and Internet entrepreneur, Ryan Totka founded Athlete Promotions on the
principal that sports fans and businesses should
enjoy the experience of interacting with their favorite
celebrity sports figures, both in person and online. With our
connections in the sports industry and access to thousands of celebrities and athletes, we have the power to
make that possible. As well as assisting corporate clients
with booking their favorite athletes and celebrities, our goal for our athlete
clients is to give them maximum exposure on the Internet by
creating official websites and developing marketing
solutions to help connect athletes, corporations and loyal
fans, maximizing the power of the Internet. His expertise including athlete branding, viral marketing, social media campaigns and more. Visit the official website of Ryan Totka at www.RyanTotka.com.
Growing
up in the Daytona Beach, Florida, Ryan was an All-County wide
receiver in high school and a centerfielder in college. He
had hopes of playing sports at a high level, which fell
through due to a nagging knee injury. He is still actively involved
in flag football and softball leagues throughout the Orlando
area and enjoys playing golf, tennis, biking, running, ping pong and weight training. When it's all said and done, Ryan would like to be known as one of the most influential people in the world of sports marketing.
Ryan was born in Edison, New Jersey on December 30, 1977 and
graduated from the University of Central Florida in 1999
with a degree in Business Administration and a minor in
Marketing. He was recently named the winner of the 2003
University of Central Florida Rising Star Award for the
College of Business, nominated for top 40 under 40 in the
Orlando Business Journal and 2011's Most Influential Men to Watch. Ryan currently splits his time in Hollywood, CA and Downtown Orlando, Florida and has started four
successful companies over the past ten years. His knowledge of the Internet has allowed him to provide successful marketing strategies to all size businesses in many different niche industries.
A few simple words to describe Ryan would be: Internet Entrepreneur, Marketing Guru and Sports Enthusiast.
Being
involved in sports all his life, he has hands-on experience
in looking for the most creative ways to promote athletes,
which include website development, event booking, Internet promotion and
creating a strong brand around the athlete. Along the way,
he's worked with many world class sports celebrities, such as Mark Cuban, Wayne Gretzky, Joe Theismann, Brady Anderson, Mike Ditka, Vince
Carter, Nick Anderson, Thurman Thomas, Tim Tebow, Dennis Rodman, Zack Greinke, Rickie Weeks,
Pat Summerall, Andre Reed, Marv Levy, Greg Norman, Paul Azinger, Torry Holt, Lebron James to name a few.
Being a
loyal UCF Knight supporter, in the fall of 2007, Ryan
created
KevinSmithforHeisman.com,
a site helping University of Central Florida running back Kevin Smith get nationwide
Heisman respect. He also built, markets and manages the websites for Brady Anderson, actress Jasmine Dustin, Miss Florida USA 2010 Megan Clementi, Spud Webb, Steve Garvey, Gene Stallings, Dan Fouts, Danny White, Dan Hampton, Lloyd Carr, Sam Fuld, William "The Fridge" Perry, Ray Lankford, Nick Anderson and many other popular celebrities.
In May of 2006, Ryan also co-founded RedCarpetMonday®, an exclusive "invitation-only" social business network for business owners, professionals, senior level executives and entrepreneurs. The live events are designed for professionals to relax, socialize and share business ideas. The website, www.RedCarpetMonday.com is a networking community for members to interact and build business relationships.
Being an Orlando resident and die hard Magic fan, Ryan started a grass roots campaign called StayDwight.com, a fan community to help keep Dwight Howard secure in Orlando. With the departure of Shaq years ago and what we have seen happen in Cleveland with LeBron, he thought it was a good idea to help rally the community to show Dwight he means to the city of Orlando and keep the economy and local businesses going strong for years to come. Check out some of the campaign headlines receiving national exposure from ESPN, Yahoo! Sports, CBSSports, NBCSports, AOL SportingNews, the Orlando Sentinel and NBA.com
Ryan is also a partner in FindVenture.com, a site connecting small business owners and entrepreneurs with venture capital firms looking to fund their industries thanks to a sophisticated matching algorithm and team of expert business consultants. FindVenture utilizes technology, the web, and relationships with accredited investors to streamline the process of deal-making between the entrepreneur and investor.
In
his spare time, Ryan constantly looks for ways to change the
world and has worked and help support many charities and foundations including the National MS Society, the Childrens Home Society, the Make a Wish Foundation, Vince Carter's Embassy of Hope and the UCF Foundation. Other hobbies include traveling to NYC,
Chicago and Las Vegas, riding the Vespa, playing flag football, golf and ping pong, collecting sports memorabilia, hopping curbs in the Hummer, eating
sushi and starting new Internet companies. Ryan actively follows the
business ideas of Internet billionaire, Dallas Mavericks
owner Mark Cuban, and enjoys listening to the music of John
Mayer, Jason Mraz, Robin Thicke and Michael Buble.
Favorite Quote: "If you enjoy what
you do for a living, you never work a day in your life" and "You Can't Hit a Home Run Sitting on the Bench."
About AthletePromotions:
A celebrity booking agency, we make a lot of things happen for our clients. Our specialty is celebrity marketing and promoting our clients via the web. You can describe us as a full service celebrity marketing company, Hollywood booking agency, celebrity agent, celebrity manager or talent booking agency. View some of our recent celebrity bookings.
Events with Celebrities at Corporate Events |
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 Dwight Howard  Terrell Owens  Hulk Hogan  Nick Anderson  Hedo Turkoglu  Mark Cuban  Trent Green  Willis McGahee  Emmitt Smith  Thurman Thomas  Michael Irvin  Jordan Farmar  Jim McMahon  Steve Young  Robin Thicke  William "The Refrigerator" Perry  Andre Dawson  Jimmy Hart  Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino  Ricky Watters  Dirk Nowitzki  Rainn Wilson  Khloe Kardashian  Kim Kardashian |
 Wayne Gretzky  Tim Tebow  Brady Anderson  Jerry Rice, Thurman Thomas and Jerome Bettis  Dennis Rodman  Bill and Giuliana Rancic  DeAnna Pappas  Dan Marino  Marvin Harrison  Joe Theismann  Mike Ditka  Reidel Anthony
 Shaun Alexander  Isaac Bruce  Bart Starr  Andre Reed  Ed "Too Tall" Jones  Bart Starr  Darrell Green  Adrian Peterson  Lou Holtz  Chris Johnson  Brian McKnight  Don Nelson, George Lopez & Spud Webb |
