ABOUT THIS EPISODE
You're pitching. You're posting. You're doing what everyone told you to do. And still: nothing.
Short, sassy, slightly-calling-you-out episode. Three specific things killing your chances of landing brand partnerships, pulled straight from the DMs we get from creators who say they're following all the advice and still hearing crickets. It's almost always one of these three.
What We Cover:
- Killer 1: Making your pitch all about you, and what brands are actually buying instead
- The pitch style Tea used early on that never got a response, and why she now sees it daily in her own agency inbox
- Killer 2: When your page doesn't back up your pitch, and what a brand sees when they can't tell who your audience is
- How Kate folds lifestyle content into a side hustle niche without diluting it
- Vacuum Gate: the $500 brand deal Tea took that had nothing to do with print on demand
- Killer 3: Fumbling the rate conversation, and the two ways creators blow it
- Why "what are your rates?" is rarely a question about one video
- Your challenge: fix one of the three this week
Episodes Referenced: Ep 4: The Obvious YES Pitch S2E2: Is your profile brand ready? S2E13: How to respond to "what's your rates!?" Ep 5: Pricing / 4R framework
More From Us:
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- Join the Creator Club Waitlist — coaching, templates, rate calculators, and direct help pitching brands
- Follow us on IG & TikTok: @notaninfluencerco
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