When I didn't really have a lot of inbound, I was really desperate to land a paid

for a deal that I would say yes to basically anything. Also because I was too afraid of losing the

deal and so I was afraid to put out a proper number out there and I would purposely lowball

myself in the hopes that that would have them say yes. You're doing yourself no favors by doing this,

by the way. You're only doing the brand a favor. And it would be significantly harder later on

to negotiate much higher rates with the same brand if you start off by lowballing yourself.

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Hello, creators. Welcome back to another solo episode.

And today, we are going to talk about money.

Specifically, we're going to talk about four mindset shifts to help you make more money as a creator.

I want to tell you a little story of what I

used to charge back in 2017 or maybe it was early 2018, I don't quite remember, and the difference

of what I charge now, specifically an example from 2022. In 2017, I approached a brand that I really

loved and I offered to create five pieces of content for them.

And they asked me what sort of rates I had.

And I said, I can't believe this actually.

I said, I will do the five pieces of viral content and give them full rights to the content for $200.

Looking back on this, I'm actually honestly really appalled.

I can't believe I offered five pieces of content to post on my page and give them full

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