Welcome to Made for Profit, a podcast where we talk business in the shop and help you monetize as a maker.

Each week we cover business topics to help you grow your full-time business or your side hustle.

We'll also bring you interviews from a variety of people winning in their space to share valuable business insights and life lessons.

I'm Brad Rodriguez, a full-time content creator running Fix This Build That.com.

And my co-host, John Mulecki, runs a full-time furniture company and his content site,

John Mellecki.com. We've been growing our successful businesses online, and we want to bring

you into the conversation and help you grow along with us.

Welcome to episode 11. Now, some of you are on that grind trying to get to five or 10,000 followers on IG before you reach out and try to work with a brand. Now, on the other hand,

it's a bit of a wild west out there. And right now we're seeing and hearing more and more folks

who have got 50 or 100 followers.

And they're reaching out and looking for free product and looking for brands to work with

them. So what we want to do today is just talk about where the balance is between the value that

you add to a brand versus what they give to you and what it all looks like for everybody out there.

And regardless of how many followers you have, we both know that you probably still need tools and some supplies in your shop.

And we are super stoked to let you know and continually know that this year we're excited to be working with woodcraft.

If you're not familiar, Woodcraft is one of the nation's oldest and largest suppliers of quality woodworking tools and supplies.

I have stores in over 70 cities across the United States and a beautiful website.

And Woodcraft is both mine and Brad's go-to supply store for woodworking tools and consumables.

So if you're one of our listeners, you have the advantageous opportunity to get some free shipping on anything within the lower 48

using the code MFP, all caps at checkout.

Get whatever you need besides heavy tools shipped to your door for free at Woodcraft.com.

And once again, we want to thank Woodcraft for supporting the show.

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