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 115.

And today we're going to be diving into the murky world of influencer marketing and the different ways that companies might be reaching out to you.

So that Amazon seller offering you a free wireless egg beater for just a shout-out

might sound killer, but is it really worth it? And what about those influencer agencies like viral collective,

Isaiah, upfluence, red fluence, there are literally hundreds of them.

So today, we're going to talk through the pros and the cons of these different types of opportunities,

which ones to run from, and which ones might be legit and worth taking a look at.

And one thing that's going to be pretty important, regardless of which one of these

influencer communities you might want to be a part of, is that if you want to be a woodworker,

you're definitely going to need some tools and supplies.

And we are super fortunate this year that this show is proudly sponsored by Woodcraft.

And Woodcraft is one of the nation's oldest and largest suppliers of quality woodworking

tools and supplies, who stores in more than 70 cities across the U.S.

And an amazing website that both Brad and myself are big fans of.

And fortunately this year, for all of our listeners, new and old, you can use the code

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