Q&A: Is It Okay To Ask for Pay? | Minisode #4

Full-Time Influencer Podcast

Tina Lee

Education, Business, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, How To

5 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Every Thursday, I answer questions about anything and everything related to being an influencer. Today, I’m answering a question from a listener about asking brands for paid deals, and I will be breaking down the ways how you can proactively put yourself on the radar and effectively pitch to these brands.

Welcome to the Full-Time Influencer Podcast. I'm your host Tina Lee (@tinalee) I'm sharing some of my expertise and industry information, to help you decode social media, and create content that helps aspiring creatives like you become full-time influencers so you can also do what you love for a living!

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Timestamps:

(1:48) Knowing the timing of your pitch

(6:22) Not all companies do influence the marketing

(8:33) Keeping an eye on PR companies and influencer platforms

(9:36) Put yourself out there!

(11:19) Bonus tip for your perfect pitch

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0:00.0	When you can pitch to a company understanding their marketing needs and positioning yourself as someone who can really help them in their marketing needs and someone who knows the language and the values of their brand, they are much more likely to say yes or to respond and to potentially negotiate a partnership whether that is gifted or paid.
0:25.7	Welcome to the full-time influencer podcast. I'm your host Tina Lee and I'll be sharing industry
0:30.5	knowledge and social media tips through weekly interviews with established creators and
0:34.6	sessions. Our goal is to help you decode social media, become a full-time influencer, and do what
0:39.8	you love for a living.
0:41.4	Let's dive in.
0:45.3	Welcome back to the full-time influencer podcast and welcome back to another episode of
0:50.9	Every Thursdays Q&A minisode, where I answer one of your questions in under or around 10 minutes.
0:59.8	Okay, if you want to ask a question, remember that we do have a link in the description of this episode
1:05.8	so that you can submit your question to be answered in a future episode.
1:10.3	Today we have a question from
1:12.1	Michelle of Tokyo Blonde Past Up and Michelle asks, I always feel bad to ask brands for a paid
1:19.3	deal and not just free product collapse. Some brands even just ignore me. I always feel like it's
1:24.3	my loss. Should I not talk about this topic or maybe they really don't have the budget for creators?
1:29.8	So I'm sure this has probably happened to you a lot if you are a creator who's just starting to reach out to brands or maybe you don't have a steady flow of brand deals.
1:38.2	This is quite common for creators to reach out to a lot of brands and not all of them will respond. And the situation
1:46.1	varies a lot depending on the brand. So let's break down a few possibilities. If you did do the
1:52.7	outreach yourself and let's say they responded and they say they don't have paid opportunities
1:58.4	or they don't even respond, Remember that when you are the one
2:02.2	doing the outreach, you could be reaching them at a bad time. Typically, brands allocate their
2:08.3	marketing budget throughout the year based on their marketing goals, strategies, and marketing
2:14.0	activities. So, for example, Q1 is January to March.
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