Okay, so this is an email we got from someone looking to do a paid collaboration opportunity.

As it says in the subject line, there is a money sign and then an emoji with hearts.

It says, hello, Colin, it's me again. First off, we've never spoken. We really think your audience

and our product could be a match made in heaven. In our last email, we offered you a gift

card of $150 for our incredible CBD and energy capsules. We supplied you with an affiliate link

to earn 15% commission on any sales driven by the video and promote the video to our audience

with ad dollars to help boost your viewership. On top of all that, we want to offer a one-time

cash payment of $100 to feature us on your channel. Just hit reply if you're interested.

Sincerely, Olga. Yeah. Send Olga on email, man. Let's do the deal. We're in? We're in.

So that's what we're talking about today on the podcast. We're talking about

the worst brand deals we've ever gotten, emails like that one, and then how creators can think

about pricing themselves and making good brand deals. All right. Roll the intro. This week on the

Colin and Smear podcast, we're talking about brand deals. And specifically,

we're talking about some of the worst brand deals that we've ever been offered. This is something

that is very relatable. If you're a creator, once you start having some traction with your

content, you'll likely start getting some DMs or emails from brands and people who might

feel like they're from overseas, offering you some pretty bad deals.

So in this episode, we talk about some of the worst brand deals we've ever gotten,

but we also talk about what makes a good brand deal.

They're a huge part of all creators' businesses and really offer the opportunity for you to grow

and scale as a creator.

So it's important that you know how to do them right, but also

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