06/19/2026
Everyone wants to make 6 figures through content but are sold the hardest ways to get there.
Creators says to monetize your content through a course, brand deals, sell a preset pack.
I say… do the opposite. “APPLY TO JOBS!”
Here’s why.
I made over a million dollars from content at 21. UGC deals, coaching, digital products. I was grinding 12-hour days and still felt like I was on a hamster wheel. I had to pay $$$ thousands of dollars to get gatekept information. Every month started at zero. Every brand deal required a new pitch. Every payment came net-30, 60, 90 if I was lucky.
Then I started applying to VC-backed startups and ecom brands as an in-house content creator. Not as a freelancer. As a full-time hire.
65 cold outreaches. 18 first calls. 6 offers between $130K and $185K a year. In 45 days. With 75K followers I hadn’t posted on in 2 years and no degree.
Same skills. Same camera. Same cute videos. Except now I get a salary, benefits, and equity instead of a $300 flat fee and a 90-day payment delay.
The creator economy is worth $480 billion. Most of that money goes to the brands, not the creators making their content. The in-house role is how you get on the other side of that transaction.
Stop pitching brands. Start applying to them.
Comment “SALARY” and I’ll send you the Creator Salary newsletter with the exact cold email I used ⬇️
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