Such an AMAZING video with awesome tips. Thank you for mentioning my blog post and I’m happy to hear that it helped you pitch successfully! Love how you touched on BLM and how white creators get way more deals and money than us. It’s real, and I don’t think a lot of people realize that 🥴. I haven’t made $10K yet because I spent most of the year undercharging, unfortunately. However, I’ve invested in resources + coaches that helped me figure out my worth and now I’m ready for 2021. I will make 5-figures or more next year! ✨
Thank you so much for watching, and for writing such an AMAZING post!! And yesss I was worried about including BLM, but I feel like it would super disingenuous to this year to exclude it as a factor. ALSO YOU UP YOUR RATES GIRL CAUSE YOUR CONTENT IS FIRE . Literally, you are an inspiration to so many of us in this community, so I hope you see all the coins in 2021!
Re: Black Lives Matter - how I justified this one for myself is that you put in the work already, and they wouldn't be offering you anything if you were a Black creator and no one wanted to follow you. Yes, it was borne from unfortunate circumstances, but the fact of the matter is that you were THERE as a creator when it happened. It's important to realise that other factors were at play than just your skin colour, hard as it can be to see. Re: attracting brands - YES. I haven't had the time to pitch in... years. I think I average a good 10-20 new emails each weekday, and I basically just need to figure out who I'll work with in order to bring the most value to my life and my community around me. It's difficult... but you get the feel of it eventually. I have full faith that you're going to hold it down in the West 😊
BLM - I think I really needed to hear that. Months later, I'm still here trying to wrap my head around the experiences of the summer. Attracting Brands - You are killing it!!! I can totally see how difficult that would be! Especially if you're torn between multiple good offers! Thank you so much for all your support! I subbed to your YT Channel, your Brothers in Booze streams look SO FUN. Going to snag some time to watch!
And yes, diversifying your content/feed helps a lot! Brands want to be able to see how they can fit in your feed. I’ve been incorporating more and stepped outside of my comfort zone and it has paid off. ❤️
I love to see it!! I think it also keeps our audience engaged! Which I feel like I probably should have mentioned. 😅 Cause really, who wants to follow a page with the same ol' stuff?!
I actually watched the whole video from beginning to end just because you have a very calm and soothing way of conversing with your audience! Well, also that your tips are so helpful! Hehe. Thank you for sharing some great ideas. :-)
Okay first of all, THANK YOU! You are so incredibly kind. That really means a lot because I was so hesitant to start on YT, because I didn't think I was "energetic" enough. Anything you'd like me to cover in a future video?
@@ComfyGirlCurls sure! That’d be great! Would love to hear some tips on how to grow your IG followers or any other recommendations for new IG user like me. Thanks in advance Kaya!
Pitching definitely changed the game for me this year, I also leveled up my gear. Made my own presets and stayed consistent also. Going into 2021, it’s refusing to settle for low pay and free gifting products. Done with that now 😂Well done Kaya ❤️
Yessss it sounds like you have been KILLING IT. I believe in you when it comes to refusing to settle. It's honestly the hardest part, and I keep finding myself making exceptions! Thank you so much watching!!
Very informati\ve! I learned a lot that I didn't know. I've honestly not been very serious or consistent with my content and after 10 years, I'm finally getting everything in order to make more out of it.
Also, when a company responds that they don’t have a budget, I usually follow up with they can send it with a possibility that I will post, but due to my content calendar not having room for unpaid content I can’t guarantee.
This is GREAT advice too. I will usually only accept gifted product if their is no requirement to post. That way, if I so choose, I can share on my own time!!
@@ImaniShakir My pleasure!! And I HEAR YOU. I always fall back on my standard list, but I always have more success when I mix it up!! Literally some of the ones that I know brands used to find me only have like 20k people using it, so like I said, not helpful for reach, but SUPER useful to for getting paidddd.
Thank you SO much for watching!! And yesss. To be fair, it's hard to find a good preset that is kind to melanin... so I basically ended up making my own.
Pitching to brands really helped me. It’s funny I had one brand tell me they were always interested in working with me but didn’t think I’d be interested! Great tips sis ❤️
Such an informative video! 👏🏽I really want to start monetizing my Instagram platform as well. But sometimes I really don’t know where to start and its always overwhelming for me when I’m doing my own research on how to pitch to brands etc.
I love everything about this! Thank you so much for sharing! I started diversifying my feeds a couple months ago... mine was also all selfies haha I'm definitely going to apply some of these tips!
This is such a fantastic video! Creating a brand as well as building an audience is very time-consuming. I'm glad you're making this information available! Great job!!
Thank youuu for these tips !!! Looking forward to all your tips I really I am trying to diversify my feed as well not easy but it takes a different mindset to achieve it.
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Wonderful video! I learned some new tips and you definitely inspired me to take my IG more serious. Especially in terms of turning gifted into paid. Also totally have a media kit I've never used 🙈ANDDDD you know I feel you on all of the BLM stuff you talked about. I literally had a brand who had rejected me before come to me for some Black Lives Matter collaboration in June. I was like no thanks.
Thank you thank you for watching!! USE THAT MEDIAKIT GIRL!! Always have it on hand when someone offers gifted items! (And you can leverage your YT channel too!) Ooof. And honestly, could dedicate SEVERAL videos to how badly some brands fumbled the bag. I'm grateful for the brands who seemed earnest, but so many were blatantly trying to take advantage of me.. of US!
Such a valuable post ,I'm taking notes ,an absolute pleasure to learn from you ....Also presets, is that sth you do within instagram itself or use an external app
Thank you so much for watching!! You are always so supportive, it means so much to me!! Presets are done usually in the adobe lightroom app! Some people buy "presets" and upload them into the app, or it's pretty easy to make your own too!
I actually made my own. I didn't like a lot of what I tried. I talk a bit about it here--> comfygirlwithcurls.com/2021/05/10/lightroom-presets-instagram/
Love this 🙌🏾 and yes! Gifted products are great but it takes a lot of time/effort to create content. can you also do a video on how to grow your following? 😩
Thank you so much for watching!! And TELL ME ABOUT IT. Free stuff is great, but it's likely costing the brand less to send it to you, than it does for you to create the content and promote them!
Do you find it that one or some of your platforms suffer due to you creating on more than one? I guess I'm asking how do you manage blogging, youtube, IG, Pinterest, etc..? Thanks for the tips BTW. You do what you do well, and I'm excited to be learning from you!
Thank you SO much for watching! And as for your question... **slinks into the shrubs like homer simpson** 😂 Managing all my platforms is honestly the HARDEST thing for me. I am never equally consistent, but I am getting better at balancing my time between everything a bit. I rely a lot on planning apps. I use Plann for Instagram, Tailwind for Pinterest, and Recurrpost & Hootesuite for Facebook and sometimes Twitter!
@@ComfyGirlCurls Hmmmmm. Thanks for that insight. The planning part is where I honestly fall short besides lack of confidence. I need to change things around. I think one of my biggest hesitation points is that I may be talking about too much, but I see people talk about different subjects all the time and succeed. I have a lot to figure out.
@@Leaveit2Nessa I feel you, I'm honestly not the best at planning. I *know* what I should be doing to plan, but the execution part is where I often fall off. In terms of talking about different topics, consider this: Who is my "target audience". You should be able to describe them in a handful of sentences. Then when you're planning content, ask yourself, is this something that falls under the interests of my "target audience". I feel like thinking about it that way helps me cover a broad amount of topics, but still helps people be interested in them. But I know if I did a video about like what type of cat food my cat eats. it'd flop.
**Important!! At **00:35** I said 5 figure, when I meant *FOUR FIGURE*. I obviously got a little excited.**
Such an AMAZING video with awesome tips. Thank you for mentioning my blog post and I’m happy to hear that it helped you pitch successfully! Love how you touched on BLM and how white creators get way more deals and money than us. It’s real, and I don’t think a lot of people realize that 🥴.
I haven’t made $10K yet because I spent most of the year undercharging, unfortunately. However, I’ve invested in resources + coaches that helped me figure out my worth and now I’m ready for 2021. I will make 5-figures or more next year! ✨
Thank you so much for watching, and for writing such an AMAZING post!!
And yesss I was worried about including BLM, but I feel like it would super disingenuous to this year to exclude it as a factor.
ALSO YOU UP YOUR RATES GIRL CAUSE YOUR CONTENT IS FIRE . Literally, you are an inspiration to so many of us in this community, so I hope you see all the coins in 2021!
Re: Black Lives Matter - how I justified this one for myself is that you put in the work already, and they wouldn't be offering you anything if you were a Black creator and no one wanted to follow you. Yes, it was borne from unfortunate circumstances, but the fact of the matter is that you were THERE as a creator when it happened. It's important to realise that other factors were at play than just your skin colour, hard as it can be to see.
Re: attracting brands - YES. I haven't had the time to pitch in... years. I think I average a good 10-20 new emails each weekday, and I basically just need to figure out who I'll work with in order to bring the most value to my life and my community around me. It's difficult... but you get the feel of it eventually.
I have full faith that you're going to hold it down in the West 😊
BLM - I think I really needed to hear that. Months later, I'm still here trying to wrap my head around the experiences of the summer.
Attracting Brands - You are killing it!!! I can totally see how difficult that would be! Especially if you're torn between multiple good offers!
Thank you so much for all your support! I subbed to your YT Channel, your Brothers in Booze streams look SO FUN. Going to snag some time to watch!
And yes, diversifying your content/feed helps a lot! Brands want to be able to see how they can fit in your feed. I’ve been incorporating more and stepped outside of my comfort zone and it has paid off. ❤️
I love to see it!! I think it also keeps our audience engaged! Which I feel like I probably should have mentioned. 😅 Cause really, who wants to follow a page with the same ol' stuff?!
My favourite tip that you shared was about the presets and the fostering relationships piece. This was really awesome!
Thank you for watching!! And yess I have found both of those to be so helpful in their respective ways! 💜
@@ComfyGirlCurls 💯🙌🏾
Taking notes!! 📝 thank yoou! 💖
Yay so glad! Let me know if you want anything else covered in a future post!
What you said about the wage gap by not talking about money is so important!!!! Love this thank you for sharing 🙏🏽💕🤗💕💕
Yesssss thank you for watching!! I feel like not talking money is what keeps so many people from knowing their worth!!
Your content is so transparent and your authenticy is coming through!! Great job, Kaya - truly inspirational 😊
Thank you so much!! That really means a lot, you have no idea! 💜
I really need to get my media kit and pitch plan together, this is the kindling I needed. 2021 here we come!!
Andrea T Beale you’ve got this!!! Having a media kit on hand makes a difference!! Makes turning around those gifted conversations a lot easier!!
Thank you for watching!! What will you be implementing to see more coins in upcoming months?
Consistency, setting a plan, making it happen 😉
@@DEEANDFAM YESSS I am HERE for it, you are going to KILL 2021!!
I actually watched the whole video from beginning to end just because you have a very calm and soothing way of conversing with your audience! Well, also that your tips are so helpful! Hehe. Thank you for sharing some great ideas. :-)
Okay first of all, THANK YOU! You are so incredibly kind. That really means a lot because I was so hesitant to start on YT, because I didn't think I was "energetic" enough.
Anything you'd like me to cover in a future video?
@@ComfyGirlCurls sure! That’d be great! Would love to hear some tips on how to grow your IG followers or any other recommendations for new IG user like me. Thanks in advance Kaya!
@@Pinaymomsblogs Absolutely! I actually have a video in the works regarding building an Instagram community!!!
We love to see it!!! You go girl xo
Thank you lovely!!!!
Filled with so many gems!! Thanks for sharing all that girl. You don't need that K to make a bag!!
Really Jayyoh thank you for watching!!! And YESS that’s the truth, you do NOT need the K!
Pitching definitely changed the game for me this year, I also leveled up my gear. Made my own presets and stayed consistent also. Going into 2021, it’s refusing to settle for low pay and free gifting products. Done with that now 😂Well done Kaya ❤️
Yessss it sounds like you have been KILLING IT. I believe in you when it comes to refusing to settle. It's honestly the hardest part, and I keep finding myself making exceptions!
Thank you so much watching!!
Very informati\ve! I learned a lot that I didn't know. I've honestly not been very serious or consistent with my content and after 10 years, I'm finally getting everything in order to make more out of it.
Thank you so much for watching!! And you can DEFINITELY leverage your Insta. You have a fantastic following there!
Also, when a company responds that they don’t have a budget, I usually follow up with they can send it with a possibility that I will post, but due to my content calendar not having room for unpaid content I can’t guarantee.
This is GREAT advice too. I will usually only accept gifted product if their is no requirement to post. That way, if I so choose, I can share on my own time!!
Right! Also thanks for the hashtag tip sis! I really need to stop using the same ones over and over
@@ImaniShakir My pleasure!! And I HEAR YOU. I always fall back on my standard list, but I always have more success when I mix it up!! Literally some of the ones that I know brands used to find me only have like 20k people using it, so like I said, not helpful for reach, but SUPER useful to for getting paidddd.
This was so valuable! I need to get on a preset 🤭 cheers to being intentional 🥂
Thank you SO much for watching!! And yesss. To be fair, it's hard to find a good preset that is kind to melanin... so I basically ended up making my own.
Great video, really informative content! Don’t worry about giving away your strategies, the ocean is big enough for many to flourish!
Thank you for watching!! And you are so right, there is room for ALL of us to succeed!
Pitching to brands really helped me. It’s funny I had one brand tell me they were always interested in working with me but didn’t think I’d be interested! Great tips sis ❤️
YESS, it's so important to put yourself out there! Also I LOVE that. It's funny how we get in our own heads that way!!
Thank you for watching!!!
thank you for acknowledging reason 3 and the hashtag strategy is smart! Love it
Thank you so so much for watching!! Number 3 is SO important. 💜
This will be saved for next year for sure 👏🏽 great tipps thank you for sharing ❤
My absolute pleasure! 2021 isn't ready for you!! You're going to blow it out of the water!!!
Fabulousss video!!! This proves that im on the right track for the new year!
YESSS I love to se it, you're going to do great things in 2021!! 💜
Thank you so much for watching!
Such an informative video! 👏🏽I really want to start monetizing my Instagram platform as well. But sometimes I really don’t know where to start and its
always overwhelming for me when I’m doing my own research on how to pitch to brands etc.
Thank you so much for watching!! If you have ANY questions, don't hesitate to ask!! 2021 is your year!!
I really enjoyed this, thank you!! You’re a natural😍
Thank you so much!! That really means a lot! I was so nervous to start this TH-cam journey. 😅 Any requests for future videos?
Thanks for sharing this! Very valuable tips 🎊👏🏾
Thank you for checking it out Ali!! More videos like this to come!
Those are very good tips and I agree with everything you say there because it’s worked for me too
Thank you! and yass love to see it!!
Great tips! #4 really resonated with me. I need to revamp in 2021!! Thanks so much for sharing.
Thank you so much for watching!! And I'm glad #4 resonated!! 2021 and beyond, you're going to kill it! It just takes the focus!!
This is so helpful! Thanks for sharing this!!
I am so glad!! Thank you for watching!!
This was a great video boo! Found it very helpful
I am so glad! Thank you for watching it, it means so much!
Just got here but so excited to learn from this video.
SO happy to have you!! Let me know what your thoughts are, and if you have any requests for future videos!!
So so so proud of you!! your work ethic is amazing and you deserve everything!
😭 You are trying to make me cry aren't you?! This means the world, thank you so much!
This is so needed !!
Yay I'm so so glad!! Let me know if there's anything you want to see in a future video!
I love everything about this! Thank you so much for sharing! I started diversifying my feeds a couple months ago... mine was also all selfies haha I'm definitely going to apply some of these tips!
😂Girl I feel you, we learn, we grow, we evolve!! Wishing you all the best in 2021 and beyond!
Brilliant hun, you provided great tips!
Natures Natural Hair thank you so much for watching!!
This is such a fantastic video! Creating a brand as well as building an audience is very time-consuming. I'm glad you're making this information available! Great job!!
Fine Natural Hair ROCKS thank you so so much!! And you are right it is so time-consuming! As well as energy-consuming 😅
This video is outstanding. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it! 💜 Thank you so much for watching!!
Thank youuu for these tips !!! Looking forward to all your tips I really I am trying to diversify my feed as well not easy but it takes a different mindset to achieve it.
CocoBVisuals thank you for watching!! And yess it’s definitely a mindset change!! Keep up the great work!!
I love this. And I really appreciate your honesty and transparency! Great video 💕
Thank you so much for watching, and for the kind words! It really means a lot!!
Side note: you’re gorgeous! I’m already bingeing on your videos lol #newsubscriber
Jennifer Antoinette 🥺😭💗 THANK YOU! You are so kind!!
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New here, you are soooo pretty. I enjoyed this video, so much great info. Looking forward to more content.
Thank you so much for watching, and you are SO kind!! Love your content, just got a new sub from me!
Really enjoyed this video! Tfs ❣️
Thank you SO much for watching!!! Any requests for future videos?
@@ComfyGirlCurls You’re welcome 😊 ooo I’d love to see more on your natural hair routine, how to land brand deals or something along those lines lol
@Belle in Bloom NOTED! Jotting this down for sure! Thank you!!
Kaya!! Absolutely loved this! And so so helpful. Thank you for sharing so many helpful tips, will definitely put them to use 👏🏾👏🏾
Aw I'm so so glad this was useful, thank you for watching!!
This is so honest and insightful. I love it, thank you so much for sharing❤️❤️
Thank you so SO much for watching!! Anything you'd like to see in a future video?
Great video!! Love the tips!! I'm definitely going to incorporate these practices moving forward. Thank you so much!!
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! It means the world that you watched. Looking forward to see what you implement in 2021 and beyond!!
I love that you made this video. It was so helpful and I'm so happy for your success girl!
I'm so glad it's helpful!! And thank you, it means a lot!! Any future video requests?
@@ComfyGirlCurls thank you for being so transparent! I'm loving all the videos so far 🙂
@@DEEANDFAM That means so so much!! More like it are totally in the works!!!
@@ComfyGirlCurls can't wait 🙋🏽♀️
This is so helpful! New subscriber from IG 🙂
I am so so glad!! Anything you'd like me to cover in a future video?
@@ComfyGirlCurls Im looking forward to more content creation tips. A good one would be how to increase your views and engagement on TH-cam
@@ItsShayWhite I'm VERY new to TH-cam, myself. But I JUST filmed a video sharing the strategies I'm implementing!
Wonderful video! I learned some new tips and you definitely inspired me to take my IG more serious. Especially in terms of turning gifted into paid. Also totally have a media kit I've never used 🙈ANDDDD you know I feel you on all of the BLM stuff you talked about. I literally had a brand who had rejected me before come to me for some Black Lives Matter collaboration in June. I was like no thanks.
Thank you thank you for watching!! USE THAT MEDIAKIT GIRL!! Always have it on hand when someone offers gifted items! (And you can leverage your YT channel too!)
Ooof. And honestly, could dedicate SEVERAL videos to how badly some brands fumbled the bag. I'm grateful for the brands who seemed earnest, but so many were blatantly trying to take advantage of me.. of US!
Such a valuable post ,I'm taking notes ,an absolute pleasure to learn from you ....Also presets, is that sth you do within instagram itself or use an external app
Thank you so much for watching!! You are always so supportive, it means so much to me!! Presets are done usually in the adobe lightroom app! Some people buy "presets" and upload them into the app, or it's pretty easy to make your own too!
Love this!!!’ Thank you! How did you find the best company for your preset?
I actually made my own. I didn't like a lot of what I tried. I talk a bit about it here--> comfygirlwithcurls.com/2021/05/10/lightroom-presets-instagram/
@@ComfyGirlCurls thank you I will check out
@@Hairvolutions hope it helps!
Love this 🙌🏾 and yes! Gifted products are great but it takes a lot of time/effort to create content.
can you also do a video on how to grow your following? 😩
Thank you so much for watching!! And TELL ME ABOUT IT.
Free stuff is great, but it's likely costing the brand less to send it to you, than it does for you to create the content and promote them!
And I actually have a video like that in the works!! Stay tuned! 👀
@@ComfyGirlCurls thank you !! Looking forward to the video
Adelaide Ann yay!!
Congratulations
Thank you!!!
Do you find it that one or some of your platforms suffer due to you creating on more than one? I guess I'm asking how do you manage blogging, youtube, IG, Pinterest, etc..? Thanks for the tips BTW. You do what you do well, and I'm excited to be learning from you!
Thank you SO much for watching!
And as for your question... **slinks into the shrubs like homer simpson** 😂
Managing all my platforms is honestly the HARDEST thing for me. I am never equally consistent, but I am getting better at balancing my time between everything a bit.
I rely a lot on planning apps. I use Plann for Instagram, Tailwind for Pinterest, and Recurrpost & Hootesuite for Facebook and sometimes Twitter!
@@ComfyGirlCurls Hmmmmm. Thanks for that insight. The planning part is where I honestly fall short besides lack of confidence. I need to change things around. I think one of my biggest hesitation points is that I may be talking about too much, but I see people talk about different subjects all the time and succeed. I have a lot to figure out.
@@Leaveit2Nessa I feel you, I'm honestly not the best at planning. I *know* what I should be doing to plan, but the execution part is where I often fall off.
In terms of talking about different topics, consider this: Who is my "target audience". You should be able to describe them in a handful of sentences. Then when you're planning content, ask yourself, is this something that falls under the interests of my "target audience".
I feel like thinking about it that way helps me cover a broad amount of topics, but still helps people be interested in them. But I know if I did a video about like what type of cat food my cat eats. it'd flop.
@@ComfyGirlCurls 🤣 on the target audience part! Thank you! Keep those. videos coming!
@@Leaveit2Nessa Thank YOU for all your support!! More to come!!
Please Help me!
I got you! I moved all my tips over here -> www.youtube.com/@CreatingwithKaya
@@ComfyGirlCurls thank you so much