'if they assume that i need the money, they're already starting behind.' this has the biggest girlboss energy and as a fellow creator i'm LIVING for it
I'm a translator/interpreter and I'm laughing because we have a lot of the same complaints, like e-mails addressed to "Dear linguist" and even "Dear resource" 🤣🤣🤣
Genuine question here, could this be because of a translation issue? Are there ever nonnative English speakers emailing you in English for your services? Obviously they could email in their language if you speak it but I'm just curious if maybe they choose not to every now and then or something.
I've had two different pet apparel companies leave comments on a photo collage of my dog on Instagram asking to have her model their shit. It's a memorial collage I posted right after she quite literally _died in my arms_ from advanced lymphoma on our dining room floor, and I'm still devastated by it almost five years after the fact. I was not kind to either of them in my replies along the lines of "how dare you", "how negligent and lazy can you BE?", and "only if your bandanas can fit a fucking URN". They didn't even read the first LINE of the description. I gave both replies a week to be seen by them before deleting their original comment.
@@Vampress09 Thank you so much.💜 She would have been an excellent model because she was a cute AF bugg (Boston/pug mix) with one white foot and a tail that looked like a capital letter P because it went straight up, bent at a 90° angle, and curled back around on itself. Our vet's best guess was that it was broken during birth and that was how it healed. Either way, it was absolutely adorable and made her tail mostly wag just to one side, lopsided. lol
I am so sorry to hear that, but glad you at least got to tell them off. Its so ridiculous how much research creators are expected to do, when the companies themselves don't do the bare minimum.
if someone mails you something unsolicited, it's illegal for them to then try to bill you for it. by law, that money and whatever else that person sent to your P.O. box was yours to be considered a gift and you were not obligated to return it or take the deal they suggested. next time, keep the money and if you feel like it, direct them to 39 U.S. Code § 3009 and tell them you've made a complaint to the FTC about their illegal marketing tactics. they can't send you unordered merchandise and expect anything from you, including you returning it. this kind of thing is often done as a scam to try to get people to pay for the merchandise at the other end, so the federal government really does not take kindly to it. it looks like they adapted that scam into an illegal and deceptive marketing practice to attempt to make you feel obligated to go along with it.
They *also* have to make it clear that it is a gift, or they can get into serious trouble. Cuecat (wow that was a long time ago) got into several kinds of legal trouble because they mailed out their barcode scanners unsolicited... then got mad at how people used them... then demanded them back. I'm pretty sure that PR stunt put them out of business.
That "call" talking in circles was 100% an MLM in disguise or a "course creator" that wants to use your likeness. They use that tactic a lot because they know anyone who understands their company will never get on a call with them.
My first job was a purchasing agent. Didn’t take long to realize the best salespeople were respectful of your time, knew their products and customers. The really good ones actually saved you time. The really bad ones wasted tons of time. Be grateful they don’t show up in person, because you often have to go to great length to ditch them and their “important meetings”.
Me, the receptionist, fighting off the reps "important meetings" when all I/we need from them is a spreadsheet. Stop it, he's not going to call you back. I’m probably not going to even tell him you “popped by since you’re in the area”. But while you’re here….. got any free pens? 👀
Flash forward seven years… The startup was successful (in spite of bad salespeople) and moved into a new building. All the conference rooms are named after American Presidents, and being wise to the ways of sales reps, they added a small unnamed conference room behind the receptionist as a sort of penalty-box holding cell for salespeople. The phone guy was a joker, so on the phone system when you got calls from salespeople in the room, its extension showed up as “The Clinton Room”.
Ironically enough, this actually gave me the push to actually send an email out to a creator with a "sooo.... you wanna try my product?" tiny pitch. Much as I hate self promotion, it's kinda reassuring to know that just by being an actual human you can have a chance.....
What helps me a lot for a lot of things is- what does it cost you? A few minutes of your time and maybe a little bit of false hope? That’s worth it if it works out
I follow a creator who got sent an e-mail to sponsor a weight loss supplement. She was pregnant!!!! It was easy to find out that she was pregnant, so either they just didn't do any due diligence and just offered it assuming she had some weight or they just decided to send it to her anyways.
From a diet culture perspective, this is actually brilliant. "I lost the baby weight, with these pills? Who cares about the FDA????" Evil, but effective
So many of these brand deal emails are just form letters they send to every creator they can find. I just close them if it's clear it wasn't a personalized message.
As an old, what I've learned is that even the bare minimum of genuineness can go miles, being wholly genuine will always end in more success in anything in life
Amanda had the angry stock photo to be her “inner thoughts” and as soon as the screen went to sleep, she let those inner thoughts represent themselves.
I work at a boutique/independent bookstore and let me tell you, we will drop a seller instantly if they are rude. It doesnt matter how good your book is, or how much your handmade jewelry sells, if you are rude it’s not worth it to work with you, end of story.
Used to work at a local pet store (3 employees and the owner) and our distributors kissed ASS. They'd travel to our island (expensive) from elsewhere in the country and buy us coffee and lunch, bring free product merch for us, be available for support at all hours if we had any questions or issues, and so on. Because there are a lot of pet product distributors and they want to keep as many clients as they can. It's shocking that there are companies out there trying to get content creators to work with them and then being disrespectful. What an absolute waste of time for everyone involved. If you're willing to sink some money into a creator advertising for you at least leave them with a good impression 😬
My take is if a brand wants me to pitch their item and they treat me like crap, how do they treat their customers? First impressions are critical and it is good you are picky and choosy.
I did a lot of b2b sales, and my retry interval was 1 week / 1 month / 1 year. A surprising number of people bit on the 1 year resend, since it showed that we were still in business and still thinking about them.
As far as emails I always find it funny that my Instagram has under 100 followers, and I will still get emails from companies trying to make me an ambassador for their clothing brand. My entire Instagram is of local hikes with virtually no people in any of the photos.
Same 😂 I always assume those companies are just scams, and will probably ask you purchase merchandise to use in your “ambassador” photos if you actually reach out to them
I get the same thing. I have under 500 followed and get a stupid amount of pitches. All of which I reject cause that’s not my thing. I post my artwork and am running my own business!!
I regularly have companies message me like every three days for YEARS. YEARS. I don’t have time to respond to every single email, I am a busy person doing everything myself, TAKE A HINT
I'm sorry but creator loan companies?? That sounds so predatory I just know we're gonna get a bunch of videos in a few years about younger people getting scammed trying to make it big on youtube
honestly as much as I loved Amanda's consulting hat, I just really liked hearing the copywriting dissection as an ND gal who walked a lot of my anxious friends through emails to profs/jobs/bigwigs throughout uni LOL I spout the same spiel over and over again to ppl I mentor who are like "it's an email it's not that deep" and I'm like "welp you can't be emailing a page that's just mail". (also fyi 19:48 I've learned a good phrase is adjustment disorders/executive dysfunction; bit of a blanket phrase for how ND our current generation is!)
This video is the reason (like all Swell Videos) I love this channel. Pulls no punches and just says what should be said. Amanda is the real deal and I really enjoy her videos and the information/ research she presents is stellar.
Anyone who replies to all of them and doesn't have an assistant most likely has a template (or multiple) that they send when they are not interested saved so they can just click one button and be done with it. Highly recommend.
I have a dumb corporate job and have had unrelated companies try to bully me into using their services by sending increasingly angry emails and trying to forcefully set up meetings. The services they were offering would not be something we were interested in, it's not something that would be even close to my job to even think about having an opinion on, and if it was I certainly wouldn't choose the company that sent me shitty emails over the holidays. At least it's kind of them to show all their red flags up front?
Mista gg had big issues with manscape. It's amazing how creators have been standing up for themselves and being honest about companies. Kinda gives a big heads-up on who we are giving our money to.
I’m a book influencer and I once had a company email me randomly, I think they were like a marketing company (to help grow audience or something) but the description was so vague I was like yea no plus whatever the fees were gonna be I wasn’t gonna be able pay. I never responded to the initial email and they emailed me like 3+ times AFTER and each email progressively got more and more passive aggressive, so in my head I was like why would I work with y’all especially after this?
I am a seamstress and I’ve had people with 15 followers reach out and say they’ll promote my stuff to their page if I send them an outfit for free…an outfit that takes no less than 10 hours hours to make (often longer because it’s custom) and I have to charge $300 for to even attempt to make a living. Obviously that’s not viable, although I’d love to send something to a couple big TH-camrs who are into the same fashion substyle and have liked my stuff on insta…unfortunately I don’t even currently have time to make an extra item to do so though, so it really boggles the mind that someone I don’t know with no following would ask me to make it for them for free. I guess I should be flattered, but I’m tired 😂😂😂😂😂
That one “company” that sent you a video talking in circles sounds like a textbook mlm/network marketing scam, they reeeeaally don’t like telling you what their deal is until you agree
I love these videos of you going deep into behind the scenes aspects of being a creator. I did a postgrad in marketing and we had only a few classes where they talked about influencer marketing, and the way you talk about creators being seen as billboards is so on point.
Oh my god the doomsday prepper company emailed me like that too. I deadass checked my schedule and google agenda to see if i really had a meeting with them.
oh fuck, I thought emailing people like twice about transcription/subtitle services was being annoying. looks like I'm nowhere near the rate of annoyance of some of these other emails lmaoooo.
I sent Amanda an email before, but it was just to let he know about an event I saw on instagram I thought she might be interested in going/doing a video about. I was blanking on her name cause I am very dumb and can't remember the lyrics to my favorite songs either, so I just went to her TH-cam "About" description and her name was right there lol these companies really be doing no due diligence or care
“doo-doo” 😂 Also, wow, it’s incredible that so much of that sounds like people just discovered the internet. It’s incredible! This whole thing reminds me of how TWiT practically spearheaded the integrated ad reads in podcasts & YT videos over a decade ago, but I suppose many of these marketing people are trying to take advantage of the solitary nature of most TH-cam creators and social media influencers-instead of dealing with larger creators who probably have an employee specifically for dealing in ads. I get a lot of messages in my DMs, and they’re usually obvious scams. Thankfully, most of the socials flag them on their own.
Totally agree with not baiting. BUT… once I’ve been baited I figure I might as well make good use of it. You’d be amazed the paths you can lead those folks down as long as they continue to think you’re the one who’s on the hook. 😏
As someone who is looking into starting a small media business, this is really useful as both the sender and the recipient of potential emails. So I think you've still shown a good example of your consultant skills, but I might be biased as a fan.
im a college student and ive wanted to reach out to creators for basic info for classes- what do you think the best route would be? i feel bad emailing but commenting doesn’t always get a response
Email is a perfectly viable, and probably the best, option. I know we're not used to email, but if you need to reach out to people for research, email is your best option, and unless you are incredibly rude, nobody will be offended or mad that you sent them an email.
Great to see you back in my feed. I hate that TH-cam has shadow banned so many creators that I follow. What’s the point of following anyone if TH-cam isn’t going to recommend their new videos??
As someone who is not, and for the foreseeable future will not ever, be involved with influencer/ content creator/ etc culture, it is absolutely fascinating to see a peak behind the curtain. Like opening the front door at a friend's house just to see a tsunami barreling towards you, but like no one's worried about it.
I'll be honest, I'd love a doomsday prepper supply crate video, they're from what I've heard mostly horrible, but I'd love to have you sample a few products and see what they are like.
a company /will not leave me alone/ that makes skincare that they SAY is targeted for the trans community. the creators are not trans, no one on their board of directors are, and they do not seem to understand why i'm not interested. (plus the products /seem/ like a quick money grab but I can't be sure because I keep refusing to work with them)
Also, how would that even work??? People are people, I know trans people who are actively transitioning may have more hormonal acne cause duh, but like its not like their skin is Suddenly Trans! Its just like regular hormonal acne???
I am not in anyway a creator nor do I place this on the same level of what content creators have to go through but this is how I feel as a highschool junior with colleges in my email.
Instagram is the worst for this, I get so many dm requests asking me to model jewellery and like I'm not even an influencer, I just post the occasional cosplay so I can't imagine how bad it is for people who are more openly available
OMG please do the "I asked for the bare minimum" shirt I need that so bad. Love these breakdowns, really interesting to hear about this side of TH-cam.
These industry videos are my favourites. I find the insight so interesting! I absolutely think Amanda should be a paid consultant, lots of paid consultants offer a lot less value than this :P
I get blasted by these types of passive aggressive follow up emails all the time. At a office job. I get...'I guess you're not the right person. 'I guess you don't want help with ____' 'you probably deleted my last email' 'why are you ignoring my email?' I just let them seethe into the void of the junk mail folder.
Lolol I’m glad you talked about Teespring! I asked on another video for your thoughts on working with them, and while I don’t know if you saw that, I guess the universe helped me out 🤣
I'm a small fry so people reach out very infrequently. I did get one because I did a review on a chair and it was a company clearly looking for backlinks so they could boost their seo presence. They wanted a link on that video dispite the fact that I didn't buy from that site. Refused to send a product for review and insisted on paying a $50 commission that I was sure would never materialize.
The first thing you want to do when you're trying to sell ANYONE ANYTHING, is convince them why they NEED your product. What is your product gonna provide to them that they NEED? If they can't do that, they suck. Everything else is secondary. But you also still have to treat the buyer as a human. 10 times out of 10 people will by from the guy that seems neighborly over the cocky butthole type.
Not an influencer but I've been getting weekly emails since 2020 regarding a nursing job that a company wants me take. I applied for a job with them in 2016. I got no reply. But now? They want me. I'm not even a nurse any more. I've called them but the emails keep coming. Never ever working for them
Most of the emails I get are from MCNs trying to get me to sign up, promising to "grow my channel" and complimenting me on just how amazing my videos are, and I need their services to spread my channel to the world. Maybe one day I will get sponsorship offers, but really, I am not interested in the idea of paid sponsorships unless I think it will be something positive for my audience. I am focusing on my own brand and selling my own products as a way to eventually (hopefully) make some money on this endeavor. These kinds of videos are really helpful to those of us who only aspire to one day be in the position where our inboxes are flooded with offers, it's good to see someone else's perspective and get some ideas for how to handle those situations.
I don't really do much in the way of content, but since I have a few comics running, I got both Emails and DMs a while back about a webcomic platform that was NFT based (but also denied being nft based despite using the terminology and their main gimmick was being web3) ages ago, that was a laugh
Dang, it makes perfect sense that companies would start doing this, but I hadn’t considered the idea of creator loans. That’s scary. So many teens and young adults would love to be influencers/creators, so I’m sure they are more susceptible to whatever bs promises these companies make. Sounds really sleazy.
As a small business owner who gets heaps of these fucking messages, even though they're completely irrelevant for me (???), nothing's sexier to me than this video. It will also help me reach out to other people. Thank you.
I'm a super small creator, and a faceless one at that, just had a DM for eye glasses promotion. I need new glasses, but my audience doesn't even know I need them for reading...
Usually you have to watch more than one video for that to happen. Just go to your history and delete the dog bed video and it should take that kind of content out of the recommended videos.
@@anahnnemus5187 I was surprised too. I watch a LOT of dog content so maybe that contributed. Thank you for the suggestion to delete it from my history!
You're assuming these marketers take time and care with any of this. I used to work for a company where apart from being the receptionist, it was also my job to scrape people's emails off Linked in profiles and collate them into a spreadsheet for my boss to send out his email flyers. I also had to create the email flyers. But at no point was there any personalisation or research into the targets going on. These companies do not take the time to build a community the way that you do, Amanda. They copy and paste.
Maybe I'm wrong for this, because so many people do it, but I can't even imagine just emailing content creators and asking them to promote something of mine. Oh, don't get me wrong, it would be totally AWESOME, but it feels disrespectful. Oh, and, young woman you ABSOLUTELY should consider consulting for a charge. I mean mental health has gone all Zoom and MS Teams, why not consulting too? I honestly believe you'd be great at it. Good luck out there. Give your dog a hello for me.
I can't stand seeing reviews and the reviewer doesn't flat out tell you right away they got a review version free from the company making the thing being reviewed. It means they are most likely taking it easy on the review and take anything they say with a grain of salt. Swell is one of a handful of reviewers I will watch that I know go through the whole experience of purchasing, unboxing, and using things that are reviewed so you get the whole experience from start to finish reviewed and it's wonderful.
'if they assume that i need the money, they're already starting behind.' this has the biggest girlboss energy and as a fellow creator i'm LIVING for it
Yesss!
Honestly, work it honey!
I need this on merch
That, along with "I don't like being a dick if I don't have to. I have my management mainly so they can be a dick for me." 😎
Why did you skip our meeting, Ms. Entertainment? We’ve been waiting. We’ve been waiting for years, Swell. The prophecy must be fulfilled.
Hello Mrs Swell, you missed the meeting we invented and we are very disappointed in you.
Gaslighting someone who ghosts you is feral behavior... and not in the good way 🫣
Oh ho ho, I am down the with kids and their influencers. It's actually "Ms S Well Entertainment!"
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I'm a translator/interpreter and I'm laughing because we have a lot of the same complaints, like e-mails addressed to "Dear linguist" and even "Dear resource" 🤣🤣🤣
dear resource is *so* bad!
damn do they not even capitalize the R in resource cuz that is rude af
Saaaame 🥲 "Dear ressource" grinds my gears every single time. Like, how do they not realize how disrespectful that is?!
Genuine question here, could this be because of a translation issue? Are there ever nonnative English speakers emailing you in English for your services? Obviously they could email in their language if you speak it but I'm just curious if maybe they choose not to every now and then or something.
Not "resource"! 🫥
I've had two different pet apparel companies leave comments on a photo collage of my dog on Instagram asking to have her model their shit.
It's a memorial collage I posted right after she quite literally _died in my arms_ from advanced lymphoma on our dining room floor, and I'm still devastated by it almost five years after the fact.
I was not kind to either of them in my replies along the lines of "how dare you", "how negligent and lazy can you BE?", and "only if your bandanas can fit a fucking URN". They didn't even read the first LINE of the description.
I gave both replies a week to be seen by them before deleting their original comment.
oh no! im so sorry for your loss. that is so cruel.
@@Vampress09 Thank you so much.💜
She would have been an excellent model because she was a cute AF bugg (Boston/pug mix) with one white foot and a tail that looked like a capital letter P because it went straight up, bent at a 90° angle, and curled back around on itself. Our vet's best guess was that it was broken during birth and that was how it healed. Either way, it was absolutely adorable and made her tail mostly wag just to one side, lopsided. lol
I am so sorry to hear that, but glad you at least got to tell them off. Its so ridiculous how much research creators are expected to do, when the companies themselves don't do the bare minimum.
Oh jeez that's so bad. I have my fingers crossed that they were spam account which are so common on dog ig
Of all the things to be mad about
if someone mails you something unsolicited, it's illegal for them to then try to bill you for it. by law, that money and whatever else that person sent to your P.O. box was yours to be considered a gift and you were not obligated to return it or take the deal they suggested. next time, keep the money and if you feel like it, direct them to 39 U.S. Code § 3009 and tell them you've made a complaint to the FTC about their illegal marketing tactics. they can't send you unordered merchandise and expect anything from you, including you returning it. this kind of thing is often done as a scam to try to get people to pay for the merchandise at the other end, so the federal government really does not take kindly to it. it looks like they adapted that scam into an illegal and deceptive marketing practice to attempt to make you feel obligated to go along with it.
Oh i LOVE the legal route of pettiness. I'm always worried this is going to happen, glad to know exactly what to cite just in case.
They *also* have to make it clear that it is a gift, or they can get into serious trouble. Cuecat (wow that was a long time ago) got into several kinds of legal trouble because they mailed out their barcode scanners unsolicited... then got mad at how people used them... then demanded them back. I'm pretty sure that PR stunt put them out of business.
This is the as those guys who will hand you their mixtape and then make you pay for it and not let you give it back
Amanda ACTUALLY speaking about behind the scenes and not giving us the “you guys don’t know how hard this is” is 👌🏽
That "call" talking in circles was 100% an MLM in disguise or a "course creator" that wants to use your likeness. They use that tactic a lot because they know anyone who understands their company will never get on a call with them.
I totally got that vibe too
My first job was a purchasing agent. Didn’t take long to realize the best salespeople were respectful of your time, knew their products and customers. The really good ones actually saved you time. The really bad ones wasted tons of time. Be grateful they don’t show up in person, because you often have to go to great length to ditch them and their “important meetings”.
Me, the receptionist, fighting off the reps "important meetings" when all I/we need from them is a spreadsheet.
Stop it, he's not going to call you back. I’m probably not going to even tell him you “popped by since you’re in the area”.
But while you’re here….. got any free pens? 👀
Flash forward seven years… The startup was successful (in spite of bad salespeople) and moved into a new building. All the conference rooms are named after American Presidents, and being wise to the ways of sales reps, they added a small unnamed conference room behind the receptionist as a sort of penalty-box holding cell for salespeople. The phone guy was a joker, so on the phone system when you got calls from salespeople in the room, its extension showed up as “The Clinton Room”.
Reminds me of Strange Aeons going through her inbox, showing shady "sponsor" emails saying "Dear Strange,..."
Yeeees 😆😆
I love that video! But I'm still wondering how did she know that the NordVPN one was a scam. Or am I confusing that video with someone else's?
Ironically enough, this actually gave me the push to actually send an email out to a creator with a "sooo.... you wanna try my product?" tiny pitch. Much as I hate self promotion, it's kinda reassuring to know that just by being an actual human you can have a chance.....
People will go for it or they won't! But your best chance is being clear, concise, and respectful!
Best of luck!
What helps me a lot for a lot of things is- what does it cost you? A few minutes of your time and maybe a little bit of false hope? That’s worth it if it works out
I follow a creator who got sent an e-mail to sponsor a weight loss supplement. She was pregnant!!!! It was easy to find out that she was pregnant, so either they just didn't do any due diligence and just offered it assuming she had some weight or they just decided to send it to her anyways.
From a diet culture perspective, this is actually brilliant. "I lost the baby weight, with these pills? Who cares about the FDA????"
Evil, but effective
sending this to actual fat people (which I assume is what they intended) is genuinely so fucked up for so many reasons
I follow someone who was offered a sponsor deal to advertise baby bottles. She doesn't have children.
Why can’t Hermes be your email assistant I have faith in him
Omg this blew up Ty for the 1k likes
He'd be a good boy for the job ☺️
He may just end up chewing on the keyboard 🤔
@@facetioustitan3900 I think you just need faith in them
No, he was born to be a trophy boy
So many of these brand deal emails are just form letters they send to every creator they can find. I just close them if it's clear it wasn't a personalized message.
"I asked for the bare minimum and you couldn't even do that" feels like my life theme.
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LOL as a high school teacher good god is this relatable 🥲
“The bar was so low it was practically a tripping hazard in Hell, yet here you are, limbo dancing with the devil.”
As an old, what I've learned is that even the bare minimum of genuineness can go miles, being wholly genuine will always end in more success in anything in life
Amanda had the angry stock photo to be her “inner thoughts” and as soon as the screen went to sleep, she let those inner thoughts represent themselves.
I work at a boutique/independent bookstore and let me tell you, we will drop a seller instantly if they are rude. It doesnt matter how good your book is, or how much your handmade jewelry sells, if you are rude it’s not worth it to work with you, end of story.
Used to work at a local pet store (3 employees and the owner) and our distributors kissed ASS. They'd travel to our island (expensive) from elsewhere in the country and buy us coffee and lunch, bring free product merch for us, be available for support at all hours if we had any questions or issues, and so on. Because there are a lot of pet product distributors and they want to keep as many clients as they can.
It's shocking that there are companies out there trying to get content creators to work with them and then being disrespectful. What an absolute waste of time for everyone involved. If you're willing to sink some money into a creator advertising for you at least leave them with a good impression 😬
My take is if a brand wants me to pitch their item and they treat me like crap, how do they treat their customers? First impressions are critical and it is good you are picky and choosy.
I did a lot of b2b sales, and my retry interval was 1 week / 1 month / 1 year. A surprising number of people bit on the 1 year resend, since it showed that we were still in business and still thinking about them.
Wish more companies did that, I hate getting emails begging me to buy something
As far as emails I always find it funny that my Instagram has under 100 followers, and I will still get emails from companies trying to make me an ambassador for their clothing brand. My entire Instagram is of local hikes with virtually no people in any of the photos.
Same 😂 I always assume those companies are just scams, and will probably ask you purchase merchandise to use in your “ambassador” photos if you actually reach out to them
@@DinosourousRexx That's what I think too! Or the few times I have looked them up they are VERY clearly a drop shipping website
I get the same thing. I have under 500 followed and get a stupid amount of pitches. All of which I reject cause that’s not my thing. I post my artwork and am running my own business!!
I regularly have companies message me like every three days for YEARS. YEARS. I don’t have time to respond to every single email, I am a busy person doing everything myself, TAKE A HINT
I'm sorry but creator loan companies?? That sounds so predatory I just know we're gonna get a bunch of videos in a few years about younger people getting scammed trying to make it big on youtube
I wish she talked about that more. Seems like a really bad idea especially if the interest rates are high like Amanda implies
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The confidence, the independence, the snap backs! I’m here for it. Love how your content is so varied
honestly as much as I loved Amanda's consulting hat, I just really liked hearing the copywriting dissection as an ND gal who walked a lot of my anxious friends through emails to profs/jobs/bigwigs throughout uni LOL I spout the same spiel over and over again to ppl I mentor who are like "it's an email it's not that deep" and I'm like "welp you can't be emailing a page that's just mail". (also fyi 19:48 I've learned a good phrase is adjustment disorders/executive dysfunction; bit of a blanket phrase for how ND our current generation is!)
This video is the reason (like all Swell Videos) I love this channel. Pulls no punches and just says what should be said. Amanda is the real deal and I really enjoy her videos and the information/ research she presents is stellar.
You may hate our emails, but we love your videos
Anyone who replies to all of them and doesn't have an assistant most likely has a template (or multiple) that they send when they are not interested saved so they can just click one button and be done with it. Highly recommend.
Extreme metaphore asmr begins at 5:44
Thank you. Someone should make a supercut of all of Swell's unintentional asmr 🍝🐐
I'm not a content creator, but I can't believe companies are so bad at putting together coherent emails.
I have a dumb corporate job and have had unrelated companies try to bully me into using their services by sending increasingly angry emails and trying to forcefully set up meetings.
The services they were offering would not be something we were interested in, it's not something that would be even close to my job to even think about having an opinion on, and if it was I certainly wouldn't choose the company that sent me shitty emails over the holidays.
At least it's kind of them to show all their red flags up front?
Mista gg had big issues with manscape. It's amazing how creators have been standing up for themselves and being honest about companies. Kinda gives a big heads-up on who we are giving our money to.
I really appreciate this behind the curtain look at the buisness side of the channel.
The creator loans are gonna be an interesting downward spiral for a lot of failed YTers
I always appreciate your transparency with media as a whole and you have been a constant of that kind of content, thank you for being so awesome!
Yes girl ! I hope they take your advice too ✨✨✨
So much respect for you, Amanda. Love your moral sense.
I’m a book influencer and I once had a company email me randomly, I think they were like a marketing company (to help grow audience or something) but the description was so vague I was like yea no plus whatever the fees were gonna be I wasn’t gonna be able pay. I never responded to the initial email and they emailed me like 3+ times AFTER and each email progressively got more and more passive aggressive, so in my head I was like why would I work with y’all especially after this?
Onlyfans Essay Stans: "We're wearing her down. Yessss yesssssssssss... feeeeeettt FEEEEEEEEET" *hissing, other unappealing snake/frog noises*
Is anyone else UwU to make Swell's email inbox less of a chore to sort through? 🥺
Always happy to be here early enough to see fellow simp comments 🍿
Will UwU for Swell anyday.
What does uWu mean as a verb?
I am a seamstress and I’ve had people with 15 followers reach out and say they’ll promote my stuff to their page if I send them an outfit for free…an outfit that takes no less than 10 hours hours to make (often longer because it’s custom) and I have to charge $300 for to even attempt to make a living. Obviously that’s not viable, although I’d love to send something to a couple big TH-camrs who are into the same fashion substyle and have liked my stuff on insta…unfortunately I don’t even currently have time to make an extra item to do so though, so it really boggles the mind that someone I don’t know with no following would ask me to make it for them for free. I guess I should be flattered, but I’m tired 😂😂😂😂😂
That one “company” that sent you a video talking in circles sounds like a textbook mlm/network marketing scam, they reeeeaally don’t like telling you what their deal is until you agree
I love these videos of you going deep into behind the scenes aspects of being a creator. I did a postgrad in marketing and we had only a few classes where they talked about influencer marketing, and the way you talk about creators being seen as billboards is so on point.
Oh my god the doomsday prepper company emailed me like that too. I deadass checked my schedule and google agenda to see if i really had a meeting with them.
oh fuck, I thought emailing people like twice about transcription/subtitle services was being annoying. looks like I'm nowhere near the rate of annoyance of some of these other emails lmaoooo.
I sent Amanda an email before, but it was just to let he know about an event I saw on instagram I thought she might be interested in going/doing a video about. I was blanking on her name cause I am very dumb and can't remember the lyrics to my favorite songs either, so I just went to her TH-cam "About" description and her name was right there lol these companies really be doing no due diligence or care
“doo-doo” 😂
Also, wow, it’s incredible that so much of that sounds like people just discovered the internet.
It’s incredible!
This whole thing reminds me of how TWiT practically spearheaded the integrated ad reads in podcasts & YT videos over a decade ago, but I suppose many of these marketing people are trying to take advantage of the solitary nature of most TH-cam creators and social media influencers-instead of dealing with larger creators who probably have an employee specifically for dealing in ads.
I get a lot of messages in my DMs, and they’re usually obvious scams. Thankfully, most of the socials flag them on their own.
Totally agree with not baiting.
BUT… once I’ve been baited I figure I might as well make good use of it. You’d be amazed the paths you can lead those folks down as long as they continue to think you’re the one who’s on the hook. 😏
This is good life advice, and I feel like it can translate across most professional interactions. As Tim Heidecker says, No More bullshit!!!
That mysterious "making money and making content" thing was 1000% an mlm or a similar scam.
🎵Captions, captions, I appreciate the captions🎵
🎶 No seriously, no one does them anymore thank youuu 🎶
Still hold the title of your longest Patreon supporter :D
Thanks for the great video Amandony Entertainer!
As someone who is looking into starting a small media business, this is really useful as both the sender and the recipient of potential emails. So I think you've still shown a good example of your consultant skills, but I might be biased as a fan.
im a college student and ive wanted to reach out to creators for basic info for classes- what do you think the best route would be? i feel bad emailing but commenting doesn’t always get a response
Email is a perfectly viable, and probably the best, option. I know we're not used to email, but if you need to reach out to people for research, email is your best option, and unless you are incredibly rude, nobody will be offended or mad that you sent them an email.
Great to see you back in my feed. I hate that TH-cam has shadow banned so many creators that I follow. What’s the point of following anyone if TH-cam isn’t going to recommend their new videos??
Glad you call out this disgusting tech
I love videos like these. Always fascinating getting a peek of behind the scenes of this industry.
SCHOOL 'EM. This is how I feel half the time I get emails from my coworkers and clients haha
I just finished watching another one of your videos and i got the notification you uploaded. Cheers!
Thanks!
As someone who is not, and for the foreseeable future will not ever, be involved with influencer/ content creator/ etc culture, it is absolutely fascinating to see a peak behind the curtain. Like opening the front door at a friend's house just to see a tsunami barreling towards you, but like no one's worried about it.
I'll be honest, I'd love a doomsday prepper supply crate video, they're from what I've heard mostly horrible, but I'd love to have you sample a few products and see what they are like.
a company /will not leave me alone/ that makes skincare that they SAY is targeted for the trans community. the creators are not trans, no one on their board of directors are, and they do not seem to understand why i'm not interested. (plus the products /seem/ like a quick money grab but I can't be sure because I keep refusing to work with them)
Also, how would that even work??? People are people, I know trans people who are actively transitioning may have more hormonal acne cause duh, but like its not like their skin is Suddenly Trans! Its just like regular hormonal acne???
15:10 SOUNDS LIKE AN MLM TO ME LOLOLOLOLOL 💀💀💀💀💀
I am not in anyway a creator nor do I place this on the same level of what content creators have to go through but this is how I feel as a highschool junior with colleges in my email.
Instagram is the worst for this, I get so many dm requests asking me to model jewellery and like I'm not even an influencer, I just post the occasional cosplay so I can't imagine how bad it is for people who are more openly available
OMG please do the "I asked for the bare minimum" shirt I need that so bad. Love these breakdowns, really interesting to hear about this side of TH-cam.
I work in journalism and a lot of these issues are extremely prevalent in PR “news” pitches we get as well
These industry videos are my favourites. I find the insight so interesting! I absolutely think Amanda should be a paid consultant, lots of paid consultants offer a lot less value than this :P
I get blasted by these types of passive aggressive follow up emails all the time. At a office job. I get...'I guess you're not the right person. 'I guess you don't want help with ____' 'you probably deleted my last email' 'why are you ignoring my email?' I just let them seethe into the void of the junk mail folder.
damn, baiting you with anxiety is unhinged
I thought this was going to go in a whole different direction so I'm glad it's not about creepy people on the internet
Lolol I’m glad you talked about Teespring! I asked on another video for your thoughts on working with them, and while I don’t know if you saw that, I guess the universe helped me out 🤣
0:45 being calm is not all it's cracked up to be :))
I have a plus size athletic brand and I love this video! Thank you for the information on how to approach these things♥️
This is so fascinating. I love behind the scenes content.
The number of times you said do do can't be an accident, but I love it and I'm still laughing because I'm secretly a child that laughs at poop jokes
Thank you for subtitling your videos :)
I'm a small fry so people reach out very infrequently. I did get one because I did a review on a chair and it was a company clearly looking for backlinks so they could boost their seo presence. They wanted a link on that video dispite the fact that I didn't buy from that site. Refused to send a product for review and insisted on paying a $50 commission that I was sure would never materialize.
The first thing you want to do when you're trying to sell ANYONE ANYTHING, is convince them why they NEED your product. What is your product gonna provide to them that they NEED? If they can't do that, they suck. Everything else is secondary. But you also still have to treat the buyer as a human. 10 times out of 10 people will by from the guy that seems neighborly over the cocky butthole type.
Not an influencer but I've been getting weekly emails since 2020 regarding a nursing job that a company wants me take. I applied for a job with them in 2016. I got no reply. But now? They want me. I'm not even a nurse any more. I've called them but the emails keep coming. Never ever working for them
Most of the emails I get are from MCNs trying to get me to sign up, promising to "grow my channel" and complimenting me on just how amazing my videos are, and I need their services to spread my channel to the world. Maybe one day I will get sponsorship offers, but really, I am not interested in the idea of paid sponsorships unless I think it will be something positive for my audience. I am focusing on my own brand and selling my own products as a way to eventually (hopefully) make some money on this endeavor.
These kinds of videos are really helpful to those of us who only aspire to one day be in the position where our inboxes are flooded with offers, it's good to see someone else's perspective and get some ideas for how to handle those situations.
There is some great insight here.
I don't really do much in the way of content, but since I have a few comics running, I got both Emails and DMs a while back about a webcomic platform that was NFT based (but also denied being nft based despite using the terminology and their main gimmick was being web3) ages ago, that was a laugh
Dang, it makes perfect sense that companies would start doing this, but I hadn’t considered the idea of creator loans. That’s scary. So many teens and young adults would love to be influencers/creators, so I’m sure they are more susceptible to whatever bs promises these companies make. Sounds really sleazy.
As a small business owner who gets heaps of these fucking messages, even though they're completely irrelevant for me (???), nothing's sexier to me than this video. It will also help me reach out to other people. Thank you.
Honestly, I work a corporate job, and it's all the same. The problem is people that have no respect at all and want to make ZERO effort.
I know I'm gonna be nodding along for 26 minutes straight. Because my inbox is the same.
The "company" that had video call you probably was a scam😳😂
that's it, that's my comment!
keep up the great work, I enjoy your videos!
I'm a super small creator, and a faceless one at that, just had a DM for eye glasses promotion. I need new glasses, but my audience doesn't even know I need them for reading...
I've gotten human dog bed content since watching your video. I had never even heard of it. Now I'm getting storage suggestions for them. Thanks.
Usually you have to watch more than one video for that to happen. Just go to your history and delete the dog bed video and it should take that kind of content out of the recommended videos.
@@anahnnemus5187 I was surprised too. I watch a LOT of dog content so maybe that contributed. Thank you for the suggestion to delete it from my history!
You're assuming these marketers take time and care with any of this. I used to work for a company where apart from being the receptionist, it was also my job to scrape people's emails off Linked in profiles and collate them into a spreadsheet for my boss to send out his email flyers. I also had to create the email flyers. But at no point was there any personalisation or research into the targets going on. These companies do not take the time to build a community the way that you do, Amanda. They copy and paste.
You hate emails, but I like your nail polish.
sweet, I don't have to leave Patreon.
Maybe I'm wrong for this, because so many people do it, but I can't even imagine just emailing content creators and asking them to promote something of mine. Oh, don't get me wrong, it would be totally AWESOME, but it feels disrespectful. Oh, and, young woman you ABSOLUTELY should consider consulting for a charge. I mean mental health has gone all Zoom and MS Teams, why not consulting too? I honestly believe you'd be great at it. Good luck out there. Give your dog a hello for me.
If you're going to contact a creator be ok with never hearing back. They don't owe you a reply no matter how much you might want one.
I can't stand seeing reviews and the reviewer doesn't flat out tell you right away they got a review version free from the company making the thing being reviewed. It means they are most likely taking it easy on the review and take anything they say with a grain of salt. Swell is one of a handful of reviewers I will watch that I know go through the whole experience of purchasing, unboxing, and using things that are reviewed so you get the whole experience from start to finish reviewed and it's wonderful.
Video is such a flex telling people how to email you about opportunities. My goodness lmao
Would be a weird flex?
I don't have a business email. Sounds like I'm saving a lot of time, but then again I don't exactly have an audience to promote things to.