heyooo fellow creators, davee here! I just downloaded tiktok again for the first time in 6 months and sawwww an unbeleivable amount of negativity in the creator space, a bunch of creators fearmongering over how AI will take over the industry, how its too saturated, a bunch of limiting beliefs that gen xers can't do it. . . blah blah blah. wanted to just come into here and say this past month in July, I was able to book over $20k in brand gigs and an $10k for next month already secured for august, whilst working half the day , surfing with my son pretty much daily . i landed a 5 figure brand partnership with carnival crusie line, where i pretty much get paid to do ugc on their crusie, and ON TOP of that, me and my family get a free cruise around Mexico. my son (16), just got back from a regional soccer tournament and this july, he hit $5k with ugc, and now aiming to do a $10k month before his senior year of HS! i say this because in my approach, there's really never been a better time to start as a creator, whether ur 52 lke me, or a teenager like my son reading this post right now. ive always had that approach since i started ugc 4 years ago, and i have that approach 4 years later, and stil serves me to do this day. heck, i had this attitude still even after losing my entire life savings, and going $50,000 in debt, after the 2008 real estate crash. and no it wasn't always sunshine and rainbows either, i've been decently "well-off", and made a good fortune, then lost it all BIG TIME, and got completely humbled by the 2008 real estate crash , losing all of my life savings + putting me into $50,000 in debt ( that i worked to repay for 10+ years) I was the "guy" who went from "having it all" to couldn't even being able to afford for my sons field trips and being that "father" i promised i never would become. the lowest of the low was when I literally was not able to sleep at nights because of how much guilt i felt that my wife was doing hundreds of job applications daily, just so we could keep us with the mortgage, and i was missing family events like my sons just because of how badly i needed the money.

Hey, Nina here :) I'm just starting with UGC and am very thankful for this great community and everything that we learn here! I was just thinking about how to find 50+ brands a day we actually like to pitch them our ideas. Are there any apps or websites someone can recommend to find brands?😄 Best regards, Nina