 What is up everyone my name is Estie Mike and today we're going to talk about how to reach out to brands to make some extra cash to Hopefully help pay some bills now Even if you don't want to have any sponsored videos on your channel, but you're interested in making some extra cash using your talent This could be something for you now A lot of people are scared to reach out to brands companies or sponsors simply because they don't have a large following So they settle on waiting until they're bigger now this next message is to all those people I'm gonna let you in on a little secret. You don't even need a channel to lock down brand deals So don't think twice about your number instead start thinking about your quality if you have quality Then there's no reason that you shouldn't be working with any of these brands Now if you're trying to reach out to big names then not as when it helps if you have a following to back your quality But if you're a small channel, I advise reaching out to a small brand Don't try approaching a brand you see on the top youtubers working with Instead approach a brand that has a similar product But hasn't quite tapped into the advertising market on YouTube yet If you haven't found any of their products on YouTube or any reviews then it's gonna be beyond easy to set up something with this brand Think about it like this a brand that wants a commercial can easily go to a film company and spend anywhere between 10 and $20,000 on a short commercial then they have to pay to advertise it until YouTube became a thing That was what everybody did now that YouTube is growing bigger and bigger It's becoming easier for companies to advertise on YouTube for a much cheaper price They'll send youtubers a free product and then ask them to do a review or a short video about this product And then give them like $500 or something now not only do they get a cheap video out of the mix But they get a video that they can promote as well now This is where it comes into place that you don't necessarily need a channel They are already saving Thousands and thousands of dollars on a video and they're able to stretch that dollar and make tons of different videos with tons of Different creators now more times than not they use this to advertise themselves They'll show it to potential customers They'll put it on their website or the Amazon page or different things like this to help advertise what they're wanting So you don't necessarily need to have a following You just have to have good quality to offer them because they're already saving a ton of money And if they can get that quality for cheap then why wouldn't they now again if you do have a following It does help quite a bit because then they get free promotion on top of it But a lot of times they do their own promotion as well So I'm just trying to share that it's not necessarily needed throughout my time on YouTube I've actually had plenty of opportunities to work with multiple different brands So that's how I've kind of grown to understand this When I made my first YouTube channel I actually worked with quite a few different companies And I really didn't have much of a following I worked with companies like Healy's, Swiffer, Purina Dog Food, Hills Dog Food, Gung Ho Energy, Loot Crate And Science Energy Drinks and Office Max and a few other ones that I'm probably forgetting And half of these videos that I made weren't even for my channel All they were looking for was a nice quality video that they can use to promote themselves Now if you're wondering where you can find the contact info to contact these brands All you have to simply do is go to their website and go to their contact page And you'll more times than not find an email where you can contact them and throw them your pitch And make sure your pitch is professional If it's not they're gonna delete your email Now another great thing that's come around are websites that help make this process easier I'd advise everyone interested in brand deals to check out Or sign up for the following sites and try your luck FainBit.com, Tap Influence.com, Relio.com, and Gen.video And there's plenty more sites like this that bring advertisers to you You make your pitch, they look at you, and if they see what they like they'll work with you And this next one is targeted towards my filmmaking family You can also practice doing product spots by doing contests You can check out the site OnlineVideoContest.com And find brands that you're interested in making a video for You may not win any money or you may not even place But you can have an example to show your future brands that you're wanting to work with And if you do win then you could say you've worked with said brand And you have some money or whatever prize that they offer But anyways guys, that's it for me today, I hope this helped you Be sure to leave your questions down below for me to answer next week Also, on another note, I'm gonna be out of town for the next two weeks I'm not gonna be around to do my Monday live streams But they will be back on the 28th of this month So you can expect to see me then If you wanna see more of my tips and tricks you can click the link in the sidebar Or if you wanna see more of me and my personal channels You can click the links down in the description below I post up videos every single day And here soon they're gonna be quite interesting So make sure you go check that out I'd love to see you guys there But anyways guys, that's it and we'll see you next week See ya