The Truth About Travel Influencing and Brand Deals

Let’s be honest 👇 I would venture to say close to 90% of the people teaching how to get brand deals and travel collabs don’t actually know how to create a sustainable career. Many have gotten a few free trade deals, maybe 1-2 paid gigs and now are an “industry expert” sharing all their secrets to get paid to travel with no followers. Here’s the problem, it’s a pipe dream that not even they could accomplish. Btw when you see stuff like “scored a 3 night 3k collab” most often that means the value of the stay is 3k and they got paid a big fat 0. Idk about you but I can’t pay my bills with a free stay lol. You need skill to make this work. Not just with a camera and editing, but with storytelling, marketing strategy, and much more. It’s not as simple as a phone and laptop connection as many claim, but it can be done. So here’s what you need to know👇 1️⃣ Without hard case studies, it’s nearly impossible to get paid deals. If you don’t have them that should be your priority #1. If you don’t know how I have tons of videos on my IG and YouTube about it. 2️⃣ It’s a numbers game. If you only send 10 emails, chances are you won’t get a deal. You need to constantly be pitching and eventually build a system around it. 3️⃣ You have to love it. If you just want a few free vacations every once in a while this isn’t for you. This is for people that take it seriously and actually want to treat it like a business (cause it is) 4️⃣ If brands aren’t willing to pay you, maybe it’s because you’re not valuable enough yet. Hard truth but still truth. Work on your skills, create a better offer, gather more proof of results then try again. 5️⃣ If you sound like a copycat of everyone else, you have no unique value prop so therefore will likely get ignored. You’re a creative so be creative in your outreach, offer, sales process, etc. and stand out Like I said, I’m not a guru, but I have been consistently working with the top brands in the travel industry for the past 5 years. If you need help comment me “PLAYBOOK” and I’ll send you my free 0-100k guide. Be blessed and stay stoked 😎🤙