80: How to Start Your Content Creator Business and Make Money

If I had to start my content creator business all over again, here’s exactly what I would do — no fluff, just the real behind-the-scenes steps that actually build momentum. Whether you're trying to figure out how to find clients, want to leave your 9–5, or just need to know what works now in the content creator space — this episode is your kickstart.  In this episode, I cover: ✅ The exact platforms I’d use to land clients (yep — even the weird ones that take 20%) ✅ Why you should post less and pitch more (and what type of posts actually matter) ✅ How to treat your Instagram like a billboard, not a scrapbook ✅ Why a simple one-page portfolio beats a fancy site every time ✅ How sending 10 emails a week can completely shift your creator business ✅ The power of outreach — and why asking is your biggest secret weapon ✅ Why being boring builds your business faster than trendy ever could ✅ How to scale once you’re booking consistent work ✅ Why your mindset around pitching matters more than your pitch itself🛠 Tools & Platforms Mentioned:Job platforms: Upwork, Contra, Fiverr (plus Maddy'a tip: Coley, Popular Pays, PopFly)Portfolio sites: Canva , AI builders, simple one-pagers🎧 UGC Tip of the Day – From Maddy Garrett Want to make your first $500 with UGC? Go check out Episode 4 of her podcast for the exact steps. 🎙 Listen to Paid to Travel: The UGC Podcast🌍 New Travel Creator Membership Coming Soon! I’m building a travel creator community focused on systems and sustainability — not just algorithm hacks. If you're tired of piecing together info from a million courses and want real, actionable systems to grow your business so you can go backpacking (like I’m about to do in the Tetons 👣), then this is for you.👉 DM me on Instagram with the phrase "travel content writing" if you’re interested in joining the waitlist or just wanna chat about it. It's gonna be GOOD. Like, boring-but-life-changing good.🎧 Talented A.F. Podcast Production by Your Girl Media 📲 Follow: @yourgirlmedia 💻 Visit: www.yourgirlmedia.comSign up for my newsletter, the Content Compass to receive free tips and tricks to beat the content creation overwhelm and get back to traveling.Get five shifts that will take you from travel creator to business owner with actionable next steps included. AND two private podcast episodes. Get the Creator to CEO Playbook for $5Say hi on InstagramJoin Us 👉 The Travel Creator Business Plan Community!The only business-building community designed specifically for travel creators.  You’ll get:  ✔ monthly business systems  ✔ coworking + Q&A calls  ✔ a private community of creators building real businesses  ✔ guidance to help you move from “content machine” to “CEO energy”Sign Up HERE