Influencer Jalyn Baiden often cold pitches a company over Instagram direct message or email. She's earned nearly $20,000 this year, and has signed deals with companies like Lancôme and GoPuff. She ...

Brand collaborations are one of the main ways to earn income as an influencer. Usually, these brands will pay influencers to post sponsored content on their respective social media promoting the ...

TikTok creator Lillian Zhang landed her first paid brand deal when she had only 10,000 followers. She reached out to the brand herself via DM after its account liked and commented on her posts. Here's ...

Des Moines-based vegan influencer Jackie Akerberg has no beef. For the 31-year-old metro area native, that means no meat from animals — and no negativity — on her positivity peppered Instagram page ...