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How to Turn a Small Following Into Real Creator Income With Brand Deals and UGC (Without Going Viral, Quitting Your Job First or Pitching 20 Brands a Day)

Live with Melanie Renee, who lost her job in July 2025, went all in on content and made $100K in her first 7 months from UGC, brand deals and digital products. Now 123K followers and $30K months.

Tuesday, November 3 · 5:00 PM Pacific
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Free · about 60 minutes on Zoom, plus live Q&A

Melanie Renee smiling in a hotel room, holding her fluffy mic and an iced coffee
Melanie ReneeFull-time creator since July 2025

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123K on Instagram 20.9K on YouTube TikTok and Threads
On Tuesday

Here's what you'll learn

01

The One-Stream Start

Why doing every side hustle at once kept Melanie stuck for 5 years, and how locking in on one income stream gets you paid before you have a big following.

02

The Throughline Series

How to plan one content series that makes strangers follow you and makes brands find you, so you can stop pitching 20 brands a day.

03

The Inbound Stack

How to stack UGC, brand deals and digital products in the right order, so one video can get paid more than once.

What changed everything

You don't need to go viral, quit your job first or wait until you feel confident. You need one income stream, one series, and the nerve to post the cringe videos anyway.

I used to pitch 20 brands a day and hear nothing. Now they slide into my DMs. Melanie
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Meet your host

Melanie Renee in a long blue dress, smiling at a balcony railing at sunset
Melanie Renee
Creator and creator coach · Orange County, California

For five years Melanie had side hustles going, a blog, an Etsy shop, a bit of everything, and never figured out how to make any of it full time.

In July 2025 she lost her job, came home from a solo trip and moved back in with her parents. She was scared, unemployed and honestly pretty desperate, so she went all in on content. Her first goal was $5K in 90 days.

She's since made $100K in 7 months from content, had a $30K month in September 2026 and grown from 50K to 100K followers in under two months. She posts her income every month, spreadsheet and all.

Lost her job, July 2025Full-time creatorMonthly income reports
$100Kmade from content in her first 7 months
$30Kin one month, September 2026
$2,000from one brand for 2 UGC videos
Melanie at her desk, chin on her hand
"Views don't pay your bills."
Melanie Renee
Free when you register

The Brand Pitch Pack

The pitch email Melanie sends brands, the follow-up she sends when they go quiet, and the negotiation notes behind her $2,000 deal for 2 UGC videos.

It's for the part where most people stall: you send the pitch, nothing comes back, and you start wondering if you're big enough yet. Copy it, swap in the brand, and send it this week.

Delivered in the WhatsApp group when you join
Her own numbers

She posts her income every month

Melanie's post: I made $30K in September
$30K in SeptemberHer biggest month so far, 2026.
Melanie's post: $100K in 7 months
$100K in 7 monthsFrom content, after losing her job.
Melanie's post: $10K in 16 days
$10K in 16 daysShared in one of her income updates.
Melanie holding a cake with 100K candles
100K followersSeptember 1, 2026. Cake included.
Melanie's Instagram counters in July and August, and her shocked smile
July vs AugustHer profile counters, one month apart.
Melanie's post: how I negotiated a $2000 brand deal for two UGC videos
$2,000 for 2 UGC videosA brand she found on Bento.
From her channel

Watch Melanie break it down

How to Start UGC in 2026 (I made $15K in my first 6 months)
The EXACT Roadmap to Your First $10K Month ONLINE
How I Scaled to $10K Months as a Creator (And How You Can Too)
it just takes one year to change your life (i'm proof of it)
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Results shown are Melanie's own and aren't typical or guaranteed. What you earn depends on your work, your niche and many other factors.