The Beginner UGC Checklist

You don't need thousands of followers, expensive equipment, or previous brand deals to start UGC.

You need a PLAN.

The Beginner UGC Checklist walks you through 54 actionable steps to help you go from “Where do I even start?” to building your portfolio, finding opportunities, pitching brands, creating content, negotiating your rates, and building a repeatable UGC system.

Inside, you'll learn:

✓ What equipment you actually need to start

✓ The apps and tools I recommend for creators

✓ How to create your first UGC samples without brand deals

✓ How to build your UGC portfolio

✓ Where to find paid UGC opportunities

✓ UGC platforms to research, including Cohley, Billo, JoinBrands, Insense, Skeepers, Collabstr, Aspire & more

✓ How to find brands to pitch yourself

✓ How to pitch brands through email and social media

✓ My 10–20 pitches per day strategy

✓ Email + DM pitch templates

✓ How to understand UGC pricing

✓ Paid usage, whitelisting, raw footage, exclusivity & revisions explained

✓ How to negotiate brand offers

✓ How to organize every campaign before filming

✓ How I use AI as my UGC assistant to stay organized and simplify my workflow

✓ My pre-filming and submission checklists

✓ How to turn one campaign into repeat work

✓ A 7-day getting-started plan

✓ A 30-day UGC action plan

…and more.

I created this for the person who keeps watching UGC creators online and thinking:

“Okay…but HOW do I actually start?”

Instead of piecing together information from dozens of videos, posts, and searches, you'll have the process organized in one place.

Phone → Samples → Portfolio → Platforms → Pitch → Create → Deliver → Get Paid → Repeat.

This is a self-guided digital ebook. Results are not guaranteed and will depend on your effort, skills, consistency, market conditions, and other factors.