How one creator-deal middleman closed $100K+ with an AI outreach system reading paid-partnership records
aryanXmahajan · x · 2026-09-03
A creator manager details the AI-powered pipeline he built to connect creators with brands, closing $100,000+ in deals by mining public sponsorship records to find budget holders.
- Sponsor Radar: pulls brands that paid creators in your niche in the last 90 days from YouTube/Instagram/TikTok paid-partnership records (25 brands per creator to copy)
- Buyer Finder: identifies the person owning the creator budget with a verified work email (217 of 531 contacts had moved)
- Buyer Brain researches how each buyer judges deals; Pitch Writer generates 4 versions per brand for LinkedIn/IG/X/email; Deck Builder makes a one-page sponsor deck in 60 seconds; Deal Board manages 100 conversations with AI-drafted replies
- Numbers: 15,811 brands scored, 600 contacted, 168 replies (28% reply rate), $100K+ closed, for a creator group with 10M+ subscribers and 4.5B+ views
- Takeaway: you don't need an audience—be the middleman and keep the 20% a talent manager would take
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