UGC for real-life women · no portfolio needed
Stop researching. Start Day 1.
Brands pay regular people to make short videos about their products. It's not really that difficult. Everybody just tells you so many different things. This is one simple playbook: do this today, do this tomorrow.
- 6approvals in my first month
- 0portfolios built
- 1phone, nothing fancy
Holly's 30-second hello goes here
Takes about 20 seconds
What does your first week look like?
Three taps. You get your own Day 1 through Day 4, free.
What everybody tells you
Tap a card. Here's what I found.
Inside the playbook
One day, one job.
Short pages you can read on your phone. Tick each day off as you go.
- Day 1
Watch
Search TikTok for real UGC videos and see what brands are buying.
- Day 2
Connect
Find other UGC women, follow them, and start building your base.
- Day 3
Gear up
A tripod, a phone mount, a microphone. That's the list.
- Day 4
Film your sample videos
Two to five good 30-second videos, each in a different niche.
- Day 5 · in the playbook
Sign up on the platforms
Which ones, in what order, and what they ask you.
- Next · in the playbook
Apply to your first briefs
What to send when a brand asks for a sample.
- Then · in the playbook
Posting and getting paid
Posting, deadlines, and when you get paid.
- The platform listInsense, Cohley, Sideshift, Trybe, and more, with what each one is good for.
- My real sample videosThe ones I posted, so you can see what "good enough" looks like.
- Checklists that tickEvery day ends with boxes to check, right on your phone.
- Two extra pathsA short read on affiliate marketing and on making your own digital product.
Who wrote this
"I'm a Gen Xer, 47, a grandma. I have a short attention span and I think a lot of people do too. So I made this clean and easy."
Holly Marshall. One month in, six approvals, no portfolio.
The Day One Playbook
- Every day laid out, from Day 1 to your first brief
- The platform list and my sample videos
- Read it on your phone, at your pace
- Not a course. Nothing to sit through.
$37one payment
Get the playbookI'm one month in and I'll show you exactly what I did. I can't promise you income, and nobody honestly can. Most brand deals pay at the end of a 30-day run.