How micro creators get brand deals: they make it obvious brands already pay
Micro creators — 1k to 100k followers — win brand deals by targeting brands that already sponsor accounts their size, in their exact niche, and by pitching with performance data instead of follower counts. SpyShrimp surfaces who is paying, what they pay for, and how your content measures up.
Small accounts pitch like big accounts — and get ignored
A media kit full of follower stats reads as noise to a brand. What converts a micro pitch is proof: “creators my size in this niche run sponsored posts for you every month, and here is how my content performs against that benchmark.” Almost nobody sends that, because almost nobody has the data.
How SpyShrimp does it
Brands that sponsor your size band
Proof your content performs
Benchmark before you price
Pitch, then re-pitch on time
How it works
- 1
Build your prospect list
Search 5–10 creators your size in your niche. Note every brand appearing in their sponsored posts — those are your targets, in priority order. - 2
Assemble the proof
Run the audit on your own account: your over-performing topics, your engagement versus niche benchmarks. This becomes the backbone of your pitch. - 3
Pitch with their own data
Reference the sponsored posts they already ran, show where your content matches or beats that performance, and propose a specific format. Then track and re-pitch.
Questions & answers
By targeting brands that already pay micro creators in their niche and pitching with performance data. SpyShrimp surfaces the sponsored posts on any public account — so you can see exactly which brands sponsor creators your size — and audits your own account so your pitch leads with over-performing topics and engagement benchmarks instead of follower count.
Far fewer than most think — brands sponsor creators from a few thousand followers because micro niches convert. What decides it is engagement and niche fit, not size. That is why a data-backed pitch from a 5k account often beats a follower-count pitch from a 50k one.
Anchor to the value the brand already sees: SpyShrimp shows how sponsored posts perform versus organic on comparable accounts in your niche. If your placements match that performance, price against it — plus a premium for usage rights and exclusivity.
Look at behavior, not directories. Search the creators your size in your niche with SpyShrimp and see every brand appearing in their sponsored posts — each one has budget, pays creators at your scale, and buys content in your vertical. That list beats any public directory.
Pitch with data, not follower counts
See which brands pay creators your size — and prove your content performs. Start free with 3 searches, no credit card required.