Why I'm Shutting Down My Influencer Marketing Agency

2 years ago I was more than $100K in debt and had to lay off every single one of my employees of the influencer marketing agency I founded. It was one of the lowest points of my life professionally, psychologically, and emotionally. Here’s the story of how I paid off every last cent of that debt, reinvented myself as a sponsorship coach, and why I’m permanently shutting down my influencer marketing agency. Wanna get paid sponsorship opportunities? Sign up for my free weekly report: https://pages.creatorwizard.com/join My 4-week course to find & negotiate your dream sponsorships so that you never leave thousands on the table again: https://branddealwizard.com Turn your FREE product offers into PAID partnerships: https://giftedtopaid.com 👇 Creator Wizard Affiliates 👇 Big ups to Replayed for the amazing video edit! Check them out for free: https://replayed.co/join/ANWGDCljzS98... Claim your free ConvertKit account: https://convertkit.com?lmref=NjtOPg Easily edit videos w/Kapwing (10% off Pro w/ "AFFILIATE10"): https://www.kapwing.com/?ref=justinmo... Create a digital course using Thinkific: https://try.thinkific.com/dil41ce876v3 Claim your free Koji here: https://withkoji.com/signup?ref=creat... Claim your free Restream account: https://restream.grsm.io/creatorwizard Claim your free TubeBudy account: https://www.tubebuddy.com/creatorwizard Camera: https://amzn.to/2Zc8gFG DSLR monitor: https://amzn.to/3psgt3z Camlink (to use camera as webcam): https://amzn.to/2ZcHInT LED Panel Lights: https://amzn.to/3po9Z5I Colored Flood Lights: https://amzn.to/3k801lf Mic: https://amzn.to/3G3eWqx Mixer: https://amzn.to/3nfz0Nv Business inquiries: [email protected] What's Creator Wizard all about? Justin Moore is a Sponsorship Coach & the founder of @CreatorWizard, a school & community that teaches you how to find & negotiate your dream brand deals so that you stop leaving thousands on the table. Along with his wife April, he has been a full-time creator for over 8 years and has personally made over $4M working with brands. He also ran an influencer marketing agency for over 6 years that helped other creators earn an additional $3M. Justin brings a very unique perspective because not only has he been a creator in the trenches doing sponsorships for years but by running an agency, he has insider knowledge behind how big brands choose which influencers to partner with and why they pass on others. Justin's mission is to enable creators big and small to land 1 million paid brand partnerships by 2032. 00:00 Why I'm Shutting My Agency 00:25 Starting Trending Family 03:58 Hiring employees 04:31 Trouble starts brewing 06:46 The world shut down 08:13 Major insight 09:30 Starting to Make Money 10:06 Creator Wizard 10:45 Why I'm Not Restarting the Agency 11:09 Push vs. Pull 12:05 Picking a Lane 12:49 My legacy