A business you run with AI

Start an Influencer Brokerage while you keep your day job

You know the creators and the brands. Actionist researches the matches, drafts the briefs, tracks every deliverable and handles the invoicing in the background. You approve the moves that matter and keep your day job.

Actionist runs the campaigns in the background. You close the deals and protect the relationships.

Your AI workforce
$1,500+per campaign brokered, you set it
$54,000a year at 3 campaigns a month
6phases Actionist runs

Starting an influencer brokerage business normally means hours of creator research, brief writing, contract chasing and campaign reporting stacking up. Actionist changes that. It is an AI agent that operates real apps the way a person does, so it can search for creator fits in Airtable and Instagram, draft pitches to brands in Gmail, write the campaign brief in Notion and track every deliverable in a spreadsheet, working through each campaign in the background while you keep your day job.

You do not need a marketing agency background or a full team. You bring the relationships on both sides of the market, and Actionist does the matching, the admin and the follow-through. You approve the outreach before it sends, the brief before it goes to the creator, and the invoice before it charges anyone, so start an influencer brokerage business with the network you already have.

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01

Your opportunity

The opportunity

Why this works

Brand marketing teams run dozens of campaigns a year and spend days finding the right creators for each brief. A broker with a trusted, vetted roster solves that instantly. Creators on the other side want professional deals without chasing brands for a response.

Because Actionist handles the research, briefs and coordination in the background, you can manage more active campaigns than any solo operator could by hand, and still run the business around a full-time job without hiring staff.

What matters to you
  • Both sides need you
    Brands need a trusted creator roster they did not have to build. Creators need professional deals without the chase.
  • Earn on every campaign
    Brokers typically take 15 to 25 percent of the total deal value, recurring on every repeat campaign from the same brand.
  • A market that keeps growing
    Brands keep shifting budgets from traditional advertising toward creator campaigns, so demand for trusted brokers rises each year.
  • Low overhead to start
    No studio, no production costs, no team. You need your contacts, a laptop and Actionist doing the legwork.
Your projection

Run your own numbers

Your projection

Set the numbers, see the picture

Price per campaign brokered
$1,500
campaigns a month
3
Per month
$4,500
Per year
$54,000

Illustrative, based on the numbers you enter. Plus repeat campaigns from returning brands.

Getting started

What it actually takes to start

Starting a brokerage used to mean an agency, a full staff and months of setup. With Actionist handling the research and admin, the real list of what you need is much shorter than people assume.

What you don't need
  • A marketing agency background
    You bring the relationships; Actionist handles brief writing and reporting.
  • A team or employees
    Your agents cover research, outreach and campaign admin on their own.
  • An office or upfront costs
    No production overhead. You need a laptop and Actionist.
  • A huge creator roster to begin
    Even 10 to 20 creators in one niche is enough to close a first brand deal.
  • To quit your day job
    The admin runs in the background so you stay employed while you build this.
What you bring
  • A roster of creators or brand contacts
    Even a small list in one niche is the right place to start.
  • A few evenings a week
    Mostly approvals and the occasional brand call.
  • A laptop and Actionist
    That is the whole setup.

If you can describe the niche and make the introduction on both sides, Actionist can do the deal-running from there.

02

How Actionist works

How it works

How Actionist builds the business

You do not run the day-to-day of this business, Actionist does. Here is how it works on any business idea, applied to influencer brokerage: you pick it, the agent plans every task, then works through them and brings you the few that need a human.

  1. 01

    You pick the niche and set the rules

    You choose the creator category (beauty, fitness, gaming, food, tech), set your minimum campaign size, define the rate floors for your roster and name the types of brands you want to work with. That framing is the only heavy thinking you do.

    A clear brief Actionist can plan and research against.
  2. 02

    Actionist maps every task and subtask

    Actionist breaks the whole brokerage into a plan: vetting and onboarding creators, building the brand pipeline, writing brief templates, setting up contracts and tracking deliverables. You see the full scope before a single outreach goes out.

    A complete task plan for the business, stage by stage.
  3. 03

    It schedules the work and works through it

    Actionist schedules the tasks and works through them around the clock, so creator research and brand outreach progress while you are at your job. It picks up the next task as soon as the one before it is done and keeps the campaign board current.

    Steady progress on every active campaign without you driving it.
  4. 04

    It assigns you the human-only tasks

    Some tasks only you can do: the brand call to close the deal, the rate decision when a creator pushes back, the relationship call with a creator who is unhappy. Actionist assigns those to you with context, then carries on once they are done.

    A short to-do list of the decisions only you can make.
  5. 05

    It asks before anything that matters

    Before Actionist sends a pitch to a brand, delivers a brief to a creator, or prepares an invoice, it stops and asks you to approve. You choose how hands-on to be per campaign, from approving every message to letting routine check-ins run.

    You stay in control of every client-facing and money-moving step.
  6. 06

    You keep your day job and check in

    You run this around your existing schedule. Check the campaign board when it suits you, approve what is waiting, and message Actionist over Telegram or Slack to nudge or redirect anything. The brokerage moves forward between your check-ins.

    A business that grows around the hours you already work.
Your agent team

Actionist is your whole team

You are one person. Actionist is the whole team. Here is every role it plays to build and run the brokerage, and the one part of each that stays with you.

~54 hrs/week of work by hand, run by your agents instead

Grow the creator roster

finding and vetting new creators

Your sales agent finds creators in your niche whose engagement and audience fit the brands you are pitching, and builds a database you can sell from.

If you did this by hand
Scroll feeds to find creators in the nicheCheck engagement rates and audience demographicsReach out to each creator individuallyTrack who said yes and who is still consideringChase creators who did not respondUpdate the roster when someone is no longer active
~8 hrs/ week
manually researching, vetting and contacting creators.4 days a month you do not have, handled for you.
What your agent does
Vettedcreators with engagement and audience data
Databaseof roster contacts ready to pitch
  • Find relevant creators
    Searches Instagram and YouTube by niche and audience size, pulling engagement data for each candidate.
  • Vet the shortlist
    Checks follower quality, brand safety and rate benchmarks against your niche standards.
  • Draft the creator outreach
    Writes a personalised pitch asking the creator to join the roster, ready for your approval before it sends.
Your part

You approve the outreach list before anything goes to a creator. Nothing joins the roster without your yes.

Apps your agent could useSee full Actionist App Store →
03

Your task plan

The task centre

Every task it takes, and who does it

This is the plan Actionist builds to launch the brokerage: every stage, task and subtask. The work is split across your Actionist agents, from scouting creators to closing brand deals to getting you paid. Only a handful of tasks and approvals sit with you.

29 tasks·84 subtasks
Actionist 21You 2Approval 6Actionist handles ~72%
Done
Executive Agent
Choose the creator category you will specialise in
Done
Set minimum campaign budgets you will accept
Done
Research going rates for creators in the niche
Done
Done
Operations Agent
Check the business name is available
Done
File the registration
Done
Save the certificate to the tracker
Done
To do
You
In progress
Developer Agent
Done
Operations Agent

An example plan Actionist builds for this business. Yours adapts to your niche, your roster size and your target campaign volume.

Under the hood

What one automation looks like

Trigger·A creator marks their content as published in the campaign tracker.
Confirmation
Step 5
Human
You review the performance report and approve the invoice
Saved per run
~1 hrs
Runs / week
~4×
Campaign wrapped and invoice sent in one approved step.
04

The payoff

Your week

All it asks of you

Here is what a week looks like once the brokerage is running. Your agents keep every campaign moving every day. You step in for a handful of moments, all on your own schedule, and the rest of your week stays yours.

You
A couple of hours

across the whole week, on your own time

5 touchpoints · about 85 min all week

Your agents
Every day

scouting creators, chasing deliverables and preparing reports in the background

7 jobs running in the background

Your team
Your full team runs in the background, every day.
  • Approve this week's brand outreach10 min
    mon · Quick yes before the agent sends.
  • Review a creator brief before it goes out15 min
    wed · The agent drafted it; you clear it.
  • Take a brand discovery call30 min
    thu · The agent booked it and qualified them first.
  • Approve campaign reports for brands15 min
    fri · Final check before they go out.
  • Skim the pipeline and campaign board15 min
    sun · What shipped this week, what is next.
Your team, every day
  • SA
    Sales Agent
    Scouts creators in the niche and pulls their engagement rates
  • CA
    CRM Agent
    Builds the brand pipeline and drafts outreach for warm leads
  • EA
    Executive Agent
    Matches creator profiles to brand briefs and drafts the campaign SOW
  • OA
    Operations Agent
    Tracks deliverable deadlines across all active campaigns
  • SA
    Support Agent
    Answers creator questions and relays brand revision notes
  • DA
    Developer Agent
    Prepares creator contracts and brand invoices for each confirmed deal
  • TA
    Technical Agent
    Compiles campaign metrics and builds the performance report for each brand
The payoff

What you walk away with

  • No agency
    You never need to hire staff
    Actionist handles research, briefs and campaign admin so you can manage multiple active deals without a team.
  • Around your job
    Run it while employed
    Actionist tracks every campaign in the background so approvals arrive in your evenings, not your working day.
  • Recurring
    Brands that come back
    Strong campaign results and a clean reporting process bring the same brands back for the next campaign.
Before and after

Doing it alone vs with Actionist

On your own
~29h / week
every job below lands on you
With Actionist
minutes to review
it runs all 10 in the background
  • 1Scouting creators
    4h/wk
    Hours scrolling feeds by hand

    You search Instagram and YouTube manually, check engagement on each profile and decide fit for yourself.

    ActionistOff your plate
    A vetted shortlist, ready to pitch

    Actionist searches by niche and engagement criteria and hands you a scored shortlist with data attached.

  • 2Brand outreach
    5h/wk
    Writing every pitch from scratch

    You research the right contact at each brand and write a bespoke cold pitch, then track who you sent to.

    ActionistOff your plate
    Drafted pitches, ready to approve

    Actionist builds the brand list, personalises each pitch and logs it in HubSpot. You approve before anything sends.

  • 3Writing campaign briefs
    3h/wk
    A new brief for every campaign

    You write each creator brief from scratch, covering deliverables, timelines, usage rights and payment terms.

    ActionistOff your plate
    Briefs drafted from the brand SOW

    Actionist reads the brand brief and drafts the creator version with all terms included. You review before it goes out.

  • 4Tracking deliverables
    4h/wk
    Manually checking every campaign

    You check each creator account for posted content and update your spreadsheet by hand every few days.

    ActionistOff your plate
    Automated tracking, flagged when late

    Actionist monitors the campaign tracker and flags anything behind schedule before you have to ask.

  • 5Negotiating rates
    2.5h/wk
    Going back and forth manually

    You negotiate between brand and creator on price with no reference data, just memory and instinct.

    ActionistOff your plate
    Rate research and draft terms ready

    Actionist pulls market rate data and prepares the negotiation position for each side before you weigh in.

  • 1Preparing contracts
    2h/wk
    Rebuilding each contract by hand

    You edit your template for each new creator and brand, fill the terms and chase signatures yourself.

    ActionistOff your plate
    Contracts prepared and sent

    Actionist fills the agreement with the campaign terms and sends via DocuSign. You countersign and it is done.

  • 2Supporting creators
    2h/wk
    Every question lands on you

    Creators email you with brief clarifications, revision questions and payment queries that interrupt your day.

    ActionistOff your plate
    Questions handled, exceptions escalated

    Actionist answers creator queries from the brief and flags only the judgement calls to you over Telegram.

  • 3Campaign reporting
    3h/wk
    Compiling decks by hand

    You screenshot every post, pull the stats manually and write the brand summary from a blank page.

    ActionistOff your plate
    Performance report compiled and ready

    Actionist pulls the metrics, fills the report template and writes a short summary. You review before it goes to the brand.

  • 4Invoicing brands
    1.5h/wk
    Invoices raised late and chased manually

    You raise the invoice after the campaign closes, often late, and chase overdue payments yourself.

    ActionistOff your plate
    Invoices raised on delivery

    Actionist prepares the Stripe invoice when the post goes live and flags anything overdue for a reminder.

  • 5Renewal outreach
    2h/wk
    Renewals you get around to eventually

    Satisfied brands sit quiet for months because you forget to pitch the next campaign while managing current ones.

    ActionistOff your plate
    Renewal pitched at the right moment

    Actionist spots when results are strong and drafts the renewal proposal for your approval before the moment passes.

That is roughly 29 hours of work handed off every week, while you keep your day job
The tools

The apps Actionist operates

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Trust and control

You stay in control

These are real creator and brand relationships. Actionist asks before it contacts anyone on your behalf, and every invoice waits for your yes before it goes out.

You approve every outreach

Nothing goes to a brand or creator from your account without you seeing the message first.

Contracts wait for your sign-off

Actionist prepares the terms; you approve and send. No binding agreement forms without your signature.

Invoices need your yes

Money never moves until you have reviewed and approved the invoice. No campaign is charged without you.

Your accounts, your relationships

Actionist works inside your own app logins. Every creator and brand contact stays yours, not Actionist's.

FAQ

Questions about this idea

Do I need influencer marketing experience to start an influencer brokerage business?
No formal experience is needed. You bring the relationships on one or both sides of the market. Actionist researches creator engagement, drafts the campaign brief and tracks the deliverables. The operator's job is to close the deal and manage the relationship.
Can I really run this alongside a full-time job?
Yes, that is the point. Actionist handles the research, admin and follow-up in the background. Your part is a handful of approvals and the occasional brand call, all done in the evenings around your existing schedule.
How does Actionist find creators for a brand brief?
You set the niche and criteria, and Actionist searches Instagram and YouTube and your Airtable roster database to find the best-fit creators, with engagement data and rate benchmarks for your review before anything goes to a creator.
Does it contact brands or creators without my approval?
No. Actionist drafts every outreach message and sends it only from Gmail after you approve it, so your relationships are never approached without your knowledge. The same applies to briefs and contracts.
How does payment work on both sides of the deal?
Actionist prepares the brand invoice in Stripe and the creator payment summary in Google Sheets. Both wait for your approval before anything moves. You set the rates on both sides; Actionist handles the paperwork.
What is a typical brokerage fee and how does the calculator work?
Most influencer brokers charge 15 to 25 percent of the total campaign fee. For a brand spending USD 6,000 on a campaign, the broker earns USD 900 to 1,500. The calculator above uses your own price and volume inputs to show what that looks like at scale. The figures are your own projection, not a promise.
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