Glossary

What is a media kit?

A media kit is a creator's sales document: one clean page saying who the audience is, what the numbers are, and what placements cost. It answers a brand's questions before they're asked, and owning one signals you take deals professionally.

What goes in, in order

  • One-line positioning: who you are, for whom.
  • Audience: age, gender, top countries, straight from Insights screenshots.
  • The audited metrics: engagement rate, average views, story views, growth trend.
  • Proof: past collaborations, results if you can share them.
  • Rate card: prices per deliverable, plus rights options.

The rules that make kits work

Screenshots beat typed numbers: native analytics carry weight because typing is free. Current beats complete: a kit quoting last year reads as neglect or hiding. One page beats five: brands skim.

Brands increasingly re-verify against third-party tools, so honest numbers pay compound interest: a kit that survives checking books the second deal by itself.

The quiet second function

A kit is a credibility object: it moves you from "person with an account" to "creator with a business", which alone nudges offers upward.

It runs on the same two-second read as a profile: numbers in believable proportion, presented like you've done this before. Keep a PDF and a link version, and update both monthly.

Common questions

Do small creators need a media kit?

Yes, maybe most of all: at nano and micro size, professionalism is a differentiator. A tidy one-pager with honest numbers wins deals bigger accounts fumble.

What should a media kit NOT include?

Padding: old numbers, follower counts from dead platforms, and any figure you can't back with a screenshot when asked. One inflated line poisons the audit.

How do I make one?

A one-page design in any editor: positioning, audience screenshots, metrics, past work, rates. The content matters; the tool doesn't.

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