Sounds pretty similar to the situation I found myself in. I discovered a few newsletters/tools: trending insights (free), exploding topics ($39/mo), and trends.co ($300/ yr). Source: 11 months ago

i'm still going on upwork, still subbing to trends.co, explodingideas.co type content, still watching youtube to gain an edge. Source: 12 months ago

After that the hustle team built trends.co which was the premium subscription newsletter,Getting into trends.co costs a whopping $299 but trends stood out from it's competitors through the community engagement feature, unlike other premium newsletter the subscribers can engage with other founders and people in their community. Source: 12 months ago

I don't wanna discourage people from trying to make side income with AI novels done with ChatGPT/Claude, or coloring books done with Midjourney, but that's literally the lowest hanging fruit. Instead - maybe focus on some no-code AI apps you could build. I found plenty of success stories and ideas on sites like trends.co or theaiplug.co. Source: about 1 year ago

I really like the one I recommended above. If you are looking to invest a little I think the best possible one is trends.co but the only issue is that costs $300 a year or something. Source: about 1 year ago

BuzzGuru has really good filtering as for me, also the data of the accounts is quite rich there. Source: over 1 year ago

Use a discovery platform to your liking. Personally I recommend this one https://buzzguru.com/ It has a plenty of useful filters that help weed out irrelevant creators at once and only see those who may suit a brand's requirements. Source: over 1 year ago

But if you are willing to manage influencer marketing all by yourself, consider learning about the data and metrics that matter and also using a special tool/platform. BuzzGuru helps with this a lot, for example: it has data breakdowns for you to seed out strictly irrelevant influencers, allows to search and evaluate content (including its performance) first, and see what influencers that you may want to engage... Source: almost 2 years ago

Some TikTok creators don't do brand deals, others operate only through their agencies. Anyway, here you can use a tool to search for TikTok influencers' data and contacts yourself. If you're going to scale your influencer marketing in-house, I suggest getting this tool for help and automation. If you don't want to build a marketing team in-house, they also have an agency to help you with influencer marketing... Source: almost 2 years ago