Paid To Travel: The UGC Podcast
Welcome to the side of the internet where we get paid to travel. In this podcast, I will teach you how to create UGC content so you can work part-time creating fun content and spend the majority of your days exploring the world, rather than sitting at a desk. All while making MORE money than we did at our soul-sucking 9-5. Does that sound like a dream? Well, it’s my reality and it can be yours too.
I’m your host Maddy Garrett, your UGC Travel Bestie. I help everyday people just like you start their own UGC digital nomad business so that they can achieve this kind of life-changing freedom, too. I’ve taught over 2,000 students in my Masterclasses, Programs, and 1:1 Coaching, and I educate my audience of 40,000+ ambitious dreamers daily on social media.
So tune in every week so you can quit your job and start getting paid to travel.
Paid To Travel: The UGC Podcast
15: July UGC Income Recap: How I Signed $5,700 In Deals
Today I want to talk about how I made $5.7K in UGC Deals this month (without personally pitching.)
In this episode, I’m giving you the full behind-the-scenes look at exactly how that happened—what kind of brands I worked with, how I landed the deals, how much they paid, and what kind of UGC content they wanted from me.
If you're a content creator who dreams of getting paid to travel, or you're just getting started in the UGC space and wondering what’s actually possible—this episode is the one for you. I'm walking you through:
✨ My July UGC income breakdown—deal by deal
✨ The exact types of content brands are asking for right now
✨ How I landed over $2,000 in UGC deals from automated cold email pitches
✨ Why I turned down a long-term UGC deal (and passed it to my students!)
✨ How I made $1,100 in pure passive income from a video I filmed a YEAR ago
If you’re sitting there still chasing $200 deals and wondering if this UGC thing is worth it… let this episode be your proof. Consistency compounds. UGC can fund your freedom.
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→ Episode 11: [How to Make Passive Income with UGC]
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