u/Top-Bag5323

"Everyone please report and mods please ban any tool mentioned in response to this post"

Been doing AI video production full time — UGC ads, talking heads, claymation style ads, cinematic content. The quality I produce is genuinely top tier, not your average Fiverr slop.

Here's my frustration. On Upwork and Fiverr I get clients, but they constantly lowball. And I've started noticing a pattern — some of them are clearly agencies or middlemen who resell my work to their actual clients at 3-5x what they pay me. So I'm doing the creative work, taking the skill, spending the tool credits, and some guy in between is pocketing the real margin while paying me scraps.

I want to cut that out entirely and work directly with businesses — brands, ecom stores, DTC companies, whoever actually needs the content for their own marketing. Not someone who's going to white label my work aond call it theirs.

So my questions for people who've been through this:

1. Where do you find direct business clients who actually need AI video content?

2. What social platforms have worked for you to attract inbound leads?

3. Any communities, forums or channels where real brands are actively looking for this kind of work?

Not looking for theory. What's actually working for you right now?

Everyone please report and mods please ban any tool mentioned in response to this post

"Everyone please report and mods please ban any tool mentioned in response to this post"

Been doing AI video production full time — UGC ads, talking heads, claymation style ads, cinematic content. The quality I produce is genuinely top tier, not your average Fiverr slop.

Here's my frustration. On Upwork and Fiverr I get clients, but they constantly lowball. And I've started noticing a pattern — some of them are clearly agencies or middlemen who resell my work to their actual clients at 3-5x what they pay me. So I'm doing the creative work, taking the skill, spending the tool credits, and some guy in between is pocketing the real margin while paying me scraps.

I want to cut that out entirely and work directly with businesses — brands, ecom stores, DTC companies, whoever actually needs the content for their own marketing. Not someone who's going to white label my work aond call it theirs.

So my questions for people who've been through this:

1. Where do you find direct business clients who actually need AI video content?

2. What social platforms have worked for you to attract inbound leads?

3. Any communities, forums or channels where real brands are actively looking for this kind of work?

Not looking for theory. What's actually working for you right now?

Everyone please report and mods please ban any tool mentioned in response to this post

"Everyone please report and mods please ban any tool mentioned in response to this post"

Been doing AI video production full time — UGC ads, talking heads, claymation style ads, cinematic content. The quality I produce is genuinely top tier, not your average Fiverr slop.

Here's my frustration. On Upwork and Fiverr I get clients, but they constantly lowball. And I've started noticing a pattern — some of them are clearly agencies or middlemen who resell my work to their actual clients at 3-5x what they pay me. So I'm doing the creative work, taking the skill, spending the tool credits, and some guy in between is pocketing the real margin while paying me scraps.

I want to cut that out entirely and work directly with businesses — brands, ecom stores, DTC companies, whoever actually needs the content for their own marketing. Not someone who's going to white label my work aond call it theirs.

So my questions for people who've been through this:

1. Where do you find direct business clients who actually need AI video content?

2. What social platforms have worked for you to attract inbound leads?

3. Any communities, forums or channels where real brands are actively looking for this kind of work?

Not looking for theory. What's actually working for you right now?

Everyone please report and mods please ban any tool mentioned in response to this post

Been doing AI video production full time — UGC ads, talking heads, claymation style ads, cinematic content. The quality I produce is genuinely top tier, not your average Fiverr slop.

Here's my frustration. On Upwork and Fiverr I get clients, but they constantly lowball. And I've started noticing a pattern — some of them are clearly agencies or middlemen who resell my work to their actual clients at 3-5x what they pay me. So I'm doing the creative work, taking the skill, spending the tool credits, and some guy in between is pocketing the real margin while paying me scraps.

I want to cut that out entirely and work directly with businesses — brands, ecom stores, DTC companies, whoever actually needs the content for their own marketing. Not someone who's going to white label my work and call it theirs.

So my questions for people who've been through this:

1. Where do you find direct business clients who actually need AI video content?

2. What social platforms have worked for you to attract inbound leads?

3. Any communities, forums or channels where real brands are actively looking for this kind of work?

Not looking for theory. What's actually working for you right now?