UGC 101 - Build Your Content Creation Business
by Nate Flake - UGC Creator & Coach
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The ONE Decision That Got Him to $10K Months
Jun 24, 2026
37m 09s
$10K in UGC While Burned Out at His Corporate Job [Here’s How] ft. Joshua Abel | EP 58
Jun 17, 2026
44m 55s
Stolen Content & UNPAID Invoices Draining Creators (Here's the Fix) ft. Grace Tabib, Founder of DUPAY | EP 57
Jun 10, 2026
38m 59s
This Is STEALING Your Creator Income (One Tool Fixes It) | Nia & Tanner Co-Founders of Beeasy.ai | EP 56
Jun 3, 2026
55m 31s
Teachers Make the BEST UGC Creators ft. Casey Leigh Creatives | EP 55
May 27, 2026
50m 29s
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 6/24/26 | The ONE Decision That Got Him to $10K Months | FREE Call: Discover how to start UGC (even with 0 experience): Book a Call Now Are you charging your worth or are you still scared every client will disappear the second you raise your prices? In this solo Q&A episode, Nate Flake answers listener questions and breaks down the one move that helped him start hitting 10K months and eventually quit his corporate job: raising his prices and actually standing firm. He also talks about that quiet stretch after you raise your rates when nothing c... | 37m 09s | ||||||
| 6/17/26 | $10K in UGC While Burned Out at His Corporate Job [Here’s How] ft. Joshua Abel | EP 58 | FREE Call: Discover how to start UGC (even with 0 experience): Book a Call Now You're working full-time and grinding on UGC. Is it actually possible to do both? Host Nate Flake sits down with Joshua Abel, a guy who chased Hollywood in his 20s, spent five years going on auditions, and walked away when life got in the way. He bounced through careers, burned out running his own agency, and ended up hauling steel plates on a factory floor. A lot of us have taken the long road to figure out ... | 44m 55s | ||||||
| 6/10/26 | Stolen Content & UNPAID Invoices Draining Creators (Here's the Fix) ft. Grace Tabib, Founder of DUPAY | EP 57 | FREE Call: Discover how to start UGC (even with 0 experience): Book a Call Now You've filmed the script. You edited the video. You delivered the work. So why are you chasing invoices and not getting paid? Most creators don't think about income protection until they've already been burned. Nate sits down with Grace Tabib, co-founder of DuPay, to talk about what it actually takes to run your UGC business like a business, starting from the very first deal, not after something goes wrong. I... | 38m 59s | ||||||
| 6/3/26 | This Is STEALING Your Creator Income (One Tool Fixes It) | Nia & Tanner Co-Founders of Beeasy.ai | EP 56 | FREE Call: Discover how to start UGC (even with 0 experience): Book a Call Now Are you spending more time on emails and invoices than actually making content? Host Nate Flake sits down with Nia and Tanner, a professional model-turned-UGC creator and her software engineer co-founder, for one of the most grounded conversations about what it actually takes to run UGC like a real business. Nia brings 14 years of modeling experience and a firsthand look at how UGC opened up a new path beyond tradi... | 55m 31s | ||||||
| 5/27/26 | Teachers Make the BEST UGC Creators ft. Casey Leigh Creatives | EP 55 | What if the skills you already have are worth more in UGC than anything you could learn from scratch? The skills Casey Leigh already used every day in the classroom gave her a head start in UGC that most creators never realize they already have. Host Nate Flake and Casey break down exactly how teaching translated into brand deals, persuasive content, and long-term creator success. Learn how to handle difficult clients without burning out, when to walk away from lowball offers, and how Casey t... | 50m 29s | ||||||
| 5/20/26 | Corporate Burnout to Full-Time Creator at 51 Years Old ft. Brenda Seider | EP 54 | Join the FREE UGC Webinar: Learn how you can start today Never posted a video in your life and think you're too late to start? Host Nate Flake welcomes Brenda Seider, a 51-year-old creator who had no video experience, no portfolio, and no clue what UGC was when she started. 14 months later, she had replaced her corporate job with a full-time creator business powered largely by inbound brand deals. Both Nate and Brenda came from corporate jobs that were quietly draining them dry.... | 41m 15s | ||||||
| 5/12/26 | "I Don’t Have Time for UGC” ENDS Now (Tool Busy Creators Use) | Brooke Embry, Mom of 3, Co-founder & Creator | EP 53 | FREE call - Start UGC and land brand deals with 0 experience: HERE Busy does not have to mean stuck. What if there was a system that made UGC actually fit into your life the way it already is, not the life you wish you had? Today's guest had to shut down her six-figure photography studio overnight when her daughter was diagnosed with a serious autoimmune disease. With no income and no plan, she had to figure out a way to build her UGC business that worked around her life, not the other way ar... | 45m 22s | ||||||
| 5/6/26 | Land Brand Deals Fast with Wovvo | ft. Paula Hlavacek Creator & Co-founder | EP 52 | Are you exhausted spending hours hopping between platforms just to find UGC jobs? There's a creator who got tired of the same grind and built the solution herself. Host Nate Flake sits down with Paula Hlavacek, co-founder of Wovvo and a UGC creator who's been in the game for four years. She's built a platform that pulls opportunities from X, Reddit, Backstage, Coley, Vidova, and more into one dashboard. They get into why your X profile is your first impression, and brands are judg... | 44m 07s | ||||||
| 4/29/26 | Brands Hired Him BECAUSE of His Accent | ft. Luiz Walters | EP 51 | What if your accent, your background, or starting from zero actually made you more desirable to brands? Host Nate Flake welcomes Luiz Walters, who moved from Brazil with limited resources and turned UGC into a full-time business. How he got there is a story you don’t want to miss. He did not grow up dreaming of making brand videos. He came to the US as a camp counselor, worked multiple jobs to stay afloat, and eventually landed the kind of corporate role everyone tells you to want. Then every... | 39m 34s | ||||||
| 4/22/26 | He Stole These Tricks From News Anchors [Now Charges $300 a Video] | ft. Jonathan Bailey | EP 50 | What if the only thing standing between you and your first $300 brand deal is a few months and a willingness to start ugly? Jonathan Bailey started UGC in December of 2025 with zero experience, a stutter, a small apartment, and a property management job that had him working until 8pm most nights. He didn't wait for perfect conditions. He just started, and what happened next is worth hearing. In this episode, Nate and Jonathan talk about Fiverr pricing mistakes that cost him real money, the ti... | 39m 27s | ||||||
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| 4/15/26 | 330 Creators In One Room! (Full Recap of UGC Creator Connect) | EP 49 | Have you ever walked into a room and finally felt like you belonged? That's exactly what happened when 330 UGC creators showed up in Park City, Utah, and nothing was the same after! Nate recaps UGC Creator Connect, the biggest UGC-focused in-person event to date for a full day of real talk, workshops, and networking. No theory, no gatekeeping, just creators sharing what's actually working. If you've ever felt alone trying to figure this out, this episode is for you. Nate breaks down eve... | 47m 07s | ||||||
| 4/8/26 | STOP Doing This on Camera (It Kills Brand Deals) ft. @theChrisGoor | EP 48 | What if the skills you already have are worth more than you think and you’ve just been looking in the wrong place? Host Nate Flake sits down with Chris Goor, a veteran UK cameraman (Glastonbury, royal events, live broadcast), to break down what it actually takes to build a content career from scratch. Chris shares how he went from zero to 140k+ on Instagram (and tens of thousands across platforms) by running a simple experiment… Chapters: 00:04:04 - Why He Left TV 00:05:00 - Posting With No M... | 44m 10s | ||||||
| 4/1/26 | $10K UGC Month to Burn Out (How You Recover) | ft. Antoine Boado | EP 47 | Ready for the wildest first-year stories you'll hear in this space? Less than 40 days into UGC, still living with his parents, Antoine Boado walked into his boss's office and put in his notice. No safety net, no proven system, and barely 15 deals under his belt. Host Nate Flake sits down with Antoine to walk through the whole unfiltered journey, from landing his first $1,000 Fiverr gig to hitting a $10K month, crashing hard, and slowly rebuilding with real systems and a sharper business... | 49m 47s | ||||||
| 3/25/26 | US Brand Deals From Mexico? DO THIS | ft. @itsalexandrapage | EP 46 | What if you could run a thriving UGC business from a beach in Mexico? Host Nate sits down with Alexandra Page to hear how she built a full-time UGC business from one of the most beautiful, most distracting places on earth. Alexandra moved to Tulum five years ago and had no plans to become a UGC creator. But when the music industry stopped fitting her life, she had to figure out a new way to make money from paradise. The problem? Most brands won't ship to Mexico. Chapt... | 47m 06s | ||||||
| 3/18/26 | UGC Is Saturated? She Made 4 Figures Her First Month at 22 with @thesociallysoph | EP 45 | Is UGC actually saturated or is that just the excuse keeping you stuck? Host Nate Flake sits down with Sophia Morris, a 22-year-old who started UGC with no following, no clients, and no clue what she was doing. Four months later, she went full-time. Sophia breaks down exactly how it happened. Her first four-figure month. The platforms that landed her first deals. And the pitching strategy that eventually replaced them. Chapters: 04:03 – Do You Even Need College Anymore 06:01 – The First Month... | 43m 07s | ||||||
| 3/11/26 | THIS CHANGE Saves UGC Creators an Extra $9,200 a Year | EP 44 | Are you keeping more of the money you're earning, or are you accidentally giving it away every April? Most UGC creators are so focused on landing the next brand deal that taxes become an afterthought. But that could be costing you thousands. Host Nate sits down with Steven Harward and Tommy Thornburgh, the CEO and President of Prime Corporate Services to break down what self-employed creators actually need to know about taxes, business structure, and protecting the income they've worked... | 40m 37s | ||||||
| 3/4/26 | The REAL Way to Land UGC Brand Deals ($5K) as a Beginner | EP 43 | What if you could land your first UGC deal this week with nothing but your phone and 20 minutes a day? Host Nate Flake gets honest about what a real day in the UGC life actually looks like, and what he'd do if he were starting from scratch today. He quit corporate in July and he's not here to make it sound glamorous. Some days are messy. But the work is his, the schedule is his, and that changes everything. Then mid-recording, a +$5K Fiverr deal lands in his lap and he walks you through the w... | 48m 19s | ||||||
| 2/25/26 | Manager MOM Builds a UGC Business (While Getting Her Masters Degree) ft. Anna - @TheHOLLANDEdit | EP 42 | Anna has a newborn, a corporate job, a master's degree at Penn State, and a growing UGC business… So what's stopping you? Nate sits down with Anna, one of his students who found UGC while on maternity leave. She broke into the space in a matter of weeks by using her corporate project management experience that actually makes the chaos of content creation feel manageable. Anna gets into the weeds on how she prioritizes her days when everything feels urgent. She explains why she doesn’t r... | 40m 49s | ||||||
| 2/18/26 | From Buried in Debt and Suffering Burnout to $20K Months with Sydney Mohni, UGC Creator and Coach | EP 41 | What if the career that's paying your bills is actually draining your soul BUT there's a way out that doesn't mean starting over broke? Host Nate Flake sits down with Sydney Mohni, a UGC creator who spent a decade climbing the network marketing ladder. She finally hit that $10K month everyone talks about, but instead of celebrating, she burned out completely. Add in a family crisis, mounting debt, and sitting on a curb in Tulum crying over a pizza bill and you've got the breaking point ... | 48m 58s | ||||||
| 2/11/26 | Why UGC Is the Most Lucrative Side Hustle for Full Time Professionals Right Now | EP 40 | Have you ever wondered if you could do UGC while working at a full-time job you actually love? Host Nate Flake sits down with his good friend Daniel Taylor, a full-time professional who started doing UGC completely under the radar. No UGC social accounts. No public announcement. He intentionally kept it separate from his day job. Dan came into this space cold, went through Nate’s early training before it was fully polished, and quietly built a repeat client base on Fiverr while showing up to ... | 48m 30s | ||||||
| 2/4/26 | From "I Can't Do This" to Brands Begging to Work With You with Kessa from @ContentByKessa, UGC Creator & Coach | EP 39 | Ever dreamed about making money with content but kept telling yourself you're not the right type? Host Nate welcomes Kessa, a full-time UGC creator from Canada who started chasing her content dreams in her early teens. She didn't get here because of a big following or a perfect plan. She got here because she refused to quit, and her story is proof that you don't need either one to make this work. They break down the moves that actually work, not the fluff you see everywhere else. They talk a... | 44m 09s | ||||||
| 1/28/26 | The UGC Strategy to Turn Every Brand Into Long-Term Clients with Comedian Alex Gettlin | EP 38 | What if your "side hustle survival skills" were actually the exact training you needed to crush it in UGC? Host Nate Flake sits down with Alex Gettlin, a standup comedian and podcaster who went from touring comedy clubs and hustling through DoorDash shifts to building a thriving UGC business. Alex didn't come from the typical nine-to-five burnout story. He came from a world where every gig was uncertain, every paycheck was inconsistent, and learning to perform under pressure was just pa... | 52m 00s | ||||||
| 1/21/26 | From $20 to $20K Per Month: Her Fiverr Strategy with Musician Turned Creator @TheUGCCreatorOlivia (Olivia Castriota) | EP 37 | What if the skills you already have are exactly what you need to build a UGC business, you just haven't connected the dots yet? Host Nate Flake sits down with Olivia Castriota to break down how she went from being new to UGC to consistently making $20,000 a month by leveraging skills she already had. She didn't start as a UGC creator. She was a musician writing songs for TV shows, stuck in an industry where getting paid took eight months or longer. When she saw a TikTok about UGC, she r... | 49m 12s | ||||||
| 1/14/26 | UGC Sidehustle: How Triplet Mom Makes Over $3,000 a Month Working Full-Time with “House of jen UGC” - Jen Cochnauer | EP 36 | Ever wonder if your whole family could actually make money creating content together or if that's just internet hype? Nate sits down with Jen Cochnauer. She started UGC in July. She'd never even heard the term before. Five months later, she's pulling in $2-4k extra each month while working full-time in corporate healthcare and she's doing it with her husband and four kids, including triplets. You'll hear how she navigated Fiverr gigs, convinced her skeptical husband, got her kids comfor... | 47m 03s | ||||||
| 1/7/26 | Zero Followers, Zero Experience - How I Built a Six Figure UGC Business Starting on Fiverr | EP 35 | Ever sat at your desk wondering if there's more to life than climbing the corporate ladder? Host Nate Flake gets it. He spent 11 years in tech, earned an MBA, and worked his way up to positions at companies like Intuit - only to realize the golden handcuffs weren't worth it. Nate pulls back the curtain on his entire UGC journey. From that awkward first video to crossing $140,000 on Fiverr alone, he walks you through the messy middle that most coaches skip over. Chapters: 04:55 – ... | 56m 27s | ||||||
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Chart Positions
17 placements across 17 markets.
Chart Positions
17 placements across 17 markets.