Your next recommendation may be an ask away

When you join the Creator Network, you're eligible to be recommended to a creator's subscribers, who may decide to also sign up for your emails.

But what if you're having trouble getting recommendations?

In this case, we suggest first preparing a compelling Creator Profile so that creators who check it out will feel that you're someone worth recommending.

After that, use our outreach ideas to get in touch with fellow creators and ask for a recommendation.

Prepare a compelling Creator Profile

Reach out to creators for recommendations

At the very minimum, you'll need to fill out your creator name, profile picture, and bio in your Creator Profile to join the Creator Network.

But your Creator Profile may still look bare, so let's fill it out more to entice other creators to recommend you.

On your Creator Profile, for example, you could:

More info on adding all these in our separate guide to managing your Creator Profile.

Our Creator Network's Discover page provides a handy search bar for creators to find other creators to recommend.

But unless they know the person's name already, creators may search for other creators based on the types of creators they want to be associated with. Try to think of the keywords (which can also be phrases) they may use to find creators like you, and then add these to your Creator Profile's creator name and/or bio.

Let's say we have a food blogger, Matt, who wants to recommend other food bloggers.

He might therefore search for food bloggers on the Creator Network using food-related keywords like:

So if you're a fellow food blogger, you can help Matt find you by including these keywords in your Creator Profile.

Creators may check out your Creator Profile when deciding whether to recommend you to their subscribers. Write a bio that gives them a reason to do so.

You could:

Be specific about what you do and how you help others. Providing numbers or data to back up your statements helps a lot here!

Now that you've got a sweet Creator Profile, let's start connecting with fellow creators and scoring those recs.

Take the initiative to recommend other creators even if they haven't recommended you. When they check their Creator Network settings, they may see that you've recommended them and decide to return the favor.

You can also create a social media post to share that you've recommended them, and then tag them in the post. If they see your post, they may recommend you back.

Learn how to recommend Creator Network creators to your subscribers here.

Go shoot your shot! DM a creator you admire and ask if they'd be willing to recommend you. If you don't have their social handles, you'll probably find these on their Creator Profile. 😉

For example, you could say:

"Hey [Name], I love your work, and I see you're using Kit too! [Briefly introduce yourself and what you do, and how the creator might find this interesting.] Would you be willing to recommend me on the Creator Network?"

Tailor your outreach message for each creator you approach to improve your message's effectiveness.

You'll also have a higher chance of the creator agreeing to recommend you if you're on good terms with them, so consider building a relationship with them before making your ask.

Doing this will get you their email address so you can email them for a recommendation. But apart from this, you'll also receive their newsletters!

As you read their newsletters, you'll learn more about their business and can craft a more personalized pitch.

While you could just read the emails they've published on their Creator Profile (in the form of posts), signing up for their email list helps you get their latest emails automatically—including those they may not feature on their Creator Profile.

Subscribing also shows your sincerity in wanting to keep up with their work and build a relationship with them.

Still having trouble finding creators to partner with? You're welcome to write to help@kit.com asking for suggestions. We'll try to match you with suitable creators.

When creators recommend you, they'll show up on the Incoming toggle of the Recommendations page. You can also view the number of subscribers each of them has referred to you.

Instead of manually checking the Recommendations page for new Recommendations, you can enable automatic email notifications when a creator starts recommending you.

We'll send notifications of new Recommendations once per hour. For example, if you get recommended by five creators in one hour, we will send one email at the top of the hour showing that five creators are now recommending you.

How to join the Creator Network