Rules, fraud and proof of work
Quick answer. The parts that are not optional. How to label a paid post so it is not taken down, how fake views are spotted from both sides, and what actually persuades a brand that you can deliver.
5 guides in this topic
How to Label AI Content on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube
Where the AI disclosure setting lives on each platform, when it is required, and what happens if you skip it.
Who Owns the UGC You Make? What the Terms Say
Some platforms transfer your copyright to the brand, some let you keep it. What the actual terms say, quoted, and what to check.
How to Disclose Paid UGC on TikTok, IG, YouTube
Where the disclosure control lives on each platform, what the rules require, and why a hashtag in the caption is not enough on its own.
UGC Creator Portfolio: Do You Need One?
Not to start. When a portfolio begins to pay for itself, what belongs in it, and the version that takes an afternoon rather than a month.
How to Spot View Fraud in Creator Campaigns
Inflated views bill exactly like real ones. The signatures that give manipulation away, and what to demand from any platform you buy through.
Disclosure is a platform rule before it is an advertising one
Every platform has its own control, and using it takes seconds in the posting flow. A post removed for missing it costs you the views you were going to be paid for, which makes this the cheapest rule on the list to follow and the most expensive to forget.
Fake views cost the same as real ones
That is why view fraud is the most expensive problem in pay-per-view buying, and why what counts here is read from the platforms' own APIs rather than reported by anyone. The guide is written for brands, but a creator who understands what gets a clip held out of payout is a creator who never has one held.
Proof is a video, not a deck
Somebody reviewing your work is answering one question: can this person deliver a usable video from a brief without hand-holding. Three finished pieces answer it; a media kit of statistics does not.
Other topics
What it pays · Starting out · Making the video · Running a campaign · Which route to take
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