Requesting a Curated List

If you want to recruit additional creators to your programs but aren’t sure where to start sourcing them from, you can request a Curated List from GRIN. Curated Lists are lists of creators GRIN has found based on the criteria you submit to us. 

While requesting a List, you’ll provide criteria for creators you’d like to see, such as engagement rates or their audience age ranges, as well as information about your creator marketing programs. These help GRIN find creators who are the best fit for your program. 

Once GRIN completes your List, we will import these creators into your Contacts > Prospects for you to review. GRIN will deliver a List within 5 business days. 

What You'll Need

• An existing Brand. You can only have one active Curated List per Brand on your GRIN account. You can learn how to create one with our help article Creating Your Brand.
• Available credits to request a List with. You can view how many credits you have available and add more credits directly within the Curated Lists dashboard. 

Purchase additional credits for Lists from the dashboard.

How to Do It

1. Navigate to Recruitment > Curated Lists.
2. Select + New Request.
3. Proceed through the steps using the Next button. When you reach What would you like to name your creator list?, fill out the following fields: 
   • List Name: Add a name to your List.
   • List Description: Add a description for your List.
   • Select a Brand: Choose a Brand you’d like this List to be associated with. You can't request a new List for a Brand if it already has an associated List with a Draft status.
4. Select Next, then fill out the following fields:
   • Select a Network: Choose a social network you’d like to prospect creators from. If you want prospects from different networks, you must submit a separate request for each.
   • Contacts: Select how many creators you’d like to receive.
5. Select Next. If you selected Instagram as a network in Step 4, then choose your best-performing Instagram content types. You’ll receive prospects that tend to post the same type of posts you select. If you didn’t select Instagram, you can move on to Step 6.
6. Select Next, then select your creator management program’s maturity.
7. Select Next, then select your primary goal for your List request.
8. Select Next, then complete the following fields:
   • Competitor(s): Include at least one URL of a competing brand. Make sure each URL is on its own separate line.
   • Exclude creators who have recently posted on behalf of these brands: Select this option if you don’t want prospects who have worked with your competitor(s) lately.
9. Select Next, then provide keywords or hashtags you want to use with your program. GRIN will find prospects that already use them.
10. Select Next. If desired, include any Additional notes about your brand or program. These extra details will help GRIN find the best-fit creators for your List. This step is optional. 
11. Proceed through the steps using Next. When you reach Please share the profiles of creators who currently are or would be ideal brand partners for your program, complete the following fields: 
    • Best performing creators: Enter social network profile URLs of creators you think are a great fit for your program. These can be creators you already work with or creators you’d like to work with. Make sure that these profile URLs are from the same network you chose in Step 4.
    • Why are these creators a great fit for your brand?: Answer why you believe your listed creators are a good fit. GRIN will use this information to find other similar prospects.
12. Select Next, then complete the following fields:
    • Follower count range: Provide a minimum and maximum follower count you’d like your prospects to have. 
    • Should we include celebrities: Select this if you’d like your List to include celebrities that fall in your follower count range.
    • Should we include creators without an email?: Select this if you are willing to receive creators without an available email address in your List. 
13. Select Next, then select the countries you’d like your creators to reside in.
14. Select Next, then select the gender ratio you'd like for your creators, or select No preference if you do not need a specific gender distribution for your List. 
15. Select Next, then select any age ranges you’d like your creators’ targeted audiences to be in.
16. Proceed through the steps using Next. When you reach What is your budget per creator?, complete the following fields: 
    • Budget range per creator for paid partnerships: Select your budget range for paying creators directly.
    • Budget range per creator for product gifting: Select your budget range for gifting creators product.
    • What compensation methods are you providing for creators in your program?: Select how you will be paying creators.
17. Select Submit.

That's it! Your List request has been sent to GRIN. You can expect to receive your new prospects within 5 business days. When you do, you’ll receive a notification in GRIN, and you can return to Recruitment > Curated Lists to view your curated creators. For more information on reviewing your curated creators, see our help article Managing a Curated List.