Volume 4: Behind the Bar · Contents
Media Kit Template
Fill this in to build the one-page kit you send to brands. Based on Chapter 29.
A media kit is how you show up to a brand like a professional instead of a hobbyist. Fill in every field below honestly, keep it to about one page, and update your numbers regularly. Then paste it into a clean, good-looking layout and have it ready to send the moment an opportunity appears.
How to Use This Template
Fill every field honestly — inflated numbers get caught, and getting caught ends deals and reputations.
Lead with engagement, not size — a smaller, engaged audience beats a big, dead one, and brands know it.
Keep it to one page — a brand should grasp who you are in thirty seconds.
Refresh it regularly — a stale kit with old stats looks careless.
Make it easy to read — clean layout, real numbers, your best work up top.
The Media Kit
You / Your Brand
Name / handle
One-line bio (who you are, your bar, your niche)
Location & primary venue
Your Audience
Total followers (by platform)
Primary age range & gender split
Top audience locations
% of audience of legal drinking age (21+) — matters for alcohol brands
Your Engagement (this matters more than size)
Average engagement rate
Average views / reach per post
Best-performing recent post (link + numbers)
Best Work / Portfolio
2–3 links to your best or most relevant content
Past brand collaborations (if any)
What You Offer
Content types / packages (single post, package, appearance...)
Starting rates (or “rates on request”)
Contact
Email / best contact
Social handles
Do’s and Don’ts
Do Don’t Be scrupulously honest with every number Fudge or inflate stats — it gets caught Lead with engagement and your best work Bury the good stuff under vanity metrics Keep it current and clean Send a stale kit with months-old numbers Make your rates and contact easy to find Hide the ask — make the brand hunt for it
One Note If you’ll pitch alcohol brands, the of-age audience percentage above is not optional decoration — it’s a threshold they care about. See Appendix A before any alcohol-brand deal.