The Talent & Creator Managers Fix Kit
Built for talent managers, creator managers and influencer managers.
The best managers in this trade answer a different question than the one clients ask. This kit finds where the money leaks in your own work and gives you the steps and the words to close each one.
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The 9 leaks it covers
4 you can close it · 3 the other side owes it · 2 a pro decides
- Getting work for clients without a talent agency license: commission may be uncollectableWhere to look first: For every deal in the last year, write down how it started: did the brand come to the client or to you, or did you reach out and pitch? Keep the first email.Keep it from coming back: Log how every new deal starts, the day it starts. Get attorney advice before pitching for a client in a state you haven't checked.You can close it
- Commission rate set without checking it against own costs and scopeWhere to look first: Write down each client's commission rate and what you actually do for them (deal finding, negotiation, content planning, admin).Keep it from coming back: Track hours per client every week. Review each client's commission per hour before every agreement renewal.You can close it
- Managing a client under 18 without the California permit or knowing the reporting dutyWhere to look first: List every client with their date of birth. Flag anyone under 18, and anyone you are about to sign who is under 18.Keep it from coming back: Ask date of birth at first contact. No agreement with anyone under 18 until permit status is confirmed. Calendar the permit renewal.You can close it
- Manager's own hours never costed against commission incomeWhere to look first: For two weeks, log your hours per client, including calls, emails, contracts and chasing payments.Keep it from coming back: Keep a time log every week. Check per-client hourly before taking on a new client or renewing an agreement.You can close it
- Markup on the client's rate to the brand that isn't disclosed or trackedWhere to look first: For every deal in the last year, write three numbers side by side: what the brand paid, the rate the creator agreed to, and what the creator received.Keep it from coming back: Write the pricing policy into every new management agreement. Log brand price and creator rate on every deal the day it closes.The other side owes it
- Earned commission sitting unpaid down the brand-agency-client chainWhere to look first: List every active deal: brand, deliverable date, when the brand was invoiced, when the brand paid, when the client got paid, when you got your commission.Keep it from coming back: Log invoice and payment dates on every deal the day they happen. Look at the aging list once a week, not at year-end.The other side owes it
- Can't show a client what they net with you versus on their ownWhere to look first: For each client, pull their deal history from before you signed them and since. If they have no records from before, use their first months with you as the starting point and say so.Keep it from coming back: Record each client's starting point when you sign them. Run the review every quarter.The other side owes it
- Commission comes in with no tax withheld and nothing is set asideWhere to look first: Open a separate savings account used only for taxes.Keep it from coming back: Set the tax account up before the next commission lands. Move the share the same day every payment arrives.A pro decides
- Client's total commission load across manager and agency never added upWhere to look first: Ask each client for every representation agreement they have signed: agency, other managers, business manager, lawyer on a percentage.Keep it from coming back: At signing, ask every new client for all their other representation terms and put the combined page in the welcome packet. Re-run it whenever the client signs a new rep.A pro decides
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Getting work for clients without a talent agency license: commission may be uncollectable
You can close it- For every deal in the last year, write down how it started: did the brand come to the client or to you, or did you reach out and pitch? Keep the first email.
- In California, what decides it is what you do, not your job title. Reaching out to get work for a client is the act the Talent Agencies Act regulates.
- If you pitch for work in California, talk to an entertainment attorney before your next pitch. They decide whether you're covered, whether creators count as "artists" under the law (that is unsettled), and how to set up your work.
- Ask the attorney about working with a licensed talent agency so that procurement runs through them.
- Other states have their own rules. Ask there; don't assume California's.
Your part: Decide whether to see an attorney, follow their advice, and change how you work if needed.
EMAIL TO AN ENTERTAINMENT ATTORNEY: Hi [ATTORNEY NAME], I manage [NUMBER] creators, mainly on [PLATFORMS]. I'm based in [STATE] and my clients are in [STATES]. I don't hold a talent agency license. Over the last year, [NUMBER] deals came to my clients inbound, and on [NUMBER] I reached out to brands myself. I've attached a list showing how each deal started. I'd like your advice on: 1. Whether my work falls under the California Talent Agencies Act. 2. How I should set up procurement from here. 3. Whether my current management agreement needs changes. Can we set up a time to talk? [YOUR NAME] [YOUR COMPANY] | [PHONE]
Log how every new deal starts, the day it starts. Get attorney advice before pitching for a client in a state you haven't checked.
What this kit can't decide for you: We never tell you you are or aren't covered, or that a contract is enforceable; an entertainment attorney decides. Whether creators are "artists" under §1700.4(b) is unresolved.
That's 1 of 9. The other 8 come the same way in the kit: steps, words to send, a habit to keep each one closed.
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What people in this work look up
When talent and creator managers go looking for answers, they search things like “talent agency license”, “creator management agency”, “influencer manager” and “creator manager”. Those searches turn up forms, averages and other people's numbers. This kit starts from your own records instead: the 9 places money leaks in this work, where to look first and the words to send to close each one.
What you get for each leak
- Numbered steps to close each leak
- Your part, spelled out
- Words you can use: letters and scripts, ready to send (fill in the brackets)
- A habit that keeps each leak from coming back
- An honest line on what the kit can't decide for you
A page from the kit
Questions people ask
Do I need a talent agency license?
Getting work for clients without one can make your commission uncollectable. The kit flags it.
How should I set my commission?
Check it against your own costs, scope and hours. The kit shows how.
What about markups on brand rates?
An undisclosed markup is a leak the kit covers.
What it can't decide for you
This kit works from your own records. It doesn't give legal, tax, licensing or financial advice, and it never tells you what to charge. Where a CPA, attorney, insurer or state board makes the call, the kit says so and gets your records ready for them.
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