Using a Reusable Contract

Onboarding Influencers

Overview

You don't need a lawyer for every deal. A reusable one-page agreement covering the essentials handles about 90% of SMB collaborations — draft it once, have counsel review the template, then reuse it for every creator after that.

What a One-Pager Must Cover

Keep it short enough that a creator will actually read and sign it the same day. The essentials:

Parties — brand and creator names.
Deliverables — format, quantity, and platform.
Posting dates — a specific window, not "soon."
Total fee and payment terms — 50% on signing / 50% on posting.
FTC disclosure — #ad required on every paid post.
Content approval window — a 2–3 day review step before it goes live.
Usage rights — term plus whether it covers paid or organic.
Exclusivity — if any, and for how long.
Kill fee — what's owed if you cancel after signing.

Draft the First Version With an LLM

Generate a first draft, then have counsel review the template once so you can reuse it safely. A prompt to draft one:

Draft a one-page influencer collaboration agreement for an SMB brand.
Plain English, not heavy legalese. Include: parties, deliverables
(format, quantity, platform), posting dates, total fee and payment terms
(50% on signing / 50% on posting), FTC disclosure requirement (#ad),
content approval window, usage rights (term + paid vs organic), exclusivity
(if any), and a kill fee. Leave bracketed blanks for me to fill in.

Pressure-Test It Before You Send

Before the template goes out the first time, have a model flag gaps. This catches the holes a non-lawyer misses:

Here is my one-page creator agreement: [paste]. I'm an SMB brand, not a
lawyer. List anything missing or risky in plain English: usage rights
term, exclusivity, FTC disclosure, approval window, payment split, kill
fee. Flag anything a creator could exploit. Don't rewrite it, just list
the gaps.

Starter Template

A bare-bones structure you can adapt and have reviewed — copy, fill the brackets, and keep one canonical version per campaign:

INFLUENCER COLLABORATION AGREEMENT

Parties: [Brand name] ("Brand") and [Creator name / handle] ("Creator").

Deliverables: [e.g. 1 Instagram Reel + 1 Story frame] on [platform(s)].
Posting window: [start date]–[end date].

Fee: [$X total]. Payment: 50% on signing, 50% within [N] days of posting.

Disclosure: Creator will include #ad and comply with FTC disclosure rules.

Approval: Brand reviews drafts within [2–3] days before publishing.

Usage rights: Brand may use the content for [organic / paid ads] for
[term, e.g. 3 months] from the posting date.

Exclusivity: Creator will not post for [competitor category] for [term].
(Omit if none.)

Kill fee: If Brand cancels after signing, Creator is owed [X%] of the fee.

Signed: _______________ (Brand)   _______________ (Creator)   Date: ______

⬇️ DOWNLOAD — Reusable creator contract · (file to be hosted) · note: have your own counsel review the template once before first use.

⚠️ Nothing here is legal advice. This is a practical starting point — get the template reviewed by counsel before you rely on it.

With a signed, reusable template, the last step is wrapping it all into a workflow that runs the same way every time. Continue to Building a Repeatable Workflow.

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