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Cultivators,
For a long stretch of my career, I was the one giving. Opening doors, handing the mic to people who deserved to be heard, sharing whatever platform I had. I'm proud of that work. But somewhere along the way I learned something I wish I'd known sooner:
The best things I know about this work… building a brand, getting paid, surviving the slow seasons… I didn't figure out alone. I learned them from other creators a little further down the road, almost all of thgem that had built just behind me but who saw it all with fresh eyes.
That's the whole idea behind what I want to build next.
I'm opening a call for submissions…written or video, from Cultivators who have something real to say about the creator economy. Brand building. Sales. Pricing your worth. Owning your audience instead of renting attention. The mistakes, the wins, the stuff nobody warned you about.
This isn't a guest-post grab. It's the start of a mutual aid creator collective… a place where we teach each other through this work, instead of each of us figuring it out alone in the dark.
This is a further step in my mission to end gatekeeping.
What kind of submissions I'm looking for:
A lesson, a story, or a perspective you wish someone had handed you earlier
Written (a few hundred words is plenty) or video (short and honest)
Your real voice. True is the point, not perfect.
What's in it for you
Let me be straight, because I don't believe in asking for work without naming the exchange.
When your piece runs, you're not just "a contributor" — you become part of the Siembra List: a growing roster of trusted voices we point our whole community to. This is the opposite of disappearing into someone else's feed.
Here's what that means in practice:
A spot on the Siembra List — our curated directory of creators and thought leaders we vouch for, share, and send people to when they ask "who should I be learning from?"
Your name, your link, your work — credited and connected back to whatever you're building, so the attention you earn here follows you home
Reach beyond your own audience — featured to Cultivators across the newsletter and our channels, in front of people actively looking for guides like you.
First access — when partnership, speaking, or collaboration opportunities come through Siembra, we look to the List first
If related to the topic, feel free to promote some of your offers.
I've spent years being the person who connects people. The Siembra List is me building the thing that does that at scale — and putting your name on it.
If that's you, Submit Your Pitch Now I'll read and watch every single one.
Community is the real algorithm. Let's prove it.
Con cariño,
George
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