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Scout24 Results Lab · Quantitative Pitch Funnel Study

The math behind getting more brand deals

Scout24 turns brand outreach from guesswork into a measurable pitch funnel: better contacts, faster sends, earlier signals, more replies, and more chances to close.

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More pitches sent per week
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Higher open rate
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Higher reply rate
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Higher pitch-to-won rate
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Median time to generate a pitch
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Median time to first deal

Illustrative benchmark model based on a paired pre/post study design. Replace with measured customer data as cohorts complete.

The problem

Creator pitching is broken because the funnel is invisible

Most creators aren't losing deals because their content is bad. They lose deals because the outreach system is slow, random, and hard to measure.

Contact hunt

Creators waste hours looking for the right person to email.

Generic inboxes

Pitches get buried in info@, support@, and dead brand inboxes.

Blank page problem

Every pitch starts from scratch, so creators send fewer than they should.

Late to the brief

By the time a public brief appears, hundreds of creators are already applying.

Of every 100 creators chasing deals
100
want brand deals
40
find brands
18
find a contact
7
send a pitch
2
get a reply
0.8
wins
The mechanism

Scout24 fixes the funnel in four places

The product doesn't rely on one magic feature. It compounds small improvements across every step of the outreach funnel.

Step 1
Find active brands

Surface brands with signals that suggest they're open to creator partnerships.

  • Hiring marketing roles
  • Running creator campaigns
  • Launching new products
  • Working with similar creators
Step 2
Find better contacts

Reach real decision-makers instead of generic inboxes.

  • Partnerships leads
  • Influencer marketing managers
  • Brand managers
  • Founders & agency contacts
Step 3
Generate relevant pitches

Drafts tailored to the brand, campaign, niche, and creator profile.

  • Beauty → skincare launch
  • Fitness → activewear
  • Food → local restaurant group
  • Gaming → hardware
Step 4
Move earlier

Pitch before opportunities become saturated.

  • Before public briefs
  • Before agency casting calls
  • Before seasonal launches
  • Before everyone else applies
Signal
Contact
Pitch
Reply
Deal
Study design

How we measure whether Scout24 works

A paired pre/post design compares each creator or manager against their own baseline.

Participants
20 creators and managers
Baseline window
4 weeks before Scout24
Treatment window
8 weeks using Scout24
Creators represented
47 total
Verticals
Beauty, fitness, gaming, food, tech
Design
Paired pre/post, each cohort vs its own baseline
Tracking
Pitch send, open, reply, deal, brand signal, deal value
Headline results

The benchmark funnel moved at every stage

Illustrative paired effects from the Scout24 results model.

MetricBaselineScout24EffectInterpretation
Pitches sent / seat / week6.321.83.46×More shots on goal
Open rate22.0%41.3%1.88×Better contacts
Reply rate4.1%13.8%3.37×Better fit and relevance
Pitch-to-won rate0.9%3.6%4.01×Better targeting and timing
Deals won / seat / 8 weeks1.24.03.33×More converted opportunities
Time to send pitch38 min~9 secMajorOutreach becomes instant
Time to first deal41 days17 daysFasterEarlier path to revenue
Avg deal value$1,420$2,1801.18×Exploratory, not headline

The strongest and most defensible effect is speed. Removing the contact hunt and blank page makes more pitching mechanically possible, the commercial lift then compounds: better contacts increase opens, better targeting increases replies, and earlier signals improve the chance of winning before a brief gets crowded.

Pitch funnel

From 100 pitches to won deals

The funnel shows where Scout24 creates lift.

Baseline funnel
per 100 sent
Sent
100
Opened
22
Replied
4.1
Won
0.9
Sent→Open 22%
Open→Reply 19%
Reply→Won 22%
Scout24 funnel
per 100 sent
Sent
100
Opened
41
Replied
13.8
Won
3.6
Sent→Open 41%
Open→Reply 34%
Reply→Won 26%
Open lift

Verified contacts make pitches more likely to be seen.

Reply lift

Personalized, better-timed outreach makes brands more likely to respond.

Win lift

Live-budget targeting and pre-brief timing create cleaner opportunities.

Compound lift

Small wins at each stage multiply into a much bigger overall deal rate.

Effect sizes

Effect sizes, not just percentages

A real results page should show confidence, not just hype.

1×
1.5×
2×
3×
4×
6×
Pitches sent
3.46×
Open rate
1.88×
Reply rate
3.37×
Pitch-to-won
4.01×
Deals won per seat
3.33×
Deal value
1.18×

Anything clearly to the right of 1.0× suggests improvement. The deal-value row is weaker because revenue is naturally noisy, one large contract can move the average. That's why this page treats deal value as exploratory rather than the headline.

Timing advantage

Winning earlier matters

The best brand deals are easiest to win before everyone else sees the brief.

Time to first deal
% of cohort with at least one closed deal
Pre-brief head start
Days outreach happened before the public brief (won deals)
6.2 days
Median pre-brief head start
31%
Won deals from pre-brief signals
Less competition
Earlier outreach, fewer applicants
Compounds
Timing × verified contacts
Deal flow calculator

Calculate the pitch funnel yourself

Change the assumptions and see how the funnel moves.

Inputs
20
41%
34%
26%
1,500 USD
Modelled monthly output
Pitches sent
80
Opens
32.8
Replies
11.2
Deals
2.9
Modelled monthly deal value
$4,349

Not a guarantee of earnings. A funnel model to show how outreach volume and conversion rates interact.

Segment results

The lift is not the same for everyone

Scout24 helps different creator segments in different ways. The biggest relative lift appears where the baseline process is weakest.

Solo creators
3× reply+205% deals

Removes research and writing burden from one-person creator businesses.

Managers
3.7× reply+260% deals

One manager applies the workflow across multiple creators.

Creators under 50K
4.1× reply+280% deals

Smaller creators usually have the weakest baseline access to brand contacts.

Creators over 250K
2× reply+140% deals

Bigger creators have stronger inbound, so the relative lift is smaller but still valuable.

Example workflows

What this looks like in real creator workflows

Example workflow models, not real customer promises.

Beauty creator

Finds a beauty brand preparing a product launch, pulls the partnerships contact, and pitches before the public creator brief goes live.

1
12 brands shortlisted
2
8 verified contacts found
3
5 pitches sent
4
2 replies
5
1 gifted + paid campaign conversation
Fitness creator

Identifies activewear and supplement brands currently investing in influencer partnerships.

1
20 pitches sent
2
9 opens
3
4 replies
4
1 paid campaign
Food creator

A local food creator finds restaurants, hospitality groups, and drinks brands with active campaign signals.

1
30 local brands identified
2
16 direct contacts found
3
10 pitches sent
4
3 venue invites
5
1 paid partnership
Talent manager

A manager with 8 creators pitches the same brand across multiple relevant creator profiles.

1
8 roster matches
2
24 pitches sent
3
11 opens
4
5 replies
5
2 campaign conversations
Microcreator

A creator with 18K followers targets smaller brands more likely to respond to niche creators.

1
15 brands found
2
10 pitches sent
3
4 replies
4
1 paid UGC deal
Why it works

The formula is simple

Better signals×Better contacts×Faster pitches×Better timing=More brand deal opportunities
Better signals

Find brands more likely to be active, hiring, launching, spending.

Better contacts

Reach real decision-makers, not generic inboxes.

Faster pitches

Discovery to pitchable opportunity in seconds.

Better timing

Move before public briefs become crowded.

More opportunities

Not magic. Funnel math.

"Scout24 doesn't make creators talented. It gives talented creators a system."

Honest methodology

What this page does not claim

We don't claim
  • Scout24 does not guarantee brand deals.
  • Scout24 does not guarantee income.
  • Scout24 does not replace creator quality, audience fit, consistency, or negotiation.
  • Scout24 does not mean every pitch will receive a reply.
We do improve
  • opportunity discovery
  • contact quality
  • pitch speed
  • timing
  • tracking
  • repeatability
Threats to validity
Seasonality

Brand budgets change by month and quarter.

Learning effects

Creators can improve simply by practicing outreach.

Deal value noise

Average deal value can be distorted by a few large contracts.

Self-reporting

Deal values should be verified against contracts where possible.

Segment size

Small samples should not be over-interpreted.

The point of this page isn't to pretend outreach is predictable. The point is to make it measurable.

Stop guessing who to pitch

Scout24 gives creators and managers a faster, more measurable way to find brand opportunities, reach the right contacts, and send better pitches, before the market gets crowded.

300+ brand opportunities
1,200+ brands in Scoutbook
Verified contacts
AI pitch generation
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