Flodesk / Paid creator partnership
The easiest place to start with email?
Build a signup form, send a welcome email and create a campaign in Flodesk.
Read the sponsored tutorialBestSends partnerships
Reach the marketers researching their next email platform.
Original video, sponsored software education and creator distribution for email and MarTech teams. Independent rankings are never for sale.
Buyers can spot an ad dressed up as a review, and they hold it against the brand that paid for it. That’s why every paid placement here says Sponsored, and why none of them comes with a score.
What you get instead is a seat next to rankings nobody can buy, next to the coverage people use when they compare email tools.
Key takeaways
- Three options: Enhanced Sponsored Profile ($1,500/year), Sponsored Content Campaigns (starting at $7,500) and Strategic Partnerships (custom).
- Sponsored profiles are by application and subject to editorial approval, for a 12-month placement.
- Every paid placement is labeled Sponsored, its links are marked sponsored, and profiles carry no score or star rating.
- Payment never buys a review, score, ranking position or verdict, and there are no traffic or conversion promises.
BestSends audience
Help marketers understand where your email platform fits.
BestSends covers email marketing, newsletters, automation, deliverability, CRM and lifecycle communication for teams choosing or switching platforms.
The Best Network helps software brands explain their products to the people deciding what to buy. We combine audience-specific educational content, creator-led video and relevant distribution, with partnerships that can keep the message current and performance measurable.
The kind of questions sponsored content can answer:
- “Will this platform’s automation work at our list size?”
- “What changes the bill as contacts grow?”
- “How much work is moving our lists and automations over?”
Creator-led tutorials · Paid partnerships
Verified examples
Real software campaigns created by Carlos Gil: a dedicated video and a companion BestSends tutorial for each partner.
Brevo / Sponsored tutorial
What should you automate first?
Start with one useful welcome email before building a more complex automation.
Read the sponsored tutorialDisclosure: these are paid video partnerships. Some linked offers may pay BestSends an affiliate commission. Sponsorship and affiliate payments do not affect independent reviews, scores or rankings. Read our disclosure.
The human distribution layer
Creator credibility meets buyer-intent publishing.
Carlos Gil is the Founder & Editor of BestSends and former U.S. Brand Evangelist at GetResponse. He has worked on email marketing education, audience growth, partnerships, and automation strategy, bringing experience from both the software company side and the businesses evaluating those tools.
Carlos is a keynote speaker. Creator-led campaigns can pair his voice on LinkedIn and YouTube with sponsored coverage on BestSends, for the term set in your agreement. The $1,500 profile includes no video and no endorsement.
Why partner
Why partner with The Best Network?
Help the right buyers discover, understand and evaluate your software.
We combine specialized software publications, practical product education and creator-led distribution. Partnerships are built around your audience, your product and the questions prospective customers need answered.
1. A relevant environment for your product
Place your sponsored message alongside software coverage built around buying decisions, comparisons and practical business needs.
2. Content tailored to your ideal customer
Explain your product through the needs of marketers, creators, business owners or ecommerce operators. Choose the publications that fit instead of repeating the same story everywhere.
3. Education that makes the product easier to understand
Show how your software addresses a specific task through a sponsored tutorial, workflow explanation or educational feature.
4. A recognizable person leading the story
Work with Carlos Gil on content that brings a clear voice and practical explanation to your product.
5. Distribution beyond a single placement
Build a coordinated campaign across the relevant publication, YouTube, LinkedIn and selected newsletters, with channels and deliverables agreed in advance.
6. A resource people can revisit
Give prospective customers a published article or video they can return to beyond launch week, with the publication term defined in your agreement.
7. Content structured for discovery
Address specific buyer questions with clear explanations, relevant terminology and accessible content. Search rankings, AI citations and traffic are not guaranteed.
8. A sustained category presence
Annual presenting partnerships can provide prominent, clearly disclosed branding on agreed category pages and guides, separate from independent recommendations.
9. Messaging that stays current
Scoped update schedules can keep sponsored content aligned with documented product changes, campaigns and pricing initiatives throughout the partnership.
10. Reporting that supports the next decision
Agree on measurable campaign activity and available reporting before launch, including delivered assets, page traffic and tracked vendor clicks where supported.
Partnerships are scoped individually. Benefits depend on the selected package and agreed channels, placements, publication term, update schedule and reporting capabilities. Paid partnerships never influence independent reviews, scores or rankings.
Partnership options
How much does it cost to partner with BestSends?
Three ways to work together, from a year-round sponsored profile to a custom program. The price for each option is the same across The Best Network.
Enhanced Sponsored Profile
$1,500/year
Best for email, newsletter, CRM, deliverability and marketing automation brands that want year-round enhanced visibility.
Includes
- An enhanced company and product description, including the use cases you serve, in your words
- Your logo
- A direct call to action to your website
- Annual profile updates during the 12-month placement
- A clear Sponsored label
Sponsored Content Campaigns
Starting at $7,500
Original, clearly labeled content built around a real buyer question, distributed through Carlos Gil’s channels.
Can include
- A sponsored educational feature
- Original video
- YouTube distribution
- LinkedIn distribution (Carlos Gil)
- Placement on BestSends for the term in your agreement
Strategic Partnerships
Custom
For larger, longer programs. Let’s talk about scope.
For
- Multi-content programs
- Multi-site partnerships across The Best Network
- Long-term ambassador relationships
- Newsletter integrations
- Campaign series
Smaller formats are quoted on request.
Request a partnership proposal
Tell us about your product, target audience and timing. We’ll recommend a relevant publication and proposed scope for review by email.
Does sponsorship affect reviews or rankings?
No. Sponsored profiles are clearly labeled and do not influence our independent reviews, rankings, scores, or editorial conclusions. That includes Best Of inclusion and our independent recommendations. Profiles carry no score or star rating.
Sponsored profiles are available by application and subject to editorial approval, for a 12-month placement. Payment never guarantees inclusion. If approved, we’ll follow up with terms and next steps. Nothing is charged on this site, and we make no traffic or conversion promises.
The Enhanced Sponsored Profile
An annual, clearly labeled Sponsored profile that gives your brand a richer presence on BestSends and helps prospective customers understand what your product does and who it’s for. It’s built for email, newsletter, CRM, deliverability and marketing automation software. It sits around your brand’s presence on the site, never inside the independent rankings.
Who can apply?
Software vendors whose product fits a BestSends category. Apply with your description, logo and website link; we review fit and assets before anything publishes. Apply for a Sponsored Profile.
The Best Network
The right publication for the right buyer.
BestSends
Email marketing and lifecycle software
Larger campaigns can combine the relevant publication with Carlos’s LinkedIn and YouTube, plus the Bad Marketing and Inbox Gold newsletters. We only use channels where the product and audience fit.
Editorial independence
Paid partnerships fund content, never the verdict.
Brands cannot buy positive reviews.
Brands cannot buy favorable scores.
Brands cannot buy guaranteed ranking positions.
Brands cannot buy guaranteed recommendations.
Sponsored features and sponsored profiles are clearly labeled Sponsored.
Affiliate compensation never determines editorial status, score, ranking, or verdict.
Sponsorship funds content/production/distribution, not editorial outcomes.
We never promise traffic, impressions, leads, conversions, or placement in independent rankings/reviews.
FAQ
Partnership questions
Can a brand pay for a higher ranking on BestSends?
No. Rankings, scores and verdicts are never for sale. Sponsorship pays for content, production and distribution; sponsored profiles are labeled and do not influence reviews, rankings, scores, Best Of inclusion or editorial conclusions; and affiliate commissions never decide where a tool ranks.
What is an Enhanced Sponsored Profile?
A clearly labeled annual sponsored profile for an email or marketing software brand: an enhanced company and product description in your words, your logo, a direct call to action to your website and annual updates. It carries no score or star rating and sits apart from our independent reviews and rankings.
How much does an Enhanced Sponsored Profile cost?
$1,500 per year, for a 12-month placement. The price is the same on every Best Network site. Nothing is charged when you apply.
Do all applications get approved?
No. Sponsored profiles are available by application and subject to editorial approval. We check product and category fit first, and payment never guarantees inclusion.
What can a partnership include?
It depends on the option. An Enhanced Sponsored Profile ($1,500 a year) is a labeled profile with your description, logo, one call to action and annual updates; it includes no video, newsletter placement or endorsement. Sponsored Content Campaigns start at $7,500 and can include a sponsored educational feature, original video with Carlos Gil, and YouTube and LinkedIn distribution, with channels and deliverables agreed in advance. Strategic Partnerships are scoped individually. Every paid piece is labeled Sponsored.
Are newsletter placements included in every package?
No. Newsletter placements are agreed per campaign and are not included in existing packages unless agreed in writing.
How long does sponsored content remain available?
For the publication term in your agreement. Sponsored profiles run for 12 months from the day they publish, with annual profile updates during that term.
What reporting is available?
Delivered assets, plus page traffic and tracked clicks to your site from BestSends pages, where we measure them. Clicks are not leads or customers, and we do not report conversions we cannot see.
How do I request a proposal?
Use the partnership form on this page. Tell us about your product, target audience and timing, and we reply by email with a recommended publication and proposed scope. A call is optional.
How are sponsored posts, videos and profiles labeled?
Every sponsored post, tutorial and profile is marked Sponsored where it appears, and its outbound links are marked as sponsored links. Sponsored content never changes an independent review.
Start a conversation
Bring us your next product launch.
Replies come by email. A call is optional.
Prefer email? carlos@gilmediagroup.com