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Cal Barton Media Kit | Fintech & Financial Services Partnerships
Fintech partnerships • Business banking • Credit • Funding • Expense management

Reach business owners before they choose their next financial product.

Cal Barton helps business owners and consumers understand credit, banking, lending, and funding decisions. Partner with Cal to reach people actively researching business banking, expense management, cards, loans, and access to capital.

87.5% U.S. YouTube audience 15.4M lifetime views 1.3K+ published videos
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Financial education only. Approvals, rates, limits, and funding outcomes are never guaranteed.

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Cal Barton 105K+ YouTube subscribers
Direct audience 40,318 Newsletter readers
105K+ YouTube subscribers
40,318 Newsletter readers
15.4M Lifetime YouTube views
70.1% YouTube audience ages 25–54
Selected Brand Partners
Selected email campaign performance

Documented response from financial-services campaigns.

Email provides the cleanest first-party view of how Cal’s audience responds when a relevant financial product is placed directly in front of them.

Dedicated email campaign

Mercury

Recipients40,130
Open rate28.6%
Total clicks404
Dedicated email campaign

Ramp

Recipients12,292
Open rate33.2%
Total clicks210
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Dedicated email campaign

SoFi Business Loan Marketplace

Recipients40,026
Open rate26.6%
Total clicks521

Recipient totals reflect the audience selected for each product at the time of the send. Open rates and total clicks are platform-reported campaign results. Campaign performance varies by product, offer, creative, timing, audience fit, and other factors; future results are not guaranteed.

Audience Match

Is your customer already in this audience?

Build a quick target profile and compare it against Cal’s YouTube demographics, first-party business-owner data, credit-profile data, and documented content and partnership experience. The result shows where the evidence is strong, directional, or not yet measured, then the underlying stats below show exactly what that match is based on.

Business banking Business cards Funding & lending Payments & spend Business software Consumer credit Identity & privacy Home & lifestyle Consumer services
Who are you trying to reach?

Current first-party data supports these score bands. It does not support precise 500, 550, or 600 cutoffs, so those are not estimated.

“More than 2 years” uses the confirmed 3+ year cohort as a conservative lower bound because the source questionnaire groups 1–2 years together.

The current aggregate feed supports 2+ people. More granular 6+, 11+, and larger-team cuts are not exposed yet.

How this works: only criteria supported by current audience evidence influence the match result. Missing data is shown as unknown instead of being estimated.

Audience intelligence

Audience at a glance

Audience Match gives the quick answer above. These headline signals show what supports it, with the full demographic and intent data available if a brand wants to drill down.

87.5% U.S.-based audience Top YouTube geography
70.1% ages 25–54 Core adult purchasing years
25.0% ages 35–44 Largest 10-year age band
30.0% TV watch time Long-form viewing beyond mobile
View YouTube demographics & audience intentAge distribution, device mix, purchase intent, approval research, debt/credit behavior, and business-funding interest.

Choosing financial products

Comparing credit cards, loans, bank accounts, credit unions, fintech products, and funding providers.

Improving approval odds

Researching underwriting, prequalification, credit limits, bureau pulls, bank behavior, and timing.

Managing debt and credit

Looking for ways to lower interest, improve utilization, document income, and strengthen a credit profile.

Building fundable businesses

Preparing for business cards, lines of credit, loans, banking services, payroll, and operating tools.

Audience demographics

A U.S.-heavy audience in its prime purchasing years.

YouTube audience data adds context to the intent signals above: the channel reaches a heavily U.S.-based adult audience, with most viewers concentrated in core consumer and household purchasing years.

YouTube Studio · Last 28 days
Updated August 2026

87.5% U.S.-based audience Top audience geography
70.1% ages 25–54 Core adult purchasing years
84.9% male audience 15.1% female

Age distribution

86.2%of viewers are ages 25–64
25–3422.0%
35–4425.0%
45–5423.1%
55–6416.1%
65+7.2%
18–244.8%
13–171.8%

How they watch

30.0%of watch time happens on TV
Mobile49.2%
TV30.0%
Computer14.9%
Tablet5.9%

Source: YouTube Studio audience analytics, last 28 days. Demographic and device figures are manually refreshed periodically because they change more slowly than public channel-performance metrics.

First-party business-owner data

First-party business signals at a glance.

A compact view of business maturity, revenue, funding urgency, and capital demand. The full product, credit, and funding breakdown is available below.

Self-reported first-party Business Funding Preflight data. Sample sizes vary by question and are shown inside the expanded detail.

61% operating 1+ year 28 of 46 responses
68% seeking funding within 30 days Funding urgency signal
45% report $10K+ monthly revenue Self-reported business revenue
39% seeking $50K+ in capital 18 of 46 recent respondents
View full business-owner, credit & capital detailIndustries, entity maturity, product interest, credit-score ranges, utilization, credit limits, funding amounts, team size, and methodology.
63% operate in five core SMB verticals
10 of 16 industry responses
Core vertical groups Professional and financial services, real estate and property, retail and e-commerce, transportation and logistics, and marketing and media.
73% have operated for at least one year
11 of 15 time-in-business responses
63% were seeking funding within 30 days
102 of 162 preflight completions
42% reported at least $10,000 in monthly revenue
68 of 162 preflight completions

Established enough to evaluate real products

The preflight audience includes formed businesses, seasoned bank relationships, and owners with meaningful personal-credit profiles.

  • LLC or corporation formed92%
  • Business bank relationship 1+ years65%
  • Personal credit of 700+52%
  • Open to a PG depending on product90%

What they are trying to fund

Product interest from 162 completed Business Funding Preflight profiles.

Business credit cards51%
Loans / working capital23%
Lines of credit17%
No-PG credit7%
Vendor accounts / Net 30s2%
Recent capital demand

They are not just browsing. They are looking for meaningful capital.

A newer set of Business Funding Preflight questions shows how much capital recent respondents want and whether funding is central to what they are trying to accomplish next.

53% are seeking $50,000 or more 8 of 15 recent external respondents

Desired funding amount

Under $10K27%
$10K to $24.9K20%
$25K to $49.9K0%
$50K to $99.9K33%
$100K+20%

Commercial signals

53% say accessing business credit or funding is their top business priority 8 of 15 recent external respondents
40% operate with teams of two or more people 6 of 15 recent external respondents

New questions added to Business Funding Preflight. n=15 external respondents who received the question set; Barton Media LLC internal test response excluded. Self-reported first-party audience data. This newer sample is displayed separately from the larger 162-response Preflight dataset above.

Audience-data methodology

The Business Funding Preflight dataset currently includes 162 external completions after excluding the Barton Media LLC internal test. It covers business formation, banking, revenue, credit profile, personal utilization, highest personal card limit, funding timing, requested product type, and newer fields for business industry, desired funding amount, business priority, time in business, and team size. Each percentage uses only respondents who received the relevant question, so newer-question sample sizes can differ. The five-core-vertical metric groups professional and financial services, real estate and property, retail and e-commerce, transportation and logistics, and marketing and media from the standardized Business Industry field. Responses are self-reported and should be treated as directional first-party audience intelligence rather than audited market research.

Channel profiles

Multiple ways to reach the same decision journey.

YouTube

Long-form decision support

Searchable, evergreen content for viewers comparing products, researching approvals, and trying to understand lender behavior.

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105K+ Subscribers
— Median recent views
— — Typical recent view range
— Median public engagement
87.5% United States
15.4M Lifetime views

Recent performance is based on the latest 10 qualifying public long-form videos that are 30–180 days old and at least four minutes long. Livestreams are excluded. Public engagement is the median of likes plus comments divided by views. Audience demographics are shown in the Audience section above and are refreshed manually from YouTube Studio.

Instagram

Short-form amplification

Vertical education, campaign support, and concise product storytelling for a U.S.-weighted audience.

5.1KFollowers
2.8%Reported engagement
83%United States
43%Ages 25–44

Instagram follower count updated July 28, 2026. Audience demographics reflect the latest available snapshot. The inconsistent Pillar daily-reach claim is intentionally excluded.

Selected sponsored work

The product is part of the lesson, not pasted over it.

Cal develops sponsor stories around real questions from business owners and consumers, so the product is connected naturally to the problem it solves.

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BILL Spend & Expense • Sponsored video

How to Build Business Credit Fast in 2026

Business-credit education connected naturally to a spend-management and corporate-card solution relevant to the topic.

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Sponsored video • Additional example

Additional sponsored video example

Another sponsor integration example from Cal’s YouTube channel, included so brands can review more of the creative approach and product framing.

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Sponsored video • Additional example

Additional sponsored video example

Another sponsor integration example from Cal’s YouTube channel, included so brands can review more of the creative approach and product framing.

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Partner feedback

What partners say about working with Cal.

Two perspectives on the partnership: repeat campaign execution from a brand partner, and audience fit and performance from a creator agency.

Repeat brand partner
“Cal does a really good job of understanding our product and turning what can sometimes be fairly complex financial messaging into content that feels natural, clear, and relevant to his audience.”

Communication has always been smooth, he’s responsive when we need adjustments, and after working together across multiple campaigns, we’ve built a process that makes each new project very easy to execute. We’d absolutely be happy to continue working with him on future campaigns.

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Leah Hughes PR & Marketing Coordinator Shared following multiple projects with Revenued
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Creator agency partner
“Working with Cal has been a great experience. He brings a strong combination of audience trust, business acumen, and a real focus on performance, which makes him an excellent partner for brands in the finance space.”
Apple Crider, CEO of Creators Agency
Apple Crider CEO, Creators Agency Finance & business creator marketing
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Public starting rates

Clear deliverables, not just placements.

Each option includes the strategy, production, placement, and reporting needed to give the brand a complete campaign—not simply a mention.

Long-form YouTube

YouTube integration

$2,000

A natural 60–90 second sponsor segment inside one relevant long-form video.

  • Spoken product explanation tied to the video topic
  • On-screen product visuals or demonstration when appropriate
  • Brand link near the top of the description
  • FTC-compliant sponsorship disclosure
  • One factual-review round for the sponsor segment
  • Basic 30-day performance report
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Long-form YouTube

Dedicated YouTube video

$5,000

A complete educational video centered on the product, customer problem, or sponsor-relevant topic.

  • Original concept, research, scripting, recording, and editing
  • Product walkthrough or demonstration when appropriate
  • Brand link near the top of the description
  • Pinned comment with the primary call to action
  • One supporting YouTube Community post
  • One factual-review round and 30-day performance report
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Owned audience

Dedicated email campaign

$2,500

A standalone newsletter written in Cal’s voice for the agreed credit, banking, funding, or business audience.

  • Original email copy built around the product’s strongest audience fit
  • One primary sponsor-approved link and call to action
  • Subject line and preview-text development
  • Deployment to the agreed audience for the campaign
  • One reasonable factual-revision round
  • Post-campaign open and click report
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Vertical video

Short-form video

$2,000

One original vertical video produced for organic publication on an agreed Cal Barton social channel.

  • Concept, script, filming, captions, and editing
  • Clear product mention and call to action
  • Supported link placement where the platform allows
  • FTC-compliant sponsorship disclosure
  • One factual-review round
  • Organic usage on Cal’s owned channel only
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Vertical + usage

Short-form with paid usage

$3,500

One original vertical video plus a three-month license for approved paid advertising use.

  • Concept, script, filming, captions, and editing
  • Final approved campaign asset supplied to the brand
  • Three months of paid advertising usage
  • One factual-review round
  • Whitelisting and creator-handle access quoted separately
  • Extended licensing available by quote
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YouTube + newsletter

Multi-channel campaign

Quoted

A coordinated campaign that combines long-form education with direct-response email follow-up.

  • Dedicated YouTube video or premium integration
  • One dedicated newsletter campaign
  • Consistent message and offer across both channels
  • Description link, pinned comment, and supporting Community post
  • Coordinated publishing schedule
  • Consolidated performance report
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Standard campaign terms

  • Pricing reflects organic publication on Cal’s owned channels unless paid usage is explicitly included.
  • Paid media usage, whitelisting, brand-owned reposting, raw footage, and extended licensing are quoted separately.
  • Category exclusivity is priced according to the product category, scope, and duration.
  • Brand review covers factual product claims and required disclosures; Cal retains final editorial control.
  • Additional revisions, complex production, travel, regulatory requirements, and accelerated timelines may change pricing.
  • Products are reviewed for audience fit before confirmation, and campaign performance is never guaranteed.

Final deliverables, payment terms, usage rights, deadlines, disclosures, and approval steps are documented in a written campaign agreement.

Why Cal

He understands the questions customers ask before they apply.

Cal has spent more than a decade testing and documenting credit strategies, managing a large personal and business credit portfolio, and turning approval data into practical education.

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25+Personal and business cards managed
$400K+Available credit managed
$51KDocumented personal-loan result
$40KDocumented personal-card limit
$31KDocumented Chase Ink limit
132+Preapproval paths tracked
Editorial standards

Credibility comes before the campaign.

1

Relevant products only

The product must solve a real problem for Cal’s credit, banking, lending, or business-owner audience.

2

Supportable claims

Rates, limits, approval language, eligibility, and product features must be accurate and properly qualified.

3

Clear disclosure

Sponsored relationships are disclosed, and the content remains educational rather than presenting guaranteed outcomes.

4

Honest presentation

Cal retains the ability to explain tradeoffs, requirements, limitations, and who the product may not fit.

5

Audience-first integration

The campaign is built around the viewer’s decision journey instead of dropping an unrelated script into the content.

6

No outcome guarantees

Approvals, rates, credit limits, funding amounts, and financial results are never promised.

Partnership inquiry

Tell me what you’re building and what success looks like.

Share the core campaign details below. The information goes directly into Cal’s partnership review sheet, so qualified opportunities can move forward without unnecessary email back-and-forth.

1. Contact details
2. Campaign brief

Who should Cal follow up with?

Use the best business contact for campaign discussions.

Include the full address beginning with https://

What kind of campaign are you planning?

Select every placement you’re considering, then add the working details.

Partnership type *

Your campaign brief is in.

Thanks for sharing the details for your company. A confirmation email is on the way. Cal will review the opportunity for audience fit, timing, deliverables, and compliance requirements.

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