Splendid Spoon, creator engine

Ten creators for Splendid Spoon's bowls

Home cooks make short videos of the Purple Grain Bowl, the soups and the smoothies. We keep the formats that earn views and drop the rest.

creators live by week six: 10
creator videos a month at the full roster: 303
weeks from the first creator to the full roster: 5

Strawberry Chocolate, $9.99, no blender

Illustrative: a short vertical clip. A creator drinks a Strawberry Chocolate Smoothie at her desk and names the $9.99 price in the caption.

Illustrative post

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Summary

Creator engine summary
Roster	Ten creators, two added a week	Six weeks from zero. Live by week: 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. Weak creators are replaced early.
Who	Home cooks who already post food	Plant-based, meal-prep and desk-lunch creators, each matched to a named dish like the Purple Grain Bowl.
Production	7 videos per creator a week	303 creator videos a month at ten creators, spread across five formats.
Pay	Fee plus cap, three bands	Starter $300 fee, $600 cap. Standard $500 fee, $1,000 cap. Premium $800 fee, $1,500 cap.
Bonus	$50 flat past 100,000 views	One per creator per month. Bonus at the cap: Starter $300, Standard $500, Premium $700.
Compliance	A claims sheet, copied word for word	Creators quote only lines taken from splendidspoon.com. Anything else goes to #claims before posting.
Category rule	Food: no health outcome promises	The shots and the low-sodium plan get no outcome talk. Only the brand's own wording, attributed.
Goal	$1 cost per 1,000 views	This is a proposed target. The model reads $5.74 on 1.8M views a month at a cost of $10,050.
Report	Every Monday, one row per format	Views, cost per 1,000 views and a keep or kill call for each of the five formats.
Decision	Approve the roster and the claims sheet	I need both before week zero. The monthly ceiling stays $15,000, bonuses excluded.

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The program in numbers

Creators live at full roster: 10; Proposed
Videos per creator per week: 7; Proposed
Creator videos a month: 303; Calculated
Base pay per creator: $1,000; Proposed
Bonus past 100,000 views: $50; Proposed
Bonus at the top cap of the highest band: $700; Calculated
Program cost a month, bonuses included: $10,050; Calculated
Views a month at the assumptions: 1.8M; Calculated
Cost per 1,000 views: $5.74; Calculated
Target cost per 1,000 views: $1; Proposed

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Track record

Former COO of Tabs. I built its creator program to 100M monthly social impressions, and the paid ad engine alongside it. The numbers below come from videos that program produced.

At Tabs I built the creator program to 100M monthly social impressions, and the paid ad engine alongside it. This is the same playbook pointed at plant-based meal delivery: many creators, one variable per test, losers killed early. I have not run this category, so the claims sheet and the food rules come before the first brief.

monthly social impressions at Tabs: 100M+
views on one reel: 17.7M
views on one video: 8M
views on one video: 6.5M

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Why now

60+
A menu wide enough for many creators
The site lists 60+ ways to stir your soul, from oats to soups to noodles. Each creator can own a different dish and a different hook.
Published
20%
One clear place to send viewers
The first-box offer gives every video a single landing point. A creator says it once and points to the box.
Published
$9.99
A price that fits a short video
Meals start at $9.99. A smoothie or a bowl is easy to price on camera without a long explanation.
Published
6, 12, 18
Plans a viewer can picture
Plans start at 6, 12 and 18 meals per week. A creator can match a plan to her own week and show it.
Published

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Principles

One number to protect
Cost per 1,000 views, target $1. Everything else follows from that. The model reads $5.74 today, so the first job is closing that gap.
One variable per test
Same Purple Grain Bowl, new hook. Seven videos per creator a week gives enough reads to kill losers early and keep the winner.
Claims sheet before camera
Creators quote lines from the site and never invent one. A question goes to #claims and gets an answer before the video is posted.
Fixed cap, flat bonus
Each band has a fee and a cap. A video past 100,000 views earns $50 flat. The monthly ceiling is $15,000, bonuses excluded.

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One channel for everything

#briefs

Briefs, drafts, reviews and the weekly numbers

Illustrative

MartaMon 8:30 AM
This week's brief: Purple Grain Bowl, overhead, one take. Hook is the only thing that changes between your seven videos. Name the $13.49 price in the caption.
CaioMon 11:05 AM
Can I say the Tofu Teriyaki Veggie Bowl is gluten free? I want it in the first line of the caption.
Marta: Yes, the claims sheet lists Gluten Free as the brand's own wording. Use those words, keep it to the bowl, and add nothing about health.
Reports botAppMon 9:00 AM
Weekly report posted. Freezer-to-table leads on views. The Bolognese hook is the weakest of the five formats and is flagged to kill.
MartaTue 2:15 PM
Draft sent back. The caption says the soup helps you feel better. That is a health outcome and is not on the claims sheet. Reshoot the line and resend.
Reports botAppThu 4:40 PM
Fruity Greens clip from Lena passed 100,000 views, organic only. The flat $50 bonus is logged for the month.
LenaThu 5:02 PM
The Goodbye blender hook took off. I can shoot the same clip with the Strawberry Chocolate Smoothie and change only the opening line. OK?
Marta: Approved. One variable only, so we can read it.
MartaFri 10:00 AM
Check before the weekend: every live video names a dish, uses a sheet line and carries the paid-partnership label. Reply with a thumbs up when yours is clean.

The messages illustrate the working channel, with invented people: briefs go out on Monday, claims questions get an answer the same day, and nothing posts without the check.

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Formats

Brief 01
Freezer to table
“Freezer to table in minutes. Watch the Purple Grain Bowl.”
One overhead take: peel the film, microwave, stir, plate. Close on the harissa and buckwheat bowl with the $13.49 price.
Brief 02
Goodbye blender
“Goodbye blender. Fruity Greens, moringa and spinach.”
Handheld at the desk. Open the smoothie, pour, drink, then show the label. Name the $9.99 price in the caption.
Brief 03
Sunday soup shelf
“Sunday reset: a fridge full of soup at $12.49 each.”
Fridge shot first, then heat one Tomato Quinoa Chili Soup and spoon it. Mention kidney beans and sweet potatoes.
Brief 04
Plant-based Bolognese
“Bolognese with red lentil penne and plant-based parm.”
Side-angle twirl of the Brussels Bolognese Pasta. Show the plate before heating and after. Say the $13.49 price once.
Brief 05
Weekday teriyaki
“Roasted tofu, crisp veggies, whole grains. Dinner is done.”
Talk to camera while the bowl heats, then fork-lift the tofu. Keep the whole video on this one bowl and one hook.

Every product line in a video comes off the claims sheet word for word, for example “100% Plant-based”, “Fresh and flavorful, chef-driven formulations”, “No prep. No stress. Your meals are delivered fast, fresh & frozen — packed sustainably, and ready in minutes.”. Product names are said as printed.

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Recruiting

Four sources in

Plant-based home cooks
Creators who already post plant-based dinners and Sunday prep. They know the dishes and need no persuading on the category.
Desk-lunch and busy-week creators
People who film their workday meals. The frozen, ready-in-minutes bowls fit their routine.
Customers who already post
Ask the brand's inbox and email list for customers who share their boxes. They are warm, and the claims sheet is new to them.
Affiliate or ambassador page
I did not find an affiliate or ambassador page on splendidspoon.com. There is no roster to inherit, so we start from zero.

Five filters, fewer each step

1Food is already on the feed
At least a run of recent posts about cooking, meal prep or plant-based eating.
2Hooks, not polish
Opens with a spoken line in the first second. Clean lighting is optional.
3Real views, not just followers
Recent organic videos reach well beyond the follower count.
4Health talk stays off
No history of promising health outcomes for food or supplements.
5Takes a brief and a no
Will follow one variable per test and accept a draft sent back.

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Who

Meal-prep Sunday
Fills the fridge on Sunday and films the whole shelf. Shows the bowl, then the portion going into the lunch box.
Likely product: Purple Grain Bowl
Desk-lunch worker
Films the workday lunch from microwave to fork. Short, one take, price in the caption.
Likely product: Tofu Teriyaki Veggie Bowl
Smoothie on the go
Replaces the morning blender with a pour and a sip. Good for the Goodbye blender hook.
Likely product: Fruity Greens Smoothie
Breakfast on the move
Grabs oats before leaving. Shows the flavor of the day and a quick spoon shot.
Likely product: Cranberry Cinnamon Oats
Soup-season cook
Heats a soup on a cold evening and talks about beans and sweet potatoes. No health talk.
Likely product: Tomato Quinoa Chili Soup
Low-sodium household
Already cooks low sodium. Shows the plan as a choice of meals, with no health promise.
Likely product: The Low-Sodium Diet

Left off, every time

Always left out: creators who promise health outcomes, nutrition coaches selling results, anyone who wants to compare with another brand by name, and anyone who will not use the claims sheet. The category rule applies: no outcome talk on the shots or the low-sodium plan.

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First twenty

Plant-based home cooks with a steady dinner series
Meal-prep creators who film a full Sunday shelf
Desk-lunch creators who show the office microwave
Smoothie-for-breakfast creators who skip the blender
Oats and breakfast creators with a morning routine
Soup-season creators with cold-evening cooking videos
Vegan creators who review frozen food honestly
Busy-parent creators who film the fast dinner
Student creators who cook on a small budget
Remote-work creators who film the lunch break
Gym-bag lunch creators who pack ahead
Low-sodium home cooks sharing their own recipes
Spice-forward cooks who love curry and dal
Noodle and pasta lovers who test plant-based versions
Fridge-organization creators with satisfying shelf shots
Taste-test creators who rank flavors on camera
Grocery-hack creators who cover shortcuts, no health talk
Small-kitchen and apartment cooks
Creators who already post box unboxings from food brands
Local Joinville-style foodies who film neighborhood meals

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Claims sheet

Approved, word for word

Quoted exactly as the brand publishes it.

“100% Plant-based”
Any dish, soup, smoothie or oats video
“100% plants and whole-food ingredients”
Ingredient talk on bowls and soups
“Fresh and flavorful, chef-driven formulations”
Opening or closing line of any video
“Balanced macro-nutrients to keep you full”
Bowls and smoothies, read as the brand's own wording
“Pre-portioned and easy to keep in fridge or freezer. 0% prep-work, 100% ready when you are.”
Freezer-to-table and shelf videos
“No prep. No stress. Your meals are delivered fast, fresh & frozen — packed sustainably, and ready in minutes.”
Weekday and desk-lunch videos
“No Artificial Sugar”
Smoothie and oats videos

Never said

Each one with the reason it stays out.

Any claim that a shot or smoothie treats, cures or prevents anything
Health outcome claims are never allowed, even on products with wellness names.
Calling a product immune-supporting or detoxifying
Outcome language is not on the sheet. Only the brand's own wording is attributed to the brand.
You will lose weight with these meals
The site makes no weight claim, and creators may not invent one.
This is healthier than another brand's meals
No comparisons by name and no ranking against competitors.
The low-sodium plan fixes blood pressure
A medical outcome. The site says only that the meals cut the sodium.
Everyone loves it, thousands of customers
No customer counts or reviews were collected, so none may be stated.

To confirm with the brand

Held until someone on the brand side signs off.

Gluten Free on every dish, including the new Mosaic Foods meals
The site states it for the meal range, but I want written confirmation for the newly added dishes before creators repeat it.
Registered Dietician approved on the five-day program
Only the brand's own wording may be quoted. I need the brand to confirm which products it covers.

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Pay

Starter
$300–600
a month, by band
Starter: new creators on one format, one dish and a tight cap while we read their numbers.
Bonus at the cap: $300
Standard
$500–1,000
a month, by band
Standard: creators whose Purple Grain Bowl and smoothie videos hold their views week after week.
Bonus at the cap: $500
Premium
$800–1,500
a month, by band
Premium: creators whose hooks beat the format average and who follow the claims sheet every time.
Bonus at the cap: $700

Under 100,000 views
$0
The base pay covers the work.
100,000 views
+$50 flat
Whatever the band.
1,000,000 views
Top-up to your cap
Bonus = band cap − base pay.

One bonus per creator per month, however many videos break through.
The bonus is paid per video, flat, once a single video passes 100,000 views.
Only organic views count. Paid boosts of the same video never earn a bonus.
A video that broke the claims sheet or the food rule earns no bonus.

Starter: $600 cap − $300 fee = $300 bonus; Standard: $1,000 cap − $500 fee = $500 bonus; Premium: $1,500 cap − $800 fee = $700 bonus.

The bonus pays for reach after the work is done, never instead of it. One bonus per creator per calendar month keeps it an incentive and keeps the program cost predictable.

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Simulator

The model reads $5.74 per 1,000 views against a $1.00 target. It closes only if 4.2% of videos go viral or the median video reaches 21,711 views.

Program facts

Splendid Spoon creator engine, per month

Monthly cost: $10,050
Base pay: $10,000
Est. bonuses: $50
Videos / month: 303
Est. views / month: 1.8M
Cost per 1,000 views: $5.74

Above the $1 target at these inputs.

To hit $1, the roster needs about 10.1M views a month. That means about 4.2% of videos going viral, or a median near 22K views per video. That is why the day-90 gate exists: keep the accounts that clear it, replace the rest.

Proposed, not measured. Views = videos × median, breakouts at 10× the median, viral at 750K. Bonus: +$50 for a viral video, one per creator per month.

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What moves the result

Cost per 1,000 views by median views per video
If the median is	Views / month	Monthly cost	Cost / 1K	Hits target
750	1.4M	$10,050	$6.96	No
1,500	1.8M	$10,050	$5.74	No
3,000	2.4M	$10,050	$4.24	No

Cost per 1,000 views by share of viral videos
If the viral share is	Views / month	Monthly cost	Cost / 1K	Hits target
0.3%	1.2M	$10,000	$8.44	No
0.5%	1.8M	$10,050	$5.74	No
1%	2.9M	$10,150	$3.52	No

The math. Videos a month = 10 creators × 7 a week × 52 ÷ 12 = 303. Views per video = (1 − 4% − 0.5%) × 1,500 + 4% × 10 × 1,500 + 0.5% × 750,000 = 5,782.5; 303 videos × 5,782.5 = 1.8M views a month. Cost = 10 × $1,000 = $10,000 base + 1 bonus × $50 = $10,050. Cost per 1,000 views = $10,050 ÷ 1.8M × 1,000 = $5.74 against a $1.00 target. To hit the target, either 4.2% of videos go viral or the median video reaches 21,711 views, other inputs held.

Move the sliders and the label recalculates. The result is only as good as the guesses behind it, so the median views, the share of breakouts and the share of viral videos are marked as Assumptions until the first month of posts replaces them.

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Phases

Creators live by week (proposed): 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10

0Wk 1
2Wk 2
4Wk 3
6Wk 4
8Wk 5
10Wk 6

Creator ramp by week
Item	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6
Creators live	0	2	4	6	8	10
Videos a week	0	14	28	42	56	70
Base pay a month	$0	$2,000	$4,000	$6,000	$8,000	$10,000

Warm-up
Sheet signed, formats briefed
The claims sheet is approved, five formats are briefed, and the first two creators go live in week two. Nothing posts before approval.
Month 1
Ramp to six, then eight
Two creators join each week. Seven videos each, one variable per test, and the weakest hook in each format dies every Monday.
Month 2
All ten live
The roster is full. Creators move between Starter, Standard and Premium based on views and a clean claims record.
Month 3
Double down on what works
Winning formats get the budget and the Premium band. The best videos become candidates for the organic-to-paid path.
Day 90
Keep, change or stop
We compare the result against the $1 target and the modeled $5.74. Then we decide together what to keep, change or stop.
Monthly ceiling
$15,000, bonuses excluded
Ten creators at the top cap is the ceiling. The base case is $10,000 in fees plus one $50 bonus, a cost of $10,050.

$15,000 Monthly ceiling, all 10 creators at the top cap, bonuses excluded Proposed

The roster grows by two creators a week, so hook performance can be read week over week instead of by anecdote.

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Reporting

Every Monday: views, cost per 1,000 views and a keep or kill call for each of the five formats, creator by creator.

Creator engine, last 4 weeks

Target $1 per 1,000 organic views Illustrative

Creators reporting: 5
Posts last week: 32
Avg cost per 1,000 views: $8.94
Bonuses owed: $0
Keep / Watch / Replace: 1 / 1 / 3

Per-creator results, last four weeks, sorted by cost per 1,000 views
Creator	Band	Format	Posts	Median	Best	Cost / 1K	Bonus	Flags	Call
Creator A	Starter	Freezer to table: Purple Grain Bowl, overhead single take	7	2.1K	25K	$3.37	$0	None	Keep
Creator B	Standard	Goodbye blender: Fruity Greens Smoothie at the desk	7	1.4K	8.4K	$9.83	$0	Claim check	Replace
Creator C	Premium	Sunday soup shelf: Tomato Quinoa Chili Soup	6	1.8K	54K	$7.94	$0	None	Watch
Creator D	Starter	Plant-based Bolognese: Brussels Bolognese Pasta twirl	5	900	3.6K	$12.99	$0	Over cap?	Replace
Creator E	Standard	Weekday teriyaki: Tofu Teriyaki Veggie Bowl to camera	7	1.2K	11K	$10.59	$0	Release missing	Replace
All creators	not applicable	not applicable	32	1.5K	54K	$8.94	$0	not applicable	not applicable

Illustrative rows with invented creators, coherent with the pay bands above. Keep means the cost per 1,000 views is at or under the program average, Watch is up to half again over it, and Replace is anything higher.

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Organic to paid

From organic to paid

Pick the winner
A video that clears the 100,000-view mark organically, with a clean claims record, is a candidate.
Ask the creator
We agree on paid use with the creator before touching the video. Nothing is boosted without their yes.
Boost one variable
Run the winning clip as is, then test a single change in the hook, never the dish and the hook together.
Read and decide
Compare the cost per 1,000 views with organic and keep the video in paid only if it holds the $1 target.

From the video to the checkout

First-box offer: send viewers to the 20% off first box page.
Free shipping tier: point to free shipping when you buy 10 units.
Plan page: for the creator who shows a full week, link to plans of 6, 12 and 18 meals per week.
Subscription: mention weekly, bi-weekly or monthly deliveries only in videos about routine.
No retailer link: no store or shelf data was found, so every video points to the checkout.

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Category rules

Food rules for every creator

These six rules apply to every video, every format and every band. Breaking one removes the bonus and sends the draft back.

Name the dish, state the price right
Say the dish by its exact name and quote its price as the site shows it: $13.49 for a bowl, $12.49 for a soup, $9.99 for a smoothie.
Quote the sheet, nothing else
Brand claims come only from the claims sheet, in the brand's own words. A new line goes to #claims and waits for an answer.
No health outcomes
No cure, treatment, prevention or weight talk. The shots and the low-sodium plan get the strictest reading of this rule.
Free-from words stay exact
Use Gluten Free, Dairy Free and No Artificial Sugar exactly as the sheet writes them, and only for the product they cover.
No comparisons by name
Never rank Splendid Spoon against another brand. Talk about your own week with the dish instead.
Label the partnership
Every video carries the paid-partnership label. A video without it is taken down and earns no bonus.

The brand’s legal team sets the final rules. This is the operating floor I’d start from, not legal advice.

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A menu wide enough for many creators

One clear place to send viewers

A price that fits a short video

Plans a viewer can picture

One number to protect

One variable per test

Claims sheet before camera

Fixed cap, flat bonus

Freezer to table

Goodbye blender

Sunday soup shelf

Plant-based Bolognese

Weekday teriyaki

Four sources in

Five filters, fewer each step

Meal-prep Sunday

Desk-lunch worker

Smoothie on the go

Breakfast on the move

Soup-season cook

Low-sodium household

Left off, every time

Approved, word for word

Never said

To confirm with the brand

Starter

Standard

Premium

Sheet signed, formats briefed

Ramp to six, then eight

All ten live

Double down on what works

Keep, change or stop

$15,000, bonuses excluded

From organic to paid

From the video to the checkout

Food rules for every creator

Name the dish, state the price right

Quote the sheet, nothing else

No health outcomes

Free-from words stay exact

No comparisons by name

Label the partnership

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