Making money as a brand ambassador

[riverwed070707]

I was perusing craigslist for some side work and noticed way at the bottom right corner they have a section called Gigs. Naturally as an event planner I was drawn to the event gigs section and opened it to find tons and tons and tons of listings for local brand ambassadors for a variety of events in my area. Most of them were posted a day or week before the event took place and paid between $15-40/hour with shifts ranging from 4 to 12 hours. I had no idea this was a thing, let alone a popular thing. My first thought was its spam even though the postings semeed legit. A bit of internet research tells me it actually is legit, and while the market can be competitive, when you find postings on craigslist, its usually a last resort by the marketing agencies to fill open positions so if the listings are plentiful on craigslist you ahve a good shot at securing work.

Anyone participated in something like this? I searched the forums and was surprised to only see it mentioned a couple times before.

[hamchan]

One of my friends does this for Monster energy drinks on the side. It doesn't appeal to me, but she likes it.

[Joan.of.the.Arch]

No, but I've seen people doing that at bars with live music.