An influencer who requested free gifts for her 30th birthday party has been labelled "distasteful".
Miann Scanlan sent out an 11-page marketing proposal to PR agencies touting "an opportunity for brands to gain access to her stories free of charge through birthday gift story unboxings", The Daily Telegraph reported.
Scanlan, a Brisbane-based influencer who has more than 48,000 followers, has explained the birthday request in a lengthy post on Instagram, saying she resigned from her full-time job to move to Brisbane to be closer to family earlier in the year which was "bad timing as the pandemic hit".
As a result, she has been "generating income" through her social media platform, stating her offer to post for free in exchange for "gifts" was to help businesses who have had to "pivot in this tough new economy".