My guest today is Greg Lam (@lifewhereimfrom). Greg is the creator of the immensely popular Life Where I’m From YouTube channel. LWIF gives interesting and educational insight into the everyday, special events and uniquely Japanese aspects of life in Japan.

In this conversation, we cover the process required for his videos, the YouTube landscape, and his new documentary, Being Japanese.

I hope you enjoy my conversation with Greg Lam of Life Where I’m From!

 

For the full show notes, transcript, and links to mentioned content, check out the episode page on  https://compoundingpodcast.com/ep27 

 

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Show Notes:

[00:00:33] - [First question] - Greg’s process for a video

[00:03:06] - How Greg approaches video intros and thumbnails

[00:05:29] - When did Greg find his voice and niche?

[00:07:36] - Thoughts on recording video in public

[00:09:04] - When did Greg think he could take YouTube fulltime?

[00:11:02] - Lessons and takeaways from monetizing?

[00:16:51] - Things Greg wished more viewers knew

[00:20:41] - Videos that performed wildly different to Greg’s expectations?

[00:24:10] - How to think about story when making videos

[00:26:23] - What have been the hardest videos to make

[00:33:31] - Favourite videos?

[00:35:28] - Outsourcing parts of his video process?

[00:44:35] - Advice for YouTube creators on what not to do? 

[00:47:14] - Plans for the future?

 

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Life Where I’m From on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqwxJts-6yF33rupyF_DCsA 

Life Where I'm From X Channel: http://bit.ly/ytlwifx 

Life Where I’m From’s Website: https://www.lifewhereimfrom.com/ 

Follow Life Where I’m From on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lifewhereimfrom 

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Follow Life Where I’m From on Instagram: https://instagram.com/lifewhereimfrom 

 

 

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Mentioned/Recommended Content:

Being Japanese Documentary: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/beingjapanese/ 

 

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