Pro Filmmaker Turned Creator: How He Grew 700k+ Followers on IG & TikTok (Ft. Will Kyaw) | S2 E18

Full-Time Influencer Podcast

Tina Lee

Education, Business, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, How To

5 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Now, more than ever, is the best time to become a creator thanks to short-form content, enthusiastic viewers, and the reach of multiple different platforms.

From professional filmmaker for some of the biggest brands to becoming a full-fledged content creator (all at the ripe age of 25), Will (@Willkyaw) shares how he managed to successfully pivot careers. He also reflects on how his business savviness and dedication propelled him forward to where he is today. Discover Will's tips for content creation and social media success in this episode.

Welcome to the Full-Time Influencer Podcast. I'm your host Tina Lee (@ofleatherandlace) I'm sharing some of my expertise and industry information, to help you decode social media, and create content that helps aspiring creatives like you become full-time influencers so you can also do what you love for a living!

CHECK OUT THE SHOW NOTES FOR THIS EPISODE: www.fulltimeinfluencer.co/blog/season-2-episode-19

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Timestamps:

(1:11) - Who is Will? Background before social media

(9:19) - Opportunities in social media and money growth

(18:33) - Be intentional about what you go viral for.

(29:23) - You have mastered fitting into any situation.

(34:54) - Followers followed you for valuable tricks, not knowing you.

(43:09) - Look at Chinese TikTok for future trends; will’s future plans

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0:00.0	It's easy for, I think, some videos which don't really, like, have any benefit to go viral for a couple millions, but I think it's really hard to replicate it into the tens of millions, right?
0:09.0	Like, there is a science behind it that I think a lot of people kind of dismiss, but I think the people who try to understand it and utilize it will have a lot of success in this.
0:25.5	Yeah. utilize it, will have a lot of success in this. Welcome to the full-time influencer podcast.
0:28.1	I'm your host, Tina Lee, and I'll be sharing industry knowledge and social media tips
0:31.8	through weekly interviews with established creators and Q&A sessions.
0:35.7	Our goal is to help you decode social media, become a full-time
0:38.8	influencer, and do what you love for a living. Let's dive in. Today I have a very good friend,
0:49.4	Will. We work together on a few projects. The biggest one was he came and helped us film and photograph the Tina Lee Creation's clothing line last year in October in Paris.
1:01.5	And then since we've also traveled to Qatar together with the tourism board and the airline, Qatar Airline.
1:07.0	So we know a lot about each other, but I would love for everyone to get to know Will as well.
1:11.6	So, hi Will, can you just tell us in one sentence like a bit about yourself and then we'll get into your background.
1:17.6	Yes, thank you for having me on. So I'm Will and I'm a filmmaker slash photographer that's been living out of Asia for the past five years. Yes.
1:27.8	Actually, your background is super interesting because right now you have a very large social media
1:33.6	following, but not so long ago.
1:36.7	Actually, when we first met, you didn't even really care about social media at all.
1:40.9	So what is your actual background and what were you doing before you jumped into social
1:44.7	media? So I come from more of a traditional filmmaking background. So this consists of
1:50.2	shooting big productions, whether from like 10 to 100 people on sets for TV commercials, documentaries,
1:57.9	music videos, short films. Having a side life on Instagram and TikTok was fun until recently when everything blew up.
2:05.1	And I was like, wow, I can actually use my skills I learned from traditional filmmaking
2:09.8	into social content where a lot more people can engage with it and also see me as a person
2:15.6	instead of the person behind the camera.
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