Скачать или смотреть Meilyne on building GeeXPlus and the secrets to its success

Today we talk to Meilyne, the director and president of Tokyo based content creator management company GeeXPlus! Meilyne and her team at GeeXPlus help bring content creators to Japan and provide various management services, and she has helped start and produce projects such as the Trash Taste Podcast. Meilyne talks about getting started in this industry, what it's like moving from Tokyo to a countryside island in Japan, what management companies look for in content creators & more.

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00:00 Intro
00:53 Meet Meilyne
01:15 Why come to Japan
05:49 Getting started with a career in Japan through a dating app
11:28 Arriving in Japan
13:08 How did GeeXPlus come to be
18:52 Benefits of having creators in Japan vs collaborating remotely
21:25 How involved is GeeXPlus in choosing its partnered creator's content
23:17 How is the Japanese content creation market changing
26:49 Market oversaturation and competition
32:00 What management companies look for in a creator
34:19 Gigguk's anime project
37:06 Why longform is still more valuable than short form content for joining GeeXPlus
38:35 Starting the Trash Taste Podcast
46:02 Next steps for Trash Taste
47:32 Melvine moves to Awaji island to become an avocado farmer
55:53 Challenges of moving from Tokyo to a countryside island
57:08 Balancing living on an island with working at GeeksPlus
1:00:17 What to know before moving to the Japanese countryside
1:05:46 Was this life in Japan expected
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