EP062: Creative Canadian - Lisa Le and Getting Started with YouTube

Meet Hamilton based YouTuber and blogger,  Lisa Le, also known as the Viet Vegan. In this episode we talk about how Lisa went from pursuing a career as a translator to becoming a successful full-time blogger and YouTuber and how YouTube helped her diversify her revenue and grow her core audience.  She also shares some of her best tips to help you get started on YouTube so you can grow your audience and customer base!This episode is perfect for anyone who has been thinking about how they can reach a new customer base or audience or anyone who has been pondering or dabbling with YouTube but doesn't know where to start or how to get growing on the platform. We talk about gear, dealing with trolls, experimenting with new content and the realities of making a full-time income from only YouTube and why for many of us, it's a fantastic platform to showcase what we create and how we create it.For a summary of this episode and all the links mentioned, please visit:Episode 62: Creative Canadian - Lisa Le and Getting Started with YouTubeLisa Le is the creator behind The Viet Vegan, a vegan and ethical lifestyle food blog and YouTube channel. Lisa always aims to advocate for veganism with an intersectional approach: creating vegan content with an environmentally-conscious, LGBTQ+ inclusive, self-critical and feminist lens. For a list of all available episodes, please visit:And She Looked Up Creative Hour PodcastAnd She Looked Up was born from belief that creating for a living takes a special kind of person: one part artist and one part businessperson. Some days the artist gets to be in charge, and some days, it’s the businessperson.  And sometimes that can create tension! But tension can be a really good thing - from it comes new ideas, inspiration, and growth. When you run a creative business you need to keep your “inspiration well” full, your mind and body healthy and your business brain sharp. You also need friends and a community that understand what your days are like. That’s why And She Looked Up was created - to create a space for CanadianYou can connect with the podcast  on:Instagram at @andshelookedup Facebook YouTube Tik Tok at @AndSheLookedUpFor a list of all available episodes, please visit:And She Looked Up Creative Hour PodcastEach week The And She Looked Up Podcast sits down with inspiring Canadian women who create for a living. We talk about their creative journeys and their best business tips, as well as the creative and business mindset issues all creative entrepreneurs struggle with. This podcast is for Canadian artists, makers and creators who want to find a way to make a living doing what they love. Your host, Melissa Hartfiel (@finelimedesigns), left a 20 year career in corporate retail and has been happily self-employed as a working creative since 2010. She's a graphic designer, writer and illustrator as well as the co-founder of a multi-six figure a year business in the digital content space. She resides just outside of Vancouver, BC.