Pod#155 - "Middle Class" Usman Rafique! - His YouTube journey

This week on the show we have Usman Rafique, a young YouTuber from Lahore! Usman got popular after a few of his videos went viral that showed a side of Lahore that might not be visible in the mainstream content scene, including videos about his days at the government school he goes to and his dad's store in the inner-city.    We talk about how and why he started his YouTube channel, how things have been going, and his plans for the future!   Things discussed in this episode:   00:00 Intro  02:40 When did usman start making YouTube videos? \ 07:45 His first few videos, early response, and his first viral video  12:42 Getting serious after his viral video, concerns about growth rate, how interviews helped  17:00 How did he manage so many YouTube videos with school?  20:45 Did he ever get negative comments? 24:31 Talking about PR packages and brands  26:33 What are his plans for the future? University and job  30:31 Food vlogging and meeting fans  33:18 Meeting other YouTubers, upgrading his cameras, food video plans  37:05 Jinn Story!  39:50 Outro   LINKS:  Usman's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7_3XjNMjMP-E_4jK6l-NFQ/about  Usman's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/usman.rafique786/  Usman's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/middleclassusmanrafique/   Support the podcast by becoming a monthly patron on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/tprpod) or send a one-off token on Ko-fi (https://ko-fi.com/tprpod)!   Find all our previous episodes on SoundCloud, Spotify & Apple Podcasts and follow us all on Twitter! Links to everything below!  SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/tprpod Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6PvTahp... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tprpod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TPRPod  Ali: https://twitter.com/themaholupper Rizwan: https://twitter.com/RizwanTakkhar Sarkhail: https://twitter.com/Sarkhail7Khan