Vlogger and blogger as part time jobs

September 17th, 2019

Latest digital marketing trends by Red Digital Lab.


In China, apart from having a full-time job, many Chinese people have parttime jobs as vloggers or bloggers. Here are three examples from Pipixia (皮皮虾):

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@徐大sao: As a full-time plumber, he shoots and shares foodie videos about cooking on Pipixia. He currently earns 8000RMB per month from his full-time job, but he earns much more than that with his short videos.

@小邓收废旧: He is a car repairer who loves playing the guitar. Simply by playing guitar during idle time at work and editing videos after work, he acquired over 2000 fans on his channel.

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@吃西瓜的ps君: Specializing in sourcing, editing, and re-posted funny cartoons and images, he drew other users’ attention and built a fan base of over 34,000 fans. He now earns more revenue from his part-time than a full-time job.

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These vloggers and bloggers’ experiences are only some of the Chinese social media accounts which go viral online and could be perfect opportunities for businesses to promote their brands with.