On January 14, Capinpin Brothers’ Gavin Capinpin, known as Ser Geybin, recounted his early years on platforms such as YouTube and Vines and how his life changed from being a teacher to a content creator.
During the media event for CreaTV’s B1G D4Y at The Barrington Place, Congressional Avenue in Quezon City, which LionhearTV covered, Capinpin declared that he doesn’t consider himself and the rest of the Capinpin Brothers as popular despite having millions of followers.
“Sa popular po parang hindi pa rin po kami sanay. Kasi hindi namin tinitignan ‘yung sarili naming ganon. Ganon pa rin kami, kumakain sa karinderya, and di kasi siya ano eh– parang kapag normal na tao hindi ka naman nag-aaudition noong bata sa mga channel, channel, parang Goin’ Bulilit.Â
“Parang hindi mo naman nakikita ‘yung sarili mo na, magiging artista o ganon. Lumalabas pa rin ng bahay nakahubad mga ganon. Kaya feeling ko sa popular, hindi pa rin.”
He then advised aspiring content creators to remain genuine when uploading content.
“Noong una nga po, iniisip ko, itutuloy ko pa ba ‘to, matatanggal ‘yung lisensya ko sa pagka-teacher, lahat na pinaglololoko ko, kaya parang siguro po wala siyang tips.Â
“Siguro kung ano lang ‘yung sarili ninyo ipakita ninyo lang and ang pinaka maganda lang po diyan, kapag nag-simula kayo, eh mag-simula kayo. Parang hindi kasi mangyayari ‘yung isang walang bagay hangga’t wala kayong ginagawa.”
He also cited how he began uploading vlogs and clips on YouTube and Vines, detailing how he started as a social media influencer.
“2012 pa lang po, nagyo-YouTube na ko. Wala namang nanonood, pero wala naman po akong pakielam kasi ako rin naman ‘yung nanonood sa sarili ko. Ako lang ‘yung nanonood sa sarili ko, pero masaya ako kasi feeling ko kasi after one year, iba na ‘yung buhay ko nun, then upload lang ako ng upload, tapos noong nangyari, bago ako mag-teacher, nag-uupload pa rin ako pero wala namang siyang kwenta.Â
“Tapos naging teacher ako, nag-upload ako ng mga Vines-Vines, ang una kong followers ‘yung mga estudyante ko, tapos nadagdagan, bago mamatay ‘yung tatay namin, nadagdagan.”
He also noted how some of his earlier content started gaining views after he gained more followers on social media.
“Tapos magtataka ka– kaya nga po sabi ko sa inyo lahat ng video may kwenta eh–magtataka ka, lahat ng pinagdaanan po namin na video noon na walang kwenta, bakit ngayon may nanood noong nakilala kami.”
Aside from being geniune, he maintained that aspiring content creators should remain consistent when releasing and uploading content.
CreaTV Management Inc, founded by business partners Edmar Estavillo (CEO), Norvin dela Peña (COO) and Gavin Capinpin (CMO), aimed to connect content creators to businesses and brands to help their digital marketing needs.
The company also provides social media management and troubleshooting needs for the content creators and influencers under their roster.
