Episode 190: @thep00lguy - TikTok Sensation and Swimming Pool Engineer Miles Laflin

Episode Summary: 

Today, we speak with British TikTok sensation Miles Laflin, aka “thep00lguy”. As of this conversation, Miles has over 12.3 million followers on TikTok, 220,000 on Instagram, and 500,000 subscribers on YouTube. 

Miles started recording pool content in May 2020. His first video went viral right away, garnering a quarter of a million views in a single day. His best performing video of all time hit 130 million views, becoming the third most-viewed TikTok video in the UK. 

Miles speaks with us about his dramatic rise to fame almost two years ago, his content creation process on his various social media, his collaborating with celebrities in his more recent videos, and how he plans on scaling his business in the near future. 

Topics Discussed: 

• 01:31 - An introduction to Miles 
• 06:19 - Miles’s typical working week 
• 08:57 - Why Miles decided to start recording his jobs 
• 12:48 - Going viral on TikTok 
• 19:24 - Miles’s favorite video 
• 22:14 - Miles’s recording process 
• 27:16 - Dealing with trolls 
• 30:33 - Collaborating with celebrities 
• 42:49 - Miles’s overall goal as thep00lguyml 
• 46:29 - Miles’s responsibility as a content creator 
• 49:51 - Number of followers on social channels 
• 54:47 - What’s next for Miles 

Sponsors: 

• Skimmer 
• Leslie’s 
• Primate Pool Tools 

Connect with Guest: 

• Website 
• TikTok 
• Instagram 
• YouTube 

Connect with Pool Chasers: 

• Website 
• Instagram 
• Facebook 
• Facebook Group 
• Twitter 
• YouTube 
• Patreon 

Key Quotes from Episode: 

• Sometimes, you’ve just got to keep it raw. What I went viral for is what people like to see. 
• Every video I put out, I’m expecting it to do well. I’m not just posting it for no reason.