Ali's first brand deal pays him $500 for two minutes on Rosetta Stone
story · status: told 2× · last event: retold (2025-03-28) · owner: Ali
About: Rosetta Stone
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-01-05 (said on 2022-12-15, implied) | first in the videos (retold; it began earlier) | Ali's first sponsorships came in 2018 at about 80,000 subscribers, from Primark and Rosetta Stone; three more deals were never paid when the marketing company behind them went bust, and 2018 brought $7,609 from sponsorships. | How Much Money I Made as a YouTuber & Entrepreneur (2022) 00:15:44 |
| 2025-03-28 | retold | Ali's first brand deal paid $500 for two minutes on Rosetta Stone, about what he earned in a week as a doctor, so he felt he had better do a good job. | Honest YouTube Advice for 45 Minutes Straight (2026) 00:31:26 |
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- 2023-01-05 (said on 2022-12-15, implied) · How Much Money I Made as a YouTuber & Entrepreneur (2022) — Ali's sponsorship revenue was $440,000 in 2021 and about $598,744 in 2022. — 00:16:14
- 2023-01-05 (said on 2022-12-15, implied) · How Much Money I Made as a YouTuber & Entrepreneur (2022) — Ali's business earns in pounds; he gives the figures in dollars at each year's average rate, 1.2389 in 2022 and 1.3757 in 2021, which skews some numbers in favour of 2021. — 00:16:42
- 2023-01-05 (said on 2022-12-15, implied) · How Much Money I Made as a YouTuber & Entrepreneur (2022) — Ali: Filming in mid-December 2022, Ali's 2022 figures are partly estimates: accounts are reconciled to the end of October, and the last two months are estimated from invoices and extrapolation. — 00:17:12