Angus sends Ali a cold email offering help with writing and is hired (2020)
story · status: told 4× · last event: retold (2023-03-22) · owner: Ali
Origin known from later mentions
2020 in the title is when this began; it first appears in the videos read here in 2021, so the earlier part is known only from what is said later.
Told alongside: Ali promises a video explaining what the people on his team do (2021)
About: Angus, cold email
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-28 | first in the videos (retold; it began earlier) | From October 2019 to August 2020 Ali's team grew by two; Angus joined as a writer researching scripts and moved into a more managerial role. | How I Created a $3 Million Business Part Time 00:09:33 |
| 2022-06-14 | told | Angus's email arrived just when Ali was thinking of hiring another writer. | I Read 2,216 Resumes. Here’s How You Stand Out 🚀 00:01:40 |
| 2022-12-21 (happened 2020-01) | retold | Almost three years before, as Ali was starting to need help, his friend Angus sent him a cold email saying he loved his content, was a writer and asked if Ali needed help writing; Ali hired him for a few days a week in January 2020. | The Power of Cold Emails #shorts 00:00:00 |
| 2023-03-22 | retold | Angus, now general manager, started working with Ali three years ago as a freelance writer of website articles, quickly became a full-time employee and rose to run the whole business. | Why I Have 12 Full-Time Employees (as a YouTuber) 00:16:06 |
What is said about it
8 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2022-06-14 · I Read 2,216 Resumes. Here’s How You Stand Out 🚀 — Ali: Angus has been with Ali's business about two and a half years and risen to general manager, his dream job; Ali says at 25 or 26 he would not have it without that first cold email. — 00:02:09
- 2022-12-21 · The Power of Cold Emails #shorts — Ali says all this, and many fun experiences together, came about only because Angus bothered to send a cold email, when he could easily have decided it was not worth it. — 00:00:29
- 2022-12-21 · The Power of Cold Emails #shorts — recommendation: Ali urges viewers to send more cold emails: many people need help, and a nice message explaining what you can do might lead them to hire you. — 00:00:29
- 2021-07-28 · How I Created a $3 Million Business Part Time — Ali: Elizabeth joined as Ali's personal assistant, but her role soon moved into management, leading projects and helping with the Part-Time YouTuber Academy; she also started her own YouTube channel. — 00:10:05
- 2021-07-28 · How I Created a $3 Million Business Part Time — Ali: From October 2019 to August 2020 Ali still worked full time as an NHS doctor in obstetrics and gynaecology during the pandemic, with a team of three helping with the business. — 00:10:34
- 2021-07-28 · How I Created a $3 Million Business Part Time — Ali: In August 2020 Ali took a break from full-time medicine meaning to travel the world; because of COVID he could not travel, so instead of working four hours a week on the business he has run it full time for the last year. — 00:10:34
- 2022-06-14 · I Read 2,216 Resumes. Here’s How You Stand Out 🚀 — recommendation: Ali: If a cold email gets no reply, Ali advises simply sending another, and another. — 00:02:09
- 2023-03-22 · Why I Have 12 Full-Time Employees (as a YouTuber) — Ali: Having a big team is really fun, Ali says, provided you have a really good general manager doing the day-to-day management. — 00:17:05