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How Twitter Changed my Life #Shorts

2020-12-16 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:54 · watch on YouTube

Topic: YouTube, writing online and creators · mode: Personal story · tags: Family

In a Short, Ali says each spell of taking Twitter seriously has brought him good things: replying to Thomas Frank's tweets in September 2019 led to a Skype call and an introduction to the agency he is now part of, and replying to Sarah Dietschy brought her onto his and his brother's podcast.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — How replying on Twitter led to Thomas Frank, the agency and Sarah Dietschy

  • ★★ Ali says he has had phases of taking Twitter seriously for two weeks at a time, and every time really good things have happened. — 00:00:00 · Twitter
  • ★★ Around September 2019, after his brother, big into tech Twitter, told him Twitter would change his life, Ali got on Twitter and started replying to tweets of Thomas Frank and Sarah Dietschy, people he knew through YouTube. — 00:00:00 · Twitter, Taimur Abdaal, Thomas Frank
  • ★★★ Thomas Frank followed Ali almost at once; Ali messaged him a question about sponsorships, and Frank got on a two-hour Skype call with him and introduced him to the agency Ali is now part of, which Ali says completely changed his life. — 00:00:00 · Thomas Frank, Twitter
  • ★★★ Ali's point: replying a few times to someone on Twitter can lead to life-changing connections, as just replying to Thomas Frank's tweets led to his agency. — 00:00:29 · Twitter, Thomas Frank
  • ★★ Ali says Sarah Dietschy was a big part of the reason he started his YouTube channel and a really big inspiration when he was starting out. — 00:00:29
  • ★★ When Sarah Dietschy tweeted that she wanted to go on podcasts with more than 30 downloads, Ali contacted her; she joined him and his brother on their podcast, and a few weeks ago he was on hers. — 00:00:29 · Taimur Abdaal, Not Overthinking, Twitter

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Central: Sarah Dietschy · Thomas Frank · Twitter

Also: Not Overthinking · Standard · Taimur Abdaal

Also centred on Sarah Dietschy: How to Make Money from your Passion

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