How I got a job on Twitter 🚀

And 10 things you should do to get one too...

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Hi 👋 Prado here

Here’s how I got hired on Twitter

On 17th Nov, Raj had tweeted this 👇

I realised this is a great opportunity to provide quality education.

Quickly wrote up a reply and thought it's a bit cheesy but I had to give it a shot.

I replied with this 👇

Even though my conversation with Raj didn't last long.

Within 20mins of my reply, I got a DM from Nikunj Verma (Founder of @CutShortHQ)

He shared a job role that completely took me by surprise.

Social Media Storyteller. F*&king A right.

I got interested.

As promised, I got back to him the next evening.

I realised this is a very unique job + an interesting problem to work on.

But I was not sure of it. So here's my reply 👇

This was not it. I genuinely wanted to help the founder and the company.

So I started digging and found a few things and ideas that the company should work on.

Later, he shared that he could do part-time and we got on a call. Then I got busy for a week (Web3 Mixer, Bangalore Trip, Picking mom up, Meeting friends, etc)

We got on another call, he shared all the things that they wanted my help in.

And I shared that I'd like to have

• No deadlines,

• No zoom calls,

• Absolute creative freedom

And a few more requests. They accepted every single of them.

Then came the conversation regarding how much should they pay me. There are not a lot of Social Media Storytellers out there and even fewer Storytelling consultants. So I quoted them the same amount I'm getting paid as a consultant to a university in The Netherlands.

I thought this is an unbelievable number for an Indian company to accept.

On top of that, they were also giving me 25x as ESOPs (After 2 months of collaboration)

and yes, Nikunj shared this (No negotiation on salaries)

Even before I accepted the job, I had already put in around 10hours coming up with things I can work on, ideas, stories, growth, B2B sales, strategies, etc.

That's how much I was involved. I realised this is something I want to do. I accepted the offer.

Within a couple of days, I got the 'Storytelling Consultant' agreement and I signed it ASAP.

Show some by following my new clients https://twitter.com/CutshortHQ

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Let me quickly share a few lessons:

1. Either be genuinely interested or tell them no.

2. Help them regardless of they hiring you or not.

3. Shoot your shot
   (If I had deleted that reply to Raj's tweet because I thought it was cheesy) then Nikunj would have never texted me.

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10 things to do to get hired on Twitter:

1. Build Relationships. Rule Number 0.

2. If you are a small account, provide value in replies. Became a reply guy but with value. Don't shill Shiba Inu.

3. Reply to every DM, comment, QT, reply.

4. Tweet everyday

5. If you are a generalist, be really good at 2 things.

6. Follow, help, connect & support the people you want to work with.

7. Let the world know you are open to the right opportunity.

8. "Post as through everyone who can read it has the power to fire you" - Lauren Cerand

9. Find the 5% that really appreciate you. visa tweet

visa is doing final edits ✍🏾📖 @visakanv

Rather than try to eliminate all red flags, IMO it’s far more optimal to try to have at least one extremely exciting and compelling green flag. It doesn’t matter if 95% of people won’t hire you if you get hired by the 5% that really appreciate you

10. BE YOU.

    This is Twitter, not LinkedIn.

    The best part is you can be however you want to be.

    
    Love Sahil’s bio 👇
    

    

That's it y'all. Put your work out and the right opportunity will find you.

and before you go... I want you to ponder on this question 👇

Prado @pradologue

Every time I ask "where do I want to be in 5-10 years?" I also think about the question "Who do I want to be with for the next 5-10 years?" and the answers are the people on this thread and a few more people tagged below 🙌

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Also, I’m giving away 10 books.

Prado @pradologue

I'll be giving away 10 books. - RT the thread 👇 (QT for extra karma)

Prado @pradologue

Finding your dream job feels like an impossible task. But life changes when we leverage Twitter properly. Twitter is the new LinkedIn. Here's how I got a job on Twitter and 10 things you should do to get one too:

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10 Interesting things for you 🙌

1. The most interesting thing I read this week - Ben Evans’s Presentations (Blog)

2. How adult children affect their mother’s happiness (Blog)

3. If you are a marketer, you should read this
   How BarkBox Took an Obscure Holiday and Turned It into a Killer Social Media Campaign (Blog)

4. Something from my Twitter👇

   Prado @pradologue

   You always those few tweets that you can't stop thinking about. This is one of them 🙌

   

   • Excitement and Happiness are the same things. You'll find happiness in a place that excites you 🙌

5. Interesting Human of the week:- 

   Prado @pradologue

   Read this story on reddit and I can't stop thinking about it. A French prisoner, sentenced to death by starvation, is secretly breastfed by his daughter. This is a painting that got sold for 30 Million Euros.

   

6. Picture of the week:- Bookshelf 2021
   

   

7. Question of the week:- 

   Prado @pradologue

   Replace the last word in a book's name with "Nuts"🥜 lol

8. Meme of the week:- Entire Twitter agrees… except founders who don’t have money.

   

9. Current read: Oh started ‘Will’ this week. Biography of Will Smith. Also, read a few random pages from the book ‘The comfort book’

10. Quote of the week:

    • "Don't chase, don't beg, don't stress, don't be needy, just relax.

      When you relax it will come to you. Make your wants, want you."

      - unknown
      (Tweet this quote)

    • Most people do not see their beliefs. Instead, their beliefs tell them what they see. This is the simple difference between clarity and confusion.

      - Matt Kahn
      (Tweet this quote)

    • It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life.

      - J.R.R. Tolkien
      (Tweet this quote)

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