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22 Aug, 9 tweets, 4 min read
It is Day 6 of #hypefurychallenge– DMs.
This week went by too fast!

Here's an account of my experience in DMs.
The fear.

The anxiety in writing DMs was far worse than the anxiety in publishing.

DMs are one-on-one, I'm interacting directly with a PERSON, while tweets are ephemeral, not personal, and I can just delete a tweet if I want.

And therefore, DMs are more meaningful.
My flawed approach.

I started with making a list of people to message. This wasn't helping.

I did not have a single name on the list because I was looking for people I "should" DM. These were big accounts, leaders, mentors. I couldn't even come up with a question to ask them.
I gave up.

Correction: I gave up on that approach.

I made a list of people I was EXCITED to talk to– the friends I've made, people who shared value, helped me out, and above all, people I identify with.

The list was so LONG, I had to note down what I would say to each one.🔥🔥
In this thread, I've covered 10 of the many messages I sent and I tried to cover all different types.

1️⃣ Feedback - I gave a detailed feedback on @itskeeplearning's Notion template for language learning.

2️⃣ Congratulations - on the launch of @CopyEzekiel's newsletter.🚀
3️⃣ Writer - admiring @MattHogan123's blog and writing style

4️⃣ Personal - @HeyArunima. What? It's personal😂

5️⃣ Advice - I asked Arthur @DevLinguistic for advice on how I could keep daily writing streaks like him.

6️⃣ Curious - I asked Jeremy @jwginn about his zoom calls 👀
7️⃣ Share an idea - I told Niveditta @nivdatta88 (the fastest friend I made) about a thing we could both use.

8️⃣ Thanks - I reached out to say thanks to @Zainab_Mirza, who I look up to, for a meaningful interaction earlier.
9️⃣ Holiday - I took @hypefury's advice yet again and wished my resourceful friend @pankajparkar a Happy Raksha Bandhan.

Happy Rakhi to you all! 🇮🇳

🔟 King of DMs - could not possibly do a DM challenge without DMing him. Guess who.

Thank you for reading, this has been DM Day for #hypefurychallenge
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No-Bullsh!t advice on how to write DMs for Twitter newbies

(and older accounts in case you're doing it wrong 👀)

📸 Screenshots from my own inbox ⬇
❌ "Hi thanks for following me."
And then nothing.

No interaction, no exchange, nothing to offer, not even a question.

Why did you bother to DM me then?

✅ DM with a purpose.

Examples of purpose:
1. Introduce yourself

→ mention what you tweet about
→ say you're glad they found your profile interesting

💡 Don't introduce yourself to a NEW follower, say this to someone who has interacted with your tweets
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When you are 17, you think nothing can go wrong.
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❌Screens
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There are a few ways Visitors land on your profile. ⬇⬇ Image
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