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One Benjamin in my pocket! 😂💰🤑💲💸😂</h1><p id="edac">So all I can do now is open champagne and put this song on:</p> <figure id="ae8e"> <div> <div> <img class="ratio" src="http://placehold.it/16x9"> <iframe class="" src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FI0M-EgZd2UQ&amp;display_name=YouTube&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DI0M-EgZd2UQ&amp;image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FI0M-EgZd2UQ%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;key=a19fcc184b9711e1b4764040d3dc5c07&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" width="854"> </div> </div> </figure></iframe></div></div></figure><p id="93c8">No, really listen to it! Awesome song, in my opinion! 🎧😁 Squirrel in my wallet, baby! 🐿️</p><p id="2881"><b>Ok, relax and breathe, Martynas! </b>😮‍💨<b> </b>Give us some details. How did it happen?</p><p id="0bbe">Well strangely after I came here back, I guess I struck some sort of luck. 🍀</p><p id="11e2">It happened not instantly, but after I posted a few stories, my views (and also earnings) skyrocketed. Of course, by my standards. 😅</p><p id="f78b">I didn’t have any of my stories boosted yet, so probably general Medium distribution is responsible for this growth. 🚀</p><p id="f418">So to sum up:</p><p id="a437" type="7">Up until now, I have published 32 Medium stories which earned me a total of 134.64. On average it’s ~4.21 per story.</p><p id="4f6c">Here is the screenshot of my Medium earnings:</p><figure id="ab29"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*2cSMcOKB81XMZqvCHBoRGA.png"><figcaption><b>As I said — Squirrel in my wallet 🐿️😂</b></figcaption></figure><h2 id="4b3f">But wait… Medium is not about the money…</h2><p id="af0b">Recently I

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have read and learned a lot about Medium itself. And I promise that I will transform my newly gained wisdom into my upcoming Medium stories. <a href="https://medium.com/@strangecash/subscribe"><b>Subscribe now</b></a> if you don’t want to miss them out! 💌</p><p id="a647">So one of the things that I wanted to point out in the conclusion is…</p><p id="d879" type="7">In the end, Medium is not about the money.</p><p id="96d2">Let’s dig a bit deeper into this concept.</p><p id="62af">In one of his <a href="https://blog.medium.com/state-of-medium-f633e21a172a">articles</a>, Mr. <a href="undefined">Tony Stubblebine</a> (who is CEO of Medium and <a href="https://readmedium.com/breaking-news-medium-ceo-commented-on-my-story-8ee954071c41">commented on one of my stories</a> 🤯), wrote:</p><p id="daaa" type="7">So our original approach led to this algorithm that was very similar to an algorithm that YouTube or a TikTok would use. But we had readers who were telling us they read a lot, but it didn’t feel like it was truly time well spent.</p><p id="7c1f"><b>So in other words, Medium is not about the money; it’s about delivering the best possible experience (“time well spent”) to your readers throughout your stories. And money comes afterward.</b></p><p id="de46">You can mark these words. 😂</p><p id="4ce2">So I leave you with this masterpiece song by Jessie J which says pretty much the same thing just about the music:</p> <figure id="0f38"> <div> <div> <img class="ratio" src="http://placehold.it/16x9"> <iframe class="" src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FqMxX-QOV9tI&amp;display_name=YouTube&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DqMxX-QOV9tI&amp;image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FqMxX-QOV9tI%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;key=d04bfffea46d4aeda930ec88cc64b87c&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" width="854"> </div> </div> </figure></iframe></div></div></figure><blockquote id="42c3"><p>It’s not about the money, money, money We don’t need your money, money, money We just wanna make the world dance Forget about the price tag Ain’t about the, uh, cha-ching cha-ching Ain’t about the, yeah, ba-bling ba-bling Wanna make the world dance Forget about the price tag</p></blockquote><p id="1cdc">Goodbye and see you in my next honest stories!</p><p id="7be0"><a href="undefined"><b>Martynas Ki. (@strangecash)</b></a> <b>Pure. Brutal. Honesty.</b></p></article></body>

$100 vs 100 Medium Stories: The Race Is Over…

Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have a winner! 🍾😀

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Hello everyone! 👋

First of all, let me tell you something honest.

I’m really glad to be back at Medium, and I want to say a big thank you to the MWC publication. I really like your club, you were one of the first ones to accept me as a writer, and actually, this community was one of the reasons why I decided to return. 💖

In other words, Oscar Soto ⚡ and team — you are doing a great job! Keep it up! 💪

👉 Back to the story now.

Approximately ~163 days ago, before taking a pause from Medium, I posted this story on MWC:

I was kind of disappointed with my first Medium earnings, so a strange concept was born in my head. I asked myself:

Which will come first:

Will I create 100 Medium stories

— OR —

Will I earn $100 from the Medium Partner Program?

It was like a bet, like a battle between my stories and the platform.

And today, after those ~163 days, I can tell you one thing…

Houston, we have a ̶p̶r̶o̶b̶l̶e̶m̶ winner! 🥳

So ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your unwavering patience and nail-biting suspense!

The winner of this strange bet is…

Money, bucks, cash, or as they say in Spain dinero en efectivo, baby! One Benjamin in my pocket! 😂💰🤑💲💸😂

So all I can do now is open champagne and put this song on:

No, really listen to it! Awesome song, in my opinion! 🎧😁 Squirrel in my wallet, baby! 🐿️

Ok, relax and breathe, Martynas! 😮‍💨 Give us some details. How did it happen?

Well strangely after I came here back, I guess I struck some sort of luck. 🍀

It happened not instantly, but after I posted a few stories, my views (and also earnings) skyrocketed. Of course, by my standards. 😅

I didn’t have any of my stories boosted yet, so probably general Medium distribution is responsible for this growth. 🚀

So to sum up:

Up until now, I have published 32 Medium stories which earned me a total of $134.64. On average it’s ~$4.21 per story.

Here is the screenshot of my Medium earnings:

As I said — Squirrel in my wallet 🐿️😂

But wait… Medium is not about the money…

Recently I have read and learned a lot about Medium itself. And I promise that I will transform my newly gained wisdom into my upcoming Medium stories. Subscribe now if you don’t want to miss them out! 💌

So one of the things that I wanted to point out in the conclusion is…

In the end, Medium is not about the money.

Let’s dig a bit deeper into this concept.

In one of his articles, Mr. Tony Stubblebine (who is CEO of Medium and commented on one of my stories 🤯), wrote:

So our original approach led to this algorithm that was very similar to an algorithm that YouTube or a TikTok would use. But we had readers who were telling us they read a lot, but it didn’t feel like it was truly time well spent.

So in other words, Medium is not about the money; it’s about delivering the best possible experience (“time well spent”) to your readers throughout your stories. And money comes afterward.

You can mark these words. 😂

So I leave you with this masterpiece song by Jessie J which says pretty much the same thing just about the music:

It’s not about the money, money, money We don’t need your money, money, money We just wanna make the world dance Forget about the price tag Ain’t about the, uh, cha-ching cha-ching Ain’t about the, yeah, ba-bling ba-bling Wanna make the world dance Forget about the price tag

Goodbye and see you in my next honest stories!

Martynas Ki. (@strangecash) Pure. Brutal. Honesty.

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