Summary

The article provides three simple strategies to significantly increase the readership of stories on Medium.

Abstract

The author of the article shares personal experience of increasing readership by over 100% within six days by implementing three straightforward techniques. These methods include immediately commenting on one's own story after publication to initiate engagement, incorporating a friend link for non-members to access content, and actively engaging with other users' comments by clapping and highlighting them. The article emphasizes the importance of an enticing title for these strategies to be most effective and offers additional advice on crafting powerful headlines and drawing inspiration from successful stories within the same tags. The author also encourages writers to highlight key points in their own stories and provides a link to a mini-course on writing effective headlines and hooks.

Opinions

The author believes that small actions, such as commenting on one's own story, can have a significant impact on reader engagement.
Providing a friend link is seen as a beneficial long-term strategy for increasing readership.
Engaging with the Medium community by clapping and highlighting comments is considered crucial for visibility and growth.
Writing an enticing title is deemed essential for the success of the aforementioned strategies.
The author values the reader's time and effort, offering bonuses as a token of appreciation for engaging with the content.
Drawing inspiration from others is encouraged, but the author advises against direct copying and instead suggests mimicking successful elements from other stories.
The author advocates for the judicious use of highlighting one's own content to draw attention to key thoughts or takeaways.
The article suggests that writing great headlines can lead to disproportionately positive results in terms of readership.
The author is open to feedback and invites further interaction by providing social media links and offering a free mini-course on headline and hook writing.

3 Tiny Tricks That Will Ignite an Explosion of Reads for You!

My reads are up over 100% in the past 6 days using these tricks!

Can’t read the full story because you’re not a member of Medium yet? Read it here.

Image created by author using ChatGPT-4, DALL-E

I’m going to keep this short and sweet. And valuable.

There’s no need to use a lot of words. So buckle up, baby! Here we go. Oh — one more thing!

Because you took time to read this story — and didn’t just clap for the title (who does that?) — I’ve got two bonuses for you.

I’d say you’re welcome, but you earned them. Congratulations!

Three tiny tricks create huge results

Comment on your story as soon as it’s published (accidental discovery). Thank the publisher or add a note for your audience. You get an immediate comment.
Add a friend link at the top of your stories for non-members. You will make way more in the long run (example at top of this story).
Clap AND highlight other people’s comments when you’re leaving a comment. Clap and highlight any meaningful comments (read them first). Added note: you have to highlight from the main window, not the slider on the right.

Easy peasy! These are small but their effect is not. Do them for a few days and you’ll see. Of course, you have to write an enticing title or these are less effective.

If you need help writing powerful titles, click the link. But first, collect your bonuses.

Doing This One Thing Has Skyrocketed My Reads — 96% Higher in the Last 5 Days

I’ll show you exactly what you need to do— with examples — to ignite your reads

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The Bonuses

4. Take inspiration from others, but dig deeper.

Explore the tag(s) that match your story.
Look through titles for ones doing great.
If nothing inspires you, combine a couple of them. Don’t copy. Mimic. (Every time you’re struggling for an idea).

5. Highlight your own story.

Choose 1–3 key thoughts or takeaways.
But use it sparingly.

Write a good headline and you’ll get a good boost. But if you can write a great headline, the results could be enormous. Good luck!

To see proof, or learn how to write better headlines, click here.

Thanks for reading! I welcome your feedback.

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