7 Signs You’ll Be A Successful Writer On Medium
#7 Is A Game Changer
How Do You Define Success On Medium?
Is success measured in your ability to earn thousands of dollars a month via the Medium Partner Program?
Or, the privilege of building a community around your work?
Or successfully building a writing portfolio that wins you writing gigs outside of Medium?
Or does success mean securing thousands of followers?
I’m curious, how would you define and measure your success on Medium?
What does success on Medium look like to you?
To me, success on Medium looks like earning thousands of dollars in passive income a month, being a part of a solid community of writers and readers, and using my platform as a storehouse for my articles and an online portfolio, to showcase and share my writing with the world.
Whatever your goals are —
Here Are 5 Signs You’ll Be A Successful Writer On Medium:
1. You’re Consistent with Writing and Publishing
Most of the top writers on Medium who earn thousands of dollars a month preach about the importance of writing and publishing consistently on Medium
Take a look at how many times a week your favorite writers and top earners write. Chances are, they probably post multiple times a week/or did at one point when they were seriously building.
Writing and publishing is the only way to grow your numbers (stats and income), your body of work, and your audience on Medium.
When I first started writing on Medium a couple of months ago, I conducted an experiment on writing and publishing for thirty days straight.
I captured the results in my article below:
2. You Pay Attention To Your Stats.
I’m not talking about an unhealthy obsession over your stats.
I mean consulting and analyzing your stats periodically to observe which of your articles are doing well.
Writers who succeed on Medium pay attention to their articles and headlines with higher read time and views, and try to replicate and reframe those.
Your stats will let you know what your audience loves to read from you.
3. You Learn From The Best Writers
You read content from writers who have achieved the level of success you aspire to achieve.
You pay attention to how they craft their headlines and how they structure their content.
And then you mimic them.
When it comes to writing to earn good money on Medium, you don’t need to re-invent the wheel, it’s not broken.
You can simply apply what’s already being done by other top earners, in your own way.
Now, I’m not saying go and copy exactly everything they’re doing, including the topics they’re writing about.
I’m saying let them inspire your creative work.
4. You Value Your Growth
You’re dedicated to growing as a writer, and so, you’re constantly working at improving your craft.
You take classes and read books that help you improve your writing.
You read books, blogs, and other people’s work, to inspire yours.
You understand that writing every day/almost every day is the only way to practice, grow and become a better writer.
Honestly, you can’t think your way into becoming a better writer. You can only become a better writer by reading and writing frequently.
5. You’re Working At Improving Your Headlines.
To be successful on Medium, you have to understand the importance of writing powerful headlines that pique your readers' interest. Because headlines allow readers to click and enter into your stories.
Poor headlines don’t entice readers to click and read your work.
What’s the point of writing an amazing article no one is going to read because your headline is easy to ignore.
Improving your headlines is a sure way to guarantee more reads on your article.
Pay attention to the headlines of articles that make you stop to click open. You can most probably learn a thing or two from their style.
If you’re constantly reviewing and editing your headlines to make them better, this is a sign you’ll do well on Medium in the long term.
6. You Engage With the Platform. (Reading, Commenting, and Responding to your comments)
You build community by engaging with other readers and writers on the platform.
The community you build here is going to be the backbone of your success on this writing platform.
Don’t underestimate the power of —
- Reading
- Reciprocating reads and claps
- Commenting on people’s work
- Responding to your comments
They all help you build rapport with your audience
7. You Add Value To People’s Lives
Your work adds value to people’s lives by —
- Educating
- Entertaining
- Inspiring
- Helping
- Informing
If you want to succeed on Medium, your work has to add value to your readers' lives.
It’s important to not just write for yourself, but for your audience too.
Every time you write an article, ask yourself — What’s in it for my audience? before publishing.
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