9 Things Every Medium Writer Should Know
Medium Writer guide
Many writers on the Medium are professional writers. you work hard to write perfect articles but there are other things also except writing a good article on medium.
Curation is not everything
Write without burden
Many medium writers always worry about curation. yes, curation helps you to make distribution of your topics to different topics and to get more medium members views. not every article get curated on medium. it is a very subjective thing as there are no specific rules for it. also writing for curation make the burden on the head. don’t make curation as your final aim.rather than focus on readers likes and dislikes, trending topics, catchy headline and writing more and giving quality stories for your reader. Read below article about Curation.
Write on specific topics
Specific topics earns specific followers
On medium, many writers write on different topics.it is good if you have knowledge about different topics but if you follow one topic and stick to it, you can become a top writer on that topic. Writing with one niche helps you in
- Building a publication.
- Getting a class of reader.
- Increase your story value.
- Reader regularly read your articles.
- The response to your article.
- You create an active fan base.
- Your articles get the platform in your publication with the same topic.
- You can drive external traffic on medium easily.
You can choose one or two topics and stick to them. You can read about that topic or research some medium stories.at the end, it gonna pay you.
Learn to write attractive titles
90 percent reader clicks on your story if you have catchy title.
Titles are just like advertising. You buy products on the market by seeing advertisements on television. because our subconscious mind works in that way. Member clicks on the medium story if it has an attractive title. But what makes title attractive?
Write a title that puzzle reader. That connects him with his emotions. if he sees your article then he should click on it. Research and study on how to write attractive titles. studying about readers click-through rate and reader mindset in your niche will help you grow as a writer. This is the difference between a top writer and us. The top writer knows what his reader wants. He writes for them with quality and good story length. Writing skills and making reader your fan are different skills don’t mix them. There is no guaranty that good writer will succeed on medium. You have to think about the other side of the coin is also.
Skill to develop besides good writing skills
If I have 8 hours of time time to clap down a tree then I will put 6 hours to sharp it and 2 hours for cut tree.
You have built other skills in parallel to writing this includes
- Readers mindset
- What he loves to read
- Readers age
- Readers patient capacity
- What the reader looks for
- Solution-oriented stories
- Emotional tread
- Optimistic views
- Your story matches with the reader’s life.
If you research all these things then you will be no. 1 in the race.
Write deep and informative articles
Quality> Quantity
As reader always has craved for information hence always try to write informative and deep stories. Write every aspect of the information you are providing on the medium story. writing without explaining point is not going to worth your writing.
The article should be in 3 parts
- Introduction
- Body
- And summary
Also, there should be rhythm when you write articles don’t write introduction too lengthy or too short. The reader can lose interest in the article. also, a right which the reader can appreciate and claps for your work.
Marketing is key
it is all about 20 percent writing and 80 percent on marketing.
You write the story. But you don’t get views right. What pulling you back is it story quality or engagement. we put effort on the story but be forgot to market it.right?
Marketing is the best business tool it is used by many business persons. Then why we should apply same here on medium. The top marketing strategy you can apply are
- Increase your following
If your story is not going to curated then it will available for your followers. They can still read it, for example, your 40 followers are reading your story in the particular niche then there is a chance you can obtain $ 1 from it. more follower you have more views you will get. to increase your followers you can easily share your article on social media like Facebook and quora. You can see earning increase easily as your following increase as it is directly proportional to your member reading time. also, try to make your audience make them your writing fan for that post regularly. Feed your followers with new articles. Now the medium business model is work similarly youtube business model. Thing is that you have to be patient about your progress.
2.Share on social media
Sharing articles on social media and making a medium friend is one of the best forms of medium story marketing. Form your own Facebook group or YouTube channel I know some people who get 70% of their medium traffic by running medium youtube channel you should also try this model. Do some social media marketing research it will help you to market your self.
3.Run advertise for your profile
There are many cheap advertisement platforms are available. Better you go and run ads on quora. Because quora ad network is cheaper than Facebook.and quora will show your ads with medium content and you will gain followers as well as traffic.
Make your tribe
making your fans will help you to grow on the medium. the thing that you have to do is post regularly on medium. posting regularly on medium helps you to get into people app notification and mobile apps. people start to recognise you and don’t change your and profile picture frequently. readers click on by seeing your name and profile the thing I am telling you is trust. if readers trust your writing then they will follow you. give them the knowledge and make them satisfied. top writers do these things. I am not a top writer but I am putting things that I have learnt from them.
Write what you love
For me Claps> medium Earnings
If you are writing for money or writing to get views then you will automatically quite your writing career. a year back I had writing on a topic in which I was not interested. because that company needs that topic articles. I end up writing 10 articles and they paid me good amount offering the second project on the same topic with double money I refused to write. Why? I can’t write the topic that I don’t like. I wrote on that topic for almost 20 hours but I didn’t enjoy it. one thing I learned that make writing your passion and money will come from the backdoor.
Start your e-mail list
In the marketing world, it is called email marketing. you can start collecting emails of your tribe by asking subscribing option for them. for that, you have to create good content .it is really helpful if you are aiming to provide back end service.
If you are writing for earning some extra side income, then the above tips will help you. I always consider writing equals to experimentation. more you write more you will learn.
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