3 Tips to Improve as a Novice Writer on Medium
How to improve your results in Medium
Let’s see today, 3 good recommendations to continue developing as a writer on Medium. Remember that if you are here to grow as a writer, you must apply everything you understand can work for you.
If you are reading these lines, I must deduce that you are a novice writer in Medium and like me, you are investing time in learning as much as possible, in order to become a better writer in Medium. And to be that seasoned writer, we need to start climbing to reach the top.
“Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you’re climbing it.”
― Andy Rooney
For every learning process, trial and error is the key.
It is the best way to learn anything.
And the most important step is to get started, so let’s get started.
1. Increase your reach
In order for you to increase the number of readers, you need to increase the reach of your stories. Our stories must reach a large crowd through different methods. This is not just a temporary goal, but rather for a long-term profit plan.
Within Medium a strategy, to reach a greater number of readers are publications, and externally are social networks.
But the first highly recommended social network on Medium is the use of Twitter. The vast majority of high-earning writers have their Twitter account linked to their Medium account. The fact that Twitter allows you to tweet your stories and that others tweet them is a very powerful strategy.
Benefits of Twitter:
- Increase brand awareness.
- Keep up with the latest trends in your industry.
- Promote your blog content, videos, presentations, etc.
- Boost your website SEO.
- Drive website traffic.
- Get instant feedback about your products and/or services.
Other social networks that can be used and that are also very effective are:
Is a social networking site that makes it easy for you to connect and share with family and friends online. Originally designed for college students, Facebook was created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg while he was enrolled at Harvard University.
Benefits of a Facebook:
- Reach BILLIONS of potential customers. 2.5 BILLION USERS!! …
- Build a HUGE email list. …
- Lower your marketing expenses. …
- Target audiences by location, demographics, interests. …
- Gain insights into your audience. …
- Increase your traffic. …
LinkedIn is an online platform that connects the world’s professionals. A complete LinkedIn profile will summarize your professional experience to your connections.
Benefits of LinkedIn:
- Build Your Brand
- Get Connected
- Collaborate with Community Features
Like Twitter, it has great advantages to expose and reach more followers. Taking into account that the use of images and videos is a proven strategy, which has very good results.
Benefits of Instagram:
- It’s visual
- It has high engagement rates
- Your brand may already be there
- It has targeted advertising options
Quora
Quora is a great tool, as it demonstrates value when creating detailed answers to audience questions. Quora’s mission is to answer questions in a meaningful way instead of sending an advertising message to as many users as possible.
Benefits of Quora:
- The rapid growth
- Follow topics and people that interest you
- Become an expert
- Crowdsource ideas
- Learn from the best
Pinterest is a visual discovery engine for finding ideas like recipes, home and style inspiration, and more. With billions of Pins on Pinterest, you’ll always find ideas to spark inspiration.
Benefits of Pinterest:
- Pinterest Converts More Browsers Into Buyers
- Pinterest Drives Tons of Traffic
- Pins Get You More Inbound Links
- User Engagement Is Addictively High
- Pinterest Integrates With Your Website, Twitter Account, and Facebook Profile.
Youtube
YouTube was originally created as a platform for anyone to post any video content they desired. It was hoped that users could use the site to upload, share, and view content without restriction.
Benefits of Youtube:
- Free to use. Uploading and watching videos on YouTube is completely free
- Gives you the opportunity to earn money through your videos. With YouTube, you can earn money for your views
- Easy to Use
- An Easy Way to Share Information
- Backlinks Are Generated
“Content is fire. Social media is gasoline.”
― Jay Baer
2. Target 100 fans are a good start!
Based on my observations, I found out that we need at least 100 fans minimum to start making money on Medium.
Anything below this number will not be substantial. (Keeping in mind, that you have a good amount of published stories and continue to do so continuously throughout the month.) Minimum 20/monthly.
To earn more money with our followers, we must have a greater number of fans within that group.
Medium pays based on reading time and total participation in our stories. Followers on Medium do not necessarily produce reading results; however, fans do.
The reality is that we need to turn our followers into our fans.
“Every day I wake up and I lay in bed counting my blessings and saying my prayers for how fortunate I am to have great fans and health and family.”
― Luke Bryan
3. Quality and quantity the perfect combination
Much has been said about quality versus quantity. Based on my observations on the Medium platform, both quality and quantity are important.
Without a doubt, the best combination to earn money is to write high-quality stories frequently. This combination can be an effective strategy on Medium because we can get the best writer status.
Being a better writer indirectly contributes to increasing our fans. Being an outstanding writer implies, in a certain way, more confidence and credibility.
“Good, better, best. Never let it rest. ’Til your good is better and your better is best.”
― St. Jerome
In summary, to improve as a writer on Medium we must:
1. Increase our reach
2. Have 100 fans as an initial goal
3. Combine quality and quantity
I hope this information can help you to reach the top of the mountain.
