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Blogging Guide Monthly Newsletter 6 — Published Jan. 10, 2019

Hello everyone!
This is the sixth monthly newsletter from my Medium publication, Blogging Guide. This newsletter is intended to help Medium writers by providing up-to-date Medium writer earning data, useful Medium guides with the latest tips and tricks, and a selection of articles (both from myself and other Medium Writers).
Also, be sure to check out our Facebook group, Medium Writing!

This group was created so that Medium writers could share their articles and discuss making money as a writer on Medium.
For more Medium writing tips and the latest articles on Medium, subscribe to our Medium Writer Newsletter!

Now onto the interesting stuff!

Medium Partner Program Monthly Earnings Data

I have been keeping track of Medium Partner Program monthly earnings data, through a post that is updated monthly as a resource to writers.
This article is updated monthly and can be found here:
https://readmedium.com/how-much-money-can-you-make-writing-for-medium-a3cf0c9c7533
Here are some other stats Medium included on their Partner Program as of December 2019:
- $8,855.73 — the highest amount earned for a single story
- $21,650.88 — the highest amount earned by a single author
- 8% — the percentage of active writers who earned over $100


Medium Blogging Guide Author Earnings Survey
Every month we conduct a survey of Medium author earnings, to see how writers following our publication are doing. Below are the results from the November earnings survey:

Overall, the earnings chart above suggests that readers of Blogging Guide are more successful than the general writing population.
In the general Medium writer population, typically 7%-9% of all active writers earn more than $100 in any given month. Among the Blogging Guide respondents, 53.2% earned over $100 per month!
It will be interesting to see if and how this trend shifts after a few months of the new payment system based on reading time.

The Ultimate Guide to Writing on Medium (NEW)

This interactive guide contains answers to virtually any Medium related question you might have!

Posts From Various Medium Writers That I Found Useful

Below are some of the posts from different Medium writers (about writing on Medium) that I found useful, and would highly recommend you check out! In no particular order:
- Linda Williams — Three Step Practical Formula to Achieve Financial Freedom
- J.J. Pryor — I Analyzed 100 ‘Popular on Medium’ Stories: Here’s What I Found Out
- Mark Kelly — Self-Curation on Medium
- Meg Stewart — How to Write to Win Under the New MPP
- Sam H Arnold — How to Increase Your Chance of Curation
- Ayodeji Awosika — 5 Non-Negotiable Traits of Great Writers
- Jun Wu — You Can Adjust To The New Medium Payment Model
- Daryl Bruce — Non-US Medium Writers and Taxes
- August Birch — How to Make $500 Per Month Writing Medium Stories in 2020
- Roz Warren — Medium Max-Clap Meditation

Medium Article Formatting

One of the new sections of Blogging Guide is our section on Medium formatting. Medium Formatting is a series of short, actionable tips and tricks covering specific features and tools that many writers are unaware of on Medium.
To see all the Medium Formatting tips, click here.

Medium Curation Checklist

This article contains the 5 key article requirements for Medium article curation. While these are not all hard and fast rules, following these guidelines will optimize your chances of being curated.
List of Medium Article Tags Eligible for Top Writer Status

This list if a follow up to a post where I discussed how to become a Top Writer on Medium. Specifically, I focused on the importance of tagging your articles strategically.
This list contains 73 tags. These tags are very useful as a resource because they are the only Medium tags which are eligible for top writer status. The list can be found below. This list will be updated monthly as part of Blogging Guide’s series of regularly updated Medium data and lists.
This article is updated monthly and can be found here.
Medium Writing Tips

This article is a collection of Medium writing tips. Click here to read more.
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- The Ultimate Guide to Writing on Medium
- Medium Writing Tips — An Updated Guide to Writing on Medium
- The Best Medium Article Formatting Guide
- Medium Story Curation Checklist
- How Much Do Individual Medium Articles Earn?
- Medium vs. WordPress
- How to Create a Medium Publication
- How to Increase Your Medium Followers
- 5 Reasons to Create Your Own Medium Publication (And 3 Reasons You Shouldn’t)
- Medium’s New Method of Calculating Earnings
- Medium Article Views: Long-Term Growth in Views Without Curation
- Medium Writing Tips: 7 Lessons From My First Year Writing on Medium
- Signal Review: Tool That Auto-Tweets Your Medium Articles on a Schedule
- The Secret (Unlisted) Medium Post That Will Show You How to Become a Top Writer, Find Love, and Achieve Immortality*
- 7 Amazing Medium Platform Statistics
- How to Choose the Perfect Image for Your Medium Article

Thanks for reading this article! Leave a comment below if you have any questions. Be sure to sign up for the Blogging Guide newsletter, to get the latest tips, tricks, and news about writing on Medium and to join our Facebook group, Medium Writing, to share your latest Medium posts and connect with other writers.

Casey Botticello is a partner at Black Edge Consulting. Black Edge Consulting is a strategic communications firm, specializing in online reputation management, digital marketing, and crisis management. Prior to founding Black Edge Consulting, he worked for BGR Group, a bipartisan lobbying and strategic communications firm.
Casey is the founder of the Cryptocurrency Alliance, an independent expenditure-only committee (Super PAC) dedicated to cryptocurrency and blockchain advocacy. He is also the editor of several Medium publications, including Medium Blogging Guide, Strategic Communications, K Street, and Escaping the 9 to 5. He is a graduate of The University of Pennsylvania, where he received his B.A. in Urban Studies.
