How I Increased My Medium Earnings By 19466.67% In One Month
So I’m sitting here asking myself:
“What's the most value I can deliver to my readers in the next 2 hours?”
Like you, I don’t have a lot of time to spare.
“What can I share with them (YOU) that will make a real contribution to their lives?”
But before I can answer that question, I have to ask myself: who are they?
Who are my readers?
So I scroll through my notification page:
Now the notification page is not just a record of people who have read my work.
It's a record of people whom I am not only engaging with…
But little by little we are building a relationship!
We are compatriots; comrades in arms.
These are more than readers. These are members of my tribe.
Now those of you who have read my January earnings report know that my 19466.67% increase was an increase from $0.09 to $17.61.
Now I know that’s nothing to write home about.
Friends and family would not be impressed.
So what, you made 17 bucks. What do you want, a ticker tape parade?
But it is something to write to my tribe of Medium writers!
So some of you landing here looking for massive returns in a minimal amount of time are going to throw your hands up and accuse me of click-baiting by dressing up unimpressive results with a fantastical claim.
I did no such thing, the headline is a factual statement.
But in the words of Bin Jiang in “13 Posts Later, I Earn $452.68 for Month of December on Medium”:
“Don’t settle for the result, settle for the process that produces the result, as the result is just a byproduct.”
It’s the process, that I’ve learned from some of you, that I wish to share.
For some, it will be old news. Consider it validation.
For others, it will be new news.
And good news at that!
In my mind, if I can go from $0.09 to $17.61, a 19466.67% increase, in a month, then I can go from $17.61 to $600 in the next month which is only one-sixth of an increase than the increase from the month before.
Why not?
Years ago, I read a popular self-help book written by a sports psychologist. While I can’t seem to remember the name or the author. I remember the cover and a bit of a quote, something to the effect of :
“Most people think in terms of what’s probable, but high achievers think in terms of what’s possible”
So here’s what I did, mainly following the advice of Jan Sebastian 🖐👩🦰, my Medium angel:
- Publish consistently (Which now means daily)
- Read and engage 20 articles a day. This means highlighting and making thoughtful relevant comments that add value to the discussion.
So while the numbers on a screen may not be staggering, the growth they represent is.
It’s not just about the earnings but about a commitment to a refinement of a process!
I had a chat earlier with a fellow writer, who I think was in her left brain a little bit. I get it. My right brain, the source of intuition and creative insights has to finagle my left brain into foolishness all the time. (The right brain is usually right and the source of my best decisions, no matter how illogical they might seem.)
Her argument was there is no ‘real money’ in Medium.
I honestly don’t know how far you can scale revenue on Medium. But here’s what I do know: the fundamentals of all capital enterprises are here on this platform. Each article is a product. Each reader is a customer. And the Medium platform is a marketplace.
This is an incubator of sorts. And not only are the tools here for you to hit the ground running but there is room and freedom to scale and springboard enterprises of any scale.
If you can master Medium, you have a solid foundation for grander or more elaborate things.
Am I making any sense here? Or am I just buzzing on the Kool-Aid?
Well, with that, I’ll bid you adieu and let you get back to building your dreams.
But one final thing:
Let’s not pull our hair about what’s probable.
Let’s pull off what’s possible.
John W.