How to Hack Your Way to the Medium Millions!
Fast-track your growth and success with these epic tricks.
We all started somewhere.
Started from the bottom now we’re here, sing it!
Whether you‘re a daily driver or a weekend wannabe, I have no doubt that there’s a spot for you on Medium.
I happen to fall somewhere in the middle of this spectrum.
You wanna know why? Because this ish’ ain’t easy!
To be “successful” on this platform takes consistency and effort. With a little bit of savvy trickery, we can accelerate our progress and hop in the fast lane!
Without further ado, here’s how to hack your way to the Medium millions.
Views? Reads? Followers? Dollars???
Million what? Tell me!
Million, just million.
The fact is, these tips and strategies will help you get to a million anything on Medium!
How many birds can you kill with one stone?
Strictly metaphorical guys.
Too many people focus on endlessly pumping out content until their fingers go numb. I was originally under the assumption that this was good practice.
I should be more content with more content right?
Wrong.
Here’s a freebie before we jump into the meat and potatoes:
Quality over quantity. It’s bound to pay off (literally).
Hack #1
Recommended Topics
Next time you roll out of bed and open up Medium, take a look at the recommended topics. Top right-hand side of the homepage.
Here’s what it looks like:
These can be seen as suggestions for something to write about. The peeps at Medium want readers to view articles that fall under these tags.
What’s more, is you can add them to your article for a better chance to be seen.
Even if your piece is not directly correlated to one of the recommended topics, add the one that fits the best, I’m sure you can find a way to make it work.
Add more than one? You’re golden.
Getting more eyes on your work is a key ingredient to the millions. This is a pretty good way to turn on the nitrous and fly by your Medium mates.
Hack #2
Explore — The mobile edition.
This one is killer and I only just found out about it.
I was chilling doing my writing thing when I opened up the Medium mobile app. I clicked on the little magnifying glass icon that symbolizes Medium’s explore page.
I hit the jackpot!
Check this out:
In the first image, you will see “Trending on Medium.”
This is a really good indicator to see what’s doing well, and what you can emulate.
Important: Don’t just copy everything Tim Denning says.
Sup Tim!
You gotta speak with your voice, alongside the trendsetters.
On the second image, you will see a panel about climate change. This happened to be today’s topic they chose to highlight. Writers in this topic are displayed as shown.
A great way to gain some additional exposure and inspiration! They even add a follow button for ya to make it easier to gain your millions.
Last, but by no means least, we arrive at “What we’re reading today.”
This just came onto my radar as I’ve never seen it before. The mobile app is taking me by pleasant surprise!
You can now see what people are reading! This is a fantastic way to get views, reads, and income. Maybe if you’re lucky, a little blessing from the curators.
The biggest takeaway from this hack to increase exposure:
Pay attention to the mobile app. It might just kickstart your train of virality!
Hack #3
Readers’ Interests
Now it’s time for the nitty-gritty: The juicy analytics, everyone’s favorite.
I recently wrote a story that did well in terms of my standards. Here it is:
In most of my articles, this information is not displayed. I believe it to be because of the readership, since the article just passed 200 reads and only now is it visible to me. The curation also helps as previously mentioned.
This section of analytic data lies underneath the story stats in “stats.”
This is crucial data that you can take advantage of. All you need to do is see which tags your readers are most interested in!
Knowing and understanding your audience is key to success on Medium.
These provided tags give you a fantastic insight into what your readers want which is super valuable to you as a writer.
On your next draft, try implementing some of these tags and topics. Pair it with a publication and watch the millions roll right in!
Final thoughts
Success on any platform, let alone a writing one, takes persistence and heart.
With these specific strategies, you can fast-track your progress to start making this side hustle, your main hustle.
Isn’t that what we all want?
Paying attention to some simple SEO and marketing strategies can pay off in a big way. There are constant changes to these features especially on Medium, so pay attention and use them to your advantage!
Takeaway
- Hack #1: Recommended Topics
- Hack #2: Explore — The mobile edition
- Hack #3: Readers’ Interests
Remember: You can fast-track your growth and success with these epic tricks.
Hack your way to the Medium millions!
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