I Gained 28 Followers My First Week on Medium

Summary

A writer shares their success in gaining 28 followers and earning $2.23 in their first week on Medium with a new account focused on teaching writing, SEO, and content strategy, outperforming their previous account's growth rate.

Abstract

The author of the article has embarked on a journey to teach others about writing, Medium, and SEO through a new Medium account. Within the first week, they achieved significant growth, amassing 28 followers and earning $2.23 through Medium's Partner Program. This rapid growth is attributed to strategic use of popular tags and engagement techniques. The author's best-performing article, "You’re An Idiot if You’re Not Using These 3 Tagged Topics in Your Articles," highlights the importance of selecting tags with high follower counts, low competition, and high engagement. The article also compares the new account's performance to the author's first Medium account, noting that the new account has reached the same number of followers in one week that it took three months to achieve with the first. The author expresses satisfaction with the results and offers a free 5-day email course to help others maximize their growth on Medium.

Opinions

The author believes that their strategic approach to writing and tagging on Medium is effective for growth, as evidenced by their rapid follower increase and earnings.
They are confident in their ability to teach others, emphasizing that they are learning and sharing knowledge simultaneously.
The author values the importance of selecting the right tags for articles, as demonstrated by their top-performing piece.
They are optimistic about the potential of their new Medium account, expecting it to grow faster than their first.
By offering a free email course, the author shows a commitment to helping others succeed in writing and content strategy on Medium.

And I made $2.23 — woohoo!

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One week ago, I created a second account specifically to teach others how to write.

Really, this project began about three months ago.

For three months, I have been studying everything there is to know about writing, Medium, and SEO. I feel I have barely scratched the surface of these topics, but I want to teach you as I learn.

Here are my stats from my first week on this account.

And here’s how my profile looks. 28 followers, and 7 articles total.

The part we’re all interested in — the Partner Program earnings:

My best-performing article was this one:

Earlier this week, I spoke of my goals with this account. They are pretty simple: I want to prove to myself I can grow this account much faster than my first. So, comparing the two accounts, I am growing significantly faster.

It took me three months to get to the number of followers I gained in one week.

I’ll consider my first week a smashing success.

Race to 1k

I Gained 28 Followers My First Week on Medium

And I made $2.23 — woohoo!

You’re An Idiot if You’re Not Using These 3 Tagged Topics in Your Articles

A look at 3 tags with over 1,000,000 followers, low competition, AND high engagement.

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