In Three Months I have Made Over $120 On Medium Partner Program Without Getting Curated
Writers on Medium making more money when their stories get curated, but there is a twist to the story.
Openly admitting that my medium curation rate is 0% is not a good thing for being writers, but it is just because I am writing on Medium about Medium on Medium. I also write about search engine optimization, blogging, Quora (I have just spent a lot of time on this platform) and digital marketing in general.
Yesterday, a Quora famous writer request me an answer about the most frustrating part of the Medium, in future, I might write a story about it too but the most frustrating part of being on Medium is not getting curated and the way they pay you, you will make less money if a person has more internal traffic then external. In short, Medium needs more than one way to let users paid for their articles.
I joined Medium partner program at the very beginning of the year 2020, here is how much money I have made in these three months.
- In the very first month, in January, I have made a lam Sum of $5. I have a theory, if you can make the first cent on a platform, the chances are you could make whatever money you imagine.
- In the second month, I have made $44. That’s a 900% increase. I am happy.
- In the third month, as of writing this article, the date is 23rd March and I have made over $50. That’s means I have 9 days left in the third month. I am expecting to reach $70.
Here what I have learned in these three months being part of the Medium Partner program
- Write stories, write as many stories as you can. Don’t think about how much money you could make. Just write.
- Curation and getting published in a popular Publication is very important. I haven’t achieved any of the above but I have a great following on a platform where I shared my stories.
- My stories are ranked on Google search. Medium members do search for things on Google. They find your article and this is a great way to get more views.
- Longer stories will make you more money than short stories. Do you know why? The reason is the Medium new way to pay writers, you get paid based on Member read time.
- Always publish a story in a publication. Medium gives more weightage to articles published in a publication, it doesn’t matter you published in your own publication or someone’s else. Do Lengthy Medium Stories Make More Money?
- Interact. This is the most underrated feature on Medium. Interact with other writers in the form of response. Medium is a social media platform.
- Join Facebook groups about Medium. They help you grow and you will learn a lot of new things. Things you might never hear about. You can also build a great connection with other medium members on Facebook.
- Tags and the title and the subtitles are the most part of on-page optimization for getting more internal and external views.
- You can also make passive income from your Medium stories by getting ranked on keywords where most of the Medium members might be searching for. My one story is making a stable $3 a month on Medium just because Medium members are finding this story from the search engine.
- Cross-platform sharing. Writing more stories will not help you make more money but you also have to be your own marketing guy. The best platform is Quora. I shared my stories with my Quora space that has now over 20K followers and growing.
- Read. Read stories about things that might help you in your writing career, things you are writing about, or anything you are facing the problem. Books are long-form of articles, you learn every dimension about things you are writing about by reading more.
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