July Earnings Newsletter
Blogging Guide Monthly Newsletter Volume 13— Published August 7, 2020
Hello everyone!
This is the 13th monthly newsletter from our Medium publication, Blogging Guide.
It crazy to think that this newsletter and its data collection features have been running for more than a year! Thank you for reading and for your support!
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. This group is run by Medium Blogging Guide, Casey Botticello, and Linda Williams.
For more Medium writing tips and strategies to monetize your online writing, subscribe to Blogging Guide!
In addition to insightful subscriber-only posts, you will receive access to several of my custom digital products ($250+ value), for free.
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:
Here are some other stats Medium included on their Partner Program as of July 2020:
- $5,787.10 — the highest amount earned for a single story
- $30,164.67 — the highest amount earned by a single author
- 5.8% — the percentage of active writers who earned over $100
CLICK HERE TO SEE FULL HISTORICAL EARNINGS DATA / CHARTS
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 July earnings survey. We had 125 responses! Thank you to everyone who participated!
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 6%-9% of all active writers earn more than $100 in any given month. Among the Blogging Guide respondents, 43.2% earned over $100 per month!
It will be interesting to see if and how this trend shifts in the coming months since the new payment system based on reading time.
Blogging Guide Website (NEW!)
I’ve begun working on a new Blogging Guide website
https://bloggingguide.org
While still under construction, the website’s review of Medium as a blogging platform and its list of associated resources, are live:
So please check out the new website. I will be posting lots of useful blogging information on there in the coming months.
Blogging Guide Newsletter
Blogging Guide is a premium newsletter, offering my insights, advice, and access to custom digital products, geared toward helping anyone make money by writing online.
This newsletter is unique in that it focuses specifically on making money by writing online, whether that means blogging or through content marketing.
I am focusing on dissecting the large digital publishing platforms, such as Medium, Substack, WordPress, HubPages, Quora, LinkedIn, Vocal, Write.as, and Ghost.
In addition to breaking down, reviewing, and sharing tips to succeed on these platforms, I will also be including content aimed at helping writers with social media marketing, email marketing, and content marketing
Subscribers to Blogging Guide will also receive access to my premium Medium products ($250+ value), for free, and access to my private Slack channel for bloggers!
For a limited time, subscribers will also receive access to my premium Medium products ($250+ value), for free!
I’ve got a lot of interesting Medium data and insights to share so please subscribe!
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Medium Interview Series
Medium Interviews is brand new series from Blogging Guide, featuring interviews with some of Medium’s top writers.
My hope is that these interviews will serve as a useful resource for writers who are still trying to understand Medium and how to find success on the platform.
Check out some of our interviews with Medium’s top writers!
The Ultimate Guide to Writing on Medium
This interactive guide contains answers to virtually any Medium related question you might have!
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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- Active Medium Publications Organized by Topic
- 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
- Medium’s New Method of Calculating Earnings
- Medium SEO
I will see you next month!
— Casey Botticello
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.
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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, a Super PAC dedicated to cryptocurrency and blockchain advocacy. He is a graduate of The University of Pennsylvania, where he received his B.A. in Urban Studies.
You can connect with him on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, or by visiting his website, Blogging Guide.
