Summary

The author's Medium income grew by over 630% from September to October 2021, achieving an income of $2,775 in October through a strategic approach to content creation and engagement.

Abstract

In a detailed income report for October 2021, the author shares their remarkable success on Medium, where their monthly earnings soared from $433 in September to$ 2,775 in October. This growth is attributed to a consistent writing schedule, publishing a minimum of 2-3 stories per day, targeting publication in well-known Medium publications, and actively engaging with readers through comments. The author emphasizes the importance of treating writing on Medium as a full-time job and reveals that two particular articles went viral, significantly boosting their visibility and earnings. Despite the success, the author remains grounded, anticipating a potential drop in income for November due to the unpredictable nature of viral content.

Opinions

The author believes in the power of consistent content production, aiming for at least 2-3 articles per day to maximize visibility and earnings.
Publications play a crucial role in amplifying content, despite Medium's shift towards individual stories not tied to publications.
Engaging with the audience by responding to comments is seen as a key strategy for building a loyal readership.
The author values transparency, sharing both their successes and the realistic expectation of income fluctuations in subsequent months.
There is an element of self-reflection as the author attributes part of their success to drawing inspiration from past accomplishments and experiences.
The author maintains a humble outlook, acknowledging the role of viral content in their income surge and not overestimating their ability to replicate such success consistently.

My Medium Income Grew 630% Last Month

From September to October my Medium income grew by over 630%.

In this article, I’m spilling the beans on all of it. You’ll learn:

What I did to grow my income
How many articles I published
What articles (if any) went viral and how they went viral
How much I earned from Medium in October

Let’s go!

My Medium Income Report — October 2021

First, if you want to start from the very beginning, check out this post where I talk about my first standout month on Medium where I earned the most in one month (until now):

Last Month I Made This Much on Medium

Plus Proof, and How I Did It

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So, it all started in September.

I decided to really give a good effort with Medium and coming from writing on News Break, it was refreshing to actually write about the things I liked.

The first month I made $433 from Medium and that was September.

I did the same thing in October and made even more!

Over 630% more to be precise. More on the numbers below.

What I did to grow my income?

I treated my writing on Medium like it was my job.

My goal was to pump out at least 2–3 stories per day. I write shorter content, not longer than 1,000 words so this was a breeze for me.

I’ve had clients in the past where I churned out as much as 60,000 to 80,000 words per month so this was super duper easy in comparison.

October was a very inspiring month for me.

I looked back on what I had accomplished so far for the year including past and current projects I’m working on, things I’ve done in prior years including businesses I’ve created and sold and more.

And, I wrote about it.

So my strategy was…

Write a minimum of 2–3 stories (published) per day
Get my content picked up by publications
Respond to all the comments

These three things were all I focused on.

First, writing 2–3 articles per day published was a challenge in the beginning.

The writing part was easy but to get a couple-hour (or faster) turnaround for publishing especially with some of the larger publications can be tough.

This is where I built up a batch of my content so I could have a few things published on publications daily.

Next, part of my strategy was to publish my stories in publications.

I’ve been hearing that Medium is focusing less on pubs and more on pushing individual stories not in publications but I still wanted to have at least some of my work in publications.

My regulars are:

The Startup
Better Marketing
Writers Blokke
The Side Hustle Club

Lastly, I wanted to interact with readers so I tried my best to respond to all the comments from my stories.

That’s my recipe.

How many articles did I publish?

52.

Yep, 52 stories were written.

Some days I could only get one published and early in the month there were days when nothing went live but for the most part, I published a few stories everyday.

What articles went viral?

I had 2 articles get the most views for the month. They are:

How Much YouTube Paid Me for a 68,000,000 Viewed Video

A case study of my anonymous faceless channel

bettermarketing.pub

I Started a Fiverr Side Hustle 30 Days Ago

My Results So Far

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I had a few others get over 5,000 views too but these were the top performers.

The faceless YT video story received 114,000 views as of today and the Fiverr story got 16,500 views.

There was really nothing special about these. I just wrote about my experience.

How much did I make in October?

A big jump in income compared to the previous month.

I made $2,775 in October.

I would love to have a great month like that this month in November but I expect my income to drop.

I had a viral article and those tend to lose steam over time. I’m doubtful I can crank out another viral this month but who knows.

So, that was my month on Medium in October.

How did you do?

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