New Writers, Here’s How To Get Featured By Medium’s Editors
There’s one specific #tag you need to use
Each day, new writers join Medium. Each day tens of thousands of stories are published on this inspiring platform.
When you hit the publish button, there’s one specific tag (=keyword, label) you should use to get featured by Medium’s editors.
Fellow writer Nancy Blackman, who is part of my first bootcamp this month, wrote a beautiful piece.
It was picked by Medium’s editor Amy Shearn and featured in an article a few days ago.
You may wonder:
How did Nancy do this?
How to get featured by Medium
1 — First, because she wrote an outstanding piece about the relationship between a daughter and her dad.
When looking back, Nancy regrets not having spent more time with her dad.
No education replaces the love I had for my dad.
Here’s her article for inspiration:
What If I Had Abandoned My Assumptions and It Ended in Cheerful Bliss?
I would have been happy making a slower entry into my graphic design career than to leave my dad for all those years, which is what my reality was.
A phone call doesn’t replace the smiles and touches and occasional hugs. When my dad was in the hospital, I got to visit him every night on his death bed. Priceless. I wouldn’t trade those days for anything.
2 — Second, Nancy is a smart writer and tagged her post with #Writehere.
This specific tag helps you to get seen by Medium’s editors.
There’s a weekly prompt to get you writing and when you use this tag through a ‘happy accident’😉, your piece might be picked from the Tag Page.
As you can see, you’re competing ‘only’ with around 600 writers.
6K stories have been published so far.
👍 It’s absolutely doable to join the ranks and be picked by Medium’s editors.
Here’s the Tag Page for you to visit:
Medium’s Writing Prompts
Here are all the writing prompts by Medium to discover and get inspired.
For instance, what would you do with an extra hour or imagine a ‘Re-do’.
Nany submitted her piece for the writing prompt ‘Re-vision’:
What’s a tag?
When you publish a post on Medium, you can add tags (=labels) to your post that describe what your post is about.
You can write whatever you think describes your post.
Medium uses these labels to inform their algorithms for showing content and organizing it.
How do I tag my article correctly with #Writehere?
Let me give you an example:
- When you’ve written your first article, click on the three dots next to your notification button and choose ‘Change tags’.
- Then type ‘Writehere’, as I did below, and add further labels that describe your post.
Pro tip: You can add 5 tags max to your post. Take advantage of all of them! #Writehere is just one of them.
Here are Nancy’s tags:
One specific tag for new writers who hit publish for the first time
Recently, Medium shared a roundup of first-time Medium writers in Medium’s official blog called ‘Creators Hub’ where the team has started promoting new writers.
By adding the tag #Hello World to your post, your work may be included in a roundup by Medium too.
Here’s all you need to know:
Final Takeaways
I wanted to introduce the #Writehere tag to you, in order to help you get promoted by Medium, boost your followers and success on Medium.
Additionally, the tag makes it easy for everyone to find stories from new Medium writers.
Check it out and try the tag #Writehere!
Kristina God is 17x Top Writer and one of Medium’s Top 1,000 Writers.4x she received the Medium bonus. She loves to share her Medium 101’s, hacks as well as tips and tricks with new writers.Tell me your thoughts in the comments.
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