Collaboration

Onboarding New Writers

Welcome new writers joining ILLUMINATION, ILLUMINATION-Curated, ILLUMINATION’S MIRROR, SYNERGY, Technology Hits

Dear new contributors,

We are excited to add you to ILLUMINATION, ILLUMINATION-Curated, ILLUMINATION’S MIRROR, Technology Hits, and SYNERGY.

Thank you for joining.

Welcome to our publications and vast writing community on Medium. All our publications adhere to Medium rules and 100% compliant with platform policies. We don’t tolerate breaking rules of the platform.

ILLUMINATION is a unique and significant publication with many writers and readers. Our uniqueness may be one of the reasons you choose us. ILLUMINATION is a diverse and inclusive publication covering 100 plus topics across several disciplines.

ILLUMINATION is currently top 70 most followed publication on Medium, out of 15,199 publications. 69,740 Medium members follow this publication now.

Dr Mehmet Yildiz sent you an invitation to our Slack workspace. This virtual site is our main communication and collaboration platform. We have 6,000+ members. More information about Slack is in this story. You are all welcome to join and start collaborating with other Medium writers.

You can write about almost anything as long as your stories meet Medium rules.

There is a new issue on Medium. The platform cannot support more than 30 editors per publications. We have 60 editors but not all of them have access to ILLUMINATION due to constraints of Medium. To cover our extensive workload, we had to create a mirror version of ILLUMINATION and allocated new editors to support the workload.

Please see details in this story about ILLUMINATION’S MIRROR.

We recommend submitting only one article to ILLUMINATION or ILLUMINATION-Curated per day and the rest of your articles need to be submitted to the mirror copy of ILLUMINATION, if you are a prolific writer. You have access to both publications now. We will inform the older writers to do the same.

We value your contributions. The diversity and variety you bring delight our readers. Many readers use ILLUMINATION and ILLUMINATION-Curated as their front page. These two publications now followed by around 87,000 readers registered to Medium and many thousands from our external sources.

We have established two new publication. The first one is Technology Hits for a specific audience interested in technology matters.

We also created a new publication for specific needs of writers called SYNERGY. The purpose of SYNERGY is to bring altogether many Medium writers who also publish in other platforms such as Vocal Media, News Break, Hub Pages, Patreon, Substack, and many other freelancing platforms.

Details are in this story.

The purpose of this post is to notify new contributors joined ILLUMINATION ILLUMINATION-Curated, Technology Hits, SYNERGY, and ILLUMINATION’S MIRROR.

Your account should have the publications you entered. If you don’t see the publication in your profile, please leave a comment so that we can add your account again. We experience some glitches on Medium.

Our objective is to help you succeed in Medium.

You joined a significant group of publications making a noticeable impact on Medium. ILLUMINATION and sister publications growing rapidly and supporting 8,000+contributing writers . We grow rapidly with contributions from inspiring and engaging writers like you.

We are proud to support different level of writers.

Our publications hosts stories of aspiring, experienced, accomplished, and influential writers. All contributors play an important role in this platform.

We cross-pollinate all types of writers from different professional backgrounds, skill levels, and writing goals. This unique mix of writers is an attractive value preposition to our readers, enjoying our stories covering multiple topics.

Thank you for choosing our publications to host your stories. Our publications operate with an abundance mentality. Rather than competing with other publication, we collaborate with them.

We don’t put constraints on our writers. Our contributors get flexible options to be successful. You are not exclusive to us. We encourage you to try other publications too. You can also create your own publications.

If you have a publication, we can help you promote it. We support your writing goals and show flexibility in raising your voice.New Writers for ILLUMINATION.

Let’s meet the new writers joining us.

Welcome new writers joined ILLUMINATION and ILLUMINATON’S MIRROR: Bikash dulal, TzeS, Rugare Maruzani, Paramee Samarathunga, Previtha Dawn, Arup Roy, Bob Wuest, Sheridan, Nandini Ananthula, Shauna Christina, Nah’Shon Alexander, Cory, Maria Leonardi, Dan Lee, Aleksa Georg, Drew Navit,Quiksilver For Sure, Noorain Ali, New MCU, Sarah Hussey, Ilana Rabinowitz, Rizky Maulana Nurhidayat, pronoti baglary, Harrison.P.K.Peters, Vittorio Spandrio, Nathan 8, Sandra Kyuumei, Willow Lovelight, Alexandria Rey, Micah Baldwin, Mahboob Hussain, CeJayCe, Emily Gray, Bahora Saitova, J. S. Wong, Carmelo San Paolo, Samuel Martins,Vivian, Zeeshan Haibat, Emily Hargrove, Kimberly Garts Crum, Malcolm Pryce, Sabit Ololade, DISHA GARG, Vivian,Rionaldi Chandraseta, Lauren Roberts, Beat Schindler, Ruisiang, Nitin Tyagi, MBA, PMP, CISSP, Hannah Hottenstein,Tanya Leigh Rodgers, Anastasia Clinton, Maria Denisa Dascalu, Andrew Falastin, Manik Soni, Technality, Nancy Lovering, Elizabeth Won, Verbieann Hardy, Austin M. Nelson, David Andrew Wiebe, Ayaan Haque, Abdul Moiz, George Mountain, Junaid Jamshed, Ronak Pattani, Isabella Wu, Max Skipper Griffiths, John Orji, Shark, Edgar Davila,Graceygee, Manasi Prasad, Teisha LeShea, Dr. Art Eckstat, Terri Ward, Joey I. Jesse Pedersen, Allison Bonilla LCSW,AnneMarie McDonnell, Katie Boland, Rebekah Lorraine, Shark, Kush Gupta, Erin Hendriksen, Malik Bellamy, Jennifer Osborne, Walter Bowne, Amanda Schroeder, Pascale Bakos, Andrew K. Block, Avisikta Roy, Charlotte Fisher, J. S. Richards, Amy L. Bernstein, Andy Dumitrescu, Harold Finch, t. archmann, Stefi Festi, Cat Baklarz, Victoria Y., Ben Mitchell, Aritra Roy, Nabeel Ahmed, Purvee Chauhan, M. Skorna, Jade Revell, Mickey Markoff, Iris Boston, Quin Roussard, Doran Lamb, Katy-Rose, MSc, Dalal JH, Muhammadnoumankhan, Atit, T. P. Bloomfield, Anna K, Babajide Ojo, PhD, Kaylan Mah, Trista Ainsworth, PrivacyTutor, SS, Matt Wilbourn, Josh Slack, Younes Romero, Federica Cerina, Dayton Parks, Amber Carlson, Harold Finch, Mark Hake, Mo Adefope, J.E. Guzman, Ian Drummond, Mark Tulin, Bonnie Johnson, Marouane Bembli, Andrea Juillerat-Olvera, Leah, Sayani Sarkar, Aima Tariq

Welcome new writers joined SYNERGY: Rugare Maruzani, Previtha Dawn, Arup Roy, Bob Wuest, Sahil Patel, Shauna Christina, Nah’Shon Alexander, Cory,Maria Leonardi, Dan Lee, Aleksa Georg, Quiksilver For Sure, New MCU, Sarah Hussey, Roger Skibowski, Ilana Rabinowitz, René Junge, Harrison.P.K.Peters, Rose Bak, Willow Lovelight, Alexandria Rey, Micah Baldwin, Jim McAulay🍁, LiWithoutE 🍫, Emily Gray, Bahora Saitova, Nikhil Vemu, Emily Hargrove, Kimberly Garts Crum,Malcolm Pryce, Sarthak Nimje, DISHA GARG, Lauren Roberts, Beat Schindler, Nitin Tyagi, MBA, PMP, CISSP,Francine Fallara, Hannah Hottenstein, Tanya Leigh Rodgers, Jason, Anastasia Clinton, Audrey Malone, Maria Denisa Dascalu, Liz Porter, Andrew Falastin, Adebayo Adeniran, Holly Kellums, Nancy Lovering, Elizabeth Won, Verbieann Hardy, Austin M. Nelson, David Andrew Wiebe, George Mountain, Isabella Wu, Graceygee, Esthersanni, Manasi Prasad,Teisha LeShea, Dr. Art Eckstat, Joey I., Jesse Pedersen, Bryan Dijkhuizen, Allison Bonilla LCSW, Erin Hendriksen,Malik Bellamy, Jennifer Osborne, Amanda Schroeder, Pascale Bakos, Andrew K. Block, Charlotte Fisher, J. S. Richards,Amy L. Bernstein, Dayana Sabatin, Andy Dumitrescu, Annelise Lords, t. archmann, Stefi Festi, Cat Baklarz, Ben Mitchell, Deborah Weir, Purvee Chauhan, Jade Revell, Iris Boston, Quin Roussard, Doran Lamb, Atit, Shreya Bhardwaj,Katie Michaelson, Anna K, Babajide Ojo, PhD, Kaylan Mah, Trista Ainsworth, PrivacyTutor, Zeeshan Haibat, Younes Romero, Federica Cerina, Dayton Parks, Amber Carlson, J.E. Guzman, Ian Drummond, Mark Tulin, Bonnie Johnson,Marouane Bembli, Andrea Juillerat-Olvera, Linda Kowalchek, Leah, Aima Tariq, Olaf Vulture

Welcome new writers joined ILLUMINATION-Curated:

Bob Wuest, Bryan Dijkhuizen, Charlotte Fisher, Sheridan, Saarim Aslam, Louis Dennis, Sujona Chatterjee, Reo, Rebekah Lorraine, Charlotte Fisher, Wei Xiang, Nabeel Ahmed, Rose K. Charlotin, Debesh Choudhury,

Welcome new writers joined Technology Hits:

Bikash dulal, Ipoh Assassin, Harrison.P.K.Peters, Nitin Tyagi, MBA, PMP, CISSP, Abdul Moiz, Junaid Jamshed, Mark Hake,

How to take advantage of our publications

We provide you with the essential guides so you can produce joyfully. Our readers expect quality materials. Meeting this expectation is the critical success factor for you.

All ILLUMINATION related articles and writer resources are hosted in ILLUMINATION Blog.

The purpose of removing these resources is to give more space to stories of our writers. Details are in this story.

Please submit your best work for readers.

Your stories must be the type of content that you want to read.

Caption [copyright-free photos] with source links.

This is common concern. In fact it is one of the most time consuming and stressful situation for our editors. Editors are tired of leaving comments and wait for responses from writers who neglect captioning photos. All photos must be caption with source links. We recommend using copyright free photos e.g. stock photos from unsplash.com or pixaby.com. If you add your own photos please clearly explain the copyright status.

We don’t accept plagiarised content.

We only accept stories written by you. Medium does not accept plagiarism. It is an illegal act. Our publications have zero-tolerance for plagiarised materials. Our editors diligently monitor and detect plagiarism by using different methods and various tools.

Our position is detailed in this article.

Initially, please submit only one story a day.

Considering contributions from thousands of writers, it is not possible to cater to multiple submissions from each writer.

Our prolific and experienced writers can submit up to three drafts within 24 hours to ILLUMINATION and ILLUMINATION. Since they submit high-quality materials, we don’t have to spend too much time on these types of submissions.

Due to current editorial limitations by Medium, we created a new publication to load balance ILLUMINATION. If you write multiple stories, you can submit one to ILLUMINATION and the rest to ILLUMINATION’S MIRROR.

Until new writers improve their writing skills and gain acceptance by readers, we recommend them to submit only one story a day. This restriction is for writers who are not familiar with the fundamentals yet.

The good new is that we are now using short-form stories. We allow additional three short-form stories per publication. Details are in this story.

Please check and respond to your private messages.

Medium allows communication between publications and writers only via private messages. If your private messages were turned off, you would not receive a notification. Please check your story for * sign, which indicates a private message. This sign can usually be on the upper part of your story.

Editors may request you to fix an issue in your story. Please acknowledge and address the issue in a timely manner. We cannot hold stories for more than 24 hours in our queue. If no response is provided, we will return the story.

Platform rules and expectations of your audience.

We are working on a large and complex platform.

It will be useful to learn the rules of the platform and get to know your audience.

Please check the conduct guidelines in the attached article.

Publication Conduct Guidelines

Here is the simplified rules for new writers.

This story focuses on fundamentals and some advanced topics for writers.

Quality checklist

Please use this checklist before submitting your stories to our publications.

When you submit acceptable content, your stories can be published faster. You can reach out to your audience quicker and gain more readers.

Amplify your stories

Writers must take personal responsibility to create visibility. One way of increasing visibility and reading times of your stories is to amplify them meaningfully.

We created collaborative tools and platforms.

Collaboration is a crucial for Medium writers.

Please check these simple guides to get you started.

Amplify Your Medium Stories with Facebook Pages and Groups

How to Get Started with Quora and Amplify Your Medium Stories

How to Get Started with Pinterest and Amplify Your Medium Stories

Amplify Your Medium Stories with YouTube

Amplify Your Medium Stories with LinkedIn Groups

You can join ILLUMINATION LinkedIn group from this link.

Details for each item can be found in this story.

Grow your network on Goodreads

Collaborate on Goodreads. It is a large platform with 20 million members.

If you authored books, Goodreads can be an ideal place to create visibility.

Technology Hits

We have a new publication to extend our services and reach out broader audience. Writers have flexibility to share their stories among three publications to gain maximum visibility and readibility.

Here is the initial invitation by Dr Mehmet Yildiz -Founder

Featured stories on Technology Hits by Editor of Technology Hits

Weekly editorial review by Karen Madej

Reading list on Technology Hits

Value proposition for the publication articulated by senior editors

The one by Tree Langdon

By CR Mandler MAT

By Liam Ireland

How we create more visibility for your stories

We use various platforms and tools to amplify your stories.

Daily Digest

One way of sharing your stories with Medium readers is daily digest.

Here is a sample to our latest daily digest. This daily digest can also be useful for writers to explore the stories of other writers in our publication. We recommend you share daily digest in your social media tools.

For ILLUMINATION-Curated we create daily volumes. Here is one of the latest posts.

We keep a link to all volumes in this story.

Blogs

We blog the daily digests and also replicate all stories to our blog site using Medium RSS service.

Social Media

Editor tweet your stories after reviewing and publishing them.

Twitter

https://twitter.com/illum_official

Facebook

We have two Facebook pages and a Facebook group. We automatically post your stories. However, you can supplement with your posts. Instructions to participate are in this story.

https://readmedium.com/amplify-your-medium-stories-with-facebook-pages-and-groups-606fdb4f7c85

Quora

Quora is important for our writers. We share your stories but you can also share your stories in two Quora spaces. Details in this story: https://readmedium.com/how-to-get-started-with-quora-and-amplify-your-medium-stories-969f309b0967

LinkedIn

We automatically post your stories to our Linked page and groups. https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13914581/

Pinterest

Another creative distribution is using Pinterest. https://readmedium.com/how-to-get-started-with-pinterest-and-amplify-your-medium-stories-94435d586d51

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Useful References for Writers

The stories below can provide guidance on use of publication and interacting with others.

Process and Procedures for ILLUMINATION

A Practical Guide for Writers

About ILLUMINATION-Curated

References about ILLUMINATION-Curated can be accessed from this single story.

Writer bios from their pen

We recommend you submit a story about yourself.

You can find samples from this story.

Six Reasons Writers Need Bios

Interviews with writers

Invitation to ILLUMINATION YouTube Channel

Meet Top Writers on ILLUMINATION

Meet Editors of ILLUMINATION

Link Your Twitter Handle to Your Medium Account

How to earn good money on Medium

How to create viral stories on Medium

Can you make $10,000 on Medium in a month?

Writers Invited to Promote Their Publications

Publications Owned by Illumination Writers

Testimonials about ILLUMINATION

Collaboration with Other Writers

Then we have three virtual clubs for your engagement. These clubs are fun and run on our Slack Workspace. 6,005 Medium Writers are collaborating in our Slack group.

Here is essential information about our Slack Workspace

ILLUMINATION Fiction Club

ILLUMINATION Poetry Club

Technology Hits — The TSEE Club

Fiction and Poetry Bios of ILLUMINATION Writers

Meet our editors

Our editors work hard to help our writers succeed. They invest their precious time volunteering for smooth publishing of your stories. ILLUMINATION-Curated, ILLUMINATION, Dr Mehmet Yildiz, Tree Langdon, Brian E. Wish, PhD, Dr Ron Pol, Dr Michael Heng, Dr John Rose, Paul Myers MBA, Karen Madej, Joe Luca, Dipti Pande, Kevin Buddaeus, Kate Maxwell, Arthur G. Hernandez, Bill Abbate, Michael Patanella, Aurora Eliam, CMP, René Junge, Geetika Sethi, Ahmed Jamal, Britni Pepper, Selma, Earnest Painter, Dew Langrial, B. A. Cumberlidge. Lanu Pitan, Agnes Laurens, EP McKnight, MEd, CR Mandler MAT, The Maverick Files, Sumera Rizwan, Liam Ireland, Tony Young, Jr., Neha Sandhir S, Desiree Driesenaar, Stuart Englander, Ntathu Allen, Thewriteyard, Haimish Mead, Maria Rattray, Cristo Lopez, PhD, Dr. Preeti Singh, Holly Kellums, Kristina Segarra, Yohanan Gregorius, The Dozen, Audrey Malone,janny’s heart, Sabana Grande, Jennifer Friebely, Zen Chan, Aamir Kamal 🚀🚀🚀, John Cunningham, [arlie] PEYTON, Georgia Dimitrious, Kim Petersen, Josh Balerite Acol

You can find editor profiles in this story.

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