ILLUMINATION Community

Onboarding New Writers

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

Dear new writers,

Welcome!

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

Thank you for joining our publications and welcome to our large writing and reading community on Medium. Our publications run on Medium and comply with rules and policies of Medium. All writers must follow the rules of Medium.

We introduced new policy for handling photos as it is the most common issue for new writers. Please review this policy and submit your stories accordingly. Governing copyright rules are critical for success of our writers.

We don’t accept plagiarized content or stories with copyrighted photos.

ILLUMINATION is a significant, unique, diverse, and inclusive publication covering almost all topics across several disciplines. 8,500 writers contribute to this publication.

ILLUMINATION is currently among the top 70 most followed publications on Medium, out of 15,440 publications.

79,340 Medium members follow this publication now. We completed our our 7th milestone recently, and about to reach our 8th milestone. ILLUMINATION-Curated is followed by 28,000+ readers.

A combination of our publications now serve 100,000+ readers on Medium.

You will receive an invitation from Dr Mehmet Yildiz to our Slack workspace shortly. It is optional to join Slack. But we don’t want you to miss this wonderful opportunity. It is a free networking and collaboration service to our contributing writers.

This virtual workspace is our primary communication and collaboration platform. We have around 6,500 members. You can learn about Slack in this story. You are welcome to join Slack group and start collaborating with other Medium writers.

For ILLUMINATION, you can write about many topics as long as your stories meet Medium rules and policies.

Medium currently support only 30 editors per publications. We have 66 editors however not all of them have access to ILLUMINATION due to the constraints of Medium. To cover our large workload, we created a mirror version of ILLUMINATION and allocated new editors to support the workload. You can submit your additional stories to this new publication.

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

We recommend submitting only one story to ILLUMINATION or ILLUMINATION-Curated per day. The rest of your stories can be submitted to ILLUMINATION’S MIRROR. We created the mirror version for our prolific writers. We provided you with access to both publications in case you want to submit more than a story a day.

Your contributions are important. The diversity and variety you bring delight our valued readers. Our discerning readers use ILLUMINATION and ILLUMINATION-Curated as their front page.

These two large publications are now followed by a large group of readers registered to Medium. We also have many readers from external sources.

We have established two new publications.

Technology Hits

The first one is Technology Hits for a specific audience interested in technology matters.

SYNERGY

We created SYNERGY for specific requirements of writers. The purpose of SYNERGY is to bring many Medium writers, editors, and bloggers who also publish in other platforms such as Vocal Media, News Break, Hub Pages, Patreon, Substack, and other freelancing platforms.

SYNERGY hosts stories related to writing, editing, blogging, and freelancing.

Details are in this story.

SYNERGY has outstanding contributors. Many articles have already been curated by Medium. The curation success rate for SYNERGY is very high.

Please enjoy some recent articles from SYNERGY.

Purpose of onboarding pack

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

Please check your account for the publications you applied. If you don’t see the publication in your Medium profile, please leave a comment on this post so that we can add your account again. You can also contact Dr Mehmet Yildiz on Slack.

Our goal is to help you succeed in Medium.

You joined a significant group of publications making a great impact on Medium. ILLUMINATION and its sister publications are growing rapidly and supporting 8,500+contributing writers .

We are happy to support different level of writers including aspiring, experienced, accomplished, and influential writers. All contributors play a significant role.

We aim to cross-pollinate all types of writers. They come from different professional backgrounds, skill levels, and writing goals. This unique combination of writers is an attractive to our readers because they enjoy a many stories covering multiple topics.

Our publications operate with an abundance mentality. Rather than competing with other publications, we see them as collaborators.

We don’t put any constraints on our contributing writers. As a contributor you are not exclusive to us. You can publish in other publications. We recommend you to create your own publications. We can help you get started. If you have a publication now, we can help you promote it.

Let’s meet new writers joining our publications today.

Welcome new writers joined ILLUMINATION and ILLUMINATON’S MIRROR:

Amina Afzaal, Mecnun, Dalibor Országh, Chris Mooney-Singh, Bandoro Gunarso, Celine Chong, Josh Chandler Morris, Pear Vee, akWilson, Sidra Abbas, Priya Tandon, Lionel de Nobrega, Lori A. Coleman, Mary Beth Hazeldine, Haley Stapleton, Thomas Ott, Johnny Brando, Arunn Thevapalan, TemplateToaster, Donnette Anglin, pst tomowo, Steven Acree Jr., Sasha kitty, Melanie Kis, Pia Oliver, L Vooris, The Orange Gildersleeve, Abby Kris, Sevde Erciyes, Ija Mei, Joel Nantais, Cecilia Padilla, Priyanka Rana, Sameen, Christopher Erle, Alexander Ghaznawi, M. Nuri Kara, Rafay Gilani, Komal Jagdale, Ritika Sharma, Portakalkoku, Timothy A. Wilson, Avana Lilly, Sumesh P, Ishita Tyagi, Miles Brown, Manas Bhardwaj, K.L. Rivera, Kimberly B, Life Expert, Regi Brittain, Hooriah Riaz, Suba Pandian, Liam Sturt, Vytas Kuklys, Eugene Terekhin, Sanjay, Paul Coogan, Noah Nelson, William Truelove, Suraj Verma, Sophie Jones, Alak Abdulsatar Abduljabar, Charles Laramie, Meg Carney, Ziggs, j.m.n.santos, Alexander Yu, Khalid Birdsong, Nessa Sparks, Derek Stone Tomb, Mohit Chawla, Pawening Esti,

Welcome new writers joined SYNERGY:

Michele Thill, Dalibor Országh, Chris Mooney-Singh, Bandoro Gunarso, Josh Chandler Morris, akWilson, Orla Kenny, YJ Jun, Priya Tandon, Lionel de Nobrega, Lori A. Coleman, Mary Beth Hazeldine, Haley Stapleton, Thomas Ott, Johnny Brando, Kara Summers, Donnette Anglin, Bageshree Kulkarni, pst tomowo, Steven Acree Jr., Sasha kitty, Melanie Kis, Pia Oliver, L Vooris, The Orange Gildersleeve, Abby Kris, Alexander Bird, Ija Mei, Joel Nantais, Cecilia Padilla, Priyanka Rana, Sameen, Jaivir Hans, Christopher Erle, Alexander Ghaznawi, M. Nuri Kara, Rafay Gilani, Ritika Sharma, Portakalkoku, Timothy A. Wilson, Avana Lilly, Sumesh P, Ishita Tyagi, Miles Brown, Manas Bhardwaj, K.L. Rivera, Kimberly B, Life Expert, Regi Brittain, Suba Pandian, Liam Sturt, Sanjay, Paul Coogan, William Truelove, Sophie Jones, Charles Laramie, Meg Carney, Alexander Yu, Khalid Birdsong, Nessa Sparks, Pawening Esti, Amina Afzaal,

Welcome new writers joined ILLUMINATION-Curated:

Kara Summers, Chuck Petch, Alexander Bird, Rosy Gee, Austen Wilde,

Welcome new writers joined Technology Hits:

Arunn Thevapalan, Liam Sturt, Adelgundo A. Agaloos Jr.,

How to benefit from our publications

Our readers expect quality content. We strive to meet readers’ expectation.

You can find ILLUMINATION related articles and writer resources on ILLUMINATION Blog publication. Please bookmark and follow this new publication designed to address your publishing needs.

We redesigned ILLUMINATION front page. We removed all publication related articles and hosted them in a blog publication. Our goal is to give more space to stories of our writers. Details of update can be found in this post.

Recommendations

1 — Please submit your best work for readers.

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

2 — 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 pixabay.com. If you add your own photos please clearly explain the copyright status.

Please review our new policy. This policy is now implemented.

3 — Our publications don’t accept plagiarised content.

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

Our position is detailed in this article.

4 — As a new writer, please submit one or two stories 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-Curated. Since they submit high-quality materials, we don’t have to spend too much time on these types of submissions. We are grateful.

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.

We are accepting short-form stories. We allow additional three short-form stories per publication. Details are in this story.

5 — 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.

6 — 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.

7 — Review Publication Conduct Guidelines before submitting your story

Here is the simplified rules for new writers.

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

8 — Review the 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.

9 — 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.

Introduction to new publications

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

Featured stories on Technology Hits by Editor of Technology Hits

SYNERGY

SYNERGY a strategic initiative to empower writers and create synergy with collaboration. It has the same values as ILLUMINATION. But it is a specialized publication.

ILLUMINATION is a broad publication covering hundreds of topics, whereas SYNERGY is dedicated to freelance writers, editors, and bloggers.

SYNERGY is powered by ILLUMINATION and ILLUMINATION-Curated.

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.

Recently featured stories

For ILLUMINATION-Curated we create daily volumes.

Here is one of the latest post.

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.

We have a new private Face Book group just for our writers. It is called SYNERGY. This will be our main external social network.

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

Flipboard

We automatically post your stories to Flipboard magazines.

We have just started replicating stories of SYNERGY.

https://flipboard.com/@mehmetyildi2020/synergy-9pngasqsy

Useful Resources for Writers

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

Please start with out blog where we keep all our resources.

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?

How To Make Six-Figure Income On Medium

Writers Invited to Promote Their Publications

Publications Owned by Illumination Writers

Testimonials about ILLUMINATION

Storybooks and publication indexing

Collaboration with Other Writers

Then we have three virtual clubs for your engagement. These clubs are fun and run on our Slack Workspace. 6,500 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, Terry L. Cooper, Georgia Dimitrious, Kim Petersen, Josh Balerite Acol, Noorain Hassan, BMS, Mallika Vasak, Ikram Al Mouaswas, Linda Kowalchek, George Blue Kelly, Scott Hughey (TheWriteScott).

You can find editor profiles in this story.

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