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mber that mostly create a little bump in the system and then fade away.In that time I’ve published 272 articles, or a little more than 1/week, and have made a shade over $1,000 — most of which came from a single article about my Apple Watch.When I consider what this milestone will mean, it’s not the number that’s particularly important.It’s how I got here.By and large, I don’t engage in growth hacking, follow-for-follow, paid engagements, or anything else like that. Not only is it against Medium policies, but it’s also unethical and against the spirit in which Medium operates.Because of this, my growth has been slow — 4 years to reach 1,000 followers is a long time. I’d love to be one of those super successful people with five or six figure follower counts, but that’s not likely — especially not anytime soon!But each and every one of my followers is organic.Not in the sense that they’re human and not AI, but in the sense that I wrote somethin

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g that resonated so much with them that they wanted to hear more from me.Do you know how much that means to me as a writer, that you want to hear more about the things I write about?That’s why I do this.The partner program might net me a cup of coffee every month. Some months its a small drip coffee, others it’s a large latte, but it’s rarely ever been more than a cup of coffee.But the fact that people want to hear more from me? A guy who just writes what he thinks, about things he might know something about?That’s pretty cool…and the idea that something i wrote may have made someone think about a topic in a new way?Well that’s pretty cool too.But the fact that this middle aged white man wrote something that made almost 1,000 people say “I want to read more from him”?That’s what it’s about.That’s why I write.That’s why 1,000 followers means a lot…when I finally get there.</article></body>

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Reaching a Millennial of Followers

Why I’m not worried about my growth

Sometime this year, I will finally reach the magical number of 1,000 followers here on Medium.

No, this isn’t some magical number or mark of success to me, it’s mostly a nice round number that looks kinda cool! Assuming that my growth remains relatively consistent, I’ll likely hit this number in the fall or early winter.

I started writing here almost exactly 4 years ago and I’ve had reasonable success with a small number of articles that got fantastic engagement, a few that have sustained interest over time, and a large number that mostly create a little bump in the system and then fade away.

In that time I’ve published 272 articles, or a little more than 1/week, and have made a shade over $1,000 — most of which came from a single article about my Apple Watch.

When I consider what this milestone will mean, it’s not the number that’s particularly important.

It’s how I got here.

By and large, I don’t engage in growth hacking, follow-for-follow, paid engagements, or anything else like that. Not only is it against Medium policies, but it’s also unethical and against the spirit in which Medium operates.

Because of this, my growth has been slow — 4 years to reach 1,000 followers is a long time. I’d love to be one of those super successful people with five or six figure follower counts, but that’s not likely — especially not anytime soon!

But each and every one of my followers is organic.

Not in the sense that they’re human and not AI, but in the sense that I wrote something that resonated so much with them that they wanted to hear more from me.

Do you know how much that means to me as a writer, that you want to hear more about the things I write about?

That’s why I do this.

The partner program might net me a cup of coffee every month. Some months its a small drip coffee, others it’s a large latte, but it’s rarely ever been more than a cup of coffee.

But the fact that people want to hear more from me? A guy who just writes what he thinks, about things he might know something about?

That’s pretty cool…and the idea that something i wrote may have made someone think about a topic in a new way?

Well that’s pretty cool too.

But the fact that this middle aged white man wrote something that made almost 1,000 people say “I want to read more from him”?

That’s what it’s about.

That’s why I write.

That’s why 1,000 followers means a lot…when I finally get there.