The 7 Tags I Used That Made Me $70.15 on Medium This Week

Summary

A writer on Medium shares insights on how they earned $70.15 by strategically using seven tags on their top-performing articles, emphasizing the importance of the Medium Partner Program, writing tips, and entrepreneurship, among others.

Abstract

The author of the Medium article reflects on their recent success, detailing the performance of their four most-viewed stories. They attribute their earnings of $70.15 to the effective use of specific tags such as "Medium Partner Program," "Writing tips," and "Entrepreneurship." The article includes an analysis of the growth trajectory of each story, noting that the best performance typically occurred within four days of publication. The author also discusses the impact of publishing frequency, the use of friend links, and audience size relative to the number of followers at the time of publication. Additionally, the writer provides a list of their best-performing stories for readers to study and offers a free email course to help others maximize their growth on the platform.

Opinions

The author believes that certain tags, such as "Medium Partner Program" and "Writing tips," contribute significantly to the success of their articles.
They suggest that publishing consistently can lead to better overall performance and growth on Medium.
The use of friend links is seen as beneficial, with 25 uses across the four top stories.
The author acknowledges that their data pool is not large enough to draw definitive conclusions but offers their findings as a benchmark for new accounts.
They advocate for competition research, providing a curated list of their best stories as examples for others to learn from.
The author values transparency, sharing both their most successful and least successful stories to give a full picture of their experience on Medium.

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Published on a Friday at 8:00 EST

Day 1: 10 views

Day 2: 11 views

Peaked on day 7: 24 views

With this data, there are a few more things to note.

I have been publishing every day for two weeks. I currently have 18 stories. I wouldn’t say this data pool is big enough to make any conclusions about the best day or time to publish.

3/4 times, my articles had their best day within 4 days. Even after their peak, they still get decent views.

I put a friend link on all my stories. In these 4 stories, those links were used 25 times. How neat!

Just for transparency’s sake, these are my 4 worst performing stories:

All of these stories came from my first week on Medium. It makes sense they haven’t gotten much traction. I’ll leave it at that since my growth is a factor here.

Stories published when I had 10 followers had one-tenth the potential audience as stories I published at 100.

For now, I’d say my data pool is still too small to make any definitive conclusions. However, I know many of you are new accounts. I hope this look at my performance gives you a benchmark for your own.

Since I preach competition research, I’ve made a list of my best 4 stories for you to study:

I hope you find something useful!

Meta Medium

The 7 Tags I Used That Made Me $70.15 on Medium This Week

An analysis of my 4 best-performing stories.

Tags Used:

Other Notes:

I Got 68 Followers in 2 Weeks on Medium

When’s The Best Day to Publish on Medium? (An Experiment)

I Found 15 Tags With Insanely Low Competition

How to (Ethically) Steal From the Best Writers You Already Love

My Best Performers

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