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13 Lessons From a $1000+ Medium Story
#2. This Medium thing works.
It’s March 2020, my fourth Medium Partnership Program month, and I’ve already crossed the $1000 per month threshold. Woohoo!
It happened largely due to one successful article that was actually published beginning of February.
I know what you’re thinking. I want to write one of those too (or 100 of those). Well, this is not that kind of article, but there are a few valuable lessons I want to share, so let’s get cracking.
1. You don’t need a magic formula.
Maybe some of the pros have figured out how to write viral hits on purpose. I haven’t. I couldn’t have told you that this particular story would’ve made me so much money if you were to put a gun on my head.
Some of you may look at this and think “How am I supposed to replicate these results if you’re not going to give me the formula?” That’s not how I see it. I see the positive side which is, even if there is some mysterious formula (and there isn’t), we don’t need it. We can still write hit stories just because we’re devoted to writing, and we’re getting better and…