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How I Increased My Reads By 400 Percent
Dissecting my unbelievable stats between May and July 2021
Between May and July 2021, my readership increased by over 400 percent. I gained over 150 new followers and my Medium income increased by over 1000 percent. As a new writer, it still feels unbelievable.
Let’s explore what happened within that period.
Number of Stories
In May, I published 20 stories.
In June, I published 12 stories.
In July, I published 5 stories.
37 stories in three months.
Before then, I had only published 13 stories from December 2020 to April 2021.
Correct Use of Publications
Like a lot of writers new to Medium, I was new to the concept of publications. I was clueless about what stories to pitch to what publications and how best to reach their audience.
From May to July, I got into more publications. I studied their terms and submitted stories accordingly. With this, I drew reads and followers from as many publications as I got accepted to.
I will list the top three publications that got hundreds of eyes on my stories.
