The Story of 130k Followers and $26k In A Year

My $1k/month Medium journey in a nutshell.

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The first glimpse I got at the earning potential of online writing was this blogging platform called Medium.

My monthly salary in May 2020 was about $450.

In one month of inspired writing on the platform, I made $177.

That’s not a life-changing amount, but it was almost a third of my monthly salary, that too by writing 10 articles.

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My mind was blown.

I knew that if I wrote more and better stories on Medium, my earnings could skyrocket.

What I did next changed the course of my life.

• I did multiple deep dives on successful Medium writers.
• I took note of the best bits of their strategy and applied them to my writing.
• For the next 3 months, I published 1 article every day, then stuck to publishing at least 15 articles each month.
• By April 2021, I was comfortably making $1k+ every month on Medium alone.