5 Lessons I Learned From My First $500 Medium Month

I made nearly $2000 in three months.

Alvin Ang
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I made my first $100 on Medium this past July.

The compound effect kicked in shortly afterwards — and boy did it kick in hard. I made almost $2000 between the months of September and November, and this, coupled with plenty of beer-fuelled late-night soul searching, prompted me to take the leap; as of a few weeks ago, I am officially a full-time writer. Here are my stats:

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I’m not writing this to show off — God knows plenty of writers make much more dough than I do. I’m writing this with the hope to inspire. My idea is that if a newbie Singaporean writer like me can make some neat money off Medium, then you can, too.

Here are 5 lessons I’ve learned from making my first $500 on Medium. If applied, they will help you make some real cash with your words.

Play By Medium’s Rules

Funnily enough, I’m breaking one of them right now — don’t write about Medium. Articles about Medium are automatically excluded from curation.

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