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How I Make $5,000 A Month Just By Following People

And how you can do that as well

Those are the visual representation of money earned. Everything is wireless these days so the picture here is just a reminder of what the actual notes look like. Photo by Alexander Mils on Unsplash

Actually, $4,950 is how much I made the last month on Medium, thanks to their generous Partnership Program. I will now tell you my story, a story of great and ridiculously simple success at a very young age.

A follower walks into a bar

So recently I was in a pub with my friends, drinking beer. I didn’t drink because I was driving a car.

We were talking about some hobbies we have. So I mentioned writing for Medium and how I want to earn a passive income from that. My friends were all ears and asked a lot of different questions. I didn’t have a partnership program on my private profile (this one) back then but I knew a thing or two about the theory of monetization because I have read a ton of articles and guides on how to make money.

Sometimes I think I could write articles instead. But back to the topic.

I mentioned I didn’t have enough followers to apply. So one of my friends suggested making a virtual account and following myself. That was so obscure and obvious cheat that I laughed.

I explained why it doesn't work, since I would have “dead” followers that I would have to log into to view my own…