What I Learned from My Only Viral Medium Article with Over 25k Views

Some lessons may be surprising; others may sound familiar.

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Last year, I hit the jackpot on Medium.

I wrote this article because at the time, it was weighing on my mind. I wanted to throw in my two cents about the situation between Beatle Paul McCartney and the Rolling Stones.

Here’s what I wrote:

What’s Going On With Paul McCartney and The Rolling Stones?

I thought the article would do fairly well. It was published in The Riff, a musical publication here on Medium. I had written for them in the past with great success, but not as much success as this article.

Just look at my results:

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The articles scored over 27K views and 8.7K reads! I’m not

Tim Denning

or

Shannon Ashley

by any means, I felt like I was on top of the world. But with great success comes some downfalls along the way.