The 3 Things I Wish I Knew Before Publishing My First Medium Post

Raúl Ferrer
The Startup
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4 min readDec 3, 2024

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Only when I clicked “publish“ on my first Medium article did I experience a tidal wave of exhilaration accompanied by a tsunami of anxiety. “Is this it? Will anyone even read it?” I wondered.

But the real shocker came when the post sat there, barely moving, untouched by the thousands I had hoped would see it.

Medium isn’t just another blogging platform. It’s the engine room which could take you all the way to the top and, if you are clever, it’ll take the innovation at a speed you ever only dreamed of.

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I’m going to reveal the 3 things I would have liked to know before I launched a medium post first. Just trust me, theses will save you time, stress, and lots of heartache. If you want to achieve any real sense of having a hit on Medium, you really need to know this.

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Raúl Ferrer
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