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How a Slow Burner Article Can Become a Great Earner On Medium

Every writer wants to go “Viral” or get “Boosted” but can “Slow Burners” maximize your earnings, expand your reach, and grow your audience on Medium?

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Yes, nearly every writer on the Medium platform wants to “Go viral” or “get boosted.”

I get it. A viral article on Medium could have 8,000 views with 5,000 member reads. Those same views would only earn a Youtube creator a few dollars while a Medium author could earn nearly a thousand dollars.

And to get “Boosted” is a major reward for exceptional human-written content.

According to stats from Medium’s Curation Team, and Medium’s CEO Tony Stubblebine,

“Boosted stories have a 95% likelihood of getting 500 additional views over the course of two weeks.

I’ve had stories “Boosted” and I can say that it makes a tremendous difference in a story’s reach. Having access to a wider audience not only “boosts” your confidence a bit as a writer on those days when you’re thinking “What am I doing,” but it also boosts your earnings.

And many Publication owners and community curators who are Boost Nominators work diligently to help writers increase their chances of getting “Boosted.”