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The Truth About Medium for Working Writers
If you want to make money with your writing, you’re probably using Medium completely wrong.
If you got up and checked these things this morning on your Medium profile:
- Your Medium stats
- Your Medium Partner Program earnings
…then you are using Medium wrong.
And from someone who has earned six figures in the writing industry, I can help you. Some common misconceptions and misdirections about the platform are keeping writers in a content-producing loop.
Here’s the advice you need to break free and find your place as a serious writer. If you want to earn money with your writing in 2025 (and beyond) then start here. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Let’s go!
First, stop using Medium like a circus monkey. Let me explain.
💡 Medium.com Is a Business (But Not Your Business)
The first step to earning money from Medium.com is to stop thinking Medium is here to serve you. It is not. Medium is here to serve its own bottom lines:
➡️ Increase web traffic to the site — This is where you pumping out regular work comes in.