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Big News: The Riff Is in the Boost Program!
I couldn’t believe my eyes when I got an email invitation from Medium HQ inviting me to join their boost program.
For those who don’t know, Medium’s boost program is a small team of curators like me who do the “human” part of the algorithm. I submit some articles a week, Medium says whether they will boost them or not. “Boosting” them means using their algorithm to get your article viewed by hundreds of more people had they not been boosted.
So if you are writing for The Riff and are interested in getting your stories viewed by many more, read along.
As a booster, I can’t just recommend Medium any story
I have a contract with Medium and must stay obliged to it. English for, I have to follow their guidelines and can’t submit poor work.
The best way to follow their guidelines is to follow what Kevin Alexander wrote yesterday in the updated editorial guidelines. A few I’d like to emphasize, along with some of my own advice from my time so far in the boost program, go as follows…
- No more tag bombing. Medium constantly receives complaints about this and they will not let me submit articles for boost if you are tag bombing people. I’m…
