Anatomy of a $100 Medium Article

Use this formula if you want to consistently create $100 articles on Medium

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The number one thing to keep in mind about being successful on Medium.com is that they prefer personal stories. Storytelling is an art that must be mastered in order to be truly successful on this platform.

A good headline is the next skill that must be mastered. If you don’t take the time to create an intriguing headline to grab the reader’s attention, you are doomed from the start. Here’s some ideas to get you started:

• Use numbers
• Use power words like “Should, You, Expert, Instead, Million/Billion”
• Use cause and effect like “I did this…and this happened,” or “Can’t do this? Do this instead.”

Create a subtitle. Try to summarize the article in a single sentence.

Select an eye-catching image. Try to capture the essence of the headline using a picture.

Move seamlessly into your introduction. Answer some questions. What is the story about? Why should your readers care?

In the first paragraph, don’t give away the ending just yet. Create the tease. Promise to get to the answer to a tantalizing question.