March 22, 2018…
After 30 (ish) long, tiresome days of consecutive writing on Medium, I had finally finished my 30 day challenge.
How I Went From 0 to 2000 Views in 20 Days… Finally, after a month of grinding I could finally title a story focusing on me and how great I’ve become.
But then it’ll all dwindled down into nothingness.
I stopped posting daily and subsequently my numbers began to fall.
Now, it’s obvious as to why this happened — less stories to read = less reads overall. It’s simple math.
But then, something incredible happened.
My next four stories would become my four biggest stories ever.
How did this happen?
I shifted from quantity to quality
While pumping stories out every day at the start was a great way to improve my writing style and to make my presence known on the platform, I often had to compromise quality to reach my daily goals.
I was publishing half baked ideas, which I barely covered in 100–200 words.
I was honing my craft for long term success at the expense of short term gain.
At the same time, I was flexing my execution muscle while typing up a whole story in little over 15 minutes…
As a result, I worked my way through 3–5 ideas a day picking only the ones I could cover in 15 minutes or so, leaving me with 100s of draft stories just waiting to be perfected.
I have a goldmine full of content!
From that 30 day period, I inadvertently build myself a cluster of killer blog ideas for future me to relish in.
I also made a lot of friends.
It takes 21 days to properly form a habit, so I guess posting every day made it easy for some people to grow accustomed to my presence and even to follow up on me 6 months later.
It’s flattering, really. Looking back on old stories and realising that the same people are still reading makes my heart warm. I really did make a difference.
To think, the story that would take me to 200 followers had already been written AND published when I only had 50 followers, all I had to do was wait.
The story that would later take me to 400 followers had already been drafted and mostly written out when I had 140 followers, all I had to do was not give up.
Heck, the story to take me to 1000 followers could be this one, all I have to do is post it and see.
Posting every day taught me how to win
Despite my struggles in the beginning and the constant battle with my emotions, I was able to persevere till now, where I’ve reached more people than I ever would have imagined.
Where I’m writing stories that old me could only dream of writing.
I learned how to write amazing posts in 30 minutes and how to write consistently at a high level.
I learned that titles and cover photos are important too and that engagement is a heck of a lot more important than views alone.
I’ve learned that Medium is the place to be, and here I am! Killing it!
That’s all from today folks! Be sure to check out my storytelling masterclass on YouTube here! And support a brother on Patreon if you want early access to some of my stories and YouTube Videos :)
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