I am fairly new to Medium, but working to be successful on that site. I appreciate your advice, and Misbah has helped me too. The problem is some of those topics are not what I ever write about. I guess I will figure it out.
Thank you so much , i did write a few articles on Medium , but stopped 2 years ago. At least now i can revamp with the information you have given us.
Bless you and all the best with your series and book.
Thank you very much for all of your suggestions and best wishes, Tess. My stats as well as the earnings have improved in the last three to four days after I started my own publication and became a member. I took two of my articles out of the publication 'illumination.' I'm not sure whether that was the right decision, but I did it, and I also changed the titles of a couple of pieces to test if such modifications had any effect on obtaining traction. If I'm not mistaken, the doctor you mentioned is the owner of ‘illumination’ ?
The second thing that worries me is that I write about a wide range of topics, including psychology, spirituality, mindfulness, recipes, personal essays, poetry, and whatever else interests me. I currently have one publication, Misbah Sheikh's Lifestyle, and I'm not sure if poetry and personal essays are appropriate for a lifestyle publication. Any suggestions?
I will undoubtedly find and read your story 'how to write a kick-ass article,' and I will try my best to obey. Lol!
Best wishes for the future!
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I'm a newbie on Medium, but have been on HubPages for almost 12 years. Your first suggestion is to "Open your own publication." I have found the Medium guidelines for that, but I'm confused about "content." Can I post articles written on Medium in my publication, or must it be different (new) content?
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But an existing article can be transferred.
Once you have started your publication (and I'm not sure of the value of doing so unless you are well-known) you can click on your own story/article, then on the three dots and then on Add to publication. You should see yours listed.
You don't have to unpublish and republish.
I don't understand the benefits of choosing not to earn and the paywall.
Can you clarify what you mean by this. Do you mean publishing in more than one publication?
"What I also did was look at pieces that I thought deserved a better readership, did a copy/paste onto the new publication, deleted the old article, waited a few days, then republished them in my new publication.
You are not allowed to republish an old piece on Medium. You can, however, delete, and then republish a few days later (obviously not in someone else's publication"
What's the difference between copying and pasting old articles into a new publication and republishing? Medium have told me that it's ok to delete a story and republish it at a later date (But there must only be one instance of the story). This is an excerpt I wrote on Medium about the subject:
Let's talk about point number two, just so I understand.
Are you saying you could write an article like "10 Best Big Screen TVs of 2022", not care about being curated or even followers for that matter, forgo the paywall and plop in your own Amazon links instead, and Medium is cool with that?
That seems contrary to their mission statement.
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Reading the "Our story" section, it seems like their intent is to stay away from sales-oriented blogging and push for more editorial and story-focused writing.
I think that you are right that Medium articles seem to rank really well. A big part of the struggle of converting affiliate sales is getting the traffic. Obviously, links need to be relevant and useful to the reader, and must be disclosed as per FTC guidelines. But if Medium is okay with that, that opens up some interesting opportunities.
Hi! I am not on Medium but is it right that we can post a same article on both platforms, medium and hubpages? Or we can?
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I published articles on VM that were already published on Medium. I've seen a lot of people say they have because Medium is essentially a 'closed' platform when it comes to earnings, but Vocal isn't.
If you republish HubPages articles on Medium, remember to use the canonical link, which tells search engines to ignore the Medium URL and treat HP as the original. You'll find it in Advanced Settings.
All articles on HP have to be original, i.e. first publication. Later, you can repost them where you like. You'll get a copyright warning on the hub, but you can ignore it.
Good info. I gave up on Vocal and deleted my account. Their approval process is way too long and I didn't have the enthusiasm to 'work' Vocal in the same way as Medium. Ko-fi felt a bit, I don't know, 'beggy'.
HubPages is still doing okay for me. My earnings are pretty good. Not as good as before, but I haven't written anything in a while.
Medium... well, it was going great and at the same level as HP, but lately... ugh. Too much competition, as I think you mentioned before. It's not difficult to make it past the $100 mark, but it seems to be hard getting much more than that.
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My articles are getting distributed I'd say 2/3. The shorter pieces, not so much. But I like to have short ones because... people and their attention spans
I was not that familiar with Patreon. Did you need number of fans to get started there or can you just build it as you go?
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Someday, somehow I should give Medium a try. It has a more positive aspect. Thank you, Tessa, for selling us more of Medium, after testing the ropes. You're a good leader.
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I understand you can also schedule articles on Medium.
Does this mean you can write many articles at once and schedule them to be distributed on different dates throughout the month or year?
I think that is an important feature.
Yes, someone discovered you can schedule them up to 2030.
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When you press Publish, there is a box that says, 'Schedule for later'... or something like that.
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