Switching writing models to earn money as a writer

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    Marisa Writesposted 5 years ago

    For many HubPages writers, the problem will be that Medium requires a completely different kind of article.   

    ....which will also be an advantage for versatile writers, who can choose to write one style of article for Medium and another for HubPages.

    Opinion pieces, politics, news commentary, self-discovery and poetry have never done well on HubPages and probably never will.  They seem to do well on Medium (Medium even has its own poetry magazine, I believe).

    Substack is not an article-writing site.  It's a place where you can create your own blog/website with an attached newsletter.  For Hubbers who have a lot of Hubs on one specialist subject, it would be worth considering.  It would be pointless for anyone who is not a specialist.

    Thanks for making Hubbers aware of these options.

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      TessSchlesingerposted 5 years agoin reply to this

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        Marisa Writesposted 5 years agoin reply to this

        An article-writing site is a site where many writers contribute to one website. All of the HubPages niche sites, and the main site, are article-writing sites.

        On an article-writing site, you are like a staff writer for a magazine.  For administrative convenience, you can see all your articles grouped together on your own account, but Google doesn't see it that way.  It just sees Hobbylark as one website to which all its articles belong, Letterpile as one website to which all its articles belong, and so on.

        Substack is a blogging platform which allows each individual writer to create their OWN individual niche site - just the same as if you started a blog on Wordpress or Blogger.  The difference is that Substack offers several enhancements, allowing you to run a newsletter and a subscription service associated with your site.

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          TessSchlesingerposted 5 years agoin reply to this

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            Marisa Writesposted 5 years agoin reply to this

            So what precisely were you curious about in my last remark?  I don't quite understand.

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    theraggededgeposted 5 years ago

    I was just wondering how you were getting on, Tess. Have you got a link to your Medium profile? I am intrigued but don't know if my sort of thing would work there.

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        theraggededgeposted 5 years agoin reply to this

        You have a great collection of articles already, and in wide-ranging topics. I am tempted big_smile

        I'm always a bit nervous of a new platform. I was a member of HubPages for two years before I plucked up the courage to write here. The Apprentice program gave me a lovely kickstart, for which I'll be ever grateful.

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          lobobrandonposted 5 years agoin reply to this

          Oh, you were in the apprentice program! Wasn't it just for new hubbers? They should definitely begin that again.

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          TessSchlesingerposted 5 years agoin reply to this

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            theraggededgeposted 5 years agoin reply to this

            I've done it yikes https://medium.com/@troi_53705

            I also took a paid membership. Is that a good thing?

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              lobobrandonposted 5 years agoin reply to this

              Congrats smile Nice bio.

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              TessSchlesingerposted 5 years agoin reply to this

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                TessSchlesingerposted 5 years agoin reply to this

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                  Marisa Writesposted 5 years agoin reply to this

                  I saw that, but I still think the "how to" style articles that work (or used to work...) on HubPages would be totally unsuitable for Medium, even if one started one's own magazine.  Whether there is anywhere else they would work is another question.

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                    TessSchlesingerposted 5 years agoin reply to this

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                theraggededgeposted 5 years agoin reply to this

                I'm not on FB but I'll turn on my contact button on my HubPages profile. Is email okay with you?

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              TessSchlesingerposted 5 years agoin reply to this

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                theraggededgeposted 5 years agoin reply to this

                Thanks, contact button on. https://hubpages.com/@theraggededge

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            viryaboposted 5 years agoin reply to this

            You just summed up all the thoughts swirling around in my head in the past few weeks.

            Some of the reasons why I started publishing on KDP. Expanding on some of my articles and publishing them as eBooks.

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      bhattucposted 5 years ago

      Medium is not earning from ads but from the fees from members which is $5 per month  at present.
      They distribute some money to writers from this. So model is different there.
      Anyway, a good writer can earn everywhere.

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      lobobrandonposted 5 years ago

      I see your point and I have to agree with Marisa. This is something we already spoke about too.

      But all things aside, I still cannot read your articles, not until the start of the next month. The topics you wrote about would never really do well on HP, that's for sure. But, my question to you is this:

      You are comparing your first months on HP to Medium. Other than the fact that you have more experience with writing for an internet crowd today, did you publish as many hubs in the start? I ask this because you've got plenty on Medium, half the amount that you've got here.

      I love your author bio on Medium btw. big_smile

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          lobobrandonposted 5 years agoin reply to this

          Oh yes, I remember now that you had another account. That makes sense. But, I am not at all surprised that you do well on Medium. Good luck and also good news on your books.

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      lobobrandonposted 5 years ago

      Interesting.

     
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