Anyone wants to connect over Medium?
Yes, becoming religious with the act of reciprocating can be beneficial, but do you believe that everyone who started following you or who you follow on Medium will remain your true readers after a while? No, I believe. As all of your income from medium comes from direct sources. I think even 100 followers wouldn't be much help unless you do something to become very popular there, and I'm not sure what that thing could be.
Thank you so much for sharing this information, Tess. Appreciated!
I see. I doubt I'd ever be so fortunate, but I'm super happy for you. Thank you for sharing all of this helpful information with me, Tess. I truly appreciate it very much.
Best wishes and Blessings!!
What a lovely coincidence. Actually, no the 2 -3 of 14 followers are HP fellow authors who also follow me on Medium. I'm following them as well. By the way, the number has now changed to 15. Wink!
Best wishes!!Sure, Vidya. Done!
Lots of Love & Blessings as always!!
I just wanted to win so's I could meet Natalie Portman!
You can find the links to all of my profiles by clicking the home icon on my HP profile. It's not about country. I am in Spain.
I can't find Rahul either. I'll find you now.
Edit: Following! Thanks.
Got it, thanks, Misbah. Followed back!
I don't particularly enjoy using social media platforms. I have Twitter and probably check it once a week. Let's see if anyone else on this forum can join you in the Slack channel. To be honest, I am a very disorganized person when it comes to punctuality. We have time difference, plus I suffer from insomnia. At times, even I am unsure of my online schedule. I don't like to conceal my faults, therefore I am being straightforward and honest. I hope you don't mind.
But I'll look into the slack app, and if it piques my interest, I'll let you know on this forum.
HP articles can be reposted to Medium without being flagged as duplicate content by setting a canonical link on the Medium post. It is to keep the Medium post from being indexed by Google, Bing, and other search engines. You can change the titles, update the text if you want to. You just have to add the canonical link in the advanced settings option before publishing your story.
You are flying. Lol! I hope all or at least half of your followers are also good and sincere readers. Can you look at the stats and see if they are also reading your stories, or what the ratio of views and followers is, that will give you a rough idea of how many people actually read.
As Tess mentioned above
"You need about 3000 followers to get about 300 readers. Three hundred readers reading regularly with 8 minute articles should do it."
Sending you Best wishes!!That is very good - excellent in fact. A good read ratio is between 30% and 50%. One really good thing to do right from the beginning is to open your own publication because it will tell you how many hours people read each day.
I have six different magazines. Everything I write goes into a magazine. The magazine tells you the number of hours read each day. If you just publish to your stream, or you publish to someone else's magazine, you don't get this information. Also, if you publish to your own magazine, you are more likely to get your work distributed, plus things happen faster.
I'm not sure, but there are a lot of Indian and Pakistani writers on Medium. Stripe is not currently supported in both countries. So, if they're still writing and earning money on Medium, there must be a way out.
Best wishes!
Yes, I've published some of my old HP articles there; I'm just experimenting with the site to see how responsive it is. I don't think it's as dry as I always think it is. As they say, "live and learn."
Best regards!!
Finally, I have 100 followers on Medium!!!
Yay! Congratulations! Unlike me, you might actually start seeing money rolling in!
Wishing you the best of luck.
Just a humble suggestion; try to be more evocative and elaborate with your headings and subtitles
So now I have 2k Followers
It's a lovely glitch. I hope it stays forever. Lol!Thank you so much for the tip, Tess. Yes, I was using the username 'Misbah786' at first, but I later changed it to my real name, Misbah Sheikh. How can I change the name in the URL now? Is there anything I can change in the settings?
Edit: Thank you very much for your suggestions. I'm guessing you edited your comment afterwards, or maybe I didn't read it all the way through before.
I haven't spent much time on Medium, and the pieces I have published there are my old HP hubs. I understand that I would need to invest more time and energy on Medium to make it work, and nobody can get a lot of readers in 5-6 days. I hope this makes sense.
As of today, I have 155 views and 81 readings in the last 7 days. I don't think it's that bad, but I need to put in more effort; it takes time to grow
Best wishes and Blessings!Tess, thank you again for your help. I've just discovered that I can modify the URL. But the problem is that there is already a member on Medium with my name, therefore I can't use my name in the URL. But, I did something: I changed my username from misbah786 to misbahsheikhh (with double h). Maybe the medium search will be able to find my profile now.
I'll do more research on publications and magazines. I've been extremely busy recently. I'm hoping to find some time to manage my Medium profile. I sincerely appreciate your kindness. Take care and stay blessed.
Oh. This post is still alive. Let's keep it that way
Anyone who wants to join MPP but is unable to do so because Stripe does not support your country, I believe, can do so by opening an online bank account with 'Wise,' and if any of your relatives or friends live abroad, you can use their address with their permission, and it'll be all set.
So, with 12 metered stories in 23 days, this is my first earnings on Medium.
I know it appears to be a little funny, but at least better than nothing and a source of encouragement. Anyone wants to share their experience?I see. Thank you for sharing that, Paul. As for me, I only have 288 followers on Medium. I believe half of them are not members of the medium partner program.
According to my stats, I have 460 reads and some 726 views. But the pay isn't that great. Maybe because the readers aren't the paying members
I used to be in the partner program but got kicked out because I didn't have enough followers. Now I'm over the 100 follower limit and I guess I can reapply.
I made a few coins before even though I wasn't taking it seriously. I am still trying to figure out how to be active over there and what kinds of articles to write.
I am finding, lately anyway, that Medium gives me a brain break from all of the frustrating happenings on HubPages. I can write little articles about whatever I want, and actually enjoy writing again for a change. But I don't think that is a good long-term plan.
For anyone posting HP articles with the canonical tag, how has that gone? I guess I could always give my HP articles a second life over there, but I'd want to be sure not to hurt the original in search.Hi, Eric. I think it's a nice idea to reapply for the partner program.
I've posted some of my HP articles on medium. Yes, some of them appears in search results as well. It's not good, I think.
I'm thinking about removing them from Medium..
Maybe you'll find this helpful:
https://hubpages.com/community/forum/35 … e-indexing
Best wishes!!I had an issue with a Medium guide outranking the Hubpages version and appearing at the top of SERPs. So I deleted it. It was getting lots of external traffic, and I temporarily put up a diversion sign (a roadworks sign from Pixabay
) saying that the article had been moved and I routed traffic via a link to Hubpages. I discovered that this sort of action was against the TOS, so rather than drawing the wrath of Medium, it was probably best to get rid of it.
Thank you so much, Paul and Eugene, for your helpful and insightful suggestions. I feel I need to spend more of my time and energy discovering the truth about what Medium expects from its writers.
Best wishes and Blessings!!Eugene, this may sound silly, but when I started writing on HubPages, I was sharing my articles on Pinterest, got discouraged when I linked my Pinterest account to my HP profile, and some random spammers started sending messages to my Pinterest account. I have removed the contact and Pinterest buttons from my HP profile for the same reason. I am not a big fan of social media platforms, but now using Twitter to promote some of my hubs and Medium articles. I should start pinning my HP articles again. Thanks for the helpful suggestion.
I just followed you. By the way, here's the correct link:
https://medium.com/@keitheabt
The one you provided isn't working, maybe due to the period at the end. Geez, who does that?
Best wishes!D'oh! Fixed, Yeah, it was the period at the end screwing things up. Thanks for the follow
I think it’s gonna be a tough job, but I've recently created my own Medium publication. I've decided to post my work on Medium under my own name. I would love to see you all around. Here’s the link: https://medium.com/misbah-sheikhs-lifestyle
Wish me luck!Thank you so much, Eugene. I also didn't like using the pink color at first, but here's why I did:
I greatly appreciate your help and support.Lol! My mistake.... I was reading 'pick' as 'pink' . . . Silly me!
Sorry, I think it’s just a woman thing.
I'll change the color now.
I am using a fontHmm, well that's overly plain
The script font you used previously, is there anything similar? The lowercase letters in it were very small and the capitals very large. What application did you say you were using for design?
Or maybe this?
This?This looks like a restaurant logo:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I am gonna use this one for now:
Here's a quick one I made up. Like I say, I'm not a graphic artist, so I'm chancing my arm
I think the light gray is a bit too dark though.
Aww... That's so kind of you, Eugene.
What about this shade of gray?
i just created this. Thanks a lot for your help and time. I disturbed you a lot today. I am really sorry for that.
Thanks a bunch! Have a great time.
I think you are right, Eugene. I was too tired yesterday. I think I chose the large format by mistake. I'll fix it later this afternoon, after my hectic psychology seminar is finished.
Once again, thank you so much for your kindness
PS: I will post a comment here after updating it
Eugene, how about this one?
I have also edited the homepage layout size. I think it looks better now. What do you think?Try it on the medium sized header and see how it looks. I think the lower case letters might still be a bit difficult to read. I know I said initials look odd, but I'm having second thoughts now. You could also try a nice scripted "M" on its own in the centre of the black disk? I Googled "script font letter m" to find these images.
Related Discussions
- 55
Help with your Medium account / Hubpages
I'm in the process of finishing with Medium as I'm taking a six month sabatical in order to write a series and a book. So I just wanted to emphasize some things.Hubpages pays you passive income. You can have a 10 year old article which still earns. That does not happen on Medium. Medium is set up...
- 42
Get Rid of Unwanted Followers
Wouldn't it be great if we could de-fan a follower? If your asking, "why in the world would you want to do that?" Let me tell you. Recently I have been gaining quite a few followers which actually helped push my numbers over 200. That is great. However, most of these people have not only...
- 78
I Did a Thing Today - Medium Article Published
Hey fellow writers, I finally did it. I can now say I write on two platforms: HubPages and Medium! I published my first article today. I've been getting the daily articles for about 2 years but never made the time to become a writing member. I'm glad to be in the company of those who encouraged me...
- 41
Does having followers help your hubs?
Just a quick question, as above, does having followers help your hubs/hubscore?
- 112
Is anyone writing new or editing old articles?
With the transition of moving niche articles to Discover, has anyone started a new article or edited an old one? I need clarification about what is happening with HubPages. I need help to focus on writing or editing my articles. Is anyone else experiencing this?
- 19
When you are notified of a new follower, how do you respond?
When you are notified of a new follower, how do you respond?Do you go to their page and check them out? Do you read any of their hubs? Do you mke sure that they are legitimate? I have a lot of followers who seem to be advertisers. Hubpages are really good about weeding them out but I do see many...