I Quintupled My Medium.com Earnings This Year
Here’s how I did it.
I’ve been writing on Medium for more than two years now. In all this time, I’ve felt like the kid sister, perched at the top of the basement stairs, spying on all the older kids, trying to look chill while hoping to get noticed. And then, all that changed when I reviewed my earnings last week and realized — “Holy cow, I’ve already made 5 times what I earned last year — and it’s only November!”
We all start somewhere
A funny thing happens when you stick with something. Rather than just tell you about my path, I’ll show you my actual numbers as evidence it’s worth staying the course. I want you to see how I’ve (slowly) transformed some initial earnings into income (and learning) that I’m proud of. I don’t need to tell you how much work goes into the writing life, and my story won’t launch you into Medium’s stratosphere — but it may offer some reasons to keep going.
In the first 10 months of 2020, I earned $825.62 from my articles on Medium. Though that’s hardly enough to carry life’s expenses, I’m encouraged by the gains I’m finally making, eager to share what’s working — and what’s not. And as a fun little experiment, check back here again to see how this post performs. I’ll update its earnings regularly:
