It can be hard to make money with your Medium stories. Every newbie struggles to get monetized. Once they achieved this milestone, they can start earning, which seems to be really hard in the beginning, but fortunately, I figured out some tactics to increase your earnings. Here is my personal story about my first few days on Medium.
https://medium.com/@weindlp/first-milestone-more-than-100-followers-in-5-days-e8d276df3a10
I want to distinguish between tactics to get more views and tactics to get more out of your views.
Getting more views
- Write for publications to reach more readers. - Follow other writers to get their attention. - Interlink your stories. - Comment and clap for others.
These are some well-known tactics that I probably don't have to describe in detail. The following ones will be new to a lot of people. I hope they will help you!
Getting more out of your viewers
- Post your Medium referral link below all of your stories, especially if you get many external readers. Your story might go viral on the internet but not so much among Medium members. The best way to make money from this is to turn them into paying medium members and you will get almost half of their monthly payment.
- Create a buy me a coffee link. Readers who love your work might want to thank you with a tip. You can give them the chance to do so with buymeacoffee.com or other services,
- Add affiliate links to your story. I think you have to be careful though. You don't want to scam people and lose them as your readers. One legit thing you could do for example is to link products like books you are writing about to your stories. Only promote products you like. This way there will be no additional cost for the reader and he might even thank you for your useful referral. A win-win situation in my opinion.
- Link your website below your story to use your traffic more efficiently.
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