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This post comes in two parts; I started it when I was sceptic and came to the conclusion that I should join it as a subscriber. The first part sort of documents this journey and the second part captures the lessons I have learnt or at least observed to make me a more effective publisher there. The first thing is that I think even the default look is pretty and clean. When I started this page, I hadn’t concentrated on it for months; every now and then I copy some stuff from the blog to the medium feed, but my huge problem is that I then had to pay for people’s content and they needed to pay for mine. While one correspondent suggested I should!\u00a0\u00a0 On the other hand, I want my content to be free; their paywall inhibits people’s ability to read my stuff; so it’s no longer solely\u00a0 an amplifier. Although I concluded after research that I should<\/span> subscribe, and maybe more.\u00a0 Subscribing and reading is good citizenship and I can then chip in to others fees. One big problem as a money maker is that the only income is from subscriptions and so Medium shares from the less well read to the better read. The fact is that Medium is an audience you pay to join<\/em>. But for more, see below\/overleaf …
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I wrote about the problem where the distribution of ideas is critical<\/a> and more important than revenue. This is a critical choice, do you want to be read or rich.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Supporting authors I like<\/h3>\n

Back to Medium, in order to read more, I need to subscribe because they limit non-subscribers to 4 articles per month, and this is not enough to read and be generous with your feedback.<\/p>\n

I have come to the conclusion that possibly the cheapest way to act with generosity is to subscribe and read those I really follow with care, I get to read their stuff and act with generosity to increase their earnings.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Building readership and income<\/h3>\n

In order to get some money I need to join their partner programme. If I were to reinvest, I’d need to go back to the start (methodologically), concentrate on writing (probably a couple of times\/week), probably focus on one category (which doesn’t suit me) and concentrate on titles. All this assumes they don’t change their model again, which has been unstable to say the least.<\/p>\n

I have just found this article, “How to Promote Your Blog on Medium”<\/a> on travelpayouts.com, nothing very clever, and a bit too commercial. The newsletter might be useful.<\/p>\n

D&B say it made $1.95 million with three employees. (2020)<\/em><\/p>\n

See also,<\/p>\n