And within 24 hours, I made $100 from republishing my content on phone farming. I couldn't believe the screen when I saw how much I had made from just one story.<\/p>\n
Over the next few months, I also continued to earn money for my Medium writing, and have recently passed the $1,000 mark and now earn passive income<\/a> every month from my articles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n If you have ever wondered how to make money writing on Medium, this is absolutely the post for you.<\/p>\n I'm sharing how anyone <\/em>can earn money writing on Medium, my tips for getting started, and some advice I've learned along the way to find more success on the platform.<\/p>\n If you haven't heard of Medium<\/a>, I can only describe it to you as being one of the easiest, minimalist blogging platforms out there.<\/p>\n Medium is a publishing platform that was created by Evan Williams, the former CEO of Twitter, and officially launched in 2012. The platform offers publishers and bloggers alike to share their works or create new articles entirely<\/strong>.<\/p>\n All in all, the Medium platform is one of the simplest ways to get into blogging or to read some great content.<\/p>\n The most popular topics on Medium (as seen on their homepage) include<\/strong>:<\/p>\n As mentioned, I've earned over $1,000 by writing on Medium. And since I joined the platform, it's been a nice way to earn money on autopilot<\/a>, even for articles I wrote years ago.<\/p>\n In my opinion, Medium is one of the best ways for new writers to grow an audience and earn money online<\/a>. However, the process of making money on Medium has also changed a lot <\/em>over the years.<\/p>\n So, this guide is covering how you can make money writing on Medium as well as some critical tips I've found helpful to grow your profile.<\/p>\n In the past, anyone could join Medium's Partner Program, which is the program that pays you for writing on Medium. But these days, there are new requirements<\/a> for becoming a Medium Partner Program member<\/strong>:<\/p>\n If you meet these requirements, you can apply to the Medium Partner Program. You should get a response within a few days, and if you are an active and engaging writer, you should get into the program.<\/p>\n Also note that the Medium Partner Program isn't available in every country. Check Medium in your country to see if it's available.<\/p>\n Update<\/strong>: Medium just announced<\/a> some major changes to how it pays writers. One of these changes is the removal of the 100 follower requirement, but you now need to be a paying Medium member to join its Partner Program.<\/p>\n The main way to make money on Medium is to write stories. That's because Medium pays writers when other members spend time reading their work and engage with it.<\/p>\n That's right: how much money you make with Medium depends on how many paid members read your content, how long they spend reading, and how they engage with your content<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Mediun's 2023 payment model update is also now factoring in more engagement-based metrics like claps, highlights, replies, and follows. So, the longer people read your content and the more they interact with it, the more you get paid.<\/p>\n As you can see in Medium's graphic above, the new payment model factors in engagement points, follower bonuses, boost bonus, and then multiplies it by the read-through rate.<\/p>\n Note<\/strong>: If someone spends less than 30 seconds reading your article, it doesn't generate any revenue and doesn't count as a read. So, maintaining a high read ratio and getting engagement is the key to earning more money.<\/p>\n This is part of Medium's on-going effort to reduce clickbait content that just generates views but doesn't add anything of value.<\/p>\n When I first joined Medium, how much you got paid depended on how many claps, or likes, a story got from people.<\/p>\n However, the new Medium author payment model rewards engaging content. So, the more paid members read your work, the more you get paid.<\/p>\n Just note that this means you have to mark stories with the “meter my story” box if you want to earn from them. This also means that free Medium members won't be able to read your metered content if they use up all their free reads in a month.<\/p>\n The other method to make money writing on Medium is to earn referral bonuses<\/a> by inviting new paid members to the program.<\/p>\n This program pays you for converting your readers into paying Medium members. The Medium referral program pays you half of a reader's membership fee. This works out to about $2.01 per month per referral<\/strong>.<\/p>\n I've seen a lot of Medium writers pushing this heavily, encouraging people to become paying Medium members with links in their bio.<\/p>\n But, I don't know many writers who make meaningful income from this referral program. And I haven't been able to convert many readers with my stories either.<\/p>\n It's nice that Medium is adding more ways for authors to get paid, but this program feels a little spammy to me.<\/p>\n Plus, Medium is becoming more saturated, and if every author starts clamoring for people to sign up with their link, I don't think it's a winning strategy to chase after given the noise.<\/p>\n UPDATE<\/strong>: Medium is retiring its referral bonus program and now pays authors more if their articles get more followers. This new follower-bonus program is designed to once again reward engaging content.<\/p>\n Another change to how Medium pays writers is its addition of boost bonuses.<\/p>\n Medium's curation team can select certain stories that it thinks are high-quality and engaging and boost these on the platform. Boosted stories are seen by more readers and appear on more places on Medium, so it's a massive benefit to authors.<\/p>\n With the new payment model, boosted stories also get a boost bonus multiplier on engagements, which ends up with writers getting paid more.<\/p>\n This is good news since Medium is retiring its referral program. All-in-all, it's clear that engagement is the name of the game now.<\/p>\n Occasionally, Medium pays out author bonuses to certain writers for making great content. In fact, this is how I got my $100 bonus from submitting my phone farming guide to the platform.<\/p>\n All of this started when Medium announced it would be paying out bonuses to Medium Partners<\/a> for quality work.<\/p>\n Now, you shouldn't rely on Medium bonuses as a reliable source of income since Medium Editors will only be rewarding bonuses to a few dozen stories every week, as they explained in a Partner Program email to me.<\/p>\n However, you have to admit that if you're looking to make money by writing, choosing a platform that actively rewards quality submissions should seem like a no-brainer.<\/p>\n Ultimately it's really promising to see Medium making an effort to reward quality, pay their authors, and encourage interesting content.<\/p>\n Here's some other stats Medium included in one of its Partner Program email:<\/strong><\/p>\n The fact that a single story on Medium earned $1,744 blows my mind. And one single author earned $7,924!<\/p>\n The last step in writing on Medium for money is to actually get paid.<\/p>\n Your Medium earnings get paid out by the 8th of every month. You get paid for the previous month of reading time from paid members, and payment can take about a week to actually settle in your bank account<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Medium also uses Stripe to pay authors. I've been paid on time for years by Medium, and I've never had issues with getting my money on time.<\/p>\n If you want an online job that pays you daily, Medium isn't for you. In this case, something like freelance writing<\/a> or using gpt sites<\/a> might be up your alley.<\/p>\n But if you want a free platform that has the potential to reach millions of readers and pay a lot, Medium could be worth the delayed gratification.<\/p>\n As mentioned, I joined Medium in early 2018. Since that time, I've written or republished 22 stories and have amassed about 1,400 followers. I've also gotten nearly 100,000 views on my content and have earned over $1,200 from my stories<\/strong>:<\/p>\n I don't write full-time on Medium. In fact, I haven't published a story there in over a year since blogging is my main side hustle<\/a> these days.<\/p>\n However, my Medium stories still make a few dollars a month to this day. And some of my main stories earned hundreds of dollars, which just goes to show the power of the platform.<\/p>\n To make a lot of money with Medium, you need to write engaging content. And, you need to get a bit lucky. Plus, most writers won't make $5,000 a month<\/a> or anything crazy from their work.<\/p>\n However, I think my experience is proof that anyone can start making money on Medium, even with a handful of articles.<\/p>\n Yes, you can make money writing on Medium if you join its Partner Program and write engaging content consistently. In fact, anyone can begin earning with just a few stories, and my first story on Medium made me $100.<\/strong><\/p>\n Granted, I think Medium is intimidating since it's now over 10 years old and has thousands of writers on it.<\/p>\n But the name of the game hasn't changed. If you create excellent, engaging content, you can make money on Medium.<\/p>\n Now that you know how to make money on Medium, I want to share some of the most important tips I've learned over the years to help increase your odds of success with the platform.<\/p>\n Medium is a great way to earn income from your writing. But the Medium Partner Program is just one <\/em>way you can leverage Medium's audience to make money.<\/p>\n In fact, many of the top Medium authors make most of their income through other means, like<\/strong>:<\/p>\n As you can see from my Medium page<\/a>, my profile promotes this blog as well as my new YouTube channel. So, all of my Medium readers have a chance to come to my other properties where I can then earn more money.<\/p>\nWhat Is Medium?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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5. Earn Author Bonuses<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Tips For Making Money On Medium<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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