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What I Learned The Hard Way About Medium That Will Help YOU Now
For beginners and non-techie types like me
I am not an expert, just a hard-working writer
Lots of smart, successful people give advice on Medium. I am not one of them. I’m not tech-savvy, computer intuitive, or anyone who can boast that she got thousands of views and made tons of money in the first few months.
In eight months, I’m excited to say that I MIGHT make over $30 this month. I’ve been curated in 19 categories, more than 60 times since October, so it’s not that I don’t create “quality” work. It’s just that there are thousands of writers out there, most with great ideas and tremendous talent. I’m a small fish in a big sea. I’ve stopped thinking that I’ll make thousands of dollars a month and am instead concentrating on growing and improving with the goal of generating $300 a month. But still, I’ve learned an enormous amount and enjoy every single day writing, building a body of work, honing my skill, establishing credibility, and finding an audience for my ideas.
Everything I’ve learned on Medium I’ve learned the hard way, by reading, by making mistakes, by accidental discovery. My background is as a college teacher, so it’s natural that I should want to share my hard-won knowledge with you.
