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Does a Medium Post Have to Be Curated to Make Good Money?
This One Wasn’t
In my two years on Medium, what I’ve learned is that the posts that get the most readers and earn the most money are the ones that are curated.
Except for this one:
This essay has earned a whopping $567 since it went up last month. (My average take per post is usually closer to $12.)
How did this happen? How can I make it happen again? More important, how can you make it happen for you?
Here’s my best guess about the factors behind the success of He Said He Was Single, in decreasing order of importance:
(l) Although it wasn’t curated, it appeared in P S I Love You, a publication with 266,000 followers. Not every one of those 266,000 readers saw my essay. But thousands more did than if I’d published it on my own.
(2) It was on a juicy (and very relatable) topic. Just look at the tags. Love. Dating. Relationships. Infidelity. Everybody cares about at least one (if not all) of these topics.
