January Earnings Data, Writer Earnings Surveys, Blogging Guide’s New Articles, Medium Writing Tools, and More!
Blogging Guide Monthly Newsletter 7 — Published Feb. 6, 2020
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Hello everyone!
This is the seventh monthly newsletter from our Medium publication, Blogging Guide. This newsletter is intended to help Medium writers by providing up-to-date Medium writer earning data, useful Medium guides with the latest tips and tricks, and a selection of articles (both from myself and other Medium Writers).
Also, be sure to check out our Facebook group, Medium Writing!
This group was created so that Medium writers could share their articles and discuss making money as a writer on Medium. This group is run by Medium Blogging Guide,Casey Botticello, and Linda Williams.
Now onto the interesting stuff!
Medium Partner Program Monthly Earnings Data
I have been keeping track of Medium Partner Program monthly earnings data, through a post that is updated monthly as a resource to writers.
This article is updated monthly and can be found here:
https://medium.com/blogging-guide/how-much-money-can-you-make-writing-for-medium-a3cf0c9c7533
Here are some other stats Medium included on their Partner Program as of January 2020:
$9,237.19 — the highest amount earned for a single story
$23,488.16 — the highest amount earned by a single author
8% — the percentage of active writers who earned over $100
Medium Blogging Guide Author Earnings Survey
Every month we conduct a survey of Medium author earnings, to see how writers following our publication are doing. Below are the results from the January earnings survey. We had a record 215 responses! Thank you to everyone who participated!
Source: Blogging Guide
Overall, the earnings chart above suggests that readers of Blogging Guide are more successful than the general writing population.
In the general Medium writer population, typically 7%-9% of all active writers earn more than $100 in any given month. Among the Blogging Guide respondents, 39.8% earned over $100 per month!
It will be interesting to see if and how this trend shifts in the coming months since the new payment system based on reading time.
The Ultimate Guide to Writing on Medium (NEW)
This interactive guide contains answers to virtually any Medium related question you might have!
Posts From Various Medium Writers That I Found Useful
Below are some of the posts from different Medium writers (about writing on Medium) that I found useful, and would highly recommend you check out! In no particular order:
Fab Giovanetti — How Medium Curation Can Help you Carve your Niche
J.J. Pryor — 9 Lessons Learned from 3 Months on Medium Full-time (ish)
Ayodeji Awosika — 5 Benefits of Medium Other Than Making Money
Daryl Bruce — Why Curation Matters…and it’s Not About Money!
August Birch — Why You Should Choose Medium as Your Single Marketing Channel
Medium Writing Tools
I’ve been working on a number of premium tools to help Medium writers. Below are three of the most recent:
Premium Medium Newsletter on Substack
Although I’ve just started this project, I definitely intend to keep this series of premium posts going. While I write about Medium on Medium frequently, Substack is a better platform for content that is more in depth and allows me to share my unbiased thoughts on Medium’s trajectory and to share my Medium knowledge with a smaller and more focused group (who I know will use the techniques I give them responsibly, and not abuse them). I also plan to write about my personal Medium earnings, as well as earnings data I have aggregated from many authors.
For a limited time, subscribers will receive our Premium Medium Blogging Guide newsletter for only $2.50 per month or $15 per year. This is over a 50% discount!
I’ve got a lot of interesting Medium data and insights to share so please subscribe! This post I recently wrote was the first of the premium posts.
Here is the second premium post:
Until next time!
—Casey