Gumroad is much more than a digital sales platform — Gumroad is a Juggernaut. It’s primarily a platform to sell digital products. If you’ve been on Medium long enough, you’ve undoubtedly seen Gumroad products. Many writers pick Gumroad as their selling platform of choice. I do too. What few people know, however, is what else you can do with and…

Grow your audience elsewhere — Revue is a newsletter platform by Twitter. I’ve used it in the past. Now, I write on Substack. I still value Revue for its Twitter integration, mainly the profile card with subscribe button.

Two pros & two cons — We all have them. Stories that tanked. Little to no views, no engagement, no external audience. Over time, you might have accumulated quite a long list of these stories. I know I have. Stories with under 50 views. What should we do with those? Hit delete? Let’s explore! Pro By deleting…

Nobody knows the exact details of how Medium calculates earnings, but we get some clues from Medium’s help pages. In general, most of you know that earnings aren’t calculated based on views, reads, or claps. The latter was related to earnings in the past, but not anymore. Key metric Now, member reading…

A huge increase in spam comments and profiles currently bugs Medium. Tony Stubblebine and the team are aware of the issue. I got multiple responses from Elon Musk. 🤯 So, what can we do against spam attacks right now? Here are a few steps you should take immediately: Report the spam account. Go to the three-dots menu and hit…

Just get your tools right — Imagine this. Writing daily blog posts with hundreds of words, cashing in on Medium, getting posts SEO-ready for ad revenue, or sending out newsletters, all without actually ever writing a word yourself. That’s easily possible in 2022. With the right tools and the power of AI. …

Medium newbies or experienced members, this is for you — Are you feeling lost on Medium? When I began in February 2021, I did. 1.5 years later, Medium has become the main income source of my entrepreneurial career. You can purchase Medium courses everywhere. But I asked on Twitter recently if my followers were subscribed to any Medium-specific newsletter or…

No fluff, let’s get right into it: Reading list: You know about Medium’s reading list. You can save stories for later. I don’t do this often. However, I do frequently add responses to my reading list. Yes, you can do that. Answer them later. Friend links: I recently shared that…

Improvements throughout the system — Read part 1 if you haven’t because that covers the biggies, the unnegotiable, necessary changes to this platform. In this part 2, I’ll share my secondary wishes. Most are still important, the rest is nice-to-have material. Let’s dive in! 1. Notifications If you happen to be lucky enough to have garnered quite…