How Beginners Can Make Money Writing on Medium in 2020
UPDATE: This is actually still more or less valid in Jan 2021, as I write this update!
I've been earning money writing about what I love since October 2018. And Medium is the best platform for this. Just last month, I made over $1000 writing just 6 stories.
However, Medium is always changing the rules of how to succeed, so I created this completely up-to-date video with EVERYTHING you need to take into account to start your writing career on Medium.
It's roughly split into three parts:
1. How can you get your own following?
2. How can you leverage the existing following of others on Medium?
3. Tips, tricks, background info and resources.
If you have ANY questions at all, please let me know in the comment box! I truly love making money writing about what I love on Medium, and I believe anyone who wants to should be able to.
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@SamuelIpero
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this, Zulie. Can I write stories(both educational and entertainment) on Medium?
@daniellance6892
2 жыл бұрын
you all prolly dont care at all but does any of you know a trick to get back into an Instagram account? I stupidly lost my account password. I would love any tricks you can offer me!
@herbertbell9438
Жыл бұрын
This link won't open I've tried two different browsers.
First person that is telling in simple english rather than showing their computer screen how much money made. Keep the good work
Here from Shelby’s video... and I’m ready to make some money 😎
@ericarae8210
4 жыл бұрын
Same!
@ZulieWrites
4 жыл бұрын
She was so lovely to meet in person! Thanks for stopping by :)
@mariannamorais222
4 жыл бұрын
Me too!!
@nafisabeed1775
4 жыл бұрын
Me too.!
@sirens4562
4 жыл бұрын
Same
I watched 6-7 videos of getting started with medium and I loved your explanation the most. Thanks
@ZulieWrites
3 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad! If you have any feedback on what I could do to improve, please let me know.
not only do you write interesting posts but you are also an amazing youtuber, you speak so smoothly and with almost no cuts and not even big youtubers can do that. Keep the videos up!
@ZulieWrites
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much 😀Working on improving all the time, it's great to hear feedback!
Very good advice. I've been watching most of your videos. While I've been writing on Medium for a while, I'm learning some new tips. Please keep up the good work.
This is awesome, I’ve been wanting to write episodes/chapters and see how people like my ideas! I love to read and I’ve always wanted to write a story and continue it like a series. This makes me super excited!
Thank you, Zulie. I'm getting ready to jump in and found your video very helpful. Thanks!
@ZulieWrites
4 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
Medium is one platform I've just dabbled with in the past, but your vid has me thinking maybe there's some meat there. Thanks for sharing!
@ZulieWrites
4 жыл бұрын
Happy to help! Best of luck for your writing :)
Thank you so much. This is very helpful to get into writing on Medium. I am starting :)
Thank you so much for the clear and easygoing explanation. I’m so excited to check out this site!
Thank you for sharing! I am just starting out and have found myself spending so much time really enjoying reading posts. Such an awesome platform. I am ready to take the next step to begin producing income so am really grateful to hear these tidbits of insight
Thanks for your well-thought out and informative video. Excited to make some dosh!!
Very helpful. Thanks for taking the time to share!
Wow... what a great video! Just super supportive and you covered so many details! Thank you for all the care put into supporting us writers! )))
@ZulieWrites
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I am so happy to hear the videos I make are useful :D
thank you sister for talking about community and listening to your gut! What works for one doesn't always work for another. I just found Medium info through another youtuber that had you on her video and you've popped up again! Great advice and I am new to the platform and will be adding my first story soon. I appreciate you.
@ZulieWrites
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks for sharing this! I really appreciate your candidness and am JUST getting started on my Medium journey starting this week. I feel like I can get into this platform prepared (exploring the rules, executing properly along with guidelines, and seeking out/making publications) and get some serious work done. Thanks again for putting the time together to make this!
@ZulieWrites
3 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!! Let me know how you get on and if you have any other questions!
@myawesomepositivelife
Жыл бұрын
Nice information thanks
I’m gonna go ahead and subscribe. I’ve watched, enjoyed and learned from a few of your videos. Appreciate your content.
Thank you so much for this information! I am just getting started on Medium and really need the tips and encouragement without feeling overwhelmed. I am excited! I liked and subscribed, great video.... I am about to check out your other ones.
@ZulieWrites
4 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
Thanks Zulie, I didn't know Medium, and after seeing your videos, I just wrote my first story! Now we await the publication! Ciao
Awesome Awesome video. Thanks for all the tips, tricks, information about Medium and how much value you provided to us here. This is so awesome of you to take the time to create a video that explains all for us who are brand new to Medium.
@ZulieWrites
4 жыл бұрын
Glad you found it useful! Let me know if you have any more questions I can answer.
Zulie, you're so fun, quirky and engaging. I'm so glad I came across this video. Thank you so much.
@ZulieWrites
4 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome! Thank you! :)
you are so original and so kind in the heart. very helpful and warm.
Thank you, Zulie, for this excellent video that is both precise and incredibly informative. I'm inspired to begin posting on Medium.
Wow! Keep sharing, I'm excited to learn more.
Just joined Medium! Wow, didn't know about all the rules, but exited to be part of the community. Thanks for all the tips!
@ZulieWrites
4 жыл бұрын
Welcome aboard!
Zulie, thanks for this video! I'm planning on putting out my 2nd article tomorrow, and it was really helpful to see what direction I should be taking after I kind of just winged it the first time :D
@ZulieWrites
4 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful! No need to underrate winging as a strategy though, it definitely works if you've got gumption!
Thanks for the tips! Really motivate me to write again!
Thank you so much for sharing this - it was incredibly useful!
Clear, concise, and motivating advice! Thank you enormously for taking the time to share this useful guide for beginners! Let's get on the curation train!
@ZulieWrites
4 жыл бұрын
That's what I was aiming for! Thank you for the feedback!
Thank you so much for this awesome video! So helpful and such a kind vibe :)
@ZulieWrites
4 жыл бұрын
So glad this was useful for you!!
You’re an amazing, concise speaker!!!
Thank you so much Zulie. I learnt a lot🙏🏻
Zulie thx for that nice information .I really appreciate your great work .😊
No one: Not even Zulie: Me: daydreaming of me getting curated with my first work and getting paid right away
You are super natural, full of advise from the heart. I believed everything that you said. All the best in your journey. I think I just found my niche - not an idea for an article but yes to become a writer. Great video. I loved it. Thanks!!!
@ZulieWrites
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! Really glad to hear this was useful :)
After watching Shelby's video and now yours, I've been inspired to start writing! Wrote my first post tonight :)
@ZulieWrites
4 жыл бұрын
Wonderful! So happy to hear that. Shelby was amazing to chat to and I also just found out that one of her articles made over $6k! Can you believe it!
@Brisi-xy1nd
3 жыл бұрын
Please spare few min and provide your valuable feedback on my first blog on medium. medium.com/@brijraj35/despondency-of-believes-and-real-life-facts-d6ee5d633a30
@egirlstiktok9899
3 жыл бұрын
another shelby fan
@ellagamez5814
3 жыл бұрын
Were you able to make some money? I’m thinking about starting, but I’m undecided! 🙃
@brittfuentes
3 жыл бұрын
@@ellagamez5814 I made like 50 cents 🙃 haha. I've tried writing multiple posts, but none of them have really taken off
Thanks for sharing your great info. I signed up with Medium about two months ago but fear holds me back. I need a kick in the pants.
@camiller958
4 жыл бұрын
Ray Thacker i wrote my first article there last year and rarely publish articles but so far nothing has really “blown up” I only have 10 followers, which is fine because I’m writing mostly just because I love to write but I find it’s much harder to reach an audience there than on most social media’s like Instagram
@caryhuff8924
4 жыл бұрын
Tony Robbins says the FEAR is (False Evidence that Appears Real). You have to ask yourself what you are fearful of don't you? Are you afraid that your article may not be good enough? That people will criticise you/your article? Once you figure out what's holding you back ask yourself what will I lose if I don't write that article? What's the worst that can happen? If you look VERY CLOSELY at the people who are criticising someone, you'll see that they usually haven't done much in either their lives or in that area that you're writing about. WHY? Because they're lazy, and don't want to see you or anyone get ahead of them. I've found very few example's of people who were successful criticise someone. They encourage instead of putting someone down. Remember that. Send them health, happiness, and love in your comment section if you do get a negative response. It shows everyone that you're taking the high road, and 'they' are the one with a problem.. Now go out there, and kick some.......
@daliaderbala4868
4 жыл бұрын
@@camiller958 Do u only get paid when ur article is published?
@Theunpopularmom
4 жыл бұрын
have you submitted anything yet
@Theunpopularmom
4 жыл бұрын
Here’s a boot! Did you start writing yet
I've been checking on medium related videos and this helped me the most. ❤️ I'm interested writing in medium but I definitely have zero knowledge about it. Haha thank you for this, looking forward for more to watch. 😊
@ZulieWrites
3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
Taking thorough notes while watching, thank you! 😊
Love this video, so informative and concise!
This was great information, thank you! I feel encouraged.
@ZulieWrites
4 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad!
Thank you soooo much! This video is extremely helpful. I totally appreciate it.
@ZulieWrites
4 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much for a really human summary of everything. This was incredibly helpful :)
@ZulieWrites
3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
You said make friends, I went and followed you on medium. Haha, looks like you might be my first writer friend on medium.
Thank you for the excellent tips Zulie! Your videos are extremely helpful!
@ZulieWrites
4 жыл бұрын
So happy to hear it's useful information for you!
@Brisi-xy1nd
3 жыл бұрын
Please spare few min and provide your valuable feedback on my first blog on medium. medium.com/@brijraj35/despondency-of-believes-and-real-life-facts-d6ee5d633a30
Great video, very straight forward... Thanks 👏
Thanks Zulie! Really helpful and you made it easy to understand!
@ZulieWrites
4 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks so much for sharing Zulie Rane. My first day on Medium, I will take a tour inside Medium to get very familiar with
Thanks for this video Zulie. Gets me pumped in starting to write again. Just gonna need to practice consistency and discipline.
@ZulieWrites
4 жыл бұрын
It's tough to do but very worth it! Glad you enjoyed it :)
@williamkavanagh8390
4 жыл бұрын
Am a very good writer with good content...Being from Africa I dont qualify for most platforms...can you help me out . Tetteheric80@yahoo.com
Thank you for this video! I just started on Medium and you inspired me to keep moving forward!
@ZulieWrites
4 жыл бұрын
You got this!
@Brisi-xy1nd
3 жыл бұрын
Please spare few min and provide your valuable feedback on my first blog on medium. medium.com/@brijraj35/despondency-of-believes-and-real-life-facts-d6ee5d633a30
Beautiful video. Thank you for the genuine Medium 101 for beginners. I wil be coming back to this video because it will "handhold me". By the way you are a very good presenter. You remind me of my English teacher who ended up being a celebrated author... until next time...let me go to Medium
@ZulieWrites
4 жыл бұрын
Hope I end up like your English teacher :) Thanks!
You have such a great vibe. Thanks for all these videos.
@ZulieWrites
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you like them!
Great tips, Zulie! I have published my first article a couple of days ago and so excited to write more :)
@ZulieWrites
4 жыл бұрын
Amazing to hear!
@raghidaalhamedi7524
4 жыл бұрын
Did it work out?
@greekmamalife
4 жыл бұрын
@@raghidaalhamedi7524 I was only paid $0.11. I think I need to experiment more
This is SO beyond helpful. Thank you so much for making this.
@ZulieWrites
2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic! You're so welcome!
Love your kitty walking in the beginning of the video
@ZulieWrites
4 жыл бұрын
They add so much to my life and my videos :D
Thank you for this video! Your advice was inspiring, and your video was comfortable and natural.
@ZulieWrites
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the feedback! Glad to hear it's helpful :)
@Brisi-xy1nd
3 жыл бұрын
Please spare few min and provide your valuable feedback on my first blog on medium. medium.com/@brijraj35/despondency-of-believes-and-real-life-facts-d6ee5d633a30
Hi Zulie Rane That's a quite sum-up in appealing style - Cheers 😊
Concise and clear - thank you so much, brilliant content
@ZulieWrites
3 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome!
Hey! Thanks for sharing this info! it has been a great help!
@ZulieWrites
3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for this! I found your video full of great info! Hopefully I can put your tips into action!
@ZulieWrites
4 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@Brisi-xy1nd
3 жыл бұрын
Please spare few min and provide your valuable feedback on my first blog on medium. medium.com/@brijraj35/despondency-of-believes-and-real-life-facts-d6ee5d633a30
Hi, I peeked into your channel and the contents were amazing. I hope you keep doing that further at least I would be greatly helped by your stuff. Since I'm a beginner your contents are of great help for my start. Thank you !!!!!!!
@ZulieWrites
4 жыл бұрын
So happy to hear you're finding the content useful! Thank you for letting me know!
Thank you ❤️. I didn't know about medium. Let me check all your videos. God bless you.
Your video is my introduction to Medium. I had never heard of it. Definitely worth checking into. Thanks.
Thanks for this information, Zulie!
@ZulieWrites
3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
Very good information, thank you for the guidelines
@ZulieWrites
4 жыл бұрын
Glad I was able to help! :)
thank you for this video! super helpful for someone who knows nothing about Medium and how to start (me!!)
@ZulieWrites
4 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you, this was very informative and helpful.
@ZulieWrites
4 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
Hi Many thanks for this video, I joined Medium a few weeks ago but have just put joined the partner programme and put up my first story for publishing.
@ZulieWrites
4 жыл бұрын
Wonderful! Best of luck!
I love your content..I love writing articles. Thank God I saw your video🥰
@ZulieWrites
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much 😀
I hate so say "actually" but this was actually excellent. Thanks for providing the valuable info.
@ZulieWrites
3 жыл бұрын
Actually, thank you! :)
You deserve WAY more subscribers! Thank you!
@Brisi-xy1nd
3 жыл бұрын
Please spare few min and provide your valuable feedback on my first blog on medium. medium.com/@brijraj35/despondency-of-believes-and-real-life-facts-d6ee5d633a30
I am happy I found you here.
I found you on Medium. I started following you. Would love to make friends with other writers. I am a total noob. I enjoyed watching this video, thank you for sharing.
@ZulieWrites
4 жыл бұрын
Welcome aboard!
Thanks for sharing this information
this is very motivating!!! Thankyou
@ZulieWrites
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!!
Thanks so much for the tips!
@ZulieWrites
4 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
Really suggested good ideas about individual topic. Loved it. Thank you.
@ZulieWrites
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
Just made my profile and gonna sign up for their partner program. I have a bachelors in comm and media studies. I also wrote for the university’s newspaper and had a couple front page articles. Thanks for the useful tips. I’m gonna start writing down some ideas and some rough drafts
Came from Shelby video! I'm so excited to try this new method. As a 19 year old female, I've been struggling to find opportunities to air my opinions and express myself. I'm in my second year university, majoring in eng and lit... Maybe I could write about that and see how it goes!
Thank you so much...for sharing Medium. I am interested.
love this!
@Brisi-xy1nd
3 жыл бұрын
Please spare few min and provide your valuable feedback on my first blog on medium. medium.com/@brijraj35/despondency-of-believes-and-real-life-facts-d6ee5d633a30
Great tips. Thanks
Very inspiring words. So Many value
Thank you for sharing! I really want to write, share my work, and get paid and I think Medium will help me!
Really great video Zulie. 😀
@ZulieWrites
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! 😁
Loved the explantion..it was incredible
@ZulieWrites
3 жыл бұрын
So glad this was useful!
@WandererUtkarsh
3 жыл бұрын
@@ZulieWritesyeah it was really really helpful
First of all: you are so cute! Really beautiful woman. 😍 And of course thank you for very informative video. Definitely signing up as a member. I didn't even know for this app/website 😪 Thank you again! ❤
@ZulieWrites
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!!
Thanks a lot for the motivation.
@ZulieWrites
4 жыл бұрын
Most welcome!
Thank you a lot! I learned a lot from you!
@ZulieWrites
3 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear that!
Just did my fist medium post , thanks for the advice. keep going!
@ZulieWrites
4 жыл бұрын
Best of luck! Keep it up!
@bringmetheh0riz0n1
4 жыл бұрын
How did it go?
@Brisi-xy1nd
3 жыл бұрын
Please spare few min and provide your valuable feedback on my first blog on medium. medium.com/@brijraj35/despondency-of-believes-and-real-life-facts-d6ee5d633a30
thank you for the tips :)
Love that piece
This is pure gold
Thanks. This was great!
@ZulieWrites
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
As someone who just finished up a Sociology degree and has a LOT of essay writing under her belt... I'm excited to learn from you :)
@ZulieWrites
4 жыл бұрын
Amazing! If you do write something, please link/email me - zulierane@gmail.com. I'd love to read it!
@b.allamedia
4 жыл бұрын
@@ZulieWrites That's incredibly nice of you, thank you! I sent you an email with a link to my piece.
This was very informative. Thanks a lot.
@ZulieWrites
3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
Ive just started and I really need some tips
Hey Zulie! I think beginners & medium are the keywords that made a huge impact on your views for this video
@ZulieWrites
4 жыл бұрын
Lol I have been wondering what made it take off so much more than similar videos I've made! Going to try to do similar "Medium for beginner" style videos. Hopefully they will help folks as much!
Very informative tutorial video. I also want to make money from writing. I think this video help me. Thank you very much Zulie. Happy marry Christmas and Happy New Year 2022 🎉🎊🎈🎈
@ZulieWrites
2 жыл бұрын
So glad you found it helpful! Merry Christmas to you too!