Medium is Only the First Stop Along Your Writing Income Streams
By: August Birch
Tags: Money, Life Lessons, Medium, Entrepreneurship, Writing

Medium is Only the First Stop Along Your Writing Income Streams

Here’s how to build the rest…

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Medium is growing. Funny things are happening to both our reads and our traffic. It looks like many writers are being throttled, no matter how big their audience.

While a big dip in stats is never a reason to throw a party, it doesn’t mean we’ve got to jump-ship for another platform.

There are multiple benefits to Medium:

No ads

Baked-in niche readership

The ability to add our own links in our stories

No gatekeepers

A great writing interface

Easy to share what we’ve written

We can earn money when people read our stories

While traffic may have taken a nosedive, Medium is just the beginning of our writing income streams. Medium is the gateway to the beginning. Not the end. And it’s definitely not the only stream — too unpredictable.

Here’s how to structure your writing income streams:

Publish Medium content daily — this is your honey. You want to attract as many new readers to your content as possible. Only write to attract the niche you wish to serve. This will make your process smoother later. Include a powerful One-Liner at the bottom of every story you publish — this link encourages people to go to your landing page, where you’ll encourage them to sign-up for your free, Easy Invite. Build an Easy Invite your readers can’t ignore. This should be a free course that people are willing to pay money for. Email addresses are valuable and your content should reflect the exchange. Automatically sell a gateway product at an impulse price point (under $50) Create frequent, valuable, entertaining email content to establish a two-way, trusting relationship with your readers. Occasionally offer your books, courses, consulting, products, or services to the people who love your work the most.

Medium is the front door to a new opportunity for you as a writer-creator.

This site is not the end-game. When you base all your writing income off someone else’s platform, they own your following. And your business. If you don’t own your traffic you don’t own your business.

Email fixes all that.

When you have your own email list, even if you lose your Medium account due to cancel-culture, you still have your list. You can pack your bag and plant your flag at the next content site.

If you count on Medium to provide all your writing income, you put yourself in a shaky position financially.

Multiple writing income streams change all that. If one income stream gets a little low, or dries-up, there are a couple more to keep the lights on. When you have your own email list you own your entire publishing business.

You no longer have to wait for someone’s permission to serve the people you want to serve. And the upside is more under your control. It all begins with Medium, but that’s far from the end.

It’s time you added email to your creative income stream.

I’ve got something just for you… I’d like to invite you inside the fence.

When you build a tribe around your best work, even if you’re starting-out, you’ve got an instant audience when you’re ready to fly. No matter what kind of work you create. I want you inside the fence, but you’ve got to move fast, so I can shut the gate behind you.

I built a free email masterclass for you. I hand-crafted the whole thing. With my hands. It took me a couple months. I call the masterclass the Tribe 1K.

I’ll show you how to get your first 1,000 (or your next 1,000) readers without spending a hot nickel on ads. Past students include New York Times bestselling authors. Yep, the ones you see in the bookstore.

Your email list will help you build a legacy creative business.

If you want to grow your creative business you need email before you lose that valuable reader’s attention. Start your list before you need one. Once you need a list it’s almost too late.

Tap the link.

Guarantee your seat before I start to charge an enrollment fee.

We’re waiting for you.