NEW WRITERS

How to Get 200 Followers in a Relatively Short Time

No, I’m not going to sell you a course or ask you to do anything unethical

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Maybe it’s because I’m a former college teacher, but no matter how many years I stay on this platform, I will always have a soft spot for the newcomers.

There’s nothing like publishing over and over and over again on here, only to find that you have a total of 4 followers and have earned 6 cents. You can be the best writer in the world, but if no one knows you’re here. what good does it do?

In this article, I will show new writers how to leverage elements of the Medium landscape to get noticed, get followed, and get read.

Before we get started, let me give you a short list of what you won’t see in this article:

• You won’t see an ad for my “How to write on Medium” course that costs hundreds of dollars. I don’t have one of those. All of the information here I am giving away free because I remember how much it sucks to be a newcomer.
• You won’t see recommendations to blindly follow Medium users with whom you have nothing in common, in hopes they’ll follow you back. That doesn’t work.
• You won’t see recommendations to go promote your work on external social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.) That may bring you traffic, but those aren’t paid Medium members, so you won’t reap any financial rewards.

With that on the way, let’s get you on the fast track to getting noticed on Medium.

Step 1 — Go to the About Me Stories publication and read at least 10 writer bios

Publications are places where writers on Medium share their work on a common topic or topics. Publications have one or more editors who accept stories, and they generally have more than one contributing writer.

Publications are sort of like magazines. If you’re at a news stand and you want to read about sports, you might pick up a copy of Sports Illustrated. If you’re on Medium and you want to read about relationships, you could read P.S. I Love You. If you want to read about building a business, you could have…