What Not to Do Immediately After Publishing

Why you might want to wait a bit before promoting your article on social media

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A goal most Medium writers strive for when they publish an article behind the paywall is to be “selected for further distribution.” In the old days (before about October 2020) this was known as “getting curated.” If your article is selected for further distribution, its chances increase for

• Showing up on member home pages
• Showing up on the topic page for whichever topic the article covers. (If you’re not familiar with topic pages, here’s the topic page for Books so you can see what one looks like. Here’s a list of topics on Medium.)
• Showing up in the Medium Daily Digest

Therefore, your article gets in front of more eyeballs, and your earnings increase. Your chances of the article going viral increase as well.

Distribution is not the only way for an article to be seen

You don’t have to rely solely on distribution to get your article in front of a large number of readers. Another strategy is to have the article accepted by a publication in line with your article’s topic. Here’s a list of top publications on the Medium platform