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What I Learned About Writing on Medium After One Year and 100 Articles
Experience is always the best teacher
At the end of October, 2019, I committed myself to posting at least two articles per week — roughly 100 articles — on Medium for an entire year. As I write this, I’ve reached my goal: 52 weeks of publishing, 106 total stories (I published three stories in a week a couple of times). What better way to celebrate than with an article describing some fo the most important lessons learned?
In other words, get ready for yet-another person to write yet-another mostly worthless article about “How to be a successful writer on Medium” article. You’re welcome!
But first, a quick bit of context…
I study and teach about social media at Duke University. Through my studies, I’ve learned a ton, but I’ve always had one huge gap in my knowledge: I personally never created large amounts of social media content. To correct this shortcoming, and to more fully understand and appreciate what social media influencers do every day, I decided I needed to become a social media content creator.
Unfortunately, since I’m a researcher, that dramatically limits my choice of platforms. After all, aside from my mom, who wants to see TikToks of me giving lectures or…
