There's another issue to consider. Given that there's so much to read and so little time, I, for once, like to distribute my reading. Meaning...I don't want to read the same author every day. My time is limited, and I like to spread my comments and my clapping to different writers I follow. I will be turned off entirely if writers I follow write every day. And that might explain why readership or earnings plummet for those who post too frequently.
I honestly don't think it's wise to publish every day. I doubt it's medium that's putting the skids on readers, it's the readers themselves. I can't think of a single person whose work I'd want to read every single day, and if I were bombarded in that way I'd bow out.
Just no!
There are no journalists who publish every day. None. No reporters and no columnists that I know of. It just isn't done, for obvious reasons--it's overkill. So why would anyone think it's a good idea to send new stuff out every day? I don't know, but I do know it's something unique to Medium. At some point the word got out that that's how you make money here and suddenly hordes of writers were trying it.
It's a terrible idea and if it works for some, it won't work forever. For those who lament their lack of success even though they're publishing every day--please just stop. Do your best work. Take your time. Send it out when it's done and not a minute before. The world will wait for you.
Whoah! This is so weird. I have been writing on Medium for a few months now, averaging 3 posts per week and my reads and income have been rising steadily. On May 1st, I decided to up my game and set a goal to write every day. My reads continued to rise for the first 9 days, but then suddenly for two days in a row they were chopped to almost half; weirdly those two days had exactly the same number. And the next day was even less. I thought it was just a dip, but now you've made me wonder.
I will now slow down a bit and see if the numbers go up again.
I slowed down quite a bit due to their app changes and various other issues. I wrote a throwaway post that is getting 1k views a week since doing nothing to write or promote my articles. 🤷🏻♂️
The one month, last February, that I wrote every day was my second to lowest earning month to that point. I’ve written very little since, so things haven’t improved, but they haven’t tanked as much as I thought they would. Commenting on other people’s stuff is still getting me readers and followers.
I'm not a daily producer there- I only publish when I think I have something of good quality to share. People like you set the bar really high for me all the time.
I doubt it. people read who they want to read. Even you, one of my favorite writers, I don't read all of your posts. If an author doesn't entertain me or tell me something new, I just change the channel.
I don't write enough to know that. My goat was to write 4 articles a month on medium to build a writing practice and develop an audience. I see the quality problem, but it's more to do with guidelines and English not being a writer's first language. The insight is there. I block writers whose style is to cuss. They aren't writing about what's really bothering them. I won't read padded articles--I prefer to see the links articles at the end. That is sharing of the best kind
I've definitely noticed a difference in views. I don't publish nearly as often as I used to - only 3 so far this month. The first thing I noticed is that Medium stopped distribution on my posts whereas before, every single thing I published was distributed.
My reads fell below 200 a day since I'm writing less frequently.
An unrelated question: would posting a novel, chapter at a time, be too outside The Book Cafe? I realize there are other Medium publications, but I'd prefer this one. Too far afield?
If an author I like updates daily, I fall behind because I simply don't have the energy to keep up! I like your newsletters because they come at the right intervals. I recently signed up for a writing blog's newsletter and discovered they email me every single day, so I'm considering unsubscribing even though I haven't opened a single post yet.
I try to pace how often I publish on Medium because I figure my readers are having the same problem I am - keeping up! I want to support my fellow writers/poets, but OMG I feel like Sisyphus! SO many words to read - what a climb!
There's another issue to consider. Given that there's so much to read and so little time, I, for once, like to distribute my reading. Meaning...I don't want to read the same author every day. My time is limited, and I like to spread my comments and my clapping to different writers I follow. I will be turned off entirely if writers I follow write every day. And that might explain why readership or earnings plummet for those who post too frequently.
I honestly don't think it's wise to publish every day. I doubt it's medium that's putting the skids on readers, it's the readers themselves. I can't think of a single person whose work I'd want to read every single day, and if I were bombarded in that way I'd bow out.
Just no!
There are no journalists who publish every day. None. No reporters and no columnists that I know of. It just isn't done, for obvious reasons--it's overkill. So why would anyone think it's a good idea to send new stuff out every day? I don't know, but I do know it's something unique to Medium. At some point the word got out that that's how you make money here and suddenly hordes of writers were trying it.
It's a terrible idea and if it works for some, it won't work forever. For those who lament their lack of success even though they're publishing every day--please just stop. Do your best work. Take your time. Send it out when it's done and not a minute before. The world will wait for you.
Whoah! This is so weird. I have been writing on Medium for a few months now, averaging 3 posts per week and my reads and income have been rising steadily. On May 1st, I decided to up my game and set a goal to write every day. My reads continued to rise for the first 9 days, but then suddenly for two days in a row they were chopped to almost half; weirdly those two days had exactly the same number. And the next day was even less. I thought it was just a dip, but now you've made me wonder.
I will now slow down a bit and see if the numbers go up again.
I slowed down quite a bit due to their app changes and various other issues. I wrote a throwaway post that is getting 1k views a week since doing nothing to write or promote my articles. 🤷🏻♂️
The one month, last February, that I wrote every day was my second to lowest earning month to that point. I’ve written very little since, so things haven’t improved, but they haven’t tanked as much as I thought they would. Commenting on other people’s stuff is still getting me readers and followers.
I'm not a daily producer there- I only publish when I think I have something of good quality to share. People like you set the bar really high for me all the time.
I doubt it. people read who they want to read. Even you, one of my favorite writers, I don't read all of your posts. If an author doesn't entertain me or tell me something new, I just change the channel.
I don't write enough to know that. My goat was to write 4 articles a month on medium to build a writing practice and develop an audience. I see the quality problem, but it's more to do with guidelines and English not being a writer's first language. The insight is there. I block writers whose style is to cuss. They aren't writing about what's really bothering them. I won't read padded articles--I prefer to see the links articles at the end. That is sharing of the best kind
I've definitely noticed a difference in views. I don't publish nearly as often as I used to - only 3 so far this month. The first thing I noticed is that Medium stopped distribution on my posts whereas before, every single thing I published was distributed.
My reads fell below 200 a day since I'm writing less frequently.
Do what you want with this data lol.
An unrelated question: would posting a novel, chapter at a time, be too outside The Book Cafe? I realize there are other Medium publications, but I'd prefer this one. Too far afield?
Interesting, Linda. It might be Medium. I'd not thought of that. 94% of my readers are not on Medium, so fro me it's just a place to have fun.
I'm glad it's best not to publish every day! 10 more school days then I'll have time to write again!
If an author I like updates daily, I fall behind because I simply don't have the energy to keep up! I like your newsletters because they come at the right intervals. I recently signed up for a writing blog's newsletter and discovered they email me every single day, so I'm considering unsubscribing even though I haven't opened a single post yet.
Oops, Thank you for the information, Linda.
I try to pace how often I publish on Medium because I figure my readers are having the same problem I am - keeping up! I want to support my fellow writers/poets, but OMG I feel like Sisyphus! SO many words to read - what a climb!