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5 Pro Tips for Medium Beginners (2021)

5 Pro Tips for Medium Beginners (2021)

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May 12, 2021
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5 Pro Tips for Medium Beginners (2021)
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A few weeks ago, I wrote a post called “5 Important Things to Do When Starting On Medium” with tips for Mediumbeginners. It was well-received. So today, I’m going to share 5 pro tips for Medium beginners. These are more advanced suggestions for your success on Medium.

#1 Boost your bio

For tip 1 of my last post, I explicitly excluded the Medium bio from the list of things to do at first as a newbie. Because there are more important steps to take in the beginning. But now, as you have become more and more comfortable with Medium, it’s time to beef up that bio in your Medium profile.

You want your bio to be short and sweet but stacked with good information and maybe a link to something important. Choose a short intro that describes yourself as a writer. Try to include some keywords, for example in form of topics that your write about. Add a link to your newsletter — the majority of popular Medium writers do that. Or to your Linktree overview, to your website, etc. Something that you want p…

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