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My First Two Months Writing On Medium

How much I made & how much I wrote

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Burk
Apr 09, 2021
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This story is heavily influenced by Ashley Nicole. She recently revealed her progress writing on Medium for a month. I read that story and loved it. I’m a sucker for numbers, so I thought I’d do the same reflection on my first two Medium months here. Let’s get into it!

February 2021

As I stated in a previously published story, I heard about Medium way back in 2016. But I didn’t look further into it. God, I wish I had.

I started my Medium journey in February 2021 after watching a YouTube video by Shelby Church. My first post was a small insight into a TikTok marketing genius. To be honest, I was really hesitant to publish it. I am not a native English speaker and I’ve always been doubtful about my writing skills in general, let alone in a foreign language. I guess this is an advantage as well though. I don’t have to be perfect, I’ve got an excuse ;-)

My first week began slowly. I posted a couple of stories which were basically reposts (or rewrites) of articles I had previously posted on my…

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