How to Market Yourself on Medium

If you want to succeed as a writer, you need to build a following.

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Should you add a call to action at the end of your article?

Embedded links in your article?

What on mother earth should you be doing as a writer to market yourself on Medium?!

Let me phrase that differently.

What should you be doing differently on Medium to make more money, have more followers, and be the King Kong of Medium?

Short answer — everything you possibly can.

**What does this even mean?!**

I’m here to tell you.

As a Medium writer, you’re probably in one of two categories.

1. You’re a new writer and you want to make some money on this unique platform called Medium by growing your email list, learning how to write stories, while being inspired by other writers.
2. You’re an experienced writer and you want to expand and keep your following while earning more guacamole. (Obvious hint - We all want to be here. I want to be here. Everyone on Medium and their mom wants to be here).

I’m assuming a lot of you are in category no. 1. I’m still in category no. 1 compared to other writers. There’s no shame in…