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How Did a Few Medium Writers Make it big
I ain’t no expert but I followed their journey from the start and here is what I found out
Ok, before I dwell into what I found, a little about why I did this research. Since publishing my previous article titled ‘Are you fixated over the Medium Stats than writing?’ I got one of my pieces curated — ‘The 8–8–8 Rule’ .
And that has sent some of my stats skyrocketing — More than 25k views, 500+fans and 3k claps. Not to gloat but just happy to taste a little success.
Because that means the system works and it’s only a matter of time.
The downside, though, is I am now obsessed to understand how to create viral content. So, I did my research to find out what articles get popular, which ones are curated, what strategies do these biggies of Medium employ to gather such a huge follower base? How did they start their journey?
I will tell what I have found out but there is a common denominator that I have found in this quest for going viral, which is the crux of this article.
Ok, in all honesty going viral is a little far fetched. What I want, nonetheless, is to get curated, that doesn’t sound too demanding now, does it? So I looked up the profile of a few…
