10 Tips on How to Write Great Medium Content

The checklist that helped me reach over 200K views on Medium

Rafiullah Hamedy
5 min readOct 31, 2020
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10 best practices on how to write quality articles on Medium that generate enormous traffic and click-through rate, earn you money, and rank higher on Google.

How did my Medium articles perform so far?

I have been publishing on Medium since 2018, and so far, I have published twenty-two articles, and the community loved the following articles.

Medium articles with 15K, 59K and 70K views published before Paywall
Medium Articles with 15, 59, and 70K Views — Link

My medium stories generated over 200K views (in total), and the most I have earned from a single article (published on Aug 17, 2020) has been over 750 US dollars, with over 300 hours of member read time and counting.

Let’s get started with the list of tips and things to keep in mind when publishing on Medium.

1. Join the Medium Partner Program

When Medium introduced Paywall, I was furious. I switched to an alternative free platform; however, after I published a few articles there, I realized the value Medium offered for both readers and writers in exchange for $5…

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Rafiullah Hamedy

Staff software developer • Love to write • Over 250K views • Connect on linkedin.com/in/rhamedy • Medium referral https://medium.com/@rhamedy/membership