This Month I Earnt $6.76 on Medium! Here’s How!
This month I earnt the most I ever have on Medium since starting here six-odd months ago. After conversion from $US to £UK, that’s roughly £4.80! Finally, after six months, I’ve earnt enough on Medium to buy myself a coffee. (But I don’t actually drink coffee, so it’ll be tea or hot chocolate.)
It wasn’t easy to do however, let me tell you! Never fear though, as I’m going to let you in on my money making secrets and soon you too will be making enough to afford one hot beverage a month!
Stock Images Be Damned!
You’ll see lots of people on Medium praise the stock image. “Oh,” they cry, “they make your articles so much more visually interesting!” To this I say hogwash!
In my highly opinionated opinion stock images are the equivalent of pastel colours. Nice, inoffensive things that are just there but don’t actually say anything. They float in a swirling miasma of “oh, that’s nice” and “meh.” Half the time the stock images people use don’t even relate to the article they are included with.
I say be brave with your images! Use something that is actually interesting. And relates to the story. I’ve put my money where my mouth is with this one; one of my articles has a lead image of a demon!
