I want to share my journey in blogging.
It would appear that a lot of people here merely blog to promote their referral links. Now I'm not saying that's necessarily a bad thing, but I don't want to do that. I want to share my thoughts, write good quality content, write what I want to write, share a part of who I am.
So I'll update you from where I started to where I am now.
It starts at this very forum. I wanted to help people out with their questions, and so I signed up. When I realised I could get paid for this, I started on my blogging journey
A while back, I started writing for the Medium Partner Program. I thought that Medium was a great company - there were no ads (the income came from the people who paid a monthly fee) and Medium seemed like a great place to share my opinions, with great, interesting discussions sprouting from many of the posts there. So I gave it a shot aaaand... well, nothing. None of posts really gained traction, and because non-members are very heavily restricted in terms of partner program stories, no new people could really read my posts. As a result, I earned zilch. Nada. Nothing. Until recently - a bit more on that later!
At a similar time I also realised that I had signed up for a steemit account (ictman1076) ages ago and never used it. So I started using that. And that got a bit more traction - people actually saw my posts, and I was actually getting a few cents chucked my way in return! As a result, I recently announced that I was moving from Medium to Steem. A bit of a rash decision, as I found out today.
One of my posts (Yeah, Linux Sucks. But the alternatives are worse) got picked up by Medium's curators. My viewership was multiplied one-hundred-fold! I actually got paid that time, and it's not a sum to be sniffed at. I also gained 7 followers.
But I'm not sure if I'll keep writing for Medium. Their earning system is great when they like you, but rubbish if they don't notice you. Steem is more balanced, more community-driven. So perhaps I will start posting to Steem more often, because I love the community behind it, but perhaps I'll keep posting to Medium, see if I can get noticed again.
I guess time will tell. I'll aim to keep this updated with my advancements :)
It would appear that a lot of people here merely blog to promote their referral links. Now I'm not saying that's necessarily a bad thing, but I don't want to do that. I want to share my thoughts, write good quality content, write what I want to write, share a part of who I am.
So I'll update you from where I started to where I am now.
It starts at this very forum. I wanted to help people out with their questions, and so I signed up. When I realised I could get paid for this, I started on my blogging journey
A while back, I started writing for the Medium Partner Program. I thought that Medium was a great company - there were no ads (the income came from the people who paid a monthly fee) and Medium seemed like a great place to share my opinions, with great, interesting discussions sprouting from many of the posts there. So I gave it a shot aaaand... well, nothing. None of posts really gained traction, and because non-members are very heavily restricted in terms of partner program stories, no new people could really read my posts. As a result, I earned zilch. Nada. Nothing. Until recently - a bit more on that later!
At a similar time I also realised that I had signed up for a steemit account (ictman1076) ages ago and never used it. So I started using that. And that got a bit more traction - people actually saw my posts, and I was actually getting a few cents chucked my way in return! As a result, I recently announced that I was moving from Medium to Steem. A bit of a rash decision, as I found out today.
One of my posts (Yeah, Linux Sucks. But the alternatives are worse) got picked up by Medium's curators. My viewership was multiplied one-hundred-fold! I actually got paid that time, and it's not a sum to be sniffed at. I also gained 7 followers.
But I'm not sure if I'll keep writing for Medium. Their earning system is great when they like you, but rubbish if they don't notice you. Steem is more balanced, more community-driven. So perhaps I will start posting to Steem more often, because I love the community behind it, but perhaps I'll keep posting to Medium, see if I can get noticed again.
I guess time will tell. I'll aim to keep this updated with my advancements :)