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How to Earn my Follow, my Read, my Clap
And my comment, my highlight, my link, and my Medium shekel
After four years on Medium, I have developed some habits as to how I promote other contributors. I will just detail these habits for you. They might be useful to you. Maybe this article might inspire you to write a similar article to tell others of your own Medium habits. We can learn from each other.
Grades of Writers
I have divided Medium contributors into three groups: (1) competent, (2) good, and (3) great.
Nearly all Medium contributors are, at least, competent. They can explain complicated things reasonably well.
Very few Medium contributors fall below this level. So I don’t really need to create an “incompetent” category.
Many contributors are “good.” They have developed advanced skills and writing approaches to move readers more into their work. I have seen a few writers move from competent to good over the years. Practice — with or without coaching — seems to help.
“Great” writers are those who I see having an edge with wordsmithing to someday be paid well for their writing. Only one writer on Medium has earned my “great” designation. Maybe there are a couple of more who might move from “good” to “great”…
