2 Critical Differences Between Blogging and Writing on Medium

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Medium is a great place to put your writing out into the world.

The Medium partner program is a great way for writers to start to get paid for their work.

If you’re new to writing, Medium is absolutely the place to start because there is the least amount of friction between you putting the words down and your work finding readers.

You can blog on Medium, but Medium is very different from creating and maintaining a traditional blog. Here are some of the key differences you need to take into consideration:

You’re Writing for Different Audiences

Your audience on Medium:

• Readers
• Curators

Readers

One of the great things about Medium is that there are nearly countless readers coming to the site every day to find something stimulating to read.

Here’s the thing to be aware of: Although they may have certain tags and topics that they follow, when they show up to Medium on any given day they aren’t looking for anything in particular.

Medium is kind of like a bookstore (remember those?) — you walk in and there’s lots of books with interesting titles and…