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Hardest Month on Medium — How Much Did I Make?
Did I hit my goal?
6 months ago, I started writing on Medium.
I remember when I got my first online money via Stripe. It felt unreal. Well, an ordinary househusband makes money with a laptop.
I had never written something and shared it online before, so in the next month, I decided to give it a shot on Medium.
My earnings are growing, even if it’s slow.
I can buy a small coffee, then ice cream, then sushi.
I hope my earnings will continue to grow, as they have until last month.
I’m confused.
Last May, I made $170. I started this month with a strong belief that I could hit $350.
But my earnings started dropping slowly.
What confuses me more is that my reads are growing. I publish the same genre and comment as much as I did in May.
In May, my EPR was $0.20. In June, my average EPR is $0.08.
How did it drop so much? Then I started a rescue plan.
I wrote about Medium — failed.
I wrote about writing — and failed.
I tried everything that used to work, but sadly, not this time.
