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Today, we’re thrilled to share the story of Yana G.Y. MCIM, who made $289.82 with a single viral article.

In this discussion, we’ll delve into her:

• Earnings

• Strategies for maximizing income from Medium

• Use of affiliate marketing

• Creation of additional tangible assets

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WRITING | AFFILIATE MARKETING

It happened in April.

Yana wrote a story that went viral.

But it didn't generate that much earnings — less than $100 to be precise. Yet, that's the beauty of Medium — you don't have to count only on the Partner Program. Here's how she pumped her earnings up to $289.82 and created some additional tangible assets along the way.

Yana firmly believes writers should make videos.

She knows it's time-consuming and sometimes even frustrating. Endless shooting, timeless editing, insane research, tedious publishing, and then — nothing! No one cares to watch.

She's experienced this.

But she didn't want to accept it.

There had to be a better way!

That's why Yana dedicated a couple of months of her time to YouTube. She did extensive research. She wanted to find out what makes a video go viral. Doing this, she realized how much this has to do with writing. And how easy writers can create faceless videos out of their stories.

Simply by using AI like Pictory.

Then she tested it. It took 1.5 hours to generate 1 long-form video and another 0.5 hours to create enough short-form videos to have YouTube material for a week!

Yana had to write about this!

So she poured everything into this one story. Made it by the book. Focused on quality. Polished it to the level of perfection she had mastered by then.

It went viral.

As soon as she realized it, she added some extra links to her other Medium stories and a CTA with a link to one of her freebies to generate subscribers.

It already had an affiliate link, so she was good to go.

This way she made sure she could "ride the lightning" and maximize the viral effect.

A viral story is your vehicle. Use it to maximize your earnings. Add as many earning opportunities as you can. But don't overdo it. It's perfectly ok to have all of these in just one story:

- A few links to other stories on Medium to pump your earnings from the MPP

- An affiliate link to earn more from your partners

- A link to a freebie lead magnet to generate some subscribers for future monetization

She did all of that!

Here's the story in question:

And here's the proof for its affiliate earnings:

Yana pinned this story to her profile, so it still generates traffic to Pictory via the affiliate link and still earns money on Medium. Probably it also still brings new subscribers.

The recap: $289.82 in earnings and some tangible assets:

- $86.82 earnings from Medium

- $203 earnings from affiliate links

- A significant contribution to a total of 93 subscribers from this lead magnet

See, Medium should not be your only source of income. You can use it in so many ways. And Yana's experience with this story is one great example.