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My Earnings for August 2021

My viral article earned me a fortune!

Vikranth Kanumuru
ILLUMINATION
Published in
2 min readAug 10, 2021

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My income on Medium has been increasing day by day.

Being from India where things are 3X cheaper, from the start, I made enough income to eat out at a restaurant for a meal, but it was only this month that I passed by $50 goal.

(Edit 22–08–2021: It's my first 100$ on medium today!!)

The best or maybe the worst part depending on how you look at it is, I made enough money from a single viral article than I made in the entire last month!

Literally, it took me one viral article!

I want to say I worked hard, published articles every day, and all that good stuff, but my fellow writer, the best tip I can give to you is… writing a viral article is like using pickup lines on women.

It's a numbers game and you never know what might click

I just woke up one day to realize, “I finally got my lucky break, huh!”

Screenshot by writer

My story where I made the most money,

I would also like to mention that the other articles I wrote earlier also kept earning and have contributed to reaching my $50 goal, so even more reason to keep writing with a focus on quantity.

If you would like more actionable tips on writing and how I became a Top Writer in Startup (500K) and Innovation (61K), checkout this story.

Have fun and keep writing!

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Vikranth Kanumuru
ILLUMINATION

A Curious Fellow in love with Technology — Featured in ABC Australia| 70K+ Views | 9 x Top Writer in Innovation and Startup — https://portfolio.kanlanc.com