Hello beautiful people!!
As you know I have made the switch from Mailchimp to Substack. So this is just some general housekeeping for those who are just subscribing. Whereas before I had my guides sent through Mailchimp, I am creating a link for them here too. However, not to worry! I will keep the Mailchimp links alive for the transition. So without further ado, the guides!
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Welcome and thank you for joining my list! I am super excited to share my journey with you and look forward to getting to know you.
Firstly thank you so much for signing up to my list! I'm ZUVA, a poet, spoken-word artist and freelance writer. I examine themes around; mental health, feminism, culture and humour. You can read more about me here.
I just wanted to quickly let you know what kind of things to expect from me. Here is what I will be sending out regularly;
Links to my featured articles: I have had the privilege of being published by Black Ballad, Huffington Post Personal, Human Parts and ZORA to name a few.
Seven's Weekly Shoutouts: A weekly digest of my best articles and my favourite picks from my medium publication, An Injustice!
FOMO Digest: A monthly summary with the best of the best- in case you missed them.
BONUS ITEM!
Every subscriber now gets a free copy of part two of my guide - A Comprehensive Guide for True Beginners - Things I Wish I Knew Before Publishing My First Piece
Part two contains over 16 articles by 12 different authors on everything you need to know about Medium like; curation, formatting, suggestions of FB groups to join, editing tips and so much more!
After all, I am also a true beginner. The first month I was on medium I made $1.74. Yet we see article after article of people making $50/$100 even more in their first month! I am not saying there is anything wrong with that, however, we need something for us. The people who really don't know what we're doing.
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The guides!
Here is part one: A Comprehensive Guide for True Medium Beginners, Part One— Basic Terminology
And as promised, here is part two: Comprehensive Guide for True Beginners.
I scoured medium and myself for a list of all the things I wish I knew before publishing my first piece.
This article contains over 16 articles by 12 different authors on everything you need to know about Medium like; curation, formatting, suggestions of FB groups to join, editing tips and so much more!
The first month I was on medium I made $1.74. Yet we see article after article of people making $50/$100 even more in their first month! I am not saying there is anything wrong with that, however, Eraes inspired me to write for the people like me and them.
When I saw the $1.74 I was disappointed and deflated. Yet I was motivated to learn. Four months in and only now have I finally crossed the $100 threshold.
So this guide is going to be full with all the tips and tricks that I have learnt over the past four months.
Now I have gotten the hang of things, more of my stories are getting curated also.
Now, I am not promising you the world, your story will be different from mine.
But I promise these tips will help strengthen the foundations of your craft!
Let me know how you get on!
ZUVA
*P.S. Here is the link for the part two of the guide again!