Do You Have to ‘Sell Out’ to Succeed on Medium?

I studied two big names on Medium and here’s what I’ve found.

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I’m rarely tempted by those “succeed on Medium” courses, as my intuition tells me that they’re generally little more than snake oil.

But on Thanksgiving last week, I looked at my disappointing projected earnings for November, and thought, fine. It wasn’t…