How I Got My Article on the First Page of Google

A Story of Using Medium.com and Affiliate Marketing Dude’s Tips

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I am on the first page of Google for this key phrase — degenerative disc disease and running.

Here’s a bit of backstory on how my article got to the front page of Google.

I came across an article written by Abena Talks on Medium, where she mentioned someone I had come across online years back — Affiliate Marketing Dude.

Abena had one of his video links in her article, so I decided to check it out, as the subject matter intrigued me — Making Money On Medium — $9,237 With One Story?

The Affiliate Marketing Dude’s Tips for Making Money on Medium

From the video content above, the following are the steps provided by the Affiliate Marketing Dude for making money on Medium.com:

1. Find non-competitive keywords that you can rank for.
2. Write articles or stories based on those keywords, get them ranked, and get some traffic.
3. Get traffic and get paid.
4. Use trigger words to find good SEO keywords you can rank for.
5. Use Medium’s Partner Program to get paid for your content.
6. Include affiliate links…