List: Using Medium | Curated by Patsy Fergusson

Feb 24, 2025
28 stories
Using MediumHere are stories I've written and others I've found helpful about what's right and what's wrong with this platform and how to use it best.
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Fourth Wave
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Patsy Fergusson
Medium is an Excellent Way to Spread American Wealth Around the PlanetConsider the outsize impact of following writers from low-income countries
Feb 10
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Feb 10
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Fourth Wave
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Patsy Fergusson
“Mini-Boost” Coming Soon to a Pub Near YouNew “Feature Story” function to give editors power to increase distribution on one story a week
Dec 14, 2024
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Dec 14, 2024
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The Brave Writer
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Alexander Boswell
7 Tips on How to Format Your Articles From an EditorIf it doesn’t look good, no one will read it
Sep 5, 2020
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Sep 5, 2020
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In
Fourth Wave
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Patsy Fergusson
What Happened at the Pub CrawlA CEO, an intellectual, and an old lady walk into a bar…
Mar 21, 2024
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Mar 21, 2024
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In
Fourth Wave
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Patsy Fergusson
Punctuation is Not a Personal Preference!There’s a reason they call them quotation marks
Feb 4, 2024
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Feb 4, 2024
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In
Fourth Wave
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Patsy Fergusson
Wooing the AlgorithmHey, Baby. I find you supremely powerful and very exciting. Do you want to hang out?
Nov 13, 2023
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Nov 13, 2023
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Fourth Wave
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Patsy Fergusson
Five Formatting Faux PasAvoid these mistakes so your stories don’t look lame
Dec 18, 2023
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Dec 18, 2023
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The Brave Writer
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K M Brown
The Definitive Guide to Medium’s Quotation FeatureThe blockquote vs. the pull quote — and how to use them properly.
Sep 20, 2019
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Sep 20, 2019
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Better Marketing
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Joseph Mavericks
The Ultimate Medium Image GuideBonus tip: how to set a focal point on any image
Apr 10, 2020
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Apr 10, 2020
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In
Fourth Wave
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Patsy Fergusson
How to Backup Your Medium PostsFor the organizationally challenged (like me)
Apr 1, 2022
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Apr 1, 2022
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Fourth Wave
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Patsy Fergusson
Here’s One Way to Grow ReadershipUsing the tools that Medium provides
Apr 14, 2022
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Apr 14, 2022
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Stark Raving
How to Use Medium Lists to Drive TrafficMake the most of Medium’s new features!
Jul 23, 2021
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Jul 23, 2021
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Creators Hub
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Medium Creators
SEO tips to make your stories discoverable and grow your readershipOptimize your stories to make sure they’re seen
Jan 29, 2020
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Jan 29, 2020
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In
Fourth Wave
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Patsy Fergusson
Medium Gives Me Access to Black VoicesMore than any other public space in my white life
Jan 19, 2021
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Jan 19, 2021
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In
Fourth Wave
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Patsy Fergusson
Medium’s Compensation Tweak Hurts WritersIncluding this young Nigerian poet
Oct 26, 2020
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Oct 26, 2020
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In
Fourth Wave
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Patsy Fergusson
How Medium Spends Your $5Mysteries of the algorithm revealed
Jul 6, 2019
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Jul 6, 2019
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ILLUMINATION
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Patsy Fergusson
The Five Best Things I Read on Medium This WeekMy personally-curated list of sparkling gems
Oct 6, 2020
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Oct 6, 2020
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In
Fourth Wave
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Patsy Fergusson
The 6 Best Stories I Read on Medium TodayYour curated list of guaranteed gems
Feb 15, 2022
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Feb 15, 2022
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Creators Hub
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Harris Sockel
Open Thread: What’s the Best Thing You’ve Read on Medium Lately?Name aside, Medium is actually pretty big. Share a story you think deserves a wider audience.
Jul 13, 2021
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Jul 13, 2021
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