How to Easily Gain Your First 100 Followers

Stop freaking out, it’s a really easy thing to do

Jason Weiland
5 min readSep 20, 2021
Photo by Marcel Eberle on Unsplash

Back in 2018, when I started publishing on Medium, a writer didn’t need to get 100 followers before they joined the Medium Partner Program. I imagine I would have heard the same complains from my peers back then had it been a requirement.

But I wouldn’t have stressed out.

You see, I learned the secret long ago to gaining followers. But, it is really hard work and that is the problem. What I hear when I see all the complaints from new writers is not “How do I get 100 followers,?” it’s really, “How do I get 100 followers without doing anything because everyone told me I could make money off Medium without doing anything?”

Sorry to pop your bubble, but if you came to Medium hoping you could make a lot of money by not doing anything but posting a few crappy articles, you are about to get a rude awakening.

First, How Do I Get 100 Followers?

Getting your first 100 followers is fairly easy, most people who want to work hard get it done in the first month.

First, make sure your profile is filled out with something interesting about yourself, and have a decent picture. Then, publish your best work. Don’t just copy over a…

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