Wins of the Week #29 (I Thought It Was Going To Be a Slow Week…)
But I was wrong! | WOW: July 29 — Aug 4
“How does the time pass so quickly?!”
That’s what I asked my husband last night when I was scrambling to finish my latest article and set up this morning’s newsletter.
Another week has passed in the blink of an eye. (And…I just realized…so did another month!)
I really thought last week was a slow one.
But as I check on my stats for this article, a lot happened!
Let’s get into it.
1. Published Medium articles
I think my perception of the week being slow is because I didn’t write as much last week as usual.
I wrote and published 5 stories, and only 1 went into a publication. 3 of those articles also went into my Hustling Housewife Substack.
2. Mentions
Last week I was mentioned in 10 stories by other writers! That’s a lot, and I appreciate it so much!
From Dee Chapman:
From John Pearce 🌻:
From Jamie Northrup - Minimalist Hustler:
From Sweta Sharma:
From Karen Banes:
From Lucian Ioan Chirilă:
From Erica L Soerensen:
The one from Erica is bittersweet (but mostly bitter) because after such a great month, she had her Partner Program access revoked! I mention her story in this article.
Be sure to follow all of these great writers if you’re a Medium member!
3. Medium earnings
This is kind of wild, but I’m off to a great start in August, and I’ll show you why in one second.
First, here’s where things ended for July:
I did a full July report here if you’re interested.
Here’s how August is looking so far:
That’s for 4 days so far. That’s a really good start!
Here’s why:
Even though this story is about Medium and should only go to my network, they decided to include it in their Daily Digest (I don’t even know what that is), and it took off.
Hey, I’m not complaining! I appreciate the mini-boost!
Here’s a peek at how all my stories from last week are doing:
(Some Weird Happenings Around Medium went out late last night and doesn’t have stats yet.)
4. Medium followers
I didn’t expect to hit another follower milestone so quickly, but I made it to 3.4k!
That’s awesome!
5. Gumroad sales & downloads
It was another great week in Gumroad!
Medium Money = 7 sales ($132)
4-Step Affiliate Marketing System = 12 downloads
I have some big plans for adding more Gumroad sales. More on that later!
6. Amazon book sales
I’ve gotten 6 sales on my Medium Money paperback so far:
I don’t know if there’s a way to break this report down by week, so this is in the past month.
I also created my author page:
And I’m starting to get reviews!
I’m so excited to add more books to this list! More coming soon…
7. Substack
Here’s what my Substack stats looked like last week:
And here’s this week:
I just noticed I’m so close to 200 subscribers. Nice!
I’m also starting to get a trickle of subscribers for my Master of Manifesting substack:
I’m OK with the trickle because I need a little more time to get this one set up properly.
8. Affiliate sales/Benable
I picked up 1 new affiliate sale, and 2 recurring sales.
I was also paid on 1 affiliate sale.
I earned 2 new affiliate sales from Benable.
All of my cashback earnings come from this 1 list so far.
My Amazon affiliate earnings increased a *tiny* bit:
I’ll take what I can get with this one!
9. Email subscribers
My email subscribers are up to 665.
This is partially due to running an ad in
’s Minimalist Hustler Daily newsletter.I got a nice boost from that! (Which is why I did it, of course. lol)
What’s next?
I have plans for new ebooks. Some of them will be “Money” themed. And some of them will be “Intellectualists” themed. And some of them will be “Manifesting” themed. And some of those themes will run together.
For instance, I currently have Medium Money. I’m going to work on Manifest More Money.
So these are both “Money” themed, but the blue ones are also Intellectualists themed, and the purple ones will be manifesting themed.
I’ll be adding “Mini Email Mastery” to the Intellectualists-themed books soon!
It’ll make more sense once I have more built out! (I hope?!)
Some of these ebooks will be mini ebooks, which I’ll then bundle and make into paperbacks to put on Amazon.
All of these ebooks will be a part of my million-dollar experiment, and all the details of what I’m doing + deep-dive stats will be presented to my paid subscribers. (Plus, they get 50% off any ebooks I write!)
I also just signed up for Vocal Media, based on a recommendation from
. So I now have 9 income streams, instead of 8! More on this one later once I get it set up.I think that’s it for now, but I’m sure I’ll think of more things to add to my plate. I’ll let you know next week.
A personal win…
We went to see Chevelle on Saturday, and it was glorious! (This is my favorite band, in case I never mentioned it. 😂)
This week we have another concert for Slipknot! My favorite season is concert season.
How did your week go? Feel free to post your wins in the comments so I can help you celebrate!
Did you know I also share short lists of links to everything I learn about creating $5k+ per month in this mini newsletter? → intellectualists.com
Always love seeing your stats, thanks for sharing everything so openly with us. Medium Daily Digest is a personalised email people receive based on who they follow and what they like to read by the way.
Kicking booty, Christina!! I know you'll reach your 5k goal! 💪💯