Undoubtedly, relying solely on Medium's Program can be scary, especially when the algo starts acting up.

Thank you for reinforcing the idea of looking outside Medium's nest & finding income sources that factually have a better ROI + scaling opportunities.

There's newsletters sponsorships, affiliate marketing (as u said), selling e-products via Gumroad, or social media branding - writers have a thousand ways to earn today.

Overall, loved reading this blog Lauren! 🙌🏻