Medium Reviews and Ratings

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Medium as a portfolio for the various areas I've worked in and can teach. I also use it as a source for a "Publication" I've created, including others in the community and focusing on a subset of a subject. This is a way of showing prospective employers in my life that I have the necessary knowledge without subjecting them to a short and uninteresting resume.

Likelihood to Recommend

Medium is (almost entirely) human content. It covers every field and niche, as well as having Publications to either share or read about any specific topic you can think of.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Medium as our blog. We publish all our articles to it and also use it to keep ourselves up to date on what's going on in the world. We use it because it has some great writers who write some great articles and do with some authority. We feel the people who use Medium are professional and authoritative.

Likelihood to Recommend

Medium is the perfect blog because you don't need an external service. You don't need a server. You don't need updates or upgrades. It is easy to write articles on it. The articles can also be shared easily with multiple social networks. All in all, we find it an easy to use and clear platform that has helped us replace our old reliance on Wordpress.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Medium is the best platform for the reader/writer, as well as for the company, however, it has a spam score of 11% but still, I will recommend it because it's providing vast knowledge due to its large writer base.

Likelihood to Recommend

I am providing it only seven-point as it has an 11% spam score and due to that, I have deducted three points.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Medium is a publishing platform that gives your business another place to show up with thought leadership on your specific industry, products or services. It is mainly used by our sales and marketing department. We use it craft stories and insights regarding anything as it relates to our field. By doing so, it helps present us as a thought leader and potential problem solver for the reader.

Likelihood to Recommend

I think despite the fact that it is subject to the content created by a variety of people with good and bad intentions in mind, it is a great space to have your voice heard. When used in the business setting, it allows companies and product-enthusiasts to go beyond 140 characters to really give their take on why you should hear what they have to say. For true, verified thought leadership, it's still best to get published in an industry magazine though.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Medium is a highly visible blogging platform with an excellent feature set and UX. Medium is used as an alternative to the company's primary blog for any posts that either promote the company, blog or sometimes clients. Because Medium already has a large following the click-through and impressions of these posts can be quite high.

Likelihood to Recommend

It really depends on the need. I don't see Medium as a place for all of your blog posts. It's not a dumping ground-- it's better suited for your best posts. If you're posting something to gain extra exposure about your company, brand or another subject it's an excellent resource because it's easily discoverable. Choose what's posted to Medium wisely.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Medium.com is a part of our content marketing strategy as a clear, easy platform to publish our content to and reach a wider (yet still relevant) audience.

We create and publish content on a range of relevant sites for us, but Medium offers a simple, self editable way to build a following, engage, link back and reach audiences that might not otherwise have found our content.

Likelihood to Recommend

If you're already producing quality, helpful content to your audience, and are looking for third party sites to republish to build traction, Medium is great - and as many businesses find, this can be beneficial to both your following and search rank.

It will require work on engagement though, and regular posting.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Medium is part of our content marketing strategy. We create original content that we publish on our website and on various 3rd party websites. Since cross-linking helps to increase a site's authority, we link to related content on the various sites where we publish. Medium allows us to reach an audience that might never see our website through traditional searches. It also gives us another outlet where we can publish without fear that our content will be mangled by an external editor.

Likelihood to Recommend

If you are vanity publishing and just want to see your stuff on the web, it is very, VERY easy to get involved with. Of course, your writing is not likely to stand out if you don't have a clear plan.

The more I use it, the more I like it. The user interface is extremely well-done. I kinda wish my WordPress-based blogs had editors that were that easy to use.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

With my writing and design, I personally use Medium as a way to gain followers. I'm able to gain followers on the site itself and it encourages readers to follow me and other writers on Twitter as well. It's been doing a nice job of building followers on both. Once I have people's attention, I hope to switch attention more into something that can be of monetary value.

Likelihood to Recommend

Medium is a very good platform for professionals sharing advice and experiences. It's great for seeing fresh perspectives on current events and finding stories that are relevant to you. Tags make it easy to target your niche audience. However, Medium is not ideal for people who want to write more mundane personal blogs, poems, or short stories. The platform is simple for this, but that type of writing doesn't often get much exposure.