Why I Stopped Writing on Medium.com and Started My Own Blog

How I moved from One source on income to Five with my blog

Ilam Padmanabhan
4 min readMar 26, 2023
Stats from my blog on Ahrefs

First of all, I want to apologize for the radio silence lately. As many of you know, I’ve been busy building my business and focusing on my new blog at ilampadman.com. But going forward, I promise to send more frequent newsletters and share my knowledge with you.

Today, I want to share my journey of transitioning from writing on Medium.com to starting my own blog, and the exciting opportunities that have come along with it.

Medium was one of my primary income sources as a writer, but I knew I had more to offer and wanted to explore other opportunities. So, I took the leap and started my own blog at ilampadman.com. And I’m happy to say that it has opened up much more opportunities for me beyond just writing. I’ve been able to earn through affiliate marketing, paid partnerships, sponsored content, and even writing gigs.

To give you an idea of the difference, I used to make a maximum of $170 per month from Medium. However, with my own blog, I’m able to earn the same amount in less than a week with just one-tenth of the effort.

But what’s even more exciting is that my blog has gained over 5K organic traffic in less than 4 months — all thanks to the…

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Ilam Padmanabhan
Ilam Padmanabhan

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