Vocal Media has been touted as Medium’s main competition, offering writers a chance to earn money from views on their content. I’ve been a member of Vocal Media since February 2021; I’m now prepared to give my assessment of the platform and whether it’s definitively worth it for writers to join over Medium. Here are […]
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3 Ways Vocal Media Can Improve to be Better than Medium
Recently, I was asked to participate in a research interview for Vocal Media. (Full disclosure: I was offered $100 for my time, as well as an annual membership to their Vocal+ program.) I was designated their “standby participant”, and would only be asked to participate if their initial candidate dropped out. As luck would have […]
Vocal Media 6 Month Review: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
(UPDATE: This post is slightly outdated. For my most up-to-date thoughts, please check out my 1-year review on Vocal Media – https://sylviesoul.com/vocal-media-review-1-year-later/) I’ve been writing for Vocal Media since January of this year. Now that it’s August, I figured I would provide my 6-month assessment of the writing platform. I initially signed up as a […]
5 Things to Consider Before Entering a Writing Contest
Vocal Media has come under fire again. Recently, the writing platform announced a Summer Fiction Series: eight fiction writing challenges for a chance to win up to $5000. It didn’t take long for controversy to rear its ugly head; after the results of The Old Barn Challenge were announced, it was revealed that the second-place […]
Vocal Media: Should the Right to Edit Only Be Offered to Paying Vocal Plus Members?
In my last post about Vocal Media, I discussed whether it was worthwhile to write for the platform, and how it compared with Medium and hosting your own website. Recently, Vocal Media announced that it would finally be allowing for quick edits of submissions. In the past, if you needed to revise your writing, you would […]