{"id":9255,"date":"2015-05-28T08:11:02","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T15:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog?p=9255&#038;preview_id=9255"},"modified":"2026-04-14T12:55:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T19:55:54","slug":"medium-to-rss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/medium-to-rss\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Medium RSS Feed to Promote on Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are\u00a0you looking to share your content from Medium\u00a0to all your social accounts? It&#8217;s easy. First, you&#8217;ll need to create an RSS feed.<\/p>\n<p>If you are new to the platform, we have a few easy-to-implement\u00a0tips\u00a0on how to quickly get you started sharing your content to a built-in audience.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Create_a_Medium_RSS_Feed\"><\/span>How to Create a Medium RSS Feed<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Creating an RSS feed from your Medium posts is pretty easy. The RSS feed structure is simple. Here&#8217;s what it looks like:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>medium.com\/feed\/@your_author_name<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your author name is located in\u00a0the\u00a0URL. Using\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Medium_%28service%29\">Evan Williams<\/a>, the founder as an example, his RSS feed looks like this:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">URL: medium.com\/@ev\/<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Author name: @ev<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>RSS feed URL: medium.com\/feed\/@ev\/<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Automatically_Share_Posts_on_Social\"><\/span>Automatically Share Posts on Social<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Now that you&#8217;ve created your RSS feed, what do you do with it?<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Head over to <a href=\"http:\/\/dlvr.it\" target=\"_blank\">dlvr.it<\/a> and start sharing your content across your social networks.<\/li>\n<li>Be sure to <a href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/auto-enable-google-analytics-utm-tracking-codes-to-social-media-posts\/\" target=\"_blank\">add Google UTM parameters<\/a> to track your performance.<\/li>\n<li>Set-up an <a href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/introducing-q-a-smart-new-scheduling-tool-to-keep-fans-and-followers-active\/\" target=\"_blank\">optimized posting schedule<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_it\"><\/span>What is it?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you are new to Medium, I bet you are asking yourself <strong>&#8220;<em>what is it<\/em>?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s described as a blog-publishing platform, but really,<strong> it is a cross between a platform (like blogger.com) and a magazine (think Time.com), with a focus on good design.<\/strong> The content is written by authors like you and me and is organized into collections for readers to browse, similar to a magazine. Anyone can create a free account and start writing.<\/p>\n<p>Here are three benefits for businesses\u00a0to start using it\u00a0from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.kissmetrics.com\/marketers-guide-to-medium\/\" target=\"_blank\">KISSmetrics<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Alleviates the pressure of setting up and maintaining your own blog.<\/li>\n<li>Puts your content in front of the eyes of your target audience with a built in audience.<\/li>\n<li>A\u00a0hybrid platform and publisher (a place for people to publish their own content as well as a media site that produces and curates content). Medium gives brands a pretty good deal: free branded content.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>And,\u00a0a couple quick tips\u00a0on how to use it:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dip your toes into the waters by <a href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/dlvrit-q-makes-it-easy-to-schedule-blog-content\/\">simply reposting your blog content<\/a>. It will expose your content to a new audience and it only takes seconds to implement.<\/li>\n<li>Add hyperlinks back to your main content. You never know, you could get new readers and a little SEO juice!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Still skeptical? Digital marketing agency Koozai, ran a test with the following results:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Within 6 hours my post on Medium had surpassed the average number of views a post on my site would get in its entire lifetime. Within 24 hours those numbers quadrupled.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For more detailed information, its uses and how to publish, read the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.kissmetrics.com\/marketers-guide-to-medium\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Marketer\u2019s Guide<\/a>\u00a0to Medium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are\u00a0you looking to share your content from Medium\u00a0to all your social accounts? It&#8217;s easy. First, you&#8217;ll need to create an RSS feed. 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