You need to work REAL hard. Post article, polls, videos, links, and pictures as often as possible. Then, just wait for people to fan it. Once they do, you will earn medals. The more people fan your work, the better the medal is
Well back in the day like 4 or 5 years ago it was easier and more possible to earn a die hard medal but, these days you would be lucky to even get a dedicated medal which is the 1st medal people usually get for a spot! As a fanpop user that has been a member for over 5 years I can tell you it has changed significantly for earning medals. I use to be able to contibute a bunch to a spot/club and in a few months I would have a medal for that spot but, the past couple of years I have only gotten 2 medals for 2 spots I barely contributed to. I added 11 images to 1 spot and that is all I did and 11 months later I got a dedicated medal and the and then I also got a dedicated medal for a spot I only added like 23 images or something like that and 11 months later I got a dedicated medal. There are 2 spots I have been regularly active in for many months and have done so much and have no medals for them! What I am saying is that there is no sure fire way to get a die hard medal or any medal for that matter. The only way you have any chance of getting a medal is to just keep being active in the spots you want a medal in and it probably will take a long time but, eventually you will probably get a medal but, no guarantee of which medal you will receive or when you will receive it.