Typical Blog Wages?
April 5, 2008 by Deb
Filed under Freelance Writing
If you’d like a comprehensive breakdown of one blogger’s earnings, visit Jennifer Chait’s post at Network Blogging Tips entitled Typical Blog Wages: How Much Money You Should Make Blogging. If you’re sharing wages, this is how it should be done. Nice breakdown of the work involved: How many posts, what else is expected, management issues and more. I find this way more helpful then a monthly figure. I’m still not comfortable with sharing earnings, but we’ll just chalk that to being old and out of touch. I’ll work on overcoming it.
Just a quick note – thank you for this one. Many people don’t realize the difference in pay between writing and blogging. There is a large one.
This is only going to continue as an ongoing topic, as blogging is relatively a new field, and many organizations are starting up blogs.
Like the article points out, the wages vary by industry, type of blogging, topic niche, and much more.
I’m glad to see the typical wages revealed.
Missy.
Did you see Sunday’s article on the stress of full-time blogging? It’s here:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Infotech/Internet_/Online_stress_When_writers_blog_till_they_drop/rssarticleshow/2932236.cms
among other places. I thought it was an interesting look at the piecework nature of some blogging.
Janet:
Thanxs for the link to the “bloggers stress” article.
It was a good read, and truly indicative of a growing problem among hard-core bloggers.
I suggest everyone read it.
Missy.
HI Janet -
Actually Jennifer wrote about it at Network Blogging Tips.
http://networkbloggingtips.com/why-im-so-liberal-with-the-link-love/
Definite food for thought.
Oops wrong link, try this one – http://networkbloggingtips.com/is-blogging-really-this-dangerous/
Deb — oh, good, glad someone’s talked about it. I don’t do pro blogging, so my interest is purely academic, but I thought it’s an important take on the topic!