The Online Paycheck » mid-month http://www.theonlinepaycheck.com Helping writers and photographers Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:29:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Mid Month Report for January 2010 http://www.theonlinepaycheck.com/2010/01/17/mid-month-report-for-january-2010/ http://www.theonlinepaycheck.com/2010/01/17/mid-month-report-for-january-2010/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:30:18 +0000 dgrwriting http://www.theonlinepaycheck.com/?p=176 Lots of good news this month. First, and most important for me, I finally got a day job! In fact I got a very very fun day job. I am helping a friend run his existing shipping and receiving company and helping to develop and deploy his new ventures. The first of them is an online magazine focusing on Canadian indie music, which is really exciting for me. Second, I am taking on ten Bright Hub articles this month! I wrote an article for the Digital Photography channel about microstock photography and my editor really liked it. She asked me to write a series of articles reviewing each agency, similar to what I do here on the Online Paycheck. I have also been added to the computer hardware channel on Bright Hub. I won’t be able to take on assignments for that channel this month however, since I already have ten to write for the month. So far I have had four articles published, one more written but not uploaded yet, and I have five more to go. This includes a re-writing my Bejeweled Blitz article since the game has had a major overhaul. It is a very busy month and I am loving it.

With no further ado, here are my mid-month numbers:

Location Number of Articles Word Count
blog 2 1148
Bright Hub 5 4845
Xomba 4 277
Total: 6270

I also have a ton of plans for The Online Paycheck that may not happen this month. We’ll just have to see how things go. That’s it for now, I am off to go write more Bright Hub articles.

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Wow, it’s the middle of the month already! We’re ten days until Christmas. So far this month has been unique in a few ways. My articles are getting more exposure on many of the sites that I write for (thus making me more money) but theonlinepaycheck has suffered some serious losses due to my lack of activity last month. My photography is doing what it normally does during December, it stops selling. Although this is the prime season for microstock, December (and for many photographers January too) is a time of dismal sales. It’s the unfortunate lull in the micorstock season. I am no exception, this month is going to suck for photography profits. I guess I should count myself lucky that my writing is picking up.

My last post was on the 8th and in the last 7 days I have worked very hard on applying to jobs and writing Bright Hub articles. I have three new articles published and another written that I still need to upload. I’m pretty happy so far, I have been keeping to my schedule for the most part but it is time to ramp it up a bit more.

I have a loose plan for the rest of the month. First off, I need to work theonlinepaycheck a lot more, I really want to get it back to where it was a couple of months ago. Second, I had a goal of reaching an average of 500 views per day on Bright Hub by the end of the year. Basically taking November off destroyed that goal, so I have revamped my plan to 350 views per day, hoping to hit 500/day by the end of February. I’m not even sure if I can reach my 350/day goal this month but I’m going to give it a go. Lastly I have also started a blog on blogspot.com. I have yet to post anything but that is another thing that will have to be fixed this month. Three hardcore goals in my opinion. Time to give you guys some numbers and get back to work!

Location Number of Articles Word Count
theonlinepaycheck 1 912
Xomba 3 201
Bright Hub 4 2761
Total: 3874

See you guys at the end of the year! I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season.

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It’s now past the middle of the month and I am here to give you guys some numbers. As I mentioned in my last earnings report, I’m taking it pretty easy this month as far as writing and photography go, and focusing all my efforts on finding a day job. I have found a few prospects but any of them would mean moving as they are not in Edmonton, where I currently live. In my opinion this is not a bad thing. I am still pretty happy with how much I have gotten done this month. I have applied for nearly fifty jobs in the past two weeks and I find it encouraging that I found time to write anything. My photography has been selling fairly well and I got another EL sale, this time on Dreamstime. And if you are following me on Twitter, then you know I have also started a new blog on Today.com, which has been doing fairly well considering I only have six posts. Here’s the word count so far:

Location Number of Articles Word Count
blog 2 1106
Triond/Bukisa/Red Gage 1 697
Xomba 4 224
Today.com 6 1796
Total: 3823

That’s it for now. I have just finished up a three day job and I have a job interview out of town later this week so I doubt there will be many updates this month. I can’t wait until things settle down again so I can start posting more resources. I’ve been collecting bookmarks and reading all kinds of guidelines for great markets. I am looking forward to sharing them with you.

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