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Does McDonalds Pay More than Blogging?
Social Media News Source: http://blogaboutyourblog.com
Published: Nov 08, 2007 - 02:41 pm
Story Found By: ffnstuff 1663 Days ago
Category: Social Media
does McDonalds really pay better than blogging?
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from nowsourcing 1663 Days ago #
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Had to click through just from the title.  Made me think of when Louie Anderson was talking about his rise to fast food fame in the movie, Coming to America about how one day he’ll make assistant manager :)It’s pretty funny that the blog sale you speak about barely made more than minimum wage.

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from ffnstuff 1663 Days ago #
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I highly doubt the blogger put in anything close to 40 hours a week. Sitting around writing blog posts, or standing on your feet all day asking " do you want fries with that"  hmmm wonder what Id take

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from ryanol 1663 Days ago #
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yes

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from nowsourcing 1663 Days ago #
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Sure, maybe the blogger didn’t put in 40 hours a week.  And yes, standing on your feet making minimum wage taking burgers and fries orders sucks.Still, if you weren’t blogging, would you automatically be working at McDonald’s? Career aspirations, anyone?

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from ffnstuff 1663 Days ago #
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haha the article came from a comment, and i answered itbased on the sale of blogging fingers... blogging makes more than working at mcdonalds. Mcdonalds can be exchanged for anything minimum wageI could of easily plugged in "top bloggers" like john chow, but we all know they make way more than minimum wage. If you break down 4 months of work for 6,000$ its easily more than minimum wage..

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from ryanol 1662 Days ago #
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thats not the problem...the problem in the argument lies in how you define an "average" blogger.

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from ryanol 1662 Days ago #
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if the question was "can blogging pay more than McDonalds?"  I’d be onboard.

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from Wingnut 1661 Days ago #
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So you’re saying the trick is to blog AND work at McDonalds full time? ;)

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from ffnstuff 1661 Days ago #
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haha it might be

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from patio11 1661 Days ago #
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The problem is that ANY blog that is saleable is not representative of all blogs or even all blogs which were built to sell.  100% of McDonalds burger flippers make at or above the minimum wage.  Blogs which generate so much as a single penny of income are the exception, not the rule.  Blogs which sell for thousands are the exception to the exception!Plus, the blog at issue made LESS than the minimum wage if that person fills out his taxes honestly.  It is a short term capital gain, which means it gets hit at his marginal rate, with none of the favorable tax treatment available to wages.  If he decides to put it on Schedule C, which I think is dubious but I could perhaps see a reason for doing it (it arguably makes the gain earned income, which can be advantageous in some circumstances), he’ll lose about 15% off the top to social security tax (McDonalds workers pay half, then McDonalds silently pays the other half for them), THEN get to pay taxes at his marginal rate on whatever is left. 

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from matt608 1661 Days ago #
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I said this in a comment on the post, but people don’t seem to be catching on to how important it is:"The other big factor is the learning. Ive learned so much and been inspired to do so many more things online. You cannot put a price on that."

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from ryanol 1661 Days ago #
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but 6k will put you in the ballpark.  :)

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