Making Money From a Blog or Online Magazine

Many people have been talking about how to make money from a blog or any online presence such as a magazine, newspaper or podcast. Can you blame them? It takes a lot of work and dedication to put such things together and to be compensated for it just seems to make sense.

I currently have this business model where I am looking for writers who would essentially work on a commission basis. They would write advertorials and receive 80 per cent of the income they earn - I would receive 20 per cent for editing the material and posting it to my site Donna Magazine. That magazine is done through Wordpress and currently that particular blogging platform does not take advertisements unless you are willing to pay big bucks.

So I hope the plan I have been thinking about for four years will work out. Please do wish me luck...I need it.

Long Weekends and Homework

With long weekends such as this one in Canada, sometimes the last thing students are thinking about is getting their homework done. It is more traditionally a time for barbecues, shopping, spending time with family and friends, or getting some extra work hours in for that part-time job.

The thing is...it is a great time to do homework if you are going to school within the summer months. Students who are going to school within the summer months should feel extremely fortunate they are doing so. In Malcolm Gladwell's The Outliers, he discusses how important it is to keep learning over the summer months so you do not lose the skills that you develop over the fall and winter. This is a book about how to succeed. I completely agree with this.

The same is true of weekends. If more students put in a seven-day week effort into their studies - they would truly see the results.

With that said...have a good long weekend.