Social Media Writing for Smart People » Lawyer http://www.ivanwalsh.com Get smart with better social media writing skills Sat, 05 Nov 2011 17:15:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Stop Blogging! What happens if you start to make money? http://www.ivanwalsh.com/career/stop-blogging-what-happens-if-you-start-to-make-money/ http://www.ivanwalsh.com/career/stop-blogging-what-happens-if-you-start-to-make-money/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:59:48 +0000 Ivan http://www.ivanwalsh.com/?p=3312 Does writing a blog constitute work? Forbes reports that the New York State Department of Labor recently declared a laid-off attorney ineligible for unemployment benefits as she was bringing in $1.30 a day from blog ads. In April, Karin started a blog, called STL Meal Deals, where she wrote about local restaurant promotions. Since she [...]]]>

Does writing a blog constitute work? Forbes reports that the New York State Department of Labor recently declared a laid-off attorney ineligible for unemployment benefits as she was bringing in $1.30 a day from blog ads.

In April, Karin started a blog, called STL Meal Deals, where she wrote about local restaurant promotions. Since she received no payments from the businesses she mentioned, Karin decided to try generating some income by signing up for Google AdSense.

Google sends bloggers checks when their earnings hit $100–a level that took Karin three months to achieve.

Here’s what happened when the first check arrived:

Lawyer’s Unemployment Benefits Yanked Over $1 a Day From Blog http://www.forbes.com

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