No, it’s not from Google Adsense.
Just repeat after me, I am not a blogger, I am a weblog communications specialist. That’s the ticket to some decent money from Write on Metro, the (web)blog of the Harris County (Houston, TX) MTA. That’s right. A Write on Metro “weblog communication specialist” is paid $76,622 a year. In addition to the nifty salary and other benefits, she gets to ride the Metro for free.
Now I understand why people use the word weblog. It pays better. You think it’s easy weblogging for these folks? Read the job description on page 3 (benefits on page 2).
This salary information was obtained using the Freedom of Information Act. Link here.
via HouStoned blog.
Having lived in Houston for 3 years, I think that’s a sweet deal, when you throw in great chili, rodeos and the Cotton-Eyed Joe.
And, just how often does somebody have to post to get paid that amount of money? Several times a day? Weekly?
I think I’m in the wrong business.
Can I write 3 and make $200K a year?
You know what they say about Texas—everything is bigger there.
Geez… I’m asking for a raise.
Too bad we don’t have transportation like this in Ann Arbor. I’d apply for the job !! But, it is exciting !!
If you had transportation like the Metro Rail in Ann Arbor you would feel it in your tax wallet. Light rail in Houston hasn’t exactly been a an effective program. It’s made driving and walking in downtown Houston interesting and in my opinion there isn’t really a need for it. It doesn’t surprise me that Metro is paying someone damn near 80K a year for this. You can pretty much double that for the total loaded expense of this gig. Wanna know how effective the blog is? I live in Houston and this is the first I’ve heard of it. Sheesh.
If having a blog becomes a (perceived) “must” addition to a broker/agent website, there will be plently of jobs available for experienced real estate blog post writers.
Gee, capitalism is the best system ever created, to think a person could make money by writing a blog. I have to write a blog and then get paid when I sell real estate. Wow! I could cut out the real estate part and just do the blog?
You could syndicate your work to other blogs in Minnesota, like a columnist. Or maybe send out a bi-weekly blogletter that goes to paid subscribers. It isn’t that far-fetched.
and I thought I was just a nerdy guy with a computer and a problem with authority.
Nothing wrong with any of that Brian