Do those with a significant other earn more online?
If you read John Chow’s blog, he surprisingly laid the secret to his success upon his supportive wife. In the comments for the post, the readership was fairly positive in agreeing that having a supportive significant other (Girl/boyfriend, wife/husband, etc) was very helpful.
Personally, I’d have to agree. My girlfriend is very supportive of me earning money online, and will patiently listen to me talk the “foreign language” of RSS, Alexa Rank, widgets, and etc. Although I don’t often ask, anytime I desire advice about my blog, she can quickly give me great tips that usually work out great.
However, just because it may be true for John Chow and me, is it true for the majority of people?
Here at Zero and Up, I’d like to conduct some studies about earning money online. When I get the results, I plan to make a graph chart and analyze the results. To make the results more accurate, I’d love to have more participants than just the readers of my blog. I need your help!
First, answer this survey yourself. Then, if you’d like, post the survey on your blog. When you leave a comment, leave your results and the link to where you placed the survey on your site so that I can gather all of the results. After a few days, I plan to analyze the data and see whether this assumption is statistically true or not. Thanks in advance for your help! Without further ado, here is the survey.
Please answer the following questions truthfully. If your answer is NO to any of these questions, you may end the survey at that question.
1. About how much do you earn online per month?
2. Do you have a significant other? (Girlfriend, Boyfriend, Wife, Husband, etc)
3. Do they know that you earn money online?
4. Are they supportive of you earning money online?
5. Have you ever received advice from them about your blog/website?
This survey is being conducted by ZeroAndUp.com
Douglas Slingerland Said:
Hello again Alan =)
I’m glad to see someone finally covered this topic! You should release an in-depth e-book of multiple influences on a bloggers health and what factors dramatically affect our productivity. This e-book could consist of things like dating and eating or TV watching and exercising. Great idea, eh? Need help with it? Just contact me! =)
I’m afraid to say though that having a relationship can not only positively impact your productivity but can also negatively impact it as well. A committed relationship that is open and supportive can make a dramatic difference in your life, but also being paired up with the wrong person or just bickering and little fights over simple things can also make for a very unproductive day, consuming all of your time just brooding. Would you agree?
As requested here are my answers to the questions:
1. About how much do you earn online per month?
roughly $100 for last months earnings. After march rolls over I’ll begin releasing monthly updates.
2. Do you have a significant other? (Girlfriend, Boyfriend, Wife, Husband, etc)
Yes, a loving and committed girlfriend.
3. Do they know that you earn money online?
Yes
4. Are they supportive of you earning money online?
Very
5. Have you ever received advice from them about your blog/website?
Constantly, she reviews my website and posts daily and updates me with the details.
March 6th, 2008 at 1:33 am
Alan Said:
That’s a great idea for the e-book! Over time I’d like to conduct multiple studies like this and compile them. Hopefully I’ll be able to get at least 100 responses in each study to make sure it’s accurate. (Even through other sites or survey places, if needed)
March 6th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
Douglas Slingerland Said:
I think the best resources to compile a more relevant ebook not necessarily the most accurate, but for the field it may be; would be to compile this field of questions from the most successful bloggers alone. Consult the 50 most successful bloggers (in order) I know Caroline Middlebrook of http://www.caroline-middlebrook.com has recently gone through a really rocky relationship and it affected her pretty bad, but despite that unfortunate event she’s persevered and become very successful. Oh and I was thinking about doing a contest and was wondering if you would like to help? Free advertising and exposure for you~~ e-mail me if you want more info~ =D
March 7th, 2008 at 12:27 am
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March 16th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
Loretta Said:
1. About how much do you earn online per month?
It varies from month to month. between 1,000 and 2,500 dollars.
2. Do you have a significant other? (Girlfriend, Boyfriend, Wife, Husband, etc)
husband. married 10 years, 4 kids
3. Do they know that you earn money online?
yes
4. Are they supportive of you earning money online?
very, it puts food on the table and buys all sorts of things
5. Have you ever received advice from them about your blog/website?
he helped me with some color schemes, he’s better at picking colors than me, go figure.
March 16th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
Jenn Said:
Hi! I came from the PPP boards; here are my answers.
1. About how much do you earn online per month?
$500 - $1500
2. Do you have a significant other? (Girlfriend, Boyfriend, Wife, Husband, etc)
My husband. We have been married for three and a half years, and together for almost eight years. We have two children as well.
3. Do they know that you earn money online?
Of course. Who do you think deviled me for a PS3 last summer?
4. Are they supportive of you earning money online?
Very much so.
5. Have you ever received advice from them about your blog/website?
Yes. He’s helped me choose colors, tried to help with topics to blog about, and comments on my blogs all of the time as a way to rally around me and give me inspiration and reason to blog more.
March 16th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Shopping4Coupons Said:
1. About how much do you earn online per month?
Around $500
2. Do you have a significant other? (Girlfriend, Boyfriend, Wife, Husband, etc)
Yes, Wife
3. Do they know that you earn money online?
yes
4. Are they supportive of you earning money online?
No, she says it takes time away from her and fixing up the house.
5. Have you ever received advice from them about your blog/website?
Sometimes.
March 16th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
JMom Said:
1. About how much do you earn online per month?
My daughters sometimes help with opps.
about $500 working on getting it to be more
2. Do you have a significant other? (Girlfriend, Boyfriend, Wife, Husband, etc)
Husband of 15 years and three daughters
3. Do they know that you earn money online?
YES
4. Are they supportive of you earning money online?
After they started benefiting from it, yes
5. Have you ever received advice from them about your blog/website?
YES. More from my daughters than my husband. My husband just gives me time to blog more often.
March 16th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
Unbalanced Libra Said:
1. About how much do you earn online per month? about $400-$600 roughly
2. Do you have a significant other? (Girlfriend, Boyfriend, Wife, Husband, etc)yes, I live with my boyfriend
3. Do they know that you earn money online? Yes!
4. Are they supportive of you earning money online?Absolutely!
5. Have you ever received advice from them about your blog/website?Yes, some good tips
March 16th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
Cara Said:
1. About how much do you earn online per month?
$400 (most of it is from selling things online, about $100 from blogging
2. Do you have a significant other? (Girlfriend, Boyfriend, Wife, Husband, etc)
hubby
3. Do they know that you earn money online?
yup
4. Are they supportive of you earning money online?
so-so
5. Have you ever received advice from them about your blog/website?
yep… and promptly disregarded it lol
March 16th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Lucynda Riley Said:
1. About how much do you earn online per month? between 800 to 1200 a month, it was considerably more before googlesmack.
2. Do you have a significant other? (Girlfriend, Boyfriend, Wife, Husband, etc)yes
3. Do they know that you earn money online? yes
4. Are they supportive of you earning money online? yes and no, I suspect he is jealous that I am able to work from home and he is stuck slaving 12 hours a day as a sales associate because gas prices and a poor economy forced him out of business.
5. Have you ever received advice from them about your blog/website? Yes, but its rarely good advice.
March 16th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
eve Said:
1. About how much do you earn online per month?
about 200-600 a month, depending on how much I choose to work
2. Do you have a significant other? (Girlfriend, Boyfriend, Wife, Husband, etc)
yes, a husband
3. Do they know that you earn money online?
of course
4. Are they supportive of you earning money online?
very
5. Have you ever received advice from them about your blog/website?
sometimes, usually silly useless advice though, or something I have already done! LOL
March 17th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
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