Comments on: How Condé Nast Salaries Stack Up With Blogger Incomes

By: Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 12:21:54 +0000

Super motivating stats!!! I’d much rather be my own boss!

By: Kenpatchi Rama-Sama

Kenpatchi Rama-Sama — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 20:13:21 +0000

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By: Joy

Joy — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:14:40 +0000

There are so many ways to look at this, and I guess what it really comes down to is what you value, not just what you make. Publishing is a precarious world right now, but being associated with Conde Nast holds value in and of itself. On the other hand, if you put your creative freedom and life flexibility above all else, blogging (and freelancing in general) just works out better. After completing a program in publishing, I had two options: go to NYC and work in publishing (while flatsharing and scraping by), or continue freelancing (from anywhere, about my specific interests). I chose the latter because flexibility is what matters to me — but I have such respect for those who went into places like CN knowing that they’d have to endure low pay and brutal hours because of their dedication to that particular craft.

By: StyleDestino

StyleDestino — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:16:25 +0000

its good for those who make that much… but many bloggers still have to make money from their blogs.

besides, getting paid as much as the creative director isnt surprising, considering those bloggers are putting just as much effort, influence the fashion world just as much and have the same level or maybe even higher following.

its not always about the designation or experience, but about what you got in you and how much you deliver.

By: Sweetpea

Sweetpea — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:14:35 +0000

Just in response to a couple of points made above…

“one day the blogger will age or have a baby and the blog will no longer be successful”…seriously?! Having a baby or getting older (as we all are every day!) should not – and does not – spell doom for a blog. If you’ve built up a readership those followers will likely grow with you through the years. Plus there’s plenty of examples which buck your prejudiced prediction…google bluebird blog or advanced style.

Someone also mentioned that blogging won’t last forever. I don’t believe this to be true. it certainly isn’t going to go away, but it will evolve. Blogs are becoming more sophisticated becoming full blown ‘websites’ in their own right, and the challenge now in a saturated market is to find a way to approach it slightly differently in order to stand out…or just do what you do REALLY well! If it aint broke don’t try to fix it, just improve it!

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 06:11:35 +0000

Compare with how much the Fellt.com girls are making – they’re getting free designer goods like A.Wang bags, Christian Louboutin clutches and flights/accommodation all expenses paid to go to LFW and NYFW, where I’ve heard that the cost of the banner ad costs $100,000 per month. It really isn’t hard to make money or charge a lot when you have an agent or proper goods to sell.
I admire these girls and know them personally and wish them all the best. Seeing other bloggers worldwide making it big becomes something I aspire to and I use them as role models and what can be achieved in this day and age.
Find your niche, find your passion and go for gold. Never give up 🙂

By: Zoobia

Zoobia — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 03:04:36 +0000

The comparison doesn’t surprise me. When high status advertisers are buying ad space, one can only imagine the type of money they can afford to spend to do just that. Blogs are more interactive than magazines in the sense that blogs with comments enabled allow outsiders to gauge the bloggers level of influence in a way that isn’t possible with print magazines. If I worked for a brand looking to buy ad space, I could easily check out the comments left on a post and see a very specific picture of how readers feel regarding content.

By: Ana

Ana — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:19:47 +0000

The freebies are a big part of bigger bloggers’ income.

They are not “salary” per se, and they can’t buy food and pay the rent with them directly, but they enable them to a. not spend the salary itself on shoes/clothes/whatever and b. earn money by having something to write about.
(And that applies to print people, too.)

I don’t find the fact that bloggers can earn that much surprising, but I did expect that print people were earning a bit more – I must have been affected by all the publicity they get.

Good for bloggers earning as much as they do 🙂 : as I said on the other article, I find most blogs more entertaining/creative/informational than most mags.

By: WorkOfStyle

WorkOfStyle — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 11:00:48 +0000

It makes complete sense to me that bloggers can make more than a magazine employee as their blog can be as big as a magazine itself. Many blogs have more visitors every week or every month than some magazines have readers. The difference is that almost everything goes to the blogger (and maybe their small team) whereas there are many people working on a magazine. When a brand advertise on Vogue, it finances the whole magazine. When the brand advertise on Brian Boy, it all goes directly in Brian’s pocket. So that doesn’t surprise or shock me. That’s the power of bloggers and internet!

By: LibertyLondonGirl

LibertyLondonGirl — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 10:17:13 +0000

As an ex CN editor myself, one also needs to take into account the emoluments that come with working on a prestige title when analysing comparative incomes.

The access to sample sales, major discount, goodie bags, flowers, the piles of free beauty products, the countless free meals and entertaining in all the newest places…even when I was making less than £20k PA as both an assistant and as an editor back in the day, I cld lead a pretty nice life because I never needed to buy all that stuff – or cld get the high end stuff at the price of Zara.

Granted: I was flatsharing with never less than two other people in the arse end of Archway, and once with four others, and going home & eating baked beans on toast (the classic I’ve got no cash English supper), and never had any spare money, but it wasn’t such an issue because I got so much shiny stuff through work, and access to all the latest bars & clubs for free (in the days when I actually had a social life because I wasn’t running my own business!).

LLGxx