A to Z Recipes
Newsletter

The following is a run-down of overall participation in the new Honor System:

January 1 - January 14, 2004

Amazon Pay Page: $57.15 (15 readers)
Pay Pal: $7.17 (2 readers)
Via mail: $17.00 (2 readers)
TOTAL: $81.32 (19 readers)
(I have received less than $5 in income from shopping links)

Membership totals and issues posted/distributed 1/1 - 1/14:

Membership: Approximately 1700
Issues posted: 14
Distribution: 23,800

Here is a (minimum) of hours spent preparing issues and working on web site during this time frame:

Preparing issues - 4 hours daily X 14 issues = 56 hours
Posting and work on web site - 1.5 hours daily X 14 = 21 hours
Countless hours spent reading emails, writing and searching for materials
TOTAL: 77 hours+

Hours in time frame = 336
Time spent at full time job = 102
% time spent for A to Z Recipes = 23%
% time spent for full time job = 30%

Readers received :
110 recipes, 38 jokes, numerous articles on health, diet and assorted food-related subjects.

My income for time spent at a2z is $1.06/hour, or ONE minimum contribution; $0.0478 per subscriber; $0.00341 per issue.

Cumuli votes a (free way of expressing appreciation) :
534 votes
0.022 votes per issue received
That is 22/100's of ONE VOTE per issue distributed.