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I'm giving myself a raise!

Published about 6 hours ago • 1 min read

I’m giving myself a raise! Or at least, I’m trying to.

In just under a year of existence, Chortle has brought in about $4,500 from our generous paid subscribers. In that same stretch, I’ve spent roughly $4,000 on things like advertising, domain hosting, taxes, and—most importantly—paying writers.

Which means that after nearly 12 months of near-daily publishing, I, your friendly founder/editor/designer/publicist/accountant, have taken home… about $500.

I know what you’re thinking: “Greg, that’s too much money.” And indeed, it is a frighteningly large amount. Let me break it down so that you know I've earned it.

Over the past year, I’ve written 166 posts, edited another 80 or so, run all of Chortle’s marketing efforts, and generally tried to be a businessman to the best of my limited ability. Taking that all into account, I think I'm hoping to bump my salary up from roughly "seven ha'pennies per fortnight."

Of course, I’m being a little facetious here. I genuinely love writing comedy for you folks. I believe in the future of Chortle. I genuinely value every person who opens our emails. But I also would like to make a little damn money.

Here’s the deal: my writing becomes your reading. Your dollars become my dollars. Seems like a fair trade, right? So if you enjoy Chortle, if you believe it should continue to exist, upgrade to a paid subscription today.

Let’s give Greg a raise. He’s earned it! (He’s me. I’m Greg.)

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