losing files
I’m finally done with transferring my paid post entries that my admin has sent me. When I reformatted my computer, I accidentally deleted all my back up files in my other hard drive. Good thing I was able to burn my pictures in DVDs. However, my problem is with those other files that are also important such as my productivity when it comes to creating blog entries or sponsored reviews for my main site. Basically, I receive these tasks and I track them down with whatever Excel skill I have. I consolidate them so that during the time for me to be paid, I’d get the money and there would be no questions asked since I have a record carefully laid out for my admin to review.
I still have copies of those sponsored posts in my email and when the hard drive went kaput, but I had to painstakingly check the information and create another template for those entries I created since my last payment. One by one I had to type the titles of my posts and make sure that the payouts are correct. Now, I have the most updated records.
I’m just sad and upset because of the difficulty in retrieving the old trackers. I lost them which served as my accounting book whenever I’d like to audit the amount I’ve earned while blogging. Anyway, it’s too late to complain.
So this is one useful tip for bloggers out there. If you want to keep track of the money that you earn, I recommend that you create a tracker for each post that you have so that when you look at your income through this sideline, then you’d have something to refer to. It really is very useful for me since I have an Admin who usually sends me the tasks so I get to trace everything and she’d be able to just confirm them; reducing conflicts in turn.
Here is a screen shot of what I’m talking about. Here are the paid posts that I’ve done for Soloflighted.com for the month of July.
As you can see, it records the opportunities I’ve written for my Admin and this is what I send out when it’s time for payout. You can modify it according to what would be comfortable. It’s not really that much but it’s good enough for recording purposes. To think that I had to look 5 months back. Now I have to track back from when I started which from November 2007. Tsk tsk tsk.
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