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How to Target Generation Z Through Paid Ads

Neil Patel

With that in mind, here’s a word of warning: advertising to Generation Z is a double-edged sword. Zoomers recognize and champion this, with 71 percent eager to see more diversity in advertising. Advertising to Generation Z can be a real minefield. Products become services, and services connect consumers. Zoomers disagree.

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How I Created My Profit Streams and Became a Full-Time Blogger

ProBlogger

I started blogging in late 2002. I discovered AdSense (Google’s advertising network), and started putting their ads on my blog. Advertisers were now starting to target my site, to the point where the same advertisers were on my site all the time. Starting from scratch. And in my first year I earned… nothing. Not at all.

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How Our eBook Launches Have Evolved (after 235,000 eBook Sales)

ProBlogger

This week on my main blog – Digital Photography School – we launched our 24th photographic eBook ( a guide to post production of portrait images ) and it got me thinking back about some of the changes in my blogging since I started back in 2002. The Biggest Lesson I’ve Learned In Selling eBooks. a blog post.

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PB153: How I Diversified My Blogging Income and Became a Full Time Blogger

ProBlogger

November 2002 – I get an email from a friend that says, check out this blog. Direct ad sales – Advertisers were targeted my site. I knew Google took a cut, so I reached out directly to advertisers. $20 Promoted eBooks and products for other blogs. Added other advertising networks.

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9 Blogging Hurdles I’ve Faced as a Blogger and How I Got over Them

ProBlogger

When I first started blogging back in 2002 I was a technological Luddite. And so I began experimenting with different types of affiliate promotions, as well as creating my own products. As it turns out that advertising model didn’t disappear. So let’s start with the first hurdle I faced…. Not understanding the technology.

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PB150: How I Make Money Blogging – My Profit Streams Revealed

ProBlogger

On dPS we do two big promotions every year. On dPS we offer sponsorships to advertisers who want to work directly with our audience. Back in 2002 when I first started blogging, and then over the next couple years started to make money for my blogs, the first question I would almost always be asked when I say to someone I ’ m a blogger.

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PB153: How I Diversified My Blogging Income and Became a Full Time Blogger

ProBlogger

November 2002 – I get an email from a friend that says, check out this blog. Direct ad sales – Advertisers were targeted my site. I knew Google took a cut, so I reached out directly to advertisers. $20 Promoted eBooks and products for other blogs. Added other advertising networks.

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