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

ProBlogger

product sales (ebooks, presets, course and printables) – 31%. I started blogging in late 2002. I discovered AdSense (Google’s advertising network), and started putting their ads on my blog. In years four and five I added a few more income streams to my repertoire, the first being direct ad sales. AdSense – 8%. Not at all.

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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 salesAdvertisers were targeted my site. I knew Google took a cut, so I reached out directly to advertisers. $20 Added other advertising networks. ProBlogger Book Published by Wiley. 20 a month on first one.

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Should Your Blog Have a Static Homepage (Whatever That Means)?

ProBlogger

In the podcast episode on 3 Key Things Bloggers Do to Grow Their Blogs into Businesses , I talked about how blog homepages have evolved over the years – from the long list of full posts that was standard when I started in 2002, to the portal-like static homepages that are becoming increasingly common today. Absolutely. 1: Go to Settings ?

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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 salesAdvertisers were targeted my site. I knew Google took a cut, so I reached out directly to advertisers. $20 Added other advertising networks. ProBlogger Book Published by Wiley. 20 a month on first one.

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

ProBlogger

We have our 12 days of Christmas sale and our mid year/summer sale. On dPS we offer sponsorships to advertisers who want to work directly with our audience. There was just almost no comprehension back in 2002 what a blog was, at least here in Australia. It ’ s a couple of months ago that I published that.

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The Team Behind My Blogs: From Solo Blogger to Business

ProBlogger

November 2002 : I started my first personal blog almost nine years ago, without even the faintest suspicion that it’d be anything more than a hobby. September 2005: I published a post here on ProBlogger talking about how I’d reached the “six-figure&# level of income from blogging. Blogging: from hobby to job.

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How to Build an Email Marketing List as Quickly as Possible

Neil Patel

Most websites create one high-value opt-in incentive and advertise it via their: Sidebar Lead capture top-bar Opt-in popups Blog post footer Author bio. Most of today’s top names in blogging and marketing started around the 2002-2005 mark. Amazon’s sales increase by 1% for every 0.1-second Make Your Website Faster.

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