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How to Quit Your Job and Build an Online Business

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My friend is quite similar to me in many ways: he’s a good communicator, idea gatherer and researcher. As we talked, he explained that back when he saw me starting my first blogs in 2002–2004, part of him wanted to do the same thing. That’s exactly how I felt in 2002 and 2003. Begin building your network and your audience.

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PB175: How to Quit Your Job and Build an Online Business

ProBlogger

As I said, my name is Darren Rowse and I’m the blogger behind problogger.com; a blog, a podcast that you’re listening to now, an event, a job board, and series of ebooks all designed to help you as a blogger to grow your audience. Alongside that, we see an expanded audience. Our audience has the potential of growing.

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What does the ‘Pro’ in ProBlogger Stand for?

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I’d never felt such a rush of exhilaration and I saw people in the audience respond positively to my words and it triggered in me the beginning of a passion for communication. I’ve explored many forms of communication over the years but when I stumbled across blogs for the first time in 2002 I knew I’d found something special.

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

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I started blogging in late 2002. That helped me rank in Google, which brought me a small audience. And in that same year I learned how to communicate and engage with that audience. And in that same year I learned how to communicate and engage with that audience. And in my first year I earned… nothing.

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243: Tools and Techniques to Blog Effectively on the Road

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Mobile phones were certainly around when I first started blogging but when I started blogging in 2002, there weren’t too many smartphones. That’s what I did back in 2002, 2003. I might communicate to Vanessa and the kids, “I’m gonna be working on Wednesday morning for about three hours or for about two hours.

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Do You Make These 6 Domain Name Mistakes?

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The year was 2002 and a couple of hours after reading my first blog, I was ready to start my own. au) domain name I was making my blog more findable in search engines to Australians – but not to a global audience. If you’re looking to build a localized audience by all means consider a local domain.

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PB175: How to Quit Your Job and Build an Online Business

ProBlogger

As I said, my name is Darren Rowse and I’m the blogger behind problogger.com; a blog, a podcast that you’re listening to now, an event, a job board, and series of ebooks all designed to help you as a blogger to grow your audience. Alongside that, we see an expanded audience. Our audience has the potential of growing.

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