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Why You Need to Make ‘Starting’ a Mindset

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You might be thinking of launching a course to teach others what you know, or perhaps putting all that knowledge in an eBook and selling it. In November 2002 I received an email from a friend with the subject line “Check out this blog”. Soon after that I was offered a book deal. I started writing a book.

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

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product sales (ebooks, presets, course and printables) – 31%. I started blogging in late 2002. Amazon was just a bookstore back then, and I was earning 4–5% commissions on $10 books. Around the same time, Wiley (the US publishing house) asked me to write the ProBlogger book. AdSense – 8%. sponsorship – 6%. Not at all.

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

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November 2002 – I get an email from a friend that says, check out this blog. I was mostly linking to books. Promoted eBooks and products for other blogs. ProBlogger Book Published by Wiley. Launched an eBook on ProBlogger. We have since launched 35 eBooks. I liked what I saw, and I began blogging.

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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. I was mostly linking to books. Promoted eBooks and products for other blogs. ProBlogger Book Published by Wiley. Launched an eBook on ProBlogger. We have since launched 35 eBooks. I liked what I saw, and I began blogging.

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The Team Behind My Blogs: From Solo Blogger to Business

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But first, let’s go back in time… (this full story can be found in ProBlogger the book ). 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. These have largely been ebooks to this point.

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9 Ways to Grow Your Blog Faster

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As you may well know, I started blogging back in 2002. I’m going to get a book deal. I turned the content into an ebook and I put it on sale. Think of all the articles and books written by multiple authors. The post 9 Ways to Grow Your Blog Faster appeared first on ProBlogger. Some of them worked. Some of them didn’t.

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

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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. Gary said that back in 2008 in his book, but I still think it’s a completely relevant message today.

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