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Hi Kneb,
Awesome Post Mate! There is absolutely no doubt that anyone can make money on the internet, they just have to have a good plan, take action and keep the momentum going! Take Care, Michael Silvester |
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Thanks Michael,
Yes, A short term 30 days goal + a plan of action + action = wonderful results |
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ACTION IS KEY! great post to persuade people
to take ACTION and SEE RESULTS!
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Wow, awesome post! Great proof of what some
good thinking and hard work can produce.
Where are you finding all of the public domain content? |
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Brilliant post Kneb..You have given a solid
information for anybody to take action and apply and see the
results..These are awesome tips to make quick cash.
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Good timing for your post - I'm actually working on something that somewhat fits into one of your case studies above. Any chance you could break one down a little more? |
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Great post, I know I am more motivated to get
off my butt and build up some sites. The site flipping market is huge and
there are definitely fortunes to be made. All you need is to do a little
due diligence and take action and literally anyone can do this.
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Very inspiring! Site flipping is something I'm
very interested in, as I enjoy building sites and I hear the website
market is hot. Your post makes it sound easy!
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Thank you, Kneb. This is good information.
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Awesome post Kneb. truly
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So how are you sure you have public domain rights? Any legal guff that you need to plough through first? Thanks a million, Steve |
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I am aware of Project
Gutenburg for books but it would be interesting to know where you
source Public Domain images from. Also some information on confirming they
are public domain after sourcing them.
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I never had the 250+ page ebook, just something for you to think about. |
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Thanks Kneb!....awesome information right
under people's noses - if they just look. I've got Kneb's outstanding
Ebook on PD and it gives you the tools to get there.
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Hey guys, putting up 900 posts is an unreal
amount of work. I've got two words for you "caffeinated content". Use it,
mix it up with your articles, PLR, etc. and affiliate/adsense/cpa
monetization and you are good to go. 'nuff said, go make some
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* Public Domain content? Here you go: http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page You should start here. Many uncovered bestselling gems. Do a search for your niche keywords, and also for "how to", "course", "handbook", "report", "study", etc... http://books.mirror.org/gb.home.html http://infomotions.com/alex/ http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/catalogs/bysubject-top.html http://www.econlib.org/library/classics.html http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/ http://www.absolute1.net/free_self-help_books_online.html http://ibiblio.org/ http://www.readprint.com/ http://www.zerotime.com/lostbook/ http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/index.htm http://www.ancienttexts.org/library/index.html http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/ http://www.bookrags.com/ http://www.henriettesherbal.com/ http://www.easymediabroadcast.com/ http://www.boat-links.com/books/electron.html http://www.flyfishinghistory.com/bibliography.htm And this is just a small (really small) portion of what you can find online. Those links are full of Public Domain content for you to use in any way you wish, covering many bestselling niches. * | |
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Good idea. I've used public domain content for
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Are you listing on SitePoint, eBay or where? |
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Of course, Here we go: * Case Study #4 (2.0) Want to have a killer bestselling report on Student Loans? A hot niche. 1. Go to USASearch.gov : The U.S. Government's Official Web Search 2. Put "student loans" on the search box. 3. There you have it: lots and lots of free-for-the-taking Public Domain content that you can use in any way you wish. 4. Set up a blog on the subject and use the info for your blog posts. 5. Compile the best info into a good report on pdf. 6. Set up a minisite selling the report. 7. Pre-sell the book on your blog. 8. Sell it through Facebook (and other related student sites). 9. Hire some forum posters to post on related student forums, with a signature pointing to your blog and to your minisite. 10. Enjoy a new source of income, maybe forever. Or: just sell the blog weeks later for 1,000s Think of another niche? "Foreclosures" Another hot niche right now... 1. Do a search on "foreclosures" 2. Repeat the above process. Another one? "How to sell your house" 1. Do a search on "How to sell your house" 2. Repeat the above process. Another one? "Debt consolidation" 1. Do a search on "Debt consolidation" or go directly here. 2. Repeat the above process. Another one? "Mortgage Refinancing" 1. Do a search on "Mortgage Refinancing" or go directly here. 2. Repeat the above process. Another one? "Divorce Consultation" 1. Do a search on "Divorce Consultation" 2. Repeat the above process. And we could go on and on... This was for the #4 Case Study. All the best, Kneb | |
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Well, Any work published on US before 1923 is clearly in the Public Domain. This only will give you free access and reprint rights to millions upon millions of bestselling content, ready to monetize in any way you want. That includes any book, text, article, photograph, clipart, graphics, artwork, audio, music track, music sheet, script, plays, videos, movies, etc... Any work published between 1923 and 1963 is in the Public Domain IF the copyright is not renewed in its 28th year after publication. And, believe it or not, 93% (!!) of those works were never renewed. So again, there you have millions and millions of free-for-the-taking ready-made bestselling products for you to use in any way you want. That includes also any book, text, article, photograph, clipart, graphics, artwork, audio, music track, music sheet, script, plays, videos, movies, etc... I hope this helps | |
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Thanks very much for the tips.
I'm a newbie to the forum. I have been designing and building websites from scratch for clients for about 10 years, but want to make something for myself that can generate some extra income, self sustain. The biggest issue I've had is what project do I start with? So many interesting ideas, I want to commit my energy to one and focus on that, instead of being scattered. Thanks again! |
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Awesome kneb!
I think most people overcomplicate stuff and never think of using public domain as content for their site. Including me that is.. Haha.. Gonna start using public domain.. |
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Do you have to quote or give them credit in
your writing? Also is stuff issued by the government public domain if it
isn't that old? Can you still use that? Also would you want to throw up
one of your $100k examples, I know I would love to see it.
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Kneb,
Question for you: If I go and and use usa.gov and do a search on a particular topic, are you saying that anything that I find from that search can be used by me in any way that I choose? Could you please clarify this info? Because I just did a search on one topic and found info on that topic that was published/revised in 2006. Can I use this info without any legal problems? Thanks! |
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I looked on wikipedia and according to their
information anything the government puts out is considered public domain.
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Hi Kneb
Great post and examples. I followed one of your link and digged bit into these links and found this :- "Mortgage Refinancing Worksheet" "A Consumer's Guide to Mortgage Refinancings" Two ready made products. But how can you tell that these are in Public Domain Thanks |
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Great post. You've put paid to the "how can I
make money?" threads for sure with this. I wonder how many people who are
struggling to make money will see this and run with it. If you're reading
this... really, you have NO more excuses. Period. You can even do this if
you have little or no web marketing experience. Very cool case studies.
Well done.
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All the Federal Government works ARE in the Public Domain, by law. So yes, you can use any content from that site in any way you want... There you have it: millions of great content, professionally written, already researched... ready-made products for you to use... Nothing to do with your usual PLR and RR stuff... this is simply another level... the Major League. If there´s one good thing about Government, is precisely this one. That´s what the 4th case study was all about | ||
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Hi,
Great info. With tax season approaching, taxes would be a good topic. Our friends at IRS.gov have lots of information and with all the money Uncle is spending taxes are going up so everybody needs a home based business to get some writeoffs. Thanks, Jim |
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Thanks for the great info. While I am aware of
Public Content, I never used it before on any of my sites.
After reading your very inspirational posts I will look more into it |
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Hi Kneb,
Thanks for the post. I have a couple of questions if you don't mind. The public domain stuff is all very old right? So say I type in 'golf' that is going to bring up info on golf. But surely all info on golf from say 1947 isn't really going to be of interest to anyone? Info is outdated and the language 'old style'. So why would anyone buy a blog like that? My other question is if you take info from some these sites, how can you tell people that it is original content? As you have taken it from a site that has been indexed by google? Would they not just do a search on one of your articles and it shows the original as well? How would your blog get ranked well if it isn't original content? cheers |
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Kneb you're just brilliant!
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Good example for anyone in need of a plan to
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Hi Kneb,
Thanks for sharing! I have tried flipping model but when it comes to sell the site, it becomes very hard ...do not know what i missing...I have flipped some site successfully but sellers were not willing to pay the price as expected for the work we have put in that site.... Can you please share some insights how and where you sell these sites. I mean how to really flip a site after it has been manufactured and promoted ... Thanks again for inspirational case studies. Looking forward to read more from you about flipping the sites ... Mohsin |
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Hi Kneb,
Great post! Also, the public domain content links are icing on the cake! Regards, Gary |
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Awesome post... just goes to show some elbow
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Sounds fantastic. Did you actually get so much
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WHOA! You totally went the extra mile here.
I've
bookmarked this thread - and thanks for the reply. I also have your book and it ROCKS, which reminds me, I need to post a little blurb on your wso. Not too many people go into this much detail as to how they are making $ online publicly like this. You have given away thousands of potential site, blog, membership site, etc. ideas away freely in your replies to others here. My hat is off to you for freely sharing so much info! Quote:
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* Public Domain Images? Well, The first place where you have to start your searches is, again... US Government... Case Study #5: Take a look: PD Graphics from USA.gov Look what I found inserting the keyword "graphics" Huh?? Amazing resource of READY-TO-SELL hundreds of PD graphics... I just compiled the ones I liked for my niche, setup a video showing the images and put up a site selling the graphic packages... Easy Money... And I did this for 13 (!) different niches... 13 different sources of income... thanks to the US Government Just do your searches and you will be amazed. More examples? Do you have a blog and want to add some high quality images? Go here: GRIN Killer images to help tell your story... Not to mention that you can use the images to make Youtube videos and craft your story-telling... Another one? A gardening blog? Or a book? America's Historical Documents More PD images sources? Images in the Public Domain NOAA Photo Library - Other NOAA Photo Sites Earth As Art Antique Prints from Prints with a Past DLS: Digital Library System Clipart ETC Homepage http://phil.cdc.gov/Phil/home.asp Copyright-Free Photo Archive: Public Domain Photos and Images ClassyArts - Public Domain Images and Photographer Database Uses? Aside of selling them? Use them for your blogs, for your sites, for your videos, for your ebooks and reports, for your banners, for your headers, for your templates, etc... And this is just a glimpse of how many millions of PD images you can find and use... Of course, I can´t give you my "secret" links to mind-blowing PD images and artwork (this wouldn´t be fair to my customers)... but you can get the idea... Oh, I forgot this killer "best of" resource (you can really thank me for this one): http://www.dotgovwatch.com/?/archives/8-The-Best-Copyright-Free-Photo-Libraries.html A best of compilation of the top 13 resource government sites whose images and graphics are clearly in the Public Domain... | |
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Also be careful, if you search for content at USA.gov - the search machine does not differentiate between state government and federal government, so you have to check first on what site you are. Also states have now the.gov domain, and even cities are getting now.gov domains. But in general when you search for federal material, it is in the public domain and does not have to be that old. Even they tell you i.e. at GPO, what their bestellers are Link here: U.S. Government Bookstore: Best Sellers Timo | |
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If you include PD content within your eBook,
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Yeah... I was just scratching the surface... Thanks Timo, for the heads up. * PD Government Works (rules): Public Domain does NOT apply when the work has been performed for the government by a third party (an independent contractor). Also, usually a federal government website will have a link at the bottom (Website Policy) confirming that the content is public domain... But not always. If you can´t find it, just put this code into the Google search: "public-domain site:---.gov" or, "permission site:---.gov" (change the ---.gov for the actual site you are searching) If after that, there´s still no luck, you can rely on this: 1. Make sure the site is in fact a federal site. States + local government ARE NOT public domain... Just federal websites (with the exceptions pointed out by Timo). 2. Make sure the work is not made (entirely or in part) by an independent contractor (which will be stated or credited). 3. There is a copyright notice in it? And the easiest thing (and common sense): - Contact the site directly and ask: they will give you the answer. There are also some other exceptions: - The Smithsonian Institute + Amtrak + the US Postal Service (USPS) They are federal agencies whose works are copyrighted (not in the Public Domain)... Except (and this is a thing that I love) USPS stamps older than 1978 (!) That´s right: all stamps made by the US government prior to 1978 ARE in the Public Domain... I´ve sold many digitized copies of them You can check out this Wikipedia link to bookmark it for future reference: Copyright status of work by the U.S. government - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hope this clears things a bit more... * | |
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