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A Different Idea for Books from the Public Domain
February 6th, 2009
Perhaps you’ve been told of public domain publishing as a pathway to making money online. I would like to tell you about a twist on that idea that can have you bringing in extra revenue almost right away.
First, though, the basics. As you may know, many books and other works have gone into the public domain (fallen out of copyright) and may be republished, in any format, by any person who makes the effort to do so. In the United States most works published through the year 1923 are now considered to be public domain (”PD”).
If you uncover a PD book that you think others would purchase if it were republished, you could reprint it as a physical book and sell copies through eBay, Amazon or your own web site. Some enterprising individuals have done exactly this with old correspondence courses and other non-fiction, how-to type materials from years ago.
On the other hand, you could package your PD discovery as an e-book and make it available for downloading, for a price. This is probably the more common way that people are making money at this time from the public domain.Again, how-to, self-improvement and other non-fiction works will usually prove to be the most profitable.
Now about that little twist I mentioned. It involves making PD books freely available on the web, but with advertising on their pages. So, strictly speaking you are not selling books, but ad space.
A few years a guy named Steve Smith heard about a curious book from 1892 that combined a time-travel tale with a story about golf. Its title was Golf In the Year 2000.
Afer a bit of looking, he was able to find a copy of the book for just $10. He scanned the pages, converted them with opitcal character reading software, and posted the entire book on a site he had registered just for this purpose.
Then he took it the next step. On his web pages, he surrounded the book’s text with Google AdSense and affiliate merchant ads. He then made money when visitors clicked on the AdSense ads or purchased goods through the affiliate links. By the way, if you’re curious you can view his site at www.golf-in-the-year-2000.com.
Steve’s online edition of Golf In the Year 2000 attracts a steady flow of golf enthusiasts, science fiction fans, Victorian literature lovers and the simply curious, he says. And the ads on his pages bring him money!
It’s a simple idea, and one that others could duplicate. Public-domain sources are abundant nowadays. You might be able to find an appropriate book in one of the many web-based collections, preferably one that not many other people have discovered yet.
One good thing with this idea is that the book you showcase (and use to earn ad revenue) need not be confined to non-fiction or how-to.As with Mr. Smith’s strange little science fictional golf gem, it can simply be something that will bring visitors to your site, for the novelty if nothing else.
You could also look in used-book stores to try to find something rare enough not to have made it to the Internet at all. In that case you will probably need to buy a scanner and some OCR software to get the text into your computer.
Public domain publishing is truly a potentially lucrative area. And, how you “repurpose” your PD finds is entirely up to you. That’s what makes it so much fun, as well as profitable.
This method of publishing public domain material is also described in this article, along with recommendations for further reading.
If you are interested in selling actual used books online, as on Amazon or eBay, there’s a downloadable report available that shows a new and mega-profitable way to do it. Check it out here or read a solid review of it at Can You Still Make Money Selling Used Books on Amazon?
Tags: affiliate, book selling, books, ebay, home business, how-to, nonfiction, online business, public domain, publishing, sell books
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How Would You Like to Get 1000 Visitors A Day?
January 19th, 2009
The number one question that most webmasters pose is “how do I get more web traffic?”. Let’s say that you are into Internet Marketing and you’ve got a brand new Web site. You’ll find tons of books for sale on the Internet about how to increase your Web Traffic in 30 days, etc. Don’t waste your money, most of that information is not worth perusing.
Web Traffic Optimization
- If you don’t have your site optimized for your primary keyword you’re just wasting your time.
- Be sure to put your primary keyword for every page in the title tag.
- Is very important that your pages are optimized for your keywords and that you take the time to do it properly.
Obtaining links from other authority websites that already have lots of web traffic is important. You’ve got to get backlinks from other Web sites in order to get indexed by the search engines. Consider this, how are the search engine spiders going to find your site pages if there are no links pointing to them?
I know, you built your site and they haven’t come yet, and they won’t come unless you do certain things. It’s not easy, but you have to have a little patience. It may take several weeks for your site to be listed in Google, MSN, and Yahoo, which are the engines you will get most of your web traffic from. During that time period you should be busy getting links to your site. Writing new articles is an effective way of getting links.
Getting links can be automatic in some cases. You can sign up with a free service like Linkmetro and get backlinks from other web sites automatically. I’ve found that you will get a lot of links from sites that have no pagerank when you go this route. Another, way is to put a linking script on your server so that webmasters can trade links with you without you having to do anything. I prefer this method.
4 Web Traffic Tips
- Another neat way to get links is to join forums that you have an interest in and start participating.
- Don’t make the mistake of joining a group and try to sell something in your first post.
- Contribute to the forum and your sales posts will be accepted later.
- Be certain to put your URL in your signature so you’ll get a link back to your site.
After you have been getting links for a while you will want to start looking to see exactly how many links you have. An super easy way to do this is to go to a major search engine and type in links:yourdomain-com. This works for most search engines and will alert you if your link activities are working.
Your biggest roadblock to getting web traffic to your site is information overload. After you have been on the web for a while your inbox on your email program will begin to fill up with offer after offer. You’ll be tempted to purchase them all and what will happen is that you end up studying and reading all the time instead of working. Remember this and you’ll do alright. Always do the most important thing to get web traffic every day.
Tags: affiliate, blogs, business, credit, get more traffic, internet, internet traffic, loans, marketing, online, real estate, traffic, web
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I Want Traffic, I Want Lots and Lots Of Traffic
January 13th, 2009
The number one question that most webmasters ask is “how do I get more web traffic?”. Let’s say you’re into Internet Marketing and you’ve got a new Web site. You’ll find tons of books for sale on the Internet about how to increase your Web Traffic in 30 days, etc. Don’t waste your money, most of that information is not worth perusing.
Web Traffic Optimization
- If you don’t have your site optimized for your primary keyword you’re just wasting your time.
- Be sure to put your primary keyword for each page in the title tag.
- Is extremely important that your pages are optimized for your keywords and that you take the necessary time to do it properly.
Getting links from other authority websites that already have lots of web traffic is important. You’ve got to get links from other Web sites in order to get indexed by the search engines. Look at it this way, how are the search engine spiders going to find your site pages if there are no links pointing to them?
I understand, you built it and they haven’t come yet, and they won’t come unless you do certain things. It’s not easy, but you have to have patience. It may take several weeks for your site to be listed in Google, MSN, and Yahoo, which are the search engines you will get most of your web traffic from. During that time period you should be busy getting links to your site. Writing articles is an effective way of getting links.
Getting links can be automatic in some situations. You can sign up with a service like Linkmetro and get back links from other web sites automatically. I’ve found that you will get a lot of links from sites that have no pagerank when you go this route. Another, way is to install a linking script on your server so that webmasters can trade links with you without you having to do anything. I like this unique method better.
4 Web Traffic Tips
- Another neat way to get links is to join forums that you have an interest in and start participating.
- Don’t make the mistake of joining a group and try to sell something in your first post.
- Contribute to the forum and your sales posts will be approved later.
- Be sure to paste your URL in your signature so you’ll get a link back to your site.
After you have been getting links for a while you will want to start checking to see how many links you have. An super easy way to do this is to go to a major search engine and type in links:yourdomain-com. This works for most search engines and will alert you if your link activities are working.
Your largest obstacle to getting web traffic to your site is information overload. After you have been on the world wide web for a while your inbox on your email client will begin to fill up with offer after offer. You’ll be tempted to buy them all and what will happen is that you end up studying and reading all the time instead of working. Just remember this and you’ll do alright. Do the most important thing to get web traffic every day.
Tags: affiliate, blogs, business, credit, get more traffic, internet, internet traffic, loans, marketing, online, real estate, traffic, web
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