Public Domain Product Ideas
September 29, 2008 by Debra · 2 Comments
What do I do with all this junk? Do you think you might have Public Domain books or movies stored in the deep dark recesses of your storage??? What kind of Public Domain Product Ideas do you have.
When someone has been around the Internet Marketing Business world for years… quietly making a living using Public Domain information to produce unique and sought after products… well we end up with way to many ideas to ever implement.
photo credit: PetitPoulailler
Sharing Ideas makes good business sense. Why don’t I keep all these unique ideas to myself? If you find just one little nugget of an idea for using Public Domain material… that makes you a ton of cash… well… wouldn’t you want to come back and visit this site over and over?
Wow… that was a long sentence and probably confusing.
I just want you to be successful and feel comfortable sharing any good ideas you might have about using copyright free content. So… if I share so much that you find it mind boggling… then maybe, just maybe I can get you to jump in and share with us as well.
Okay? Get ready… It’s going to be a bumpy ride!
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FACT: Of The Millions Of Books Published In The U.S. Between 1923 And 1963, the U.S. Copyright Office Estimates That Only Roughly 15% Had Their Copyright Protection Renewed. This Means That Around 85% Of All Books Published In The U.S. Between 1923 And 1963 Are Up For Grabs! That’s Billions of Pages of Material That You Can Use To Create Your Own Outrageously Profitable Multi-Media Information Publishing Empire…Faster Than You Ever Dreamed Possible…. |
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Public Domain Magazines – Easy Article Marketing
Business savvy people have discovered the potential of public domain magazine content to grow their businesses.
In today’s business world, it is important to use article marketing to drive your business. By using well written articles, you can bring traffic to your business through search engines and links to your web site.
Finding writers to write new and quality material for your article marketing strategy can be difficult and end up costing you a ton of cash. This is where public domain magazine content comes in. With a little legwork, you can use the abundance of public domain magazine content for your article marketing.
The first thing that you must do to use public domain magazines for article marketing is to decide what niche your business fits into.
Once you have decided upon a niche for your articles that will drive traffic to your business, it is time to find your content.
Locate magazines that have fallen into public domain that are based upon your niche. These public domain magazines can be found on the Internet, libraries, and at estate sales. The articles in these public domain magazines are proven quality articles. finding articles that are still relevant for today’s reader is easy.
For an article marketing strategy, you can choose either to use the content word for word or to rewrite it into your own voice. Either way you choose to go, you will save time and money by using for your article marketing strategy.
Submit Your Articles to Directories
Once you have given the article a headline that will catch the attention of Internet readers, all you have to do is to find a place to submit it. There are a number of article directories which are niche specific and there are also a bunch of article directories which cover a broad base of topics. Research the ones which will provide you the most benefit (and targeted traffic). Common directories include ezinearticles.com and amazines.com.
There are many free sites that you can publish articles to for your article marketing strategy. You can use links to your company web site in your resources of your article or in your bio as the writer. There are many ways to use article marketing to drive the reader to take further action to go to your site to see what your business is all about.
Article marketing is one of the most effective ways to grow your business online. With the use of public domain magazines, article marketing is easy and inexpensive to use. There is a wealth of material available in the public domain for you to use to drive traffic your business. Visit How to Research Public Domain Magazines for more information on how to research public domain magazines to find your article marketing content.
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FACT: Of The Millions Of Books Published In The U.S. Between 1923 And 1963, the U.S. Copyright Office Estimates That Only Roughly 15% Had Their Copyright Protection Renewed. This Means That Around 85% Of All Books Published In The U.S. Between 1923 And 1963 Are Up For Grabs! That’s Billions of Pages of Material That You Can Use To Create Your Own Outrageously Profitable Multi-Media Information Publishing Empire…Faster Than You Ever Dreamed Possible…. |
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Blog World Expo 08 Tweetup Parties and Video #bwe08
Of course we had a “Talk Like A Pirate Day” Blog World Expo 08 tweetup (where Twitter friends meet face to face) in Las Vegas! Friday night at the Tempo Lounge in the Hilton.
It was a great kick off party for the weekend. Warren Whitlock was on the “air” with his TwitCast... I can’t even list all the great people that showed up to this party. And… yes, I got 10 people to put on an eyepatch to win the gift packs I put together (which included a free bar drink) - I was a popular girl that night!
After the tweetup it was time to head to the TECHSET & BLOGWORLD AFTER HOURS PARTY at the Bare Lounge - Mirage Hotel.
All I can say is the weather was perfect for a pool/cocktail party. But it was so crowded and loud that I couldn’t think much less speak… so we left (on the hunt for some fun slots)
I found some great blog world party photos and videos on these sites:
http://www.toprankblog.com/2008/09/blog-world-expo-photo-roundup-1/
http://blogs.zappos.com/blogs/inside-zappos/2008/09/25/blog-world-expo-08-twitter-party-gone-viral
http://zacjohnson.com/blog-world-dinners-networking-parties/
If you have more photo links for #bwe08 that should be listed… add to the comments please!
I (Debra) was one of the three lucky winners selected for an invitation to a special dinner with the Market Leverage group on Saturday night. This amazing dinner at the Envy Steakhouse… wasn’t only about the food. I met Jen Fluker from Market Leverage… didn’t get to spend much time talking shop… mostly girl talk.
I sat across from the Unique Blog Designs crew… and they are now working on a new blog re-design for my “life after public domain” blog.
I was surrounded by some really smart “guys”… on my left was Jim Kukral who has to speak pretty softly or he will scare you to death. His voice resonates… plus he’s much taller than I am. Jim told us about a new book he is writing. He is trying to devote most of his time to this new project, so is considering shutting down The Daily Flip. Maybe he should make it The Weekly Flip???
And on my right I met Ryan Hupfer or @Hup on Twitter who must be one of the tallest people I’ve ever met. He was fun and interesting throughout the entire dinner. We fought over the crazy-good side dishes served. The tag line on his business card - “Communicator of Awesomeness”… does that give you a clue? Plus… he works for HubPages… so I grilled him on some “best” practices.
Then we were all off to the Blog World Cocktail Party for a few short minutes. Then…I had another dinner to get to at 9:30 p.m. Yes, I had to fit in more food! This invite came from Kevin Eikenberry... who is just plain amazing. He posted a great article about preparing for conferences - which was helpful for me, but I still need to get a better plan before I hit the road. I hope Kevin and I can work together - he helping me reach my professional potential… and me helping him with a super secret public domain project. hmmmm.
And Warren Whitlock was at this dinner as well… he sat at the other end of the table entertaining some of my “tribe”
Now… I finally made it to Sunday night. The conference is over and a large percentage of attendees have “left Nevada”… But - Dave Taylor put out a tweet on twitter that he wanted to have a Tweetup dinner. So… off I went to what I thought was going to be a pretty low key event. I mean… we were all exhausted weren’t we? Apparently not… Bloggers just keep going like the Energizer Bunny. Big Bonus - I got almost everyone at the event share their websites and some wisdom on this video….
Oh… and Warren Whitlock was at this dinner, but he arrived after I taped this video… Sorry Warren! (Do you think Warren was stalking me or I was stalking him?) Anyway… Warren and my tribe hit it off… he is so entertaining and gracious.
Click on picture or this link to watch the video: Blog World Expo Tweetup #bwe08
(BTW… it takes a few seconds to start after you click the arrow… it’s a big file!) I am loading it up YouTube as well.
Whoops… I misspelled http://twitter.com/francoisplanque on the video… He told me I would!
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FACT: Of The Millions Of Books Published In The U.S. Between 1923 And 1963, the U.S. Copyright Office Estimates That Only Roughly 15% Had Their Copyright Protection Renewed. This Means That Around 85% Of All Books Published In The U.S. Between 1923 And 1963 Are Up For Grabs! That’s Billions of Pages of Material That You Can Use To Create Your Own Outrageously Profitable Multi-Media Information Publishing Empire…Faster Than You Ever Dreamed Possible…. |
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In Honor of Talk Like A Pirate Day…The All New “Public Domain Treasure Map”!
September 18, 2008 by Logan · Leave a Comment
In Honor of Talk Like A Pirate Day…The All New “Public Domain Treasure Map”!
Buried in secret nooks and crannies all over the worldwide web, are millions of web pages hiding an incredible secret…
Those lucky public domain pirates that are privy to this secret know that a vast, untold wealth of copyright-FREE content treasure is freely available and ready to be plundered with just a few clicks of the mighty mouse.
This hidden treasure trove of public domain content is patiently waiting for you - ready to be used in any way you can imagine - without having to pay one cent in royalty or licensing fees.
We’ve just released a new resource that’ll lead you to an unimaginable (really) amount of public domain content - MILLIONS of public domain works like books, photographs, illustrations, articles - even films and audio - that you can legally use in your product creations or as fresh content for your blogs without asking for permission, and without having to pay a single cent for it’s use.
It’s called “Public Domain Treasure Map” and here for the very first time to the general public, we reveal over 450 of the exact same closely-guarded websites that we use daily to quickly and easily find…
- MILLIONS of public domain books, journals, manuals, and articles that can easily be converted into instant blog content, high-profit e-book content, and more…
- MILLIONS of copyright-FREE images that can be freely used on websites and blogs, in books, and in the creation of all manner of hot physical products like framed prints, posters, and tshirts…
- MILLIONS of Federal Government books, reports, images, films, sound recordings and more that can be LEGALLY used to create an avalanche of new products…
- MILLIONS of public domain and creative commons licensed video clips, feature films, animations, T.V. shows, documentaries, and more that can be downloaded and used to create killer video products like DVD’s and promo material for upload to video sharing site like YouTube and Google Video…
- MILLIONS of audio recordings like speeches, music, radio dramas and comedies, sound effects, songs, and BILLIONS of pages of public domain sheet music…
- MILLIONS of pieces of unique public domain ephemera like maps, baseball cards, trading cards, vintage ads, posters, puzzles, newspapers, postcards, vinatage catalogs, magazine articles, craft patterns and more…
And it doesn’t stop here…
In celebration of Talk Like A Pirate Day (which technically starts at midnight, just a few short hours from now) we’ve decided to launch the Public Domain Treasure Map at a discount of 30% off normal price.
We’ve also thrown in some pretty cool videos and special reports.
If you’ve ever wanted to steal my computer so that you could get all of my bookmarks for public domain sites out of it - the same public domain sites that I get the majority of my public domain content from - this is as close as you’re gonna get!
The sale ends on Sunday night at midnight (U.S. Eastern Standard Time).
You can check it out now at the link below…
http://www.publicdomaintreasuremap.com
I hope you’ve been practicing your pirate speak ’cause tomorrow is the one day out of the whole year when you can walk around talking like a pirate all day without people thinking that you’re completely insane!
Take advantage of it!
Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day!
Arrrrrrr!!!!! 
“Captain” Logan Andrew and Debra Conrad, THAT Public Domain Diva
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FACT: Of The Millions Of Books Published In The U.S. Between 1923 And 1963, the U.S. Copyright Office Estimates That Only Roughly 15% Had Their Copyright Protection Renewed. This Means That Around 85% Of All Books Published In The U.S. Between 1923 And 1963 Are Up For Grabs! That’s Billions of Pages of Material That You Can Use To Create Your Own Outrageously Profitable Multi-Media Information Publishing Empire…Faster Than You Ever Dreamed Possible…. |
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Only 5 More Days ‘Til “International Talk Like A Pirate Day”!
September 13, 2008 by Logan · Leave a Comment
Don’t forget - International Talk like A Pirate Day is on September 19th!
Click the banner image above to learn more.
Also, be on the look out for a very special announcement from us concerning International Talk Like A Pirate Day on September 18th…Something HUGE is coming your way and you WON’T want to miss this one!
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FACT: Of The Millions Of Books Published In The U.S. Between 1923 And 1963, the U.S. Copyright Office Estimates That Only Roughly 15% Had Their Copyright Protection Renewed. This Means That Around 85% Of All Books Published In The U.S. Between 1923 And 1963 Are Up For Grabs! That’s Billions of Pages of Material That You Can Use To Create Your Own Outrageously Profitable Multi-Media Information Publishing Empire…Faster Than You Ever Dreamed Possible…. |
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Blog World Expo Tweetup #BWE
September 12, 2008 by Debra · 10 Comments
This Was A Huge Fun Party!!! The Best Tweetup in 2008
Update - First 10 to show up at Tweetup wearing eye patch in honor of “Talk Like A Pirate” day get a free gift. AaaaRrrGggHhh Matey.
RSVP for Tweetup by DM @ThatPDDiva on twitter.
Yes… A Tweetup at BWE!
Yes… It will be with @WarrenWhitlock and @CoachDeb
(make sure you stop in and see CoachDeb at her booth #502).
Yes… You are invited!
Yes… We have a time - 7pm Fri Sept. 19th
Yes… The Location is THE TEMPO LOUNGE. The Hilton Hotel… which is practically in the parking lot of the Convention Center. You can’t miss it!
It is pretty much dead center of the casino and straight ahead through the revolving door entrance to the Hilton.
Live TwitCast Show during Tweetup... and we are going to try to do a live UStream from the Tweetup! More fun than I can stand.
Of course Food can be found everywhere in Vegas… so let’s get some dinner plans going!!!
AAAARRRRGGGGHHH! and “Talk Like A Pirate Day” is on Fri Sept. 19. So I have come up with several prizes for the Tweetup. Keep watching this blog and twitter for info.
Planning on heading over to the 8:00PM - 11:00PM - TECHSET & BLOGWORLD AFTER HOURS PARTY ROOM Bare Lounge at the Mirage Hotel on Friday. We’ll be in the VIP (mt) Jacuzzi area.
You must RSVP here: http://weblog.mediatemple.net/weblog/2008/09/15/going-to-blog-world-expo-in-vegas/
Plus another party on Friday - 7:30pm over at the Luxor’s Fushia restaurant for the Blogger Cocktail Party, sponsored by PicApp and Outbrain, for some more good times!
Follow http://twitter.com/ThatPDDiva to get your invite!
Not many free moments during this fantastic event! So many parties… So many classes… So many people to meet.
Huge Thanks to @SpiritCoach who saved my “bacon and eggs” today!
My right hand girl @DinkerP2 is out of town until #BWE but you won’t miss her… she looks alot like me, only she’s much taller!
Thanks to @shelbycollinge for her kind offer to help… She’s a Vegas girl!
Other must-see and do events at BWE.
- Go see @iFroggy at Book Signing #BWE 10-11AM -Sun. “Managing Online Forums” http://www.managingonlineforums.com
http://twitter.com/DebraConrad
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FACT: Of The Millions Of Books Published In The U.S. Between 1923 And 1963, the U.S. Copyright Office Estimates That Only Roughly 15% Had Their Copyright Protection Renewed. This Means That Around 85% Of All Books Published In The U.S. Between 1923 And 1963 Are Up For Grabs! That’s Billions of Pages of Material That You Can Use To Create Your Own Outrageously Profitable Multi-Media Information Publishing Empire…Faster Than You Ever Dreamed Possible…. |
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Free Public Domain Photos For Your Blog
September 6, 2008 by Debra · Leave a Comment
Using Public Domain Photos is an easy way to add a bit of “pop” to your blog.
I do like to take my camera out and click away to get some great shots for my blog articles. But, they often sit unused on my hard drive… taking up valuable space.
Plus, time is usually a problem. Blogs should be updated often, and if adding a quick photograph or two will help give color or drive home a point… then I need access to on target photos quickly.
The problem is often a matter of price. I don’t want to pay for photos if I don’t have to. At a dollar a pop, this could be an expense that I just don’t want to put into the budget. (I have enough expenses… thank you very much)!
This image was used on a blog that is very popular. It has a page rank of 6 and it’s less than a year old. (We should all be so lucky). This is the blog I’m talking about: http://artofmanliness.com/
Up Date - As of July 2009 the page rank has dropped to 1 - Go Figure….
The ease of finding these images that are in the Public Domain or have a Creative Commons license… is apparent in this blog. It adds to the look of his subject which has a very “manly” theme and subject matter.
So… could you use some help in deciding how and when to use Public Domain Photos? It use to take me a bit of time to find each photo to use in my blogs… but now it’s become so easy.
I learned where to find them and some tools that are quick to use for editing if necessary. The difference between a blog article that is plain Jane… and an article on a blog that has just one colorful Public Domain photo is really amazing.
A colorful graphic draws the eye to the beginning of the article… and gives the reader a quick clue as to the article’s subject.
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FACT: Of The Millions Of Books Published In The U.S. Between 1923 And 1963, the U.S. Copyright Office Estimates That Only Roughly 15% Had Their Copyright Protection Renewed. This Means That Around 85% Of All Books Published In The U.S. Between 1923 And 1963 Are Up For Grabs! That’s Billions of Pages of Material That You Can Use To Create Your Own Outrageously Profitable Multi-Media Information Publishing Empire…Faster Than You Ever Dreamed Possible…. |
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Raggedy Ann and Andy Childrens Books In The Public Domain
Children’s Books in the Public Domain don’t usually excite me… unless they have beautiful or cute graphics.
I love to use the graphics to create products or use in blog articles.
I have fond memories of my Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls… in fact, I still have one of them.
Andy survived for over 50 years in my house and he still proudly sits on a shelf with some of my favorite old children’s books.
This cute image reminded me of Christmas at first. But now I can see that one doll is telling stories to all the other dolls.
Find a cute caption and create coffee mugs or posters on CafePress.com using Public Domain images.
Raggedy Ann with an entire can of blue paint spilled over her.
As a professional house painter, I could relate to her predicament. Plus, I can see this graphic on several products.
This last image just seems perfect for a beautician product.
I was happy to find these graphics so readily available in the Public Domain.
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FACT: Of The Millions Of Books Published In The U.S. Between 1923 And 1963, the U.S. Copyright Office Estimates That Only Roughly 15% Had Their Copyright Protection Renewed. This Means That Around 85% Of All Books Published In The U.S. Between 1923 And 1963 Are Up For Grabs! That’s Billions of Pages of Material That You Can Use To Create Your Own Outrageously Profitable Multi-Media Information Publishing Empire…Faster Than You Ever Dreamed Possible…. |
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Qualifications For Writing Great Blog Articles
September 3, 2008 by Debra · Leave a Comment
To attain success as a writer of great blog articles you must possess at least four qualifications:
- The ability to find subjects that will interest the average man and woman, and to see the picturesque, romantic, and significant phases of these subjects;
- A sympathetic understanding of the lives and interests of the persons about whom and for whom he
writes; - Thoroughness and accuracy in gathering material;
- Skill to portray and to explain clearly, accurately, and attractively.
You have heard of the sense of news values commonly called a “nose for news,” whether innate or acquired, is a usually a pre-requisite. Like a newspaper reporter, the writer of great blog articles must be able to recognize what at a given moment will interest the average reader.
Like the reporter, also, you must know how much it will interest the reader. You must be on top of everything that is going on in the world that relates to your blog subject. By reading newspapers, magazines, and fourms, as well as television and radio and by talking with people that are as excited as you are about your subject, you will have endless subject matter for blog articles.
Plus, you will also learn how to connect your niche blog subjects with events of interest from around the world.
Not only should you be quick to recognize a good subject; you must be able to see the attractive and significant aspects of it. You must understand which of its phases touch most closely the life and the interests of the average person for whom you are writing. You must look at things from “the other guy’s” point of view. A sympathetic insight into the lives of your readers is necessary for every writer who hopes to keep his readers interest.
The importance of curiosity and of a keen sense of wonder should be emphasized as one of the aptitudes most good writers have acquired early on. Alert mental attitude that is constantly focused on the people around you is called “human curiosity”… which counts among the highest of social virtues and leads to a better understanding of human behavior.
A journalist or writer must have consuming curiosity about other human beings–the most intense interest in their doings and motives and thoughts. It comes pretty near being the truth to say that a great journalist is a super-gossip–not about trivial things but about important things. Unless a man has a ceaseless desire to learn what is going on in the heads of others, he won’t be much of a journalist–for how can you write about others unless you know about others?
In journalism, writers are needed who have a natural sense of wonder.… You must wonder at man’s achievements, at man’s stupidity, at his honesty, crookedness, courage, cowardice–at everything that is
remarkable about him wherever and whenever it appears. If you haven’t this sense of wonder, you will never write a novel or become a great reporter, because you simply won’t see anything to write about. Men and women will be doing amazing things under your very eyes–and you won’t even know it.
The ability to research a subject thoroughly, and to gather material accurately, is absolutely necessary for any writer who aims to do acceptable work. Moreover, the discovery of incorrect statements usually reduces the confidence of the blog readers.
Readers want to know the meaning of facts and figures, and it is the writer’s mission to bring out this meaning. A sympathetic understanding of the persons who figure in your article is essential, not only to portray them accurately, but to give the story the necessary “human interest.” To observe accurately, to feel keenly, and to interpret sympathetically and correctly whatever you undertake to write about, should be your constant goal.
You should seek to write well enough to make the average person see, feel and understand everything you are trying to portray in your article. You goal for writing great blog articles with ease and in your own original words, is to acquire the skills to be authentic, original and an expert in your subject.
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FACT: Of The Millions Of Books Published In The U.S. Between 1923 And 1963, the U.S. Copyright Office Estimates That Only Roughly 15% Had Their Copyright Protection Renewed. This Means That Around 85% Of All Books Published In The U.S. Between 1923 And 1963 Are Up For Grabs! That’s Billions of Pages of Material That You Can Use To Create Your Own Outrageously Profitable Multi-Media Information Publishing Empire…Faster Than You Ever Dreamed Possible…. |
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