Yanik Silver and Michael Holland are holding a sale on the ‘unintentional’ overstock of their Public Domain Goldmine™ Niche volumes. Clearance pricing is definitely in effect.

Volumes available are in the following topics:

• Health
• Self-Help
• Sports & Recreation
• Multi-Niche

And each package of 10 public domain works includes:

• 150 Keywords for use with ppc or seo. (Also includes Google Adwords competitive analysis and profit potential analysis with Google AdSense)
• 10 Additional back-end revenue streams to sell as an affiliate.
• 10 potential JV partners with whom you can work
• specific market research related to the topic

Visit Public Domain Goldmine now and learn more about the multitude of bonuses.

Or, if you’d like to learn more about how public domain works, read Public Domain: Old but NOT Decrepit.

What do you do when you visit a site and can’t find the information that you’re looking for OR if the information presented is stale and dull?

You click away, right?

That’s why it’s essential that you present useful, informative and entertaining content on your own site and basically, there are 6 ways to develop content for your site, which I’ve listed below in order of preference.

You’ll also find recommended reading and tools below that will help you learn to write and source content on the web.

1. Create Your Own Content

I’ve personally written 90% or more of the copy on all my sites. And yes, all that writing takes time, but when you’re writing about things that are near and dear to your heart, it’s not work – it’s FUN! Better yet, strong personal endorsements ALWAYS convert better than merchant copy. Occasionally, when I’ve been in a hurry to ‘get the word’ out, I’ve used merchant copy. However, I always get permission to revise the copy first to avoid the potential of duplicate content penalties.

You don’t have to write all your material, either. Consider doing a telephone interview with an expert in your niche and then have that interview transcribed.

A writing tip…

If you think that your writing lacks luster or you find that it’s a real grind, here’s a tip… writing well really isn’t that difficult. Can you talk? Can you tell a friend about a product or service that you like? If you can, then all you need to do is pretend that you’re talking to a friend and and type what you would say to them.

To take it from there and improve your writing skills, consider training. “Make Your Content PreSELL” is a free ebook by Ken Evoy that teaches affiliate marketers how to write to pre-sell a product as opposed to trying to sell a product – which is the merchant’s job. Get the book now or read my MYCPS review.

Another valuable book on this topic is Jim and Dallas Edwards’ simple “Turn Words into Traffic” system that gives you a step-by-step action plan that shows you exactly how to write a ‘KILLER’ article on the web even if you think you can’t write. You’ll also see proof that Jim attracted 23,234 targeted visits in just 1 month from over 1,651 different sources just from his published articles.

2. Hire a Ghostwriter

If you really don’t want to write, then hiring a ghostwriter is a great alternative.

Many webmasters build content for their sites quickly and cheaply using ghostwriters hired through Elance.

Some have articles written for as little as $2 a piece, but remember, you do get what you pay for. I suggest spending a minimum of $10 per article to get reasonable quality content — and I’ve spent as much as $100 to have a magazine quality article written.

3. Buy Resale & Private Label Rights

HATE to write? No problem! You can buy private label rights articles for your site.

Niche content packages and private label rights have become all the rage of late with webmasters who either hate to write or don’t have the time to write.

Learn how to use and profit from private label rights, and check out this list of recommended “PLR” distributors.

4. Source Copyright-Free (Public Domain) Work

Want to create your own ebook… easily? Then consider using a public domain work. Public domain works, eg. books, poems and articles have NO copyright protection. Anyone (me, you, anyone) can copy, modify and sell them. Better yet, you can even remove the original author’s name and treat it as your own.

Moreover, once you modify a public domain work it becomes your property. The modified work receives an automatic copyright just like it would if it were an original work.

Two informative products on the subject of public domain are Public Domain Riches and Public Domain GOLDMINE. The latter is produced by Yanik Silver and Michael Holland and (when available) consists of numerous different public domain products along with all the market research, competitive analysis, keyword analysis, back-end affiliate revenue sources, and potential joint venture partners. Note if the package is ‘sold out’, leave your name and email address to be notified of the next release.

5. Use Merchant Copy

Using merchant copy is the option of last resort.

Your visitors have seen that ad so many times before they get to your site, that when they see it again, they’ll just click away. Moreover, you will run the risk of incurring a duplicate content penalty from Google. For a truly successful site, use one of the options listed above.

6. Use Other Authors’ Content

It is possible to reprint articles posted on article directories such as GoArticles.com and EzineArticles.com provided you respect the author’s copyright guidelines and restrictions for use.

Although I personally recommend AGAINST using other authors’ material because your site will bleed traffic through those author links, there’s no harm in using them to build content and traffic initially.

If you already develop your own content, and want to attract hoards of visitors and build backlinks to your web site by having your articles published on numerous article directories, I HIGHLY recommend that you check out Jason Potash’s “Article Announcer” software.

Yanik Silver and Michael Holland have just officially released an all-new version of their Public Domain Goldmine(tm) with volumes in the Health, Self Help, Sports and Recreation niches, as well as a ‘Multi-Niche’ product.

As usual, Yanik and Michael have done all the market research, competitive analysis, keyword analysis, locating back-end affiliate revenue sources, finding potential joint venture partners, clearing the copyrights, etc. – all for a TINY fraction of the time and money you would have to spend if you did it all yourself.

Also as usual, these public domain works are going FAST. Yanik reports that 1 in 10 visitors to the site are picking up one or more copies. Only 250 of each package will be sold and at the time of writing this is what they have left…

• Health Volume III – 84 available
• Self-Help Volume III – 80 available
• Sports & Recreation Volume II – 160 available
• Multi-Niche Volume II – 146 available

If you’re interested in selling a public domain product, I’d recommend that you visit Public Domain Goldmine(tm) now and pick it up immediately.

To learn more about selling products in the public domain, read my article Public Domain: Old but NOT Decrepit.

As always, NPT readers are among the first to hear out about the latest Public Domain Goldmine(tm) NICHED volumes release from Yanik Silver and Michael Holland.

However, despite the early notice, less than half the volumes remain this morning after the small priority list got their notification yesterday.

Of 250 in each category originally made available, here’s what is left this morning:

• Health Volume II – 92
• Self-Help Volume II – 88
• Sports & Recreation Volume I – 176
• Multi-Niche Volume I – 152

These are complete PD sets that include keyword packs, Google AdSense profit potential analysis, back-end revenue streams for affiliates, jv contacts, and suggested "copy nuggets".

Michael and Yanik do nearly everything for you in advance – including the market research, competitive analysis, keyword analysis, locating back-end affiliate revenue sources, finding potential joint venture partners, clearing the copyrights, etc.

Included in the bonus section are website and sales letter templates, a CD audio about traffic generation, a tutorial about accepting online payments and more.

Volumes 1 through 9 *ALL* SOLD-OUT right away.

And now that the packs are broken down into subject-focused niches that are significantly less to get started with, I expect they’ll sell out even faster.

If this is the first time you’ve heard about Yanik and Michael’s public domain works, (or public domain as a subject) and/or you’ve been looking for pre-written content to sell or post on your site as spider bait (just 2 of many possible uses for public domain content), you need to check this out now.

Public Domain Goldmine(tm) NICHE

NOTE: Check out the site even if you DON’T plan to buy today — there’s a good lesson right in the middle of the page discussing 11 ways to use public domain content.

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I am going to sell something new and different online. Different for me, anyway. And actually it’s not new – it’s old!

It’s an existing product that won’t require a lot of prep time to get ready for sale – which makes it perfect for lazy Internet marketers – like me.

And you? Are you lazy too?

It is a ‘public domain’ work.

Public domain works, eg. books, poems and articles have NO copyright protection. Anyone (me, you, anyone) can copy, modify and sell them. Better yet, you can even remove the original author’s name and treat it as your own.

Moreover, once you modify a public domain work it becomes your property. The modified work receives an automatic copyright just like it would if it were an original work.

Copyrighted material enters the public domain in two ways. First, the creator of the work may surrender the copyright. More commonly, the copyright expires due to the passage of some legally stipulated period of time.

Old doesn’t necessarily constitute decrepit when it comes to information.

Much of what we deal with throughout our lives is ‘evergreen‘ in nature. Consider health, fitness, sports, food, pets and gardeing just to name a few perrenial topics. The basic ‘how-to’s for crafts like knitting, crochet and needlepoint don’t change over time and thousands of books on those topics have been written.

Many of these how-to manuals about knitting (and a zillion other topics) are in the public domain and available for you to modify and call your own.

For example, how long have golfers been trying to improve their swing? Michael Green saw the perennial ‘need’ and re-introduced the world to “How To Achieve The Swing In Golf” as an ebook. He sells them each and every day for years now.

Many people have made a lot of money selling works in the public domain.

Rebecca Fine is another one of those people. Rebecca took a book that was in the public domain and built an entire online business empire around it.

You’ve probably heard of or even read the book. It is “The Science of Getting Rich” by Wallace D. Wattles. What’s amazing is that Rebecca gives the book away and STILL makes a fortune from the work! What she does is so smart and so intriguing that attendees rushed the stage when she finished her speech at Yanik Silver’s first Underground seminar.

Yanik Silver also sells public domain works online. Figure Drawing Secrets is one of his products. Yanik became so expert at finding and assessing public domain materials for profitability that he created an educational product called “Public Domain Riches”.

I studied “Public Domain Riches” thoroughly and made notes. What I didn’t make was time to find a public domain or assess its profit potential. Now I don’t have to… and neither do you.

Yanik got together with Michael Holland and have done the work for us.

It’s called “Public Domain Goldmine” and contains 35 works in ‘evergreen’ niches. Moreover, they’ve also done the keyword research for search engine and PPC advertising purposes. Yanik and Michael also listed potential ‘profit centers’ … sites that have an interest in selling your book… ie. your own affiliates!

Visit the Public Domain Goldmine and if it has been totally SOLD OUT, sign up to receive notice when Yanik and Michael release the next version, and be sure to check out “Public Domain Riches” until the next public domain package becomes available.