Do you think of “trends” when you are trying to brainstorm new ideas for old public domain content? It’s often impossible for marketers to put the two together. New Trends and Old Public Domain Articles – they just don’t seem that they would be a good mix.
You probably have several ideas brewing in the back of your mind… ideas that have potential – but seem too “New” to be able to “mix” in with anything from the Public Domain.
Let’s discuss how to mix up those ideas and combine them with copyright-free material to create new products and new businesses.
Using Trends To Profit From Old Public Domain Content
Remember Dan Brown’s ‘The Da Vinci Code’? The book was an instant success, and was a best seller. Ever since it’s release, interest in the book, and especially the ideas and controversies it raises, have risen exponentially.
Today I checked the search count for “da vinci code” and found that 110,000 are still searching per month. That’s a relative number… as the accurate number is probably much higher. And… did you know that approx. 450,000 searches per month are done for “Leonardo da Vinci”?
Anyway…. “da vinci code” was a “Hot Trend” in 2005-06
How could you have profited from it? Simple; use the public domain to provide images and articles on the topics discussed in the book (the Priory of Sion, the ‘sacred feminine’, Leonardo Da Vinci and his paintings, to name a few) and use AdSense to raise income from the website itself.
What is a “Hot Trend” today?
- Swine Flu
- News about Chrysler
- Almost anything related to President Obama
- Cinco de Mayo (It’s almost May 5th)
- The housing market
- The job market
If you jump on the “hot trend” of today…
Swine Flu - You could be on a short lived but profitable money train.
Everything on the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Provention) is Public Domain:
Many people don’t want to venture into stores to purchase masks, hand sanitizers and bulk food. There are recommendations for “what to do” form the CDC – but not where to get it. Be the conduit. Help everyone find the protection and supplies they feel they need.
Cinco de Mayo
Holidays are about food! Mexican Food Recipes.
Jobless and In Need Of Some Ideas
This book may not get you a job… but it was fun to read. An inspiration really… about people taking jobs of any kind to feed themselves.
From job to job around the world
FOREWORD
The pages that follow are an account of a three year trip I made around the world, starting from San Francisco with only a five-dollar gold piece and earning my way. My wanderings took me to Hawaii, Japan, Korea, China, the Philippines, Cey- lon, India, Egypt, Palestine, Turkey, Europe, England, Norway, Spitzbergen, Sweden, and finally across the Atlantic to America. I think the book covers a new field in travel narrative in that it shows that it is possible to work one’s way around the world and do so with a considerable degree of comfort. In most instances I held good positions, met the representative people of each country and traveled in moderate style. I, of course, had numerous hardships and adventures, which I relate.
The lesson here is to keep your eyes open for major search trends launched by movies, books or the news… that prompt a massive interest in history, religion, geography or even science – it is quite possible find such topics freely and heavily available in the public domain.
About The Author:
 Debra Conrad is an online entrepreneur, information publisher, and author that has been using Public Domain material to create profitable products and businesses since 2007. She is also co-author of "The Public Domain Treasure Hunter's Survival Kit" available here. For more info Debra, click here. |
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