So where's your billion dollars?

Well, too many of us listen to and read advice of others but then fail to ACT, so what do you have to do to be successful?

Did you know there’s a little known loophole in US law that allows anyone to distribute, resell or give away expired copyrighted content? Officially, its called public domain, and savvy marketers “borrow” it to publish instant products.

Public domain refers to anything that is NOT protected under US copyright law. This includes all works published before 1923 and under certain conditions, works published up to 1978. A “work” can be anything, a book, movies, plays, songs, photographs, instruction manuals, posters, courses, reports, etc. You could take these works, repackage them and sell them for a profit. By tapping into public domain content, all nitty gritty work has been done for you.

There are almost an endless number of ways that you can make money with public domain content. Let me suggest 10 different models you can use to activate and tap public domain treasures.

Model 1: Resell It. You can re-publish public domain content exactly as it is. Whether it’s a book, a movie or even music, you can take this content and quickly turn it into a product. Just copy it as it is and start selling it.

Model 2: Website Content You can take text of public domain work which relates to a product you are selling or an affiliate program that you are promoting. You then create web pages and include links back to your product page.

Model 3: Repackage You can repackage a public domain work into a new product. You can use ideas and some of content of public domain works to create new and better products. Eg. Walt Disney characters Snow White, Little Mermaid were all stories from public domain.

Model 4: Multimedia You can change books in print into a CD or even a video set. Add to perceived value of product by offering ways to consume information. What was once simply a “book” can now be a complete home study course or training program. Eg. The famous “Think & Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill has been made into an audio CD which is a more convenient format.

Model 5: Reprint Rights You could sell your version of information product along with marketing materials. People love reprint rights and it’s a quick and easy way to make tons of money immediately. You can sell reprint rights only to a derivative product you have created from original public domain material.