I have emphasized on many occasions in my various articles that
the next successful group of people on the Internet will be the
ones who are selling valuable content.

Internet marketers who are new to the Internet are wasting too
much time trying to chase money, whether it be through low
paying affiliate programs or multi-level marketing programs.

They are forgetting the one fundamental principle that all
successful individuals have followed.

Successful people do not chase money, they *attract* money to
themselves.

What better way to attract money than with valuable content.

Content that people and companies are willing to pay for.

Selling content is not only limited to the Internet, you can
also sell content to offline publications.

A prime example is Duane "Cash" Holze and his brother Todd
"Carry" Holze, otherwise known as "Cash and Carry", who sell
content to newspapers.

What is there content?

These guys share tips on getting the best deal in classified ads
and also some of the most amusing real-life classified stories.
The simply pay anyone who has a funny classified story $50 if
they use it.  They don't even have to write a word.

One of their primary methods of reaching newspapers and
magazines is from their web site:

http://www.classifiedguys.com

This was real simple idea and with a little bit of courage, they
got newspapers to sign up for their content in order to attract
more classified readers.

More classified readers means better results for the newspapers'
advertisers who will want to advertise again.  Advertisers loved
the idea of having their classified ads right beside a popular
anchor column that was attracting readers like crazy.

Before they were picked up by Universal Press Syndicate, which
now controls the distribution of their content, they were
already in approximately 110 newspapers in just 8 months.

What was the secret to their success?

They *attracted* the money by producing valuable content!

There are still a gazillion ideas out there that can possibly
make you a lot of money.

* Funny cooking stories...

You could easily approach publishers of recipe books or web
sites dedicated to cooking to see if they would be interested in
licensing your content.

* Collection of jokes...

You could compile a large number of jokes into a small ebook and
offer it as a bonus to people who sign up to your paid humour
related ezine.

* Compilation of other authors works...

I personally know of one individual who uses material by
other authors who write continuing Star War saga stories and
then offer them as freeware.  He compiles the various material
and then auctions it off on eBay.

* Cartoons

If you have a knack for drawing cartoons that are funny, you
could easily be picked up by services such as uclick.com who
will syndicate your content right across the Internet.

I thought of the above ideas in less than ten minutes and there
are still many other *good* ideas out there.

I just recently signed licensing deals with two prominent
magazines for content that I had been collecting for years.

It really isn't that hard and once you get the ball rolling,
nothing will be able to stop your imminent success.