Brand a PDF with Viral PDF

By Sweetie Staff On March 2, 2009 Under FAQ

Viral PDF is a software program that gives business owners, internet marketers using publications to brand and market their business, the ability to allow readers to change the affiliate-links in a report or e-book.
Why would you want to allow users to change affiliate links in your e-Books?
It’s called viral marketing and it accomplishes a number of dynamic and profitable results.
Allowing readers to brand your content:
- Gives them an incentive to further distribute your e-Books.
- It makes it possible to use unlimited, re-brandable links in your documents, so you can promote as many products or services as you need.
For example, Viral PDF enables you to:
- Brand eMail-Adresses
- Brand regular text – “This e-Book is sponsored by
- Set an expiration date on your PDF files – After that date is reached, the branding software will stop branding your book and ask the reader to visit your website for a newer version of your e-Book.
Viral marketing, and using a brandable document, essentially creates a working sales force for your business. Readers become affiliates; they make money and distribute your content to a much larger audience than you would be able to on your own.
So how does it work?
Viral PDF is useful software because it makes the viral branding process extremely simple. Many software products only function on specific browsers.
#1 The first step is to download and install the software.
#2 If you already have your document created and saved as a PDF then your next step is to open the software and simply drag and drop your PDF into the “Rebrander” window.
#3 If you haven’t created the document then you’ll need to create one. Check with Viral PDF to make sure you’re using a format that is convertible – they support most software and converters.
- Create the document in MS Word
- Convert the document to a PDF
- Sign the document – you can use Viral PDF to create a signature
- Brand your master document – again you can use Viral PDF tools to accomplish this. They offer step by step videos on how to brand and sign your master document.
#4 Create sales and distribution pages for your viral PDF. When someone downloads your PDF, be sure to include and distribute the free PDF Branding tool. They do not need to run an installer to use it. Be careful not to distribute the PDF Signer tool!
#5 Using the PDF Rebrander Tool – This is the step your readers will follow to re-brand the PDF>
Upon starting your Viral PDF Rebrander they’ll see the Rebrander ‘Welcome’ Screen. It will ask them to load, drag and drop, the downloaded and signed PDF.
Once the PDF is loaded, the user will see the rebrandable fields. If you did not specify a default value for a given Rebrandable field then that field is required in the Rebrander – showing an asterisk to indicate that changing it is not an option.
Once all the optional re-branding entries are made, all your user has to do is click the “Brand” button and then save.
Creating and marketing re-brandable e-Books and reports is a cost effective and powerful marketing strategy to grow your business.

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