Using Viral PDF’s To Create Affiliate Landmines

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For a long time I have been a huge proponent of using viral marketing. One of the first items I used for list building was a report on tracking. The links were mine but to get more name recognition I allowed others to rebrand the book for a price.

This gave me a greater recognition and if someone did not brand all of the links the one’s that they skipped maintained my links. When people clicked the links I stood to make a commission from any purchase they made.

The problem with these was that the software that I was using was an exe file. Mac users could not rebrand the book and it was a royal pain in the butt to use.

When I redid Tracking Your Way To Profits a few months ago I set it up as a membership site and had to get a programmer to allow the book to be rebranded on the fly. The downside was the costs involved in getting it done and purchasing the membership script.

The script, Launch Formula Marketing, allowed for OTO’s and a downline builder but then I had to pay someone to integrate that with the pdf to be delivered on the fly to those that upgraded. If you are looking to do a full product this is definitely a great way to set things up as the membership script allows you many ways to monetize your site.

The problem is that there are other times that you just want a rebrandable pdf for other reasons. For example I just created a pdf for my affiliates to use that pre-sells a specific product of mine. Going through all of the items to create a membership would be a royal pain.

Fortunately, the programmer that implemented that for me, Jay Hines, now has released a program that will do the same for any pdf and rebrand it on the fly. It is called Easy Viral PDF Brander.

This is a script you host on your site and it is easy to install and does not need any data bases to make it work. The installation took less than 5 minutes.

I created a pdf and just added the tags to the urls that I wanted to be rebrandable. Uploaded the pdf and then put in the information in the admin panel.

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In this case the pdf only used one variable but if I had 5 or 10 it will pick up the number of variable for you automatically. You add a description to explain what they are rebranding, a url where they can sign up and the default variable that will be used if they do not rebrand a specific link.

Once you click the “Set Admin Defaults” you will receive two items. A link which will be hosted where you installed the script or some code you can add to any web page.

In this case you can see the hosted link to rebrand it here or you can see a page on a different domain I created here.

If you are an affiliate you can add your affiliate number and download the pdf to give away right from there.

Now I will be creating a squeeze page and giving that to my affiliates from the second page this week and then they can use that to build their own list while promoting one of my products through the mp3 and transcript that are in the pdf.

You can use this to make some great tools for affiliates or you can easily create a report that your downlines in any program can use to promote that program. Another way to use this is to easily create a report to promote any programs you like and then use the ability to rebrand it to build your list and/or generate fees for allowing the rebranding.

Check out Easy Viral PDF Creator and let me know how you are using it in the comments.

About the author

Mike Paetzold got started blogging in 2003 and has become an expert on using WordPress. He has become known as The WordPress Guy.

After being an under ground niche marketer using his blogs he has surfaced to share some of the ways he uses PLR to enter various niches profitably.

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Disclaimer: Some of the links mentioned within this post or posts it may lead to are my affiliate links and in such case I will get compensated for recommending those products. However, I will never recommend something that I don't personally believe in and I welcome your questions and feedback.

8 Responses to “Using Viral PDF’s To Create Affiliate Landmines”

  1. Brett McEllhiney Says:

    Looks like a great tool Mike!

    Am definitely going to have to add this to my arsenal.

    Always nice to see a live example of how it works!

    Thanks,
    .-= Brett McEllhiney´s last blog ..What are the Advantages of Niche Marketing? =-.

  2. Doug Champigny Says:

    Powerful info you’re sharing there, Mike, and a great new tool from Jay!

    Smart affiliates use brandable e-books as enticements to get prospects to join their opt-in lists so they can profit on the back-end as well, which benefits both the affiliate and the viral e-book creator.

    Smart viral PDF creators take it a step further as well, giving the downloaders a ready-made squeeze page to go with it, thus increasing the chances their e-book will go viral!
    .-= Doug Champigny´s last blog ..Protecting And Preparing Your Internet Marketing Business In Today’s Economy =-.

  3. Joel Osborne Says:

    This is a great method that can easily be used to build your business. Write a report on a hot topic, maybe something that has a bit of controversy, and allow the readers to re-brand it. It should go viral quickly.
    .-= Joel Osborne´s last blog ..Free Content: The Winner Is… =-.

  4. Fred Lotgering Says:

    Interesting approach. I have to look into that. I’m not yet ready for affiliates and branding but it makes sense to prepare myself for the best options. PDF creation is an art in itself as you have to be careful with the security settings (just found out I made mistakes in securuty settings in a few ones I distributed). So I’m going to check this out.

    Fred
    .-= Fred Lotgering´s last blog ..12SecondCommute, A limited opportunity of a lifetime for a lifetime =-.

  5. Andre Arnett Says:

    Wow Mike, this is an excellent tool and one I think will be getting a lot of use. Certainly something I will want to add to my tools. Thanks.
    .-= Andre Arnett´s last blog ..How To Prepare For Your Opt-In Newsletter =-.

  6. punks Says:

    Thanks for sharing this tool. I’ve been looking for this for a long time.
    .-= punks´s last blog ..Medical makeup =-.

  7. Lonnie Minton Says:

    Mike this looks like a great tool. I will be taking a closer look at Easy Viral PDF Creator and add it to my set of tools. It looks like a good tool to just create any PDF. I Will be checking that out also. Some of the PDF makers I have used in the past do not link all of the links so that they are clickable.
    .-= Lonnie Minton´s last blog ..Use Article Marketing To Increase Your Internet Marketing Success =-.

  8. jason Says:

    Very cool… although you might want to change the title of this post from “Landmine” to “Goldmine” – you know, since landmines aren’t really something people would want around! LOL

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