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1. but apart from the different syntax you can use them in just the same way as Type 1 Tags Their syntax is 8 tag data 8 The first part of the tag is identical to Type 1 Tags the second part data is a new placeholder for actual live data in case the affiliate has no value he could use for this link Both parts are separated by a Dollar sign eg Actually the data part is more like a container than a placeholder It allows you to brand any given link with your own data in case the affiliate has no data of his own or does not want to brand a specific link No more lost clicks Using this tag you can make sure that either your affiliate or you get credit for each click Sound s confusing Let me assure you it s not once you understood how this works But then again nothing is once you understood it right Anyway let s take a look at a few examples again Example Using the same examples from above here s how these tags work http 8 clickbank datagenn 8 bfmscript hop clickbank net Have you ever thought about what happens if the reader is not a member of Clickbank and or doesn t want to sign up with them The link won t get branded and no one s going to get credit for the eventual sale because of the incomplete link Type 2 Tags allow you to include your own ID to make sure the click isn t lost Simply enter your own ID after the sign and there you go ViralPDF Clas2. 8 SUPPOR ssis eE aen AEE E E AASEN EEEE ESen 22 Frequently Asked Questions FAQ i sscisssssssisenrencerraveransedterecnaveransensnianavinsevenonasisvionss 23 GOSS Y MP CT 25 ViralPDF Classic Edition UserManualv2 2 Welcome First and foremost Thank you for purchasing viralPDF Classic Edition 2 1 With your purchase you ve not only received another piece of software you now have a truly powerful effective and easy to use marketing weapon which if used properly will help you achieve your goals faster and with much less work on you part For the first time ever here s an application which revolutionizes the way PDF files can be used online to drive traffic close sales or brand your business Sure there are other so called solutions for branding PDFs available on the net but as of this writing they all have one or more of the following things in common They either rely on remote servers are expensive or complicated to use are limiting you in the way you re creating and designing your PDF files only let you brand a limited amount of links have a substantial lack of support from their creators etc ViralPDF puts an end to all that In fact the software you ve just purchased has received the highest ratings from both newbies in the internet marketing arena as well as veterans who are doing business on the web for decades But the fact that all over the net people are raving about viralPDF shou
3. ViralPDF Classic Edition User Manual v 2 2 ViralPDF Classic Edition User Manual v2 2 g i s Y d a e V 3 U 2 Rebrand Your Encrypted amp Password Protected PDFs Fast Secure amp Efficient alPDF The Standard in PDF Rebranding Sean Kelly Datagenn Software Ltd Killeshin Carlow Co Carlow Ireland User forums http www Datagenn com forums Help amp Support http support Datagenn com Contact http www ReplyToSean com Joint Venture Information http www JVwithSean com ViralPDF Classic Edition User Manualv22 Table of Contents ViralPDF 2 Glassie EGO D S 1 Table of S70 9 emma me ener ne me rn see ee 2 con 3 want to hear from ice 4 Technical Support amp Help eseesesseeeeeeree nennen 4 Insee E J M 8 Ji XE cte PCT TEC 8 Type 1 TAGs B TAG L cadena neue uomenmeeebeenmeeeteesdnetuine 9 Type 2 Tag 8 tag data 8 sesso qne x PEEL QUU DIE UVH DEVE UN ELO EUR EUR R Riu A RE UH RUNS 14 Signing Your POF eT 16 PS TCT OXG ENT 16 Rebranding YOUN oT nien a a EE EAS 18 PDED and EXC pudeat eot ne ene sarasota nce cout taanes 18 Branding The Branden eee eee eae eee ene aa 19 Bere Wie rt acne e pd Hae roc cidelbadadacesndauedeeaeun Di etindsendasnieeaiasedinetss 19 Geting Help S
4. as the affiliate id then the PDFBrand exe Url will become http joebloggs datagenn hop clickbank net Here s how Clickbank works e To use Clickbank so you ll need to get a Clickbank nickname first free e After you ve signed up double click BrandTheBrander exe to start up the program Note make sure you don t rename PDFBrand exe and that you ll run BrandTheBrander exe from within the same directory where PDFBrand exe is located If you do run BrandTheBrander exe outside the directory where PDFBrand exe is located or if you ve renamed PDFBrand exe to something else the app will display this message ViralPDF Classic Edition User Manualv22 i OK seems like you need to tell me where PDFBrand exe is Please click OK now and show me where the app is Lox After clicking OK you ll be able to browse to PDFBrand exe and open it e If BrandTheBrander exe was able to successfully open PDFBrand exe you ll see a simple window displaying some copyright information as well as a field where you can type in your affiliate ID Clickbank nickname e Enter your Clickbank nickname and click OK The links in PDFBrand exe are now updated with your own affiliate link e Just to make sure everything s working as it should try using the links in PDFBrand s About menu then log into your affiliate account and check if the stats got updated That s all there is to it I guess it doesn t get muc
5. duals Join us at the Forum by clicking on the following link http www Datagenn com forums Helpdesk amp Problems If you happen to come across a problem or anything that gives you trouble then please send me a support ticket from my Helpdesk I monitor it regularly and endeavor to respond as quickly as I can However bear in mind that I live in Belgium whereas many of you are in the USA and I may in fact be sleeping when you send your ticket so please be patient and rest assured that I will respond as soon as possible My time zone is GMT 1 ViralPDF Classic Edition UserManualv2 2 You may reach the Helpdesk by clicking on the following link http support Datagenn com Affiliate Accounts A purchase of ViralPDF generates an automatic affiliate account as well as your Unique Affiliate ID You can use the BrandTheBrander tool included to embed your Affiliate Id in your Rebrander It will also recognize your Datagenn or Clickbank affiliate Id should you chose to use that instead There is more detailed information on the BrandTheBrander tool later on in this document Your affiliate account login details will be sent automatically to your nominated email address Make sure your nominated email address can accept this important information by whitelisting the domain Datagenn com The login Url is http shop Datagenn com affiliates Also you may create an affiliate account by visiting http shop Da
6. e 8 Click here to visit your sponsor s website You can even combine link and text branding like in the example below This eBook is brought to you by 8 name 8 Your sponsor s website is located at http 8 url 8 ViralPDF Classic Edition UserManualv22 Note the above Click here link is also pointing to http 8 url 8 and your Urls must always begin with http Rebrandable email addresses Hover your mouse over the 8 name 8 tag above You will see it s linked to a rebrandable mailto 8 email 8 link This is to allow readers to send the sponsor an email at their rebranded email address by simply clicking this link The PDF Format is very complex under the hood so there are a few preparation steps you need to take to ensure everything works smoothly PDF Limitation 1 Tags surrounding rebrandable text should be on a line of their own or at the very least make sure there is plenty of room left on that line The reason for this is simple You don t know how many characters will be used when the affiliate rebrands your document So if the name tag you used looks like 8 name 8 but the affiliate s actual name is Sean Robert Kelly all characters following the tag will be pushed to the right If there s not enough space left all formatting will be gone and your text will look chopped PDF Limitation 2 In order to optimise every file as much as possible Acrobat by default strips o
7. en the navigation element is selected by the user A Uniform Resource Locator URL is a technical Web related term used in two distinct meanings in popular usage it is a widespread synonym for Uniform Resource Identifier URI many popular and technical texts will use the term URL when referring to URI in strict technical usage it is a subset of URI specific to identifiers who are primarily locators
8. h simpler than this You now no longer have any excuse not to join our affiliate program do you ViralPDF Classic Edition UserManualv22 Getting Help amp Support Although I ve made every effort to make sure the software is as easy to use as possible I realize the importance of providing you with the best possible customer service I further realize that there are probably some or many questions which have not been answered in this manual or maybe you run into problems I couldn t foresee And that s why I encourage you to let me know any and all questions you might have either through email or our support forums Frankly I d prefer it if you d use the support forums as your main resource because this will probably help other customers and it frees up my time Imagine I d have to answer 400 emails a day It ll take some time to get back to you So here s the link to our support forums http www Datagenn com forums This is the preferred way of contacting me But of course if you prefer to rather email me you can do so anytime by sending a message to support datagenn com I ll be adding more support resources over time such as comprehensive FAQs and a really powerful helpdesk system If you joined our mailinglist right after your purchase you ll get a short note whenever I add a new resource Whatever method you choose please be as descriptive as possible about your inquiry This ll help me to narr
9. inal document and converted it to PDF you need to sign it Signing the PDF will add an invisible watermark to your PDF Without this watermark the Brander will not brand the document jj Untitled ViralPDF Signer File Edit View Language About S ed Sign 2 Drag n Drop your brandable PDF file into this window Signing your PDF is as easy as it can get Just follow those few simple steps Double click PDFSigner exe to start the program Drag n Drop your PDF file into the program s main window Alternatively you can use the File gt gt Open command or the icon from the menu bar and browse to your PDF If everything is ok PDFSigner exe will print something like C path to yourfile pdf has been prepared for signing in its main window as soon as the program has successfully processed and opened the PDF Now click the Sign button or simply hit the space bar The software will open a dialog box asking you to confirm your choice and let you set an expiration date If you choose to set an expiration date for this document it can no longer be branded once the date is reached ViralPDF Classic Edition User Manual v 2 2 e Click OK and save the document under a different filename e g yourfile_signed pdf This newly created document yourfile_signed pdf will be the one you ll want to give to your affiliates along with the PDFbrand exe app You may eve
10. ldn t fool you into thinking that you re going to be successful only because you ve purchased any specific piece of software including viralPDF The mere fact that you now own a copy of the net s most complete real PDF branding solution doesn t mean nothing if you don t put it to use That s why I ve compiled a list of useful resources for you in Appendices A and B Some of which are free others are commercial But they all have one thing in common They work Please do yourself a favour and check them out whenever it s most convenient for you ViralPDF Classic Edition UserManualv22 I want to hear from you A personal note I strongly believe that viralPDF is indeed the most advanced and feature rich PDF branding solution currently available and Tl strive to continue to successively improve it ensuring it ll always be way ahead of any competitors out there But to accomplish this I need your help Let me know what you think Tell me how to improve viralPDF which features you d like to see any bugs you notice and everything else you think is relevant Every suggestion is welcome Please reference the section Getting Help for information about how to contact me You can send me a quick message using the following link ReplyToSean com Technical Support amp Help The Forum I ve set up a community where ViralPDF users customers and affiliates can meet to share their ideas and thoughts with like minded indivi
11. ms for representing two dimensional documents in a device independent and resolution independent fixed layout document format Each PDF file encapsulates a complete description of a 2D document and with the advent of Acrobat 3D embedded 3D documents that includes the text fonts images and 2D vector graphics that compose the document PDF Security PDFs may be encrypted so that a password is needed to view or edit the contents The PDF Reference defines both 40 bit and 128 bit encryption both making use of a complex system of RC4 and MD5 The PDF Reference also defines ways in which third parties can define their own encryption systems for use in PDF Rebranding Rebranding is the process by which a product or service developed with one brand or company or product line affiliation is marketed or distributed with a different identity This involves radical changes to the brand s logo brand name image marketing strategy and advertising themes It usually results in the repositioning of the brand company It may just involve merely superficial changes Rebranding can be applied to either new products mature products or even unfinished products Hyperlink URL A hyperlink often referred to as simply a link is a reference or navigation element in a document to another section of the same document another document or a specified section of another document that automatically brings the referred information to the user wh
12. n ViralPDF com stores a generous 1 Year Cookie so we can pay you your commission if traffic you send to ViralPDF com makes a purchase up to one Year later Important Note When a visitor to ViralPDF com arrives using a Clickbank hoplink ViralPDF com will use the Clickbank payment ViralPDF Classic Edition User Manualv22 gateway Otherwise ViralPDF com use PayPal and will check if the visitor has been sent by an affiliate that signed up at http shop Datagenn com AffiliateSignup ViralPDF Classic Edition UserManualv22 Introduction ViralPDF Classic Edition has the ability to Rebrand both Text and Hyperlinks in your PDF eBooks You are in the driving seat and specify only the parts that are Rebrandable Everything else remains untouched To enable rebranding you need to edit your Document before converting it to PDF You surround your rebrandable Text and Hyperlinks with 8 tags just before and right after For example Your Name Here would become 8 Your Name Here 8 Also http YourClickbankAffiliateld hop clickbank net would become http 8 YourClickbankAffiliateld 8 hop clickbank net Lets go into more detail now The Tags Before you can use ViralPDF you need to prepare your PDF to contain special tags You can use those tags to brand both links as well as regular text If you re wondering what tags are think of them as placeholders which will be
13. ntually sometimes experience an error message when opening a PDF like e g Corrupted format This is because PDFSigner exe checks the internal structure of every PDF before signing it In most cases re creating the PDF in PDF Version 1 4 will correct the problem If the problem persist contact our support team see Getting Help later in this document There is also a list of PDF Converters supported by ViralPDF at http www ViralPDF com ClassicEdition SystemRequirements html Creating a 1 4 PDF If you use Acrobat to create PDF Documents and it saves them in PDF Version 1 5 or later you can make them compatible with Version 4 by following these steps In Acrobat go to the menu Advanced gt PDF Optimizer Then select Acrobat 5 0 and later from the Make compatible with drop down box That s all there is about the signer Now we ll take a test drive using the actual branding utility PDFBrand exe ViralPDF Classic Edition User Manual v 2 2 Rebranding Your PDF PDFbrand exe ti C My_eBook_Signed pdf ViralPDF Rebrander File Edit View Language About S Brandl Enter your own information into the fields below Enter Your Website Url Here Enter Your Name Here All fields marked with a are mandatory e Double click PDFBrand exe to start the program e Drag n Drop the signed file you created earlier into the program s main window Alternatively you can
14. ow down any problems right from the start and you ll ultimately get your desired results faster Again thanks for you business Sean Kelly ViralPDF Classic Edition UserManualv22 Frequently Asked Questions FAQ Can I Rebrand Hyperlinks that follow the new Clickbank format Yes you can this is not a problem According to the Clickbank FAQ the old Clickbank hop url is being phased out and they advise now you to use the new format http AFFILIATE VENDOR hop clickbank net For ViralPDF this means using this Url http YOURCLICKBANKID datagenn hop clickbank net What happened to the old ViralPDF tags and Different versions of MS Word handled these in different ways On top of that some PDF converters turned them into 7b and 7d in their PDF documents This caused A LOT of headaches for many people You do not need to modify your existing PDFs that have and in them They are still supported by ViralPDF but I recommend you use 8 left and right instead ViralPDF Classic EGNOR User Manualv22 This Document is Copyright 2006 Datagenn Software Ltd except for the Glossary page 23 AII Rights Reserved Trademarks and Service Names remain the property of their Respective owners ViralPDF Classic Edition User Manual v 2 2 Glossary e source W IKiID Q a ord oDUul V VCUIda VUlg Portable Document Format PDF is a file format proprietary to Adobe Syste
15. randTheBrander exe It s purpose is to allow you to earn money while doing what you ll do anyway Giving away your brandable PDF files As you may have noticed the About menu in PDFBrand exe has two entries About and Visit Website Until now the link in the About box as well as the Visit Website link simply pointed to http www viralpdf com 2 BrandTheBrander m o File Language VP Brand the Brander v 2 2 Copyright c 2003 2006 Sean Kelly Datagenn com http www viralpdf com Enter your affiliate ID here ViralPDF Classic Edition UserManualv2 2 Using BrandTheBrander exe you can change these links to your own affiliate links so you ll earn a commission for every sale resulting from anybody using the links in PDFBrand exe You have a choice to either a Use Our Affiliate Program http www Datagenn com AffiliateSignup You just enter your affiliate id into the BrandTheBrander exe eg 999 If you created a campaign to track clicks as well as sales you can include this as well eg 999 amp camp_id 5 BrandTheBrander will automatically recognise when you enter an Affiliate Id of ours The link in your PDFbrand exe will then become something like this http www ViralPDF com ClassicEdition aff_id g99 amp camp_id 5 b Use Clickbank BrandTheBrander will automatically recognise when you enter a Clickbank nickname For example if you entered joebloggs
16. sic Edition A UserManualv22 Example Again using an example from above here s another link format http www TrafficSecrets com 8 YourAffiliateIdHere Datagenn 8 In case the affiliate is no member of Traffic Secrets and therefore can t enter an ID the link still gets branded with your ID in this case mine Datagenn The same rules apply as with Type 1 Tags only this type of tag is safer if you promote more than 1 affiliate program in your document The more affiliate programs the higher the chance that your readers are not members of one or more of those programs and you can still earn commissions even if they cannot You should use Type 2 Tags whenever you promote more than one or two programs in a single eBook just to be on the safe side Remember As soon as you use any Type 2 Tag in your document the Brander will recognize it and display this additional message in it s main window once the PDF has been opened If you don t have a value simply leave blank This means if you start using these tags in your PDF be consistent and use them throughout your document for every single link Otherwise your readers may leave a regular Type 1 Tags blank and the click is lost again This is all there is to say about tags now comes the really easy part Using the software ViralPDF Classic Edition User Manualv22 Signing Your PDF PDFSigner exe Once you have added the tags to your orig
17. sonal ID should go and you re all set ViralPDF Classic Edition UserManualv2 2 ViralPDF doesn t restrict you in any way shape or form when it comes to using tags It lets you use unlimited tags within a document and you can be as creative as you wish to be when naming them Just make sure you use the correct format which is 8 tag 8 Type 1 Tags 8 tag 8 can be used for both link branding and text branding The procedure for branding text is the very same as for links just as discussed above except for text you use the tags in your actual text not in your links You are free to use spaces in your tag between each of the two 8 enclosures For example this is a perfectly valid use of the tags 8 Please Enter Your Full Name Here 8 Please be aware that if you use spaces in your tags for Hyperlinks they usually will not be clickable so I advise you only use spaces for tags around text Lets look at some text branding examples now Starting with v 1 2 viralPDF introduced branding of regular text You can now let your affiliates put their name and any other details you want them to in the ordinary text of your PDF files as well as in links and email addresses As of June 2003 viralPDF has been the only PDF branding solution offering this really unique feature and recently some copycats have emerged but are having trouble keeping up with the pace Example This eBook is brought to you by 8 nam
18. tagenn com AffiliateSignup Click amp Sales Tracking When you re logged into your Affiliate account from the menu select Links Campaigns An existing campaign Clicks from Rebrander already automatically records clicks and sales made from your Rebranders to ViralPDF com To record clicks made using your affiliate link create a new campaign Then when you click Links Get Links select your Campaign from the drop down box created and click links gt gt gt to see your affiliate link with campaign id in it If you do not include a campaign id when using your affiliate link your sales will be recorded but clicks will not ViralPDF Classic Edition J User Manualv22 Please be aware that it is against our terms of service to open an affiliate account for the purpose of receiving a discount when purchasing ViralPDF Earn Commissions Using Clickbank m Driving traffic to r SSS SSS _ ViralPDF com MES en through your ER Clickbank Affiliate Url means that you a will be paid by EAE Clickbank instead of ViralPDF com Your Clickbank Url should be in the following format http Y OURCLICKBANKID datagenn hop clickbank net Our affiliate program and Clickbank both offer the same Commission rate If you use our Affiliate Program you can easily track Clicks Vs Sales as well Clickbank in their FAQ advise against using their old hoplink format http hop clickbank net 2YOURUSERID datagen
19. use the File gt gt Open command or the icon from the menu bar and browse to your PDF Once the brander has successfully processed and opened the file you ll see a list of all the tags you included in your document earlier e Simply fill in the appropriate Ids and information into the field next to each tag e As long as you didn t save the document you can choose to correct any data you entered by simply clicking into the field you want to change and entering a new value for it overwriting the existing data e Once youre done hit the Brand button The Brander will automatically ask you to save a copy of the file under the name yourfile_branded pdf in the ViralPDF Classic Edition A User Manualv22 same location as yourfile signed pdf If you want to save the branded document under a different filename or in a different location just click Cancel and enter a new name for it and or save it in a different directory e After saving the branded file open it yourfile branded pdf using the free Acrobat Reader Click on the links and see if they work as they should If you added brandable text to the PDF check if it got branded correctly too Once you ve made sure everything was rebranded properly you can distribute yourfile_signed pdf Don t forget to give your affiliates the PDFBrand exe application Next we ll take a look at BrandTheBrander exe Branding The Brander B
20. ut all unused characters You need to make sure your document contains every single alphanumeric character for the font used by each rebrandable piece of text offered This also includes font style such as bold italics underline So for example if your rebrandable text is Arial size 12 and bold then you need to include all the alphanumeric characters for Arial size 12 bold in your PDF ViralPDF Classic Edition A User Manualv22 While this is typically not a big problem with larger PDF files it can cause problems with shorter special reports or articles The Solution You can overcome this by adding the following string of characters at the end of your document before converting it to PDF Georgia size 12 normal text example abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWYXYZ _ 8 amp gt uO 1234567890 Georgia size 12 italics text example abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ IU 08 96 amp luO 1234567890 Georgia size 12 bold text example abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ s 08 96 amp N n0O 7 11234567890 So if you used Arial and Times in your rebrandable text you must include this line in both Arial and Times How to hide this string of characters Use the same font colour for these lines as the Document background so nobody will see it For example if your document s background colour is
21. well replaced by actual live data during the branding process Introduced in ViralPDF 2 0 there are now 2 different types of tags You need to use those tags for every part of your document that should be rebrandable Here s what they look like e Type 1 8 tag 8 e Type 2 8 tag data 8 Lets take a closer look at each type ViralPDF Classic Edition UserManualv2 2 Type 1 Tag 8 tag 8 Using this tag is straight forward Simply use it in any place you d like your readers to be able to change rebrand and that s it This tag can be used for both link and text rebranding Example If a typical affiliate URL to your site looks like e g http datagenn bfmscript hop clickbank net where datagenn is the affiliate s personal ID you could use this link in your PDF document http 8 YourClickbankId 8 bfmscript hop clickbank net The tag 8 YourClickbankId 8 will then automatically show up in the Brander and all you need to do is to tell your affiliates to replace 8 YourClickbankId 8 with their own personal Clickbank nickname Or what if your affiliate URL looks more like http www TrafficSecrets com Datagenn with Datagenn being the affiliate ID You probably might want to use the following format in your document http www TrafficSecrets com 8 YourAffiliateIdHere 8 However in the syntax of your affiliate URLs simply use a tag in the place where the affiliate s per
22. white simply use white for the font colour of this string of character PDF Limitation 3 A Hyperlink is made of of two parts The display text eg Click here and the target Url eg http www Datagenn com ViralPDF Classic Edition User Manualv22 If you offer Rebranding of the display text on a Hyperlink the PDF document is still doing to display the same blue underline with the same length after Rebranding It does not care how many or how few characters are in the Rebranded Hyperlink The solution to this is to configure your layout software to display all links without the underlining before converting it to PDF When the text gets branded and the tag is replaced by the actual value the length of the underlining will stay the same ViralPDF or any other software for that matter can t adjust the underlining To get rid of the underlining in Word here s a tip from CBmall owner Jeff Mulligan http www cbmall com info who uses ViralPDF to create a brandable eBook called 10 Powerful Ways CBmall Makes You Money 1 Select the link 2 Right click and choose FONT 3 There is a drop down box for UNDERLINE STYLE 4 Click the dropdown and select NONE This should kill the underline for you ViralPDF Classic Edition UserManualv22 Type 2 Tag 8 tag data 8 ViralPDF v 2 0 introduced a new type of tag so called Type 2 Tags They look a bit different as compared to Type 1 Tags
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