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By Jennifer Mattern on 22nd September, 2009Filed in Marketing

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You’ve made it half-way through the bootcamp, and you’re at the end of your second big project already! So let’s dive right in again and get right to your exercises. You created a short report or e-book to give away to members of your target market. Now you need to distribute it!

Exercises

1. Convert your report file to .pdf format. If you don’t have software to do it, check out www.primopdf.com (they have a free online version that leaves links in the body text).
2. Upload your .pdf file to your server.
3. Create a page on your website or blog where you’ll offer the download. If you were selling this report (you’re not), this would be your sales page. You should highlight the title, a description or abstract of it, and a pitch on why people should download it and read it. Then you’ll need to add a download link at the end, pointing to the .pdf file you just uploaded.

Tomorrow we’ll talk about getting some attention for your new report.

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3. 30 Day Marketing Bootcamp for Freelance Writers – Day 12
4. 30 Day Marketing Bootcamp for Freelance Writers – Day 25
5. 30 Day Marketing Bootcamp for Freelance Writers – Day 28

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Jenn is a professional blogger and freelance business writer. She has worked as a freelance writer since 1999, and has been an active business and niche blogger since 2004. She owns All Freelance Writing as well as several other sites and blogs covering PR, small business, and related topic areas. She is also currently writing a nonfiction book for freelance writers called The Query-Free Freelancer, and is the author of the Web Writer's Guide e-book series.

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1. Matt Willard
   
   

   Well, I put the ebook up, but now I’m really starting to think I need to replace it with something better. I’ll try whatever marketing moves you’ve got in mind for this one, but when I get a chance, I’m replacing this one with something better.

2. Jennifer Mattern
   
   

   No, no, no. Don’t replace. Supplement. Keep adding to the arsenal rather than feeling like you need to weed out elements (unless those elements prove not to work in the long run).

3. Matt Willard
   
   

   Okay, I’ll supplement instead of weeding it out. More content is good for me anyway :V

4. DM
   
   

   Okay, I’ll supplement instead of weeding it out. More content is good for me anyway :V

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