25 Ways to Use a Free E-Book or Special Report

1. List it in directories of free e-books on the Internet.
2. Exchange links with related Web sites, where they promote your e-book and you promote theirs.
3. Tell your audiences to visit your Web site to download the e-book.
4. Create promotional CDs with the e-book on it (with links to your site).
5. Give it to your existing e-zine subscribers who refer a friend to sign up.
6. Tell other people to refer their clients to your Web site, so they can download the e-book.
7. Promote it in newspaper advertising (Yes, you pay for the advertising, but it gets a better response than advertising a paid product).
8. Mention it in radio interviews (even those that don't allow commercial advertising).
9. Give it to colleagues to put on their Web site for download.

1. Make a limited offer, so they get the e-book only if they order by a certain date.
2. Offer it as an incentive for people to sign up to your e-zine.
3. Make it a free sample - i.e. a cut-down free version of the full product.
4. Use the e-book to help the reader identify their problems (but they have to pay for your products/services to get the solutions).
5. Give it away, using the reciprocity principle, which says that people who get a favor from you are more likely to do you a favor in return.
6. Demonstrate how much value you're willing to give away for nothing, which makes them wonder just how much more they will get when they pay.
7. Demonstrate your credibility as an expert in the field.
8. Help new Internet users get comfortable with downloading files, reading e-books, etc., so they are more likely to buy your other electronic products.

1. Put a dollar value on the e-book, and bundle it together with your other products.
2. Use it instead of discounting (i.e. Instead of offering a discount on a product, offer them the added value of the e-book instead).
3. Offer it as a freebie for people who leave without buying, so that they still get something from you, and might buy from you in the future.

1. Offer it as an incentive for signing up to your mailing list.
2. Send it as an "unadvertised bonus" immediately after they order your product, so that it's a pleasant surprise and avoids buyer's remorse.
3. Send it to loyal customers as a gift later, which reminds them that you exist.
4. Offer it free as part of a "clients only" special offer.
5. Send customers an e-book later that tells them how they can get more value out of the product or service they bought.