Day 22: Putting the Finishing Touches To Your Package
At this point all the pieces of your main package are complete. Now you’re going to add the finishing touches and assemble the package.
Here’s how…
Assemble Reports and E-books
Before you convert your reports and e-books to PDFs (which is coming in a later lesson), you need to add a few pages. So, follow these steps...
Design a Title Page
Your title page should include the following information...
- The title of the e-book/report. Ideally, this should appear on all subsequent pages in the header or footer.
- Your name as the author. Be sure to change the author name to your name, where applicable.
- Copyright information. Generally, this is a simple line stating the work is copyrighted, alongside the date (e.g., “Copyright 2020, all rights reserved.”).
- Other information. You may put your contact information on this page, as well as any additional legal information you’d like to include (such as reporting pirated copies or additional information on allowable uses). Note that if you have a lot of information to include, you’ll want to create a separate page and insert it right after the title page.
Next…
Create a Table of Contents
The next step is to create a table of contents making it easy for readers to find what they’re looking for. At a minimum, list each main chapter/module/lesson. If this is a lengthy book or course, then list subsections as well.
Consider Inserting Promos
The last step is to insert promos, where applicable. Here are different ways to do it...
- Create a “Recommended Resources” list. Typically this appears at the end of the report or e-book, but you can insert it near the beginning.
- Insert a “Featured Products” page. This most often appears at the beginning of a report or e-book.
- Create a “Other Products You Might Look” page. This is just another way to title a “recommend resources” or “featured products” page.
Next…
Assemble Tools
Some of your tools – like a cheat sheet – will be just one page. In that case, you don’t need to do anything.
If you have multiple pages – like a comprehensive checklist – then you can do the following...
- Insert a title page. This is just like the title page for a report or ebook, where you list the title of the tool, your author name, and copyright information.
- Insert an introduction page. This page explains how to use the tool. You may offer tips to help people get the best results.
- Conclusion. This page isn’t necessary for most tools. However, if you do insert a concluding page, then use this page to encourage people to put the tool to use.
- Promos. When you have a small tool, then your promos should be short too. People won’t feel like the tool is very useful if it’s brimming with promos. So, for example, if it’s a cheat sheet, then put one short CTA and a link (e.g., “Get more great diet secrets here!”).
Now it’s your turn…
TODAY’S TASK:
Your task for today is to assemble all the various pieces of your package according to the tips and steps you just learned.