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White Papers are Not Dead. They’re on Life Support.

Marketing Craftmanship

The evolution of white papers from bona fide content into self-serving advertorials has been validated by vertical industry trade publications, in which companies, for a fee, are permitted to “feature” their white papers in a special section. White papers jumped the shark when they became paid content.

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Top 47 B2B Marketing Posts - Hot Topics Ning and Facebook - July 2010

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

Maybe have never even had a sales job or a college-level marketing class. As recently as five years ago, thought leadership marketing was mainly the province of the top consulting firms. Advertorial (4). You know who I’m talking about right? Social media “marketers&# who have never practiced marketing. Every Cash flow.

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