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Are White Papers Dead?

The ROI Guy

Traditional white papers are likely the staple of your content marketing portfolio, and for good reason. According to a recent IDG survey, 84% of buyers leveraged white papers as a key resource to help them make a purchase decision. Short attention span theater – The typical white paper is just too long.

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Top 50 B2B Marketing Influencers On Twitter

Marketing Insider Group

Marketing automation, social campaigns, inbound marketing, sales apps, ROI reporting – all in one place. MarketingSherpa – MarketingSherpa – MarketingSherpa provides B2B and consumer marketing professionals practical case studies, research, and training on email, demand gen, search, social, and more.

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CMOs: Wield Powers of Influence to Gain a Seat at the Executive Table

ViewPoint

Stephanie Tilton is a content-marketing consultant who helps B2B companies craft content that engages prospects and customers, nurtures leads and advances the buying cycle. She has produced hundreds of white papers, case studies and eBooks for a range of organizations, including some of the world's leading technology companies.

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Book Review: eMarketing Strategies for the Complex Sale

Webbiquity

Marketing automation systems—from vendors like Eloqua , Marketo , Genoo , Manticore and others—are great tools for moving prospective buyers along the path from interest to desire to action. Without a solid content strategy to support that movement through the marketing and sales cycle, all you’ve got is a nice email system.

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inContact: Using Video Marketing to Drive Millions in Pipeline

Vidyard

Recognizing the scalable, consistent benefits of a video message, Scott reiterates, “your sales people can use [your videos] to make that perfect pitch every time” Using Eloqua and Video to Qualify Leads When it comes to marketing automation, a seamless integration with Eloqua was a must when inContact was evaluating video vendors.

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More Than Just Email Marketing: What Is Marketing Automation?

TrustRadius Marketing

By sending emails to your customers and prospects based on a schedule or triggers, marketers could control the conversation and increase positive outcomes for sales. Tools like landing pages and segmentation can help you to build leads and drive interest to new visitors. The goal is to convert leads into long term satisfied customers.

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2 Mistakes that Cause Content Syndication to Fail

Online Marketing Institute

People said they couldn’t remember downloading the white paper.” The common thread amongst these complaints is lack of 1) sales satisfaction and 2) lead quality. So what is it about some content syndication programs that create leads that sales reps don’t want? “We couldn’t reach half the contacts.”