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Ditch the Pitch: How Content Marketing Creates the Conversation that Drives Conversion

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As a marketer, you’re no doubt familiar with this ubiquitous image: contacts fall into the top and by some kind of magic become leads, then qualified leads, then sales-ready leads, and eventually, (you hope) closed sales. And while you are providing this information to the prospect, you are also collecting information about her.

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Ditch the Pitch: How Content Marketing Creates the Conversation that Drives Conversion

Sales Engine

As a marketer, you’re no doubt familiar with this ubiquitous image: contacts fall into the top and by some kind of magic become leads, then qualified leads, then sales-ready leads, and eventually, (you hope) closed sales. And while you are providing this information to the prospect, you are also collecting information about her.

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Content is the new currency—and your invitation to the dance.

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That included sometimes three or more calls for each vendor to get the information that they needed to make a decision. Forrester states that up to 90 percent of the buyer’s journey now happens before someone gets in contact with short-listed companies. And they are barraged with information from likely competitors.

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Selling With Content: What’s Repeatable and What’s Not?

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As buyers, we don’t need to talk to sales people to get the information we need—therefore, we don’t take phone calls (and get upset when we feel tricked). The development of stellar content that adds value and caters to niche audiences will always work—give someone good information that they can use and they’ll thank you for it.

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Selling With Content: What’s Repeatable and What’s Not?

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As buyers, we don’t need to talk to sales people to get the information we need—therefore, we don’t take phone calls (and get upset when we feel tricked). The development of stellar content that adds value and caters to niche audiences will always work—give someone good information that they can use and they’ll thank you for it.

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When Should You Put Content Behind a Form?

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(Gated content is defined as a content asset that lives behind a landing page—someone has to enter their information into a form to get to the page.) It’s usually some sort of in-depth educational piece or some type of information that demonstrates more advanced information about the product solution or service that's being offered.