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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. Your current white papers just don’t have the same impact as they once had … but why?

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How the Heck Do You Calculate the Return from Your Content Marketing Program?

NuSpark Consulting

This process helps to increase their web traffic in two ways. Note that if the goal had been thought leadership, the measurement and tracking process would have been entirely different. White Papers and E-Books. The goals for white papers and e-books can be to: Generate qualified leads. Goal Assessment.

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B2B Marketing Trends From Eloqua Experience 09 Via Twitter

Anything Goes Marketing

Earlier this month I left my newborn and poor wife at home for an unforgettable week at Eloqua Experience in San Francisco. While there were a few keynote speakers, the conference focused on having the Eloqua community share their experiences so we could all learn from each other. They are some of the best and brightest out there.

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Interview with Brian Hansford

Onalytica B2B

And the buying process needs to be made as easy as possible. In 2009 I dove headlong into working with Eloqua and Salesforce and at that point I was hooked on designing demand generation workflow and measuring results. When I started my career, activity-based marketing communications was the core focus to help grow branding awareness.

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How to increase your conversion rate in email marketing

Conversica

If your emails are sent to the right person at the wrong time, the chances of conversion are lower than if the same person receives a message at the right time in their buying process. If someone downloaded a specific white paper or viewed a video, reference that action in your messages to them. Always be testing.

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How to Woo B2B Buyers With Interactive Assessments

SnapApp

The modern B2B buyer does a huge amount of research during their purchase process. Assessments give marketers the opportunity to support their prospect’s research process with personalized recommendations. . Any white paper or long-form asset you create can be repurposed into at least one interactive assessment, and probably several.

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Marketing Automation: Like Bringing a Gun to a Knife Fight

Webbiquity

One of the biggest challenges b2b marketers face is what to do with all of those “names&# that come into your system that aren’t really “leads&# yet; contacts collected from white paper downloads, webinar registrations, trade shows and other activities. They apply technology to a difficult process.