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

Marketing Craftmanship

The original purpose of white papers as a B2B marketing tactic was to produce objective information, packaged as quasi-academic research, that might validate a company’s or product’s value proposition. White papers jumped the shark when they became paid content.

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How to Use Intent Data to Identify Sales-Qualified Leads (SQLs) and Win More Deals  

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be What is Intent Data and How Does it Help Identify Sales-Qualified Leads? It analyzes diverse online behaviors, including content downloads, registrations for white papers, visits to solution-related webpages, and even interactions with competitor content. 30% of companies plan to increase their investment in intent data.

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Optimize your Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs) Strategy and Close More Sales

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Usually, MQLs are the leads that have shown interest in various ways, like downloading content like ebooks, white paper, signing up for a company newsletter attending a webinar or online event. Marketing and Sales Disconnect: According to Forrester: A well aligned team drives the 15% more revenue.

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Lead Generation vs Lead Qualification: The Dynamic Duo of Sales Success

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Methods: Lead generation utilizes various marketing strategies, including content marketing (blogs, ebooks, white papers), social media marketing, advertising campaigns, events (webinars, conferences), and partnerships with complementary businesses. downloading white papers, visiting product pages, attending webinars).

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Key Differences Between MQL and HQL for B2B Lead Generation  

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This statistic, highlighted in a Forrester Research report, underscores the crucial role of lead qualification in B2B marketing. MQL qualification criteria vary by industry and target audience, but common factors include: Downloading white papers or ebooks. Attending webinars or events. Signing up for your email list.

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How to Get Started with Account-Based Marketing

Full Circle Insights

As ABM was gaining widespread popularity for the first time in 2016, the SiriusDecisions (now Forrester) blog published a post warning marketers about a common mistake teams were making when adopting ABM – selecting accounts as the first step. Even though the Forrester post was published a few years back, the fundamentals remain true.

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Why Does Most B2B Content Marketing Suck?

Marketing Insider Group

In looking at some research, I found an interesting study from Forrester every B2B content marketer should see. You don’t have to be bland or boring, no matter what you sell or whom you help. Instead, it’s a group of people that have skills and want to help other companies. The findings? Almost every site scored poorly.