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Variety of Content is the Key in the Early Stages of the.

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Those that drop off the list are often those who did not provide the right level of information to buyers or did not meet some other perceived or real need in the buyer. White papers: Without a question, this continues to be the most effective content to build your in-house list. Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now.

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Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle

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I downloaded a white paper called “Understanding the Industrial Buy Cycle: How to Align Your Marketing with Your Customers’ Buying Process” from GlobalSpec that has done a very good job of explaining the four stages of the industrial buy cycle and how to match your marketing content to each stage.

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Retrofitting Blogs and Converting Industrial Websites into Blog Sites

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Pull a few key points out of an existing technical article or a white paper and expand on those points in your blog post(s). After sampling your content, your blog readers are more likely to download the complete article/white paper in exchange for their contact information (lead generation).

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Creating Relevant B2B Marketing Content: Walk the Talk

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And they use different sources to get their information. Here’s a chart from Enquiro’s white paper, “Building Business Online: Your Digital Persuasion Portfolio” that shows how specific content from your website plays a role at different stages. This white paper aims to change that perception of them.

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Focus on Content in B2B Marketing

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Now, B2B content marketing’s agenda is to educate and inform customers and prospects. Educate, inform and provide value to customers and prospects. Here’s a short but highly informative slide show that explains how to use content effectively as inbound marketing. This white paper aims to change that perception of them.

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B2B Websites: To Publish Prices, Or Not To Publish…That Is The.

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There have been many studies done over the years that indicate that price information is the very reason why most B2B buyers visit a vendor’s website. The results from three separate studies confirm this: 61% of engineers surveyed indicated pricing information as one of the primary reasons to visit a vendor’s website.

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Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle

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Content marketing does not mean churning out white papers, case studies, articles, blog posts, podcasts and webinars for the sake of putting out content. According to Jeff Ogden, the Fearless Competitor , you are going to need two critical pieces of information to conduct a content audit. Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now.