WriteSpark

OCTOBER 23, 2012

In this blog, I frequently write about case studies, white papers, and content marketing for technical products and technology companies. If you are involved in writing or managing customer case studies for high-tech marketing, you'll find useful ideas in these posts: Does your team know what makes a good case study?

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CoSchedule

JULY 25, 2022

White papers are an ideal type of marketing collateral to build your authority and provide useful content to your customers. But, since they have such a unique format, it takes some knowledge of white papers to write one well. Let’s look at 25 examples of white papers with takeaways to help you create your own.

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Paper Examples Marketing & Strategy Terms and Conditions 52

Sword and the Script | B2B

AUGUST 15, 2023

For the better part of 10 years , studies have shown that buyers have all but made a decision by the time they talk to sales. A recent study by the Demand Gen Report conducted for the video platform Vidyard drives this point home. Or just reply to this message if you are a subscriber and receiving blog posts by email.

Marketing Management 83

Marketing Management Vendors Studies Top of Funnel 83

Optinmonster

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Do you want to learn how to increase blog traffic? Blog traffic isn’t rocket science, and there’s no need to reinvent the wheel. In this guide, we’ll share 25 proven strategies (with 7 case studies) to teach you how to increase blog traffic by 1064%. Ready to hear how we did it?

Paid Content 74

Paid Content Traffic Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 74

Launch Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2022

When it comes to blogs, the writing process can take up quite a bit of time, but it can often feel like a waste if no one reads the blog once it is published. Blogging remains an important and effective B2B content marketing tactic, but with so many competitors, it is difficult to stand out. What Has Worked in the Past?

Paid Search Agency 96

Paid Search Agency B2B Marketing Content Marketing B2B Thought Leadership 96

Rev

JUNE 21, 2019

History has given us many experiments and studies; often learning the hard way, colleges publish scientific papers regularly to prove or disprove hypotheses and theories – even Barack Obama wrote and published the most popular scientific paper of 2016. But wait… What is a Case Study?

Case Studies 114

Case Studies Case Study Studies Practices 114

Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 9, 2023

If you work at a SaaS company, you might hit the content jackpot by turning customer usage data into an annual report that attracts media coverage and leads, for example, Zuora’s Subscription Economy Index or Marketing Insider Group’s blog post frequency research. This practice is just wrong.

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Stats Advertising Agencies Paid Search Agency Work Management 277

KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 4, 2014

For many B2B companies, just simply having a blog at all has been a huge accomplishment. Marketers and buyers alike agree: content marketing now goes beyond a few simple blog posts. White Papers. Below are some areas B2B marketers can expand to if they want to add on to their content strategy. Email Newsletters.

Marketing & Strategy 120

Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy Content Marketing Paper 120

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 21, 2020

Blame a few fuzzy data in a 2011 study. If you read marketing publications as much as I do, you’ve seen your fair share of blog posts, white papers, and videos that reference it. If you read marketing publications as much as I do, you’ve seen your fair share of blog posts, white papers, and videos that reference it.

Marketing AI 545

Marketing AI Stats Planning Case Studies 545

Act-On

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Blog Learn More Go deeper with your existing customers through lead nurturing Growing customer lifetime value (CLV) isn’t a new concept to marketers. Design nurture campaigns based on lead scoring A Gartner study found that businesses using lead scoring experienced a 77% increase in ROI with lead generation. Blog Learn More

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Lead Nurturing Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Top of Funnel 190

B2B Marketing Directions

JANUARY 21, 2024

Source: Shutterstock (This year, I plan to devote some of my Research Round-Up posts to a discussion of academic research papers about artificial intelligence. Some of these scientific papers will likely focus on comparing the capabilities of AI to those of humans at performing tasks related to marketing.

Marketing AI 70

Marketing AI Research Purchase Intent Paper 70

Vision Edge Marketing

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Studies reveal significant changes to how B2B buyers select suppliers. Various studies reveal significant changes to how B2B buyers identify, evaluate, and select suppliers. A Hubspot study found that only 3% of people consider salespeople and marketers as trustworthy. ? Who authors your blog content?

Peer-to-peer 283

Peer-to-peer Buy Sales Cycle B2B Sales 283

Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 27, 2023

This importance is emphasized in a 2023 study by Zippia, where it was found that 68% of B2B customers are lost due to perceived indifference or apathy. On the marketing side, this means creating inbound content that will answer the questions of target audiences, such as informative blogs, videos, white papers, e-books, or email campaigns.

Tactics 234

Tactics Effectiveness B2B Marketing Management 234

Animalz blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Perplexity takes a question and searches sources like Bing, academic papers, YouTube, and Reddit for answers. Identify and summarize the top five most influential papers or articles on {insert your topic} , and explain their significance in the field.” Asking for the obvious is to summarize a paper, and that will work fine.

Marketing AI 78

Marketing AI Research Tactics SME 78

Ambal's Amusings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

White papers are powerful sources of lead generation. We asked our panel of white paper experts "What are the top 2 components of a white paper that is most effective to generate leads?" Blog WhitePaperPundit Twitter Jonathan_Kantor. He is also the author of the White Paper Pundit blog.

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Paper Lead Generation Enterprise Management Generation 100

Marketing Insider Group

APRIL 11, 2023

According to a recent study, 75% of consumers judge a company’s credibility on its website design, and 81% of consumers need to trust a brand before they make a purchase. Whether it’s your latest blog post or a viral TikTok, your company’s content creation is essential to engaging your audience. Content Creation.

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Marketing Automation Services Marketing Budget Paid Search Agency Service 311

Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 29, 2021

Make sure to study their “likes” to identify special interests that can serve as content touchpoints. Studies show that 95 percent of all purchase decisions are emotion-driven. In a 2013 Google study , 50 percent of the companies surveyed indicated that they had emotional ties to their vendors.

Planning 362

Planning Paid Search Agency Content Marketing Advertising Agencies 362

B2B Marketing Directions

JANUARY 7, 2024

Because of the disruptive events of the past few years, I spent a good bit of time thinking about how this blog needs to change and what the focus of my content here should be in 2024. They can read blogs, white papers, and ebooks, watch videos, listen to podcasts, and attend webinars.

Marketing AI 70

Marketing AI Paper B2B Marketing Planning 70

SmartBug Media

APRIL 9, 2020

Website copy, blog copy, print copy—what’s the difference? For me, writing concise, snappy web or print copy leaves me feeling like Don Draper (minus the bar cart and cocktails), while blogging (which I’ve been doing since before blogs were “blogs”) leaves me feeling like investigative journalist Bob Woodward.

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Marketing Websites Copywriting Urgency Marketing Buyer Personas 105

Exo B2B

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

A few weeks ago, I got my hands on the 2020 version of B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends—North America , a comprehensive study of a field of activity that, as you know, is of particular interest to me. I keep repeating that the best medium is the blog. Not tofu but rather, content marketing.

Studies 45

Studies Top of Funnel B2B Digital Marketing Funnels 45

Navigate the Channel

JUNE 6, 2024

Our blog about how architects can effectively use social media highlights the value of Pinterest. White papers —as gated content or not—help establish you as a thought leader, particularly if those white papers focus on specifics in architecture that you know well. Blogs are a goldmine for SEO. Meet them where they are.

Lead Generation 65

Lead Generation Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Generation 65

Sword and the Script | B2B

APRIL 18, 2023

A study including behavioral data and a poll of 38,000 B2B professionals finds the more B2B content your “audience consumes, the more likely they are to be closing in on a purchase decision.” B2B content and buyer intent are two of the hottest topics in B2B marketing – and a new study offers some details as to how these are linked.

Intent 102

Intent Buy Webinar Metrics Top of Funnel 102

Marketing 261

MARCH 21, 2018

How To Create A Blog Style Guide. How do you make sure the quality of your blog posts—no matter who’s writing them—never wavers? A blog style guide, of course. My personal favorite reason for keeping a blog style guide. Anatomy of a Blog Style Guide. how will you credit sources/referenced articles or studies?

Personalization 75

Personalization Guidelines Template Rules 75

Schubert B2B

AUGUST 20, 2018

If you’re like many hard-working B2B content marketers, you understand the importance of blogging. But you may not be sure how to convert your blog traffic into leads. Every blogger needs a sustainable marketing strategy for turning blog visitors into valuable business leads and, in the long run, customers. Checklists.

Lead Ranking 87

Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Generation Leads 87

Leadspace

JANUARY 23, 2018

Case studies are among the most high-impact pieces of content a B2B marketer can produce. Unlike many other forms of marketing content — for example blogs, ebooks, white papers or reports — case studies give you an opportunity to directly demonstrate the real-life value your solutions are providing to customers.

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Case Study Case Studies Studies Enterprise Management 54

Biznology

JUNE 4, 2018

In the course of arguing the need for mid- and late-funnel content, Berkowitz recommends emphasizing case studies, white papers, implementation and how-to guides because “you can only create so many eBooks and videos.” It’s unlikely that everyone needs to read the white paper. Source: SAVO Group.

Top of Funnel 173

Top of Funnel Video Marketing Case Studies Gartner 173

Only B2B

APRIL 3, 2024

It analyzes diverse online behaviors, including content downloads, registrations for white papers, visits to solution-related webpages, and even interactions with competitor content. Content downloads: Retrieving white papers, case studies, or ebooks relevant to your offerings indicates a strong desire to learn more.

Sales Qualified Leads 71

Sales Qualified Leads Intent Data Lead Ranking High Quality Lead 71

ClearVoice

JANUARY 26, 2024

Some examples include: Driving Awareness Blogs Guides Social Media Lead → Customer Conversion eBooks & White Papers Customer Stories Sales Videos Email Nurture Sequences Customer Retention Help Centers Interactive Webinars Customer Newsletters Longevity of Content The value of content extends far beyond the initial investment.

Paid Content 92

Paid Content Top of Funnel Work Management Marketing Management 92

Martech

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Podcasts are now a top channel for B2B content , with 43% of decision makers saying they use them to get business related content, according to a new study. Second place went to industry-specific newspapers (39%), according to the study by Sapio Research, a market research firm. They don’t have to have unique content.

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Advertising Channels B2B Marketing Planning B2B 130

Valasys

DECEMBER 18, 2019

B2B marketers need to look forward to nothing but the best B2B marketing blogs for entrepreneurs to accentuate their levels of creativity, industry benchmarking & Martech insights. Content Marketing Institute : Next-up on the list of the best digital marketing blogs is the Content Marketing Institute.

B2B Marketing 59

B2B Marketing Paid Search Agency B2B Best Practices 59

Biznology

APRIL 14, 2017

If you look at your marketing and sales process you do a mixture of activities like run-advertising and marketing campaigns to build awareness, send out email marketing, create sales brochures, white papers, case studies, and constantly crank out blog posts and new website content.

Top of Funnel 139

Top of Funnel B2B Thought Leadership Video Marketing Lead Scoring 139

BOP Design

MARCH 22, 2021

Creating Thought Leadership (aka Blogging). In certain circumstances, “creating thought leadership” is a fancy way to say “blogging.” But, it’s important to note that not all blogs must be thought leadership pieces. If a blog post is a pure promotion, it’s not thought leadership, it’s a sales piece. Let me explain.

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Activities B2B Thought Leadership B2B Marketing Content Marketing 166

BOP Design

DECEMBER 27, 2022

HubSpot’s Case Study. Case studies are a great asset for attracting and nurturing inbound leads for B2B firms. While HubSpot, a marketing automation platform provider, has a broad range of content materials for prospects and leads, the case studies they create are excellent. What makes this case study great? A few things.

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B2B Marketing Examples Content Marketing B2B 100

ClearVoice

OCTOBER 26, 2022

You can do this with: Blog posts: Your blog is a gold mine for valuable information. When using a blog for demand generation, however, it’s important to stay consistent once you begin posting. These are the critical things to keep in mind when developing your blog topics. What challenges are they looking to solve?

Demand Generation Agencies 59

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Webinar Metrics 59

Scoop.it

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

You can share articles, case studies, and insights to position yourself as an industry expert. We’re talking blogs, eBooks, guides, whitepapers, case studies, webinars – the works. As for the various content mediums, blogs allow you to dive into subjects in an approachable way.

Work Management 78

Work Management Marketing Management Content Marketing Peer-to-peer 78

SmartBug Media

APRIL 24, 2023

Ideally, you should write 4-6 blog posts a month, comment on industry blogs, publish white papers on your industry award-winning performance, and shout to the rooftops all of the different ways your company mitigates all concerns about an organization's cyberthreats.

Content Marketing 98

Content Marketing Planning Word of Mouth Content 98

Contently

MAY 9, 2024

Writing a white paper is the heavyweight bout of content creation. And just like boxing, crafting a white paper requires strategy, finesse, and a game plan. Execute it well and your white paper can position your brand as an industry champion who’s adept at addressing your customers’ needs.

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Paper Case Studies Case Study Work Management 179