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How B2B Content Marketing Has Changed and What To Do Next [Research]

Webbiquity

The way B2B buyers consume content has changed significantly in the past two years. But fascinating new research quantifies those changes, and points the way forward for B2B content marketers. Longer content rules. Like gas, groceries, and pretty much everything else, the cost of professionally produced content is rising.

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Your White Paper Tanked: 3 Common Mistakes To Avoid

Content Marketing Institute

Without proper boundaries, your white paper ideas that go into development can end up being the same trite, ineffective content as so many others. Don’t make these mistakes if you want to deliver a high-performing white paper.

Paper 143
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People Don’t Read Your White Papers. Who Cares?

The Point

This functionality not only generates additional insights for marketers as to just how much of their content prospects are actually reading, but also enables more sophisticated lead qualification methods, for example: granting higher lead scores when an individual prospect reads more than say, 80 percent of a white paper.

Paper 193
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9 Places to Source Authoritative Stats for Your Content Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

As content marketers, we are always on the hunt for interesting data to grab reader attention and support our claims. The journalistic protocol is to cite an original, authoritative source that is transparent about its methodology (like the description on page 41 in CMI’s annual B2C Content Marketing Report.)

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Content Marketing Agency Vs In-House Writers

Marketing Insider Group

The measure of any marketing strategy is in its effectiveness. In content marketing, we measure effectiveness by the amount of organic search traffic and rankings we deliver for our clients. And that is derived from the value our content brings to a brand’s prospects and current customers.

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Is Content Marketing Right for My Industry?

Marketing Insider Group

Every year, I have tons of prospects who ask me, “Is content marketing right for my industry?”. Either they think they don’t need content marketing because everyone knows they’re there – or they don’t quite know how to explain what they do and why people need their product. And sadly, they’re wrong on both counts.

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Generate More Leads With These 3 White Paper Landing Page Examples

Unbounce

White papers are content marketing powerhouses for business-to-business (B2B) companies. We’re not just sayin’ it: 62% of the most successful B2B marketers think white papers are the most valuable type of content. On the customer side, 71% of B2B buyers use white papers to inform their purchases.