article thumbnail

Landing Page, Microsite, Pillar Page, or Content Hub: How to Choose the Right Page Type for Your Content Marketing Needs

Contently

But knowing the difference between a landing page, a microsite, a pillar page, and a content hub can help you achieve your goals throughout the marketing funnel, which might include: driving top of funnel traffic. Then pick a microsite. A microsite offers a low-risk venue to do that without confusing customers and other visitors.

Microsite 138
article thumbnail

Is Your White Paper a Sales Pitch in Disguise?

Writing on the Web

It doesn’t matter what you call your information (white paper/eBook, microsite/landing page), what matters is using information wisely to get found, get known and get clients. Is Your White Paper a Sales Pitch in Disguise? When was the last time you read a white paper that added real value to your research process?

Paper 100
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Ultimate Guide To A Content Marketing Strategy That Delivers ROI

Marketing Insider Group

They managed $1 million in new business, not from tons and tons of content, but from a logical content bundle that included a white paper, infographic, webinar, live presentation and Slideshare. It’s one thing to have an appealing, educational lineup of blog posts, video content, infographics, white papers, and social media content.

article thumbnail

4 Big Shifts That Will Usher in a New Generation of Content Marketing

Contently

Then as digital came along, they took on website design, banners, and the occasional god awful microsite. The variety of content brands need has increased exponentially—social video, animated explainers, blog posts, data visualizations, video case studies, interactive tools, white papers, infographics, and more.

article thumbnail

Vtrenz Gives a Solid Overview of Relationship Marketing

Customer Experience Matrix

The question with vendor white papers is not whether they are self-serving—that’s inevitable—but whether they are useful as well. The Vtrenz series is long for this sort of thing: three 16-page papers, one each on nurturing, growing and retaining customers. A sly joke, perhaps? But a few points caught my eye. Fair enough.

Vtrenz 120
article thumbnail

Eloqua’s “Juan Eloqua” Campaign: Email Creative at Its Best

The Point

Would the photoshopped cover of a white paper have anywhere near the same effect here? The response microsite continues the theme seamlessly, adding a textured background (one that would be awkward in the email) and a video of Juan himself. Absolutely not.

Eloqua 100
article thumbnail

Murphy's Laws of High Tech Copywriting

WriteSpark

Just as you're planning a new content campaign, you will see a competitor's microsite with the same concept. The product manager who wants an "objective" white paper will also want to see the most mentions possible of his or her product. Corollary: The customer who eagerly wants to be in a case study has a boring story to tell.