NuSpark Consulting

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Your prospects have access to vast amounts of content, and they want it on their terms. Gone are the days when your prospects would read glossy, image-laden brochures that are all about you. Gone are the days when your prospects would read glossy, image-laden brochures that are all about you. Enter the white paper.

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The Point

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

How is it that a quality white paper on a hot topic can still generate bad leads? Even a well-written white paper, by a respected author, on a hot topic of vital interest to your target audience, can still generate leads your salespeople will consider “junk.” It’s got to be the media, right? It’s the offer.

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The Point

JULY 18, 2011

Dollar for dollar, white papers continue to be some of the most effective offers for most high-technology marketers. Prospects are usually more likely to download or otherwise register for a white paper vs. a Webinar, free trial, etc. Benefits/Applications/ROI (including case studies, if possible).

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NuSpark Consulting

DECEMBER 9, 2012

Well, your firm has written and produced a white paper. A quality white paper can one of the most important content marketing vehicles to generate leads within your internet marketing plan. Your ultimate goals with white papers are typically the following: . . Now what? How do you promote it? Newsletter.

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Customer Experience Matrix

MAY 27, 2009

Eloqua yesterday announced Eloqua Prospect Profiler , which makes it easier for salespeople to review prospect behaviors that are captured by the demand generation system. This makes it harder for salespeople to understand prospects and build relationships with them. Back to Eloqua Prospect Profiler.

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WriteSpark

MARCH 17, 2009

Many companies use white papers at the beginning of the sales cycle to attract prospects. A white paper can set the agenda for a purchase decision by convincing the reader that the areas where your product is better than its competition are the most important to consider.

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Writing on the Web

APRIL 4, 2011

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?

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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?" He is also the author of the White Paper Pundit blog. " Read on to get their insights.

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Ambal's Amusings

AUGUST 5, 2010

Do you know your white paper audience? Are those concerns being addressed in your white papers? We asked white paper experts " How should a white paper that is addressed to a Technical Decision Maker be different from a white paper that is addressed to a Business Decision Maker?

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Ambal's Amusings

DECEMBER 8, 2009

What impact does this have on the readers of our white papers? How do we ensure that our white paper is not only read but also acted upon? Jonathan Kantor addresses this question and more in his new book Crafting White Paper 2.0: Crafting White Paper 2.0 Tell us about The White Paper Company.

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WriteSpark

AUGUST 12, 2009

Every time I see a long-form, copy-heavy sales document these days, my first reaction is "Why do marketers still think prospects will read this?" Does this mean I think white papers are no longer effective as marketing documents? No, not at all. But they do need to change in length, content, and presentation.

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SnapApp

JULY 28, 2015

Say you’ve created an amazing white paper that’s jam-packed with important information for your audience. Maybe it’s time to make your white paper interactive. At a basic level, an interactive white paper is a dialogue , whereas static long-form content is a monologue. What Is an Interactive White Paper?

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Ambal's Amusings

MARCH 11, 2010

Many companies are producing video white papers as online presentations based on information that would normally go into a printed white paper. We asked our panel of white paper experts "In what scenarios should video white papers be used? What are components of a good video white paper?

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Challenge AVNET wanted to deliver thought leadership insights on potential opportunities and solutions to each prospect, and accomplish this without having to develop and maintain separate white papers for each industry. Click here to see a sample of a customized white paper.

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Ambal's Amusings

MAY 6, 2010

We asked white paper experts: " How should marketers balance the need for free content (helpful for prospects decision making) Vs. the need to have content that produces a steady flow of good leads (that can directed to sales team)? He is also the author of the White Paper Pundit blog. " Jonathan Kantor.

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The ROI Guy

MARCH 24, 2013

Traditional white papers are likely the staple of your content marketing portfolio, and for good reason. According to a recent IDG survey, 84% of buyers leveraged white papers as a key resource to help them make a purchase decision. Your current white papers just don’t have the same impact as they once had … but why?

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Ambal's Amusings

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

How do you concisely convey the information you want to present in your white paper? How long should a white paper be to convey information and yet hold readers interest from start to end? We have invited White Paper Experts to shed light on the following question: "What is the ideal length of a white paper?"

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KoMarketing Associates

AUGUST 31, 2022

You’ve moved prospects through the sales funnel and they’re finally ready to buy or maybe book a demo. . That can include purchases, of course, but also white paper downloads, filling out a form, or reading a specific number of pages. . But GA4 uses conversions a little differently. . How GA4 defines a conversion.

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Only B2B

APRIL 3, 2024

Consider this scenario: Your prospect is actively seeking your solution and is prepared to engage with your sales team. Read on to delve into how intent data can illuminate your prospect’s intent, leading to the identification of sales-qualified leads and increased deal closures.

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Marketing Craftmanship

JANUARY 5, 2020

Prospective clients certainly want to know if you have the experience and skills they need. To make matters worse, prospective clients will decide to include or exclude you from their short list long before they talk with you, or meet you in person. Are white papers just poorly disguised sales collateral?).

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Ambal's Amusings

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

White papers come in all shapes and forms. Our Panel of White Paper Experts have written and reviewed thousands of white papers over the years. Which white paper stands out in their mind? Michael Stelzner's Favorite White Paper -- The Expanding Digital Universe. Jonathan Kantor.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Challenge Akamai wanted to deliver thought leadership insights, value messaging and justification to prospects of its Kona Security Solutions. The deliverable white paper is customized and delivered to directly reflect the prospect’s priorities. A guaranteed leads program assured quick payback and ROI on the investment.

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Content Standard

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

A new report suggests that while email maintains several critical features that drive its value, white papers prove two times more effective at driving audience conversions. White paper content is one of three forms of information that more than half of B2B buyers examine when researching a purchase. billion in sales.

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Act-On

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Audit existing email nurture campaigns for performance Do you have engagement programs scheduled to kick off after a prospect attends a webinar, downloads content, or takes other actions with your brand? Email nurture campaigns help you build affinity with both customers and prospects. If so, that’s a great first step.

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KoMarketing Associates

JULY 6, 2020

However, new research shows that eBooks may be the key to reeling in new prospects and customers. This was followed by the white paper, guide, eGuide, and tips and tricks guide. The authors of the report note that eBooks, white papers and guides all have their own unique set of differentiators and use cases.

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Biznology

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Creating digital marketing success means addressing what your prospects do care about: what you can do for them. . Your prospects don’t care about you. The problem your prospect needs to solve The benefits they’ll experience working with you. The post Your Prospects Don’t Care About You appeared first on Biznology.

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Marketing Craftmanship

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Blog posts or press releases extolling the features and benefits of your firm’s whiz-bang new product or service are more likely to be read by competitors than by prospects. White papers lost their credibility many years ago, because so many companies turned them into self-promotional sales brochures.

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The Point

APRIL 16, 2019

Not Doing Everything Possible to Pre-Qualify Prospects. A low Cost Per Lead (CPA) from a search campaign looks great on paper, but as anyone who’s run a B2B search campaign will tell you, not all search leads are qualified. Is the offer appropriate for the likely sales stage of the prospect? Some will be, well: junk.

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KoMarketing Associates

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Require an email address or contact information for big pieces of content, like ebooks and white papers. In addition, by trading high-quality content for contact information, the sales and marketing departments can get a leg up by already knowing what the prospect is interested in. Ebooks & White Papers.

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Sales Qualified Leads Top of Funnel Webinar Metrics Lead Scoring 152

The ROI Guy

JUNE 8, 2012

ShoreTel wanted to generate more sales-ready opportunities, and elevate it’s engagements with today’s more skeptical and frugal prospects. To achieve better engagement, and fuel lead generation campaigns, the ShoreTel Sophisticated Simplicity Interactive White Paper was created.

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BOP Design

JANUARY 4, 2022

Remember, prospects (and people in general) are inherently self-centered and will only read something if it’s directly useful to them. Blog posts that are disguised sales pitches often go unread and, worst-case scenario, turn your prospect away or towards a competitor that has the information they need. Has this ever happened to you?

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

An Interactive White Paper dynamically customizes the content of a white paper for prospects based on the prospect’s registration profile (if available), and inputs to a few profile questions.

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

And that is derived from the value our content brings to a brand’s prospects and current customers. For example, your team might tackle a set of social media posts for a retailer for the first half of their day, while during the next half, they dig into heavy research to craft a white paper for a medical equipment manufacturer.

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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Overcomes Marketing Information Overload, Transforming Traditional White Papers into Dynamic, Personalized Engagement Tools Alinean, the leading creator of value-based interactive sales and marketing tools for B2B vendors, today launched a new demand generation tool for B2B marketers – Alinean Interactive White Papers.

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Webbiquity

AUGUST 1, 2023

To that end, here are nine recommendations for strategies and tactics to get the attention of both search engines and your prospective customers or website visitors. But organizations typically seek to accelerate this process as much as possible. Fresh Content Google loves fresh content.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Iron Mountain needed to better connect and engage with busy executives, to help these prospects understand the potential risk mitigation and costs savings from improving eDiscovery best practices. Alinean worked with Iron Mountain subject matter experts to create the Cost Savings Advisor Interactive White Paper.

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Sharpspring

JULY 21, 2020

When you think of prospecting, the first thing that pops into your head may be searching for gold. In this blog, you’ll find out how to prospect for sales using the most tried and true client prospecting techniques and best practices available today. Client Prospecting Methods You Should Be Using. Method #1 – Phone Calls.

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