One of the most frequent mistakes I see marketers make with white papers is allowing visitors unrestricted (ungated) access to them.
In a survey I conducted of technology companies who offered white papers on their websites, 61% allowed visitors to download any of their white papers without registration. [i] ...
Let’s say you’re putting together a white paper to generate leads for your latest offering. You’ve laid out the nagging problem your target market. You’ve pointed out the drawbacks of the well-known solutions. You’ve introduced your new solution and shown how it overcomes those drawbacks and really solves your prospect’s ...
As white paper readership has shifted in the past 15 years or so – from almost exclusively engineers to primarily executives – white papers have shrunk to meet the needs of a more time-pressed audience. Gone are the days when white papers might run 30 to 50 pages or more.
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In recent articles in this space, I’ve been examining factors that are important to a white paper’s success, and common mistakes that often sabotage that success. Another of those important factors is the effectiveness of the white paper’s presentation.
Seventy-one percent of technology buyers surveyed by KnowledgeStorm and MarketingSherpa said ...
Do you think the quality of the writing in white papers and other marketing content doesn’t affect purchasing decisions?
Think again.
In a recent study by Eccolo Media, 86% of respondents considered high-quality writing in marketing collateral to be at least moderately influential in their purchasing decisions. And 51% rated ...
You want your next white paper to be a success. To make that happen, you must keep in mind where your prospects will be in their buying process when they read it.
Eccolo Media discovered that 80% of technology buyers use white papers in the “pre-sale process” – before they ...
Your white paper’s title is probably the most important factor in your prospect’s download decision.
It’s the first thing prospects read when they encounter your white paper. It heads the description on your download page and any search results that turn it up. It figures prominently in any promotions you ...
We’re used to treating B2B buyers as rational beings. We think of them making purchases for sound business reasons. In our marketing content, we appeal to their rational minds with logic.
But just like the rest of us, B2B buyers are human. They make purchases – including business purchases – ...
As we all know, customer success stories – or cases studies – are among the most effective forms of marketing content because of their credibility. They provide third-party evidence that our products or services really do what we say they can do.
Research by Hawkeye [i] even called customer success stories ...
We're all familiar with the typical format of a customer success story (also known as a case study). We know the four basic sections: (1) customer background, (2) challenge, (3) solution, and (4) results. In many success stories, in fact, we see those four sections called out in subheads with ...
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