Tips on how to generate more B2B sales leads
How do we give white paper readers what they want…
AND tell them what we need to tell them?
In a TechTarget/CMO Council survey,1 when respondents were asked what factors had caused them to be disappointed in a white paper, the three most common responses were:
Case studies have long been one of the most popular and influential forms of marketing content.
In Eccolo Media's annual B2B Technology Collateral Survey Reports (2008 to 2014), for example, technology buyers ranked case studies the second most influential content type – trailing only white papers – seven years in ...
When prospects talk with your salespeople about purchasing your solutions, what are some of their biggest concerns?
If you're like most tech industry executives, I'll bet your list includes:
As B2B marketers, we're all familiar with the classic structure of a case study:
But is that really all there is to it?
Many marketing managers and copywriters seem to think so. Search through the resource pages of technology company websites, and you'll find scores of customer case studies divided ...
Are you using customer case studies in your marketing mix?
If so, let me ask you this: Are your website visitors reading them?
I ask because I find a lot of technology company websites don't make it easy for visitors to find and download case studies.
Why make it difficult ...
When it comes to making purchasing decisions, technology buyers consistently rank the white paper as the most sought-after, most shared, and most influential of all forms of marketing collateral.*
But creating an effective white paper is no easy feat. White papers generally require more research, greater subject matter knowledge, and ...
White papers—as I’ve written many times before—are among the most effective forms of content for marketing technology. They’re highly sought after by tech buyers.
Compared to most other content forms, however, they’re expensive to create. And they won't do their best work if they just sit on your resources page ...
If I were to ask you to define the term “white paper,” could you give me a clear definition?
Would it be roughly the same as your prospect’s definition?
These are important questions for technology marketers, because technology buyers attach great importance to white papers. When Eccolo Media was publishing ...
When marketing with content, you need to keep readers engaged. Your content must hold your prospects' attention long enough for your message to sink in.
One good way to do that is with interactivity. In a recent B2B Technology Content Survey, Eccolo Media found that "Overall, content consumers appreciate interactivity. ...
A few years ago, when I posted a link to my article 8 Ways to Leverage Case Studies in Your Other Marketing Communications on LinkedIn, I received the following comment from a software marketing manager:
"One item I would add to your list: Industry-specific publications are always interested in customer stories."
I totally agree.
But because trade publications are not under the direct control of your marketing communications department, I wanted to talk about them separately. In fact, I admitted to that marketing manager, "I was saving that one for my next article!"
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