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Are White Papers Dead?

The ROI Guy

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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Customer Intelligence: The Hidden Power of Interactive Content

The ROI Guy

You download that white paper, and because it’s gated, you’re required to fill out a lead capture form – your name, email address, Company, title, location, phone number, name of first born…Worse, you know you’re immediately going to get that lame phone call or email follow-up: “I see you downloaded our white paper, want to talk?”.

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B2B Emotional Sales Formula - Curiosity. Obsession. Fever. Action. Passion.

Sales and Marketing Management

How do I stay fired up when I prospect? I listen intently and try to figure out what makes each business model unique and each prospect like a snowflake. Send out enabling YouTube videos, white papers, blogs and tidbits. Passion – Prospects smell fear. Tony’s most recent book is “Combo Prospecting.”

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Trust in Selling is Becoming More Important Than Ever

Understanding the Sales Force

There are certainly companies and people that don''t measure up when it comes to the high integrity profile and that is what makes prospects so skeptical. It only takes one shoplifter for a retailer to install a video surveillance system and/or detectors, lock their display cases, hide their merchandise and distrust all of its customers.

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Lead Generation Marketing 101: How to Find Leads Your Sales Team Wants to Close

Zoominfo

When the prospect is ready to buy, your sales team carries them over the finish line to close the deal. Once you have your ICPs mapped out, you can focus on building a stream of ready-to-buy prospects or marketing qualified leads. The overall goal is to stimulate prospects’ interest in your product or service. .

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How to Build a B2B Sales Funnel That Rakes in Dream Customers

Zoominfo

Your digital-savvy B2B prospect is researching the product they think they need. Hopefully, they’re on your website, digesting your blog posts, videos, and case studies.). The B2B sales funnel depicts how prospective customers move through the buying process in stages. Let’s start with that dream customer. Awareness stage.

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Jeffrey Answers a Question on Cold Calling | Real World Sales Wisdom

Jeffrey Gitomer

Tweet RSS readers may click here for the video. Use the “keyword” search feature to uncover prospects you never knew existed. Write an industry white paper. White paper, or brochure? Send a once a week, value-based message to existing and prospective customers. Here are 12.5 They’re “brainers!”