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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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3 Times to Avoid Scripted Social Media

Zoominfo

From the time social media became a viable marketing channel, B2B companies have been looking for ways to automate social processes. Although social media tools have made this easier—with features like post scheduling, conversation monitoring, and hashtag tracking—some aspects of social selling can’t be pre-planned. Customer Service.

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Go through the motions

Sales 2.0

The research also recommends mixing up the media you use to connect with your buyer, by using email, phone, social media and direct mail. Send a handwritten note or letter (mail is an underutilized channel) Send a second email, preferable including something relevant of value, such as an article link/white paper etc.

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PowerViews with Koka Sexton: How to Leverage Social Media

Pointclear

Leveraging social media is a familiar tactic for individuals. Companies have been a bit slower than individuals in realizing the power of social media. Companies have been a bit slower than individuals in realizing the power of social media. Sales Managers Didn’t Want Their People on Social Media All Day.

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The Top 8 Takeaways from Social Media Guru Paul Gillin’s FIR B2B

Pointclear

Co-hosts Paul and Allan tee up the show by discussing several hot news items relevant to the B2B market - Here’s what they noshed on, on Episode #5: According to the latest CMO Survey, 85% of CMOs either have not shown any impact from social media spending or have only a qualitative sense of its effectiveness.

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

Zoominfo

That includes working with your sales team to identify the target buyer’s demographics, firmographics, preferred social media platforms, and where they are in the buyer’s journey. That’s where your inbound email and social media marketing come in. Lead Generation Through Social Media Marketing. Email Marketing Lead Generation.

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Personalize Communications and Win High-Value Clients With Account-Based Marketing

Sales and Marketing Management

Whether you want to start a conversation over the phone, via social media or email, you need to start your message with something that pertains only to that individual. You might already have a generic white paper, for instance, entitled “How to Increase Efficiency with Enterprise Content Management.”