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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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AVNET Interactive White Paper

The ROI Guy

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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Go through the motions

Sales 2.0

Research from XANT looked at the optimal “cadence” for prospecting based on the masses of data available to them through companies’ usage of their software. After 12 days XANT found that it is optimal to take a break for four to five days then start another sequence of eight attempts to reach your prospect.

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Lead vs Prospect vs Opportunity, and How to Upgrade One to Another

Hubspot Sales

What is a sales opportunity, and when do you know it's not a lead anymore? In this article, I am writing about a first-stage opportunity, immediately after it's converted from a lead -- the true starting point of your selling process. After all, typically only 10 to 15% of B2B sales opportunities become deals.

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7 Key Questions to Prospecting Success

Janek Performance Group

Prospecting is one of the most fundamental sales skills. However, as the sales environment shifts, sellers must update how they prospect. Last July, we hosted the webinar, Mastering the Art of Prospecting: Key Strategies for Success. Here, we examined the fundamental principles of modern prospecting.

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Book notes: No Forms. No Spam. No Cold Calls.

Sales 2.0

In fact, she argues that gating content is part of how “we treat prospects like dirt!” When a buyer fills in their contact information to get our white paper etc., Often this lack of targeting is because we don’t understand the prospect and their situation well enough.

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Case Study: Concur Travel Management and Expense System Interactive White Paper

The ROI Guy

Concur needed a way to communicate the current cost of travel and expense management to prospects, and the potential savings and ROI of automation. The more personalized and relevant interactive white paper is leveraged in marketing campaigns to drive better lead generation and quality.