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How Bloggers Can Create and Use White Papers

Kikolani

A white paper is a cross between a magazine article and a corporate brochure. They posses both the educative qualities of a magazine article and the persuasive qualities of a brochure, this educative and persuasive quality of a white paper makes it one of the most powerful marketing tools. To directly generate leads.

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Search Engine Optimization THEN Blogging THEN Social Media Marketing

Webbiquity SMM

However, it’s certainly reasonable to expect that a good number of hiring managers do searches at Google for “IT Recruiter” and then: Download a white paper about “Successful IT Recruiting” or “The Benefits of Passive Candidates.” Register for a webinar , a seminar, or a newsletter.

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How Social Media, Content Transform Marketing from Expense to Investment

Webbiquity SMM

online or print advertising, trade shows, telemarketing, direct mail) according to research from HubSpot. While some aspects of inbound marketing (SEM, email marketing, webinars) clearly remain in the expense column, three of its key components clearly should be classified as investments, as long-term appreciating assets.

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20 Ways to Generate ROI from a Corporate Blog

Webbiquity SMM

Promote white papers / eBooks / reports for lead generation. Use “ads&# in your blog sidebar, and in-post text links where appropriate, to drive visitors to your white paper or other gated content download pages. Generate webinar registrations. Here are 20 ideas. Build your email subscriber list.

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How Social Media, Content Transform Marketing from Expense to Investment

Webbiquity SMM

online or print advertising, trade shows, telemarketing, direct mail) according to research from HubSpot. While some aspects of inbound marketing (SEM, email marketing, webinars) clearly remain in the expense column, three of its key components clearly should be classified as investments, as long-term appreciating assets.

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Riding the Social Media Struggle Bus? You’re Not Alone

Webbiquity SMM

In fact, another recent study from HubSpot reveals that 63% of B2B companies aren’t generating leads from social media at all. a white paper can be re-used as a presentation, a couple of blog posts and a bylined article) and spread the workload among several internal subject matter experts, so one writer becomes overwhelmed.

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The complete guide to B2B SEO

Sprout Social

In a blog post about small business customer acquisition, Affirm links the phrase “find your CAC” to a HubSpot article on what a CAC is. For HubSpot, this is considered a backlink (or a win for off-page SEO) and a good one since it’s both a reputable website and a relevant keyword phrase. Create even more in targeted topic areas.

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