The white paper is still one of the most important pieces of marketing content & are used throughout the buyer’s journey. However, One-Size Fits All Content Not Relevant Enough For Today’s Buyer
White Papers are Influence Kings, But Need Personalization to Retain Crown
1. White Papers Are
In uence Kings
But Need Personalization to
Retain the Crown
The white paper is still one of the most important pieces of marketing content
Over 41% of buyers view white
Content most often used to papers as extremely / very
help make purchase decisions in uential to their purchase
decisions
54% White Papers in uencers decision makers
Extremely
39% Analyst Reports
In uential
34% 47%
37% Webinars
Moderately
36% User Events In uential
48% 38%
27% Case Studies
Somewhat
Source: SiriusDecisions 2010
In uential
17% 14%
Not At All
In uential
1% 1%
Source: Eccolo Media 2010 B2B
Collateral Survey Report
White papers are used throughout the buyer’s journey
Source: Ziff Davis Enterprise 2010
Discovery Consideration Decision
35% awareness and 23% creating a short 10% making a nal
nding ideas to challenge list of vendors and decision
status-quo vendor evaluation
33% nding solution
options
One Size Fits All Content Is Not
Relevant Enough For Today’s Buyer
Short Attention Span Theater – Buyers inundated with more campaigns than ever…
demand concise/relevant content.
Campaign Overload The ideal length for white papers
Average buyer receives: 4 21%
6 34%
15.4 campaigns per week in 2006
8 27%
+ 13%
10
32%
10 5%
Most white papers
20.3 campaigns per week in 2010 are too long
Source: Eccolo Media 2010 B2B Collateral Survey Report
As a result of campaign overload
white paper downloads have
fallen over the past 2 years
Source: SiriusDecisions 2010
Personalized Content Has Proven To Be
Much More Effective
Research from MarketingSherpa and KnowledgeStorm shows that targeted content
is more effective when customized for:
82% 67% 49% 29%
Industry Job Size Geography
Interactive White Papers: Optimizing
white papers for today’s buyer
Relevance, Personalization, One-on-one communication.
Customize and deliver white paper Bene ts of Interactive White
content based on Pivot Points: Papers compared to Traditional:
350% more click throughs
Industry Location Size Role
120% more quali ed leads
Stage in Opportunities Pain Better tracking & scoring
Buying Points of leads with integrated
Cycle pro ling on speci c customer
opportunities and needs
10% Acceleration in
sales cycles
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