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5 Types of Content That Naturally Attract Links: Insights From 628 Advanced SEOs

Content Marketing Institute

White papers. White papers are among the best types of cornerstone content. Forty-two percent of the responding SEO experts have created white papers and 60% of those find them to be ideal content for earning links. 60% of responding #SEO experts find white papers ideal #content for earning links.

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Increase in Your Content Marketing Budget? 61+ Fresh Ideas From Experts

Content Marketing Institute

100,000: Invest in a research project with the goal of uncovering meaningful data that can be presented in a white paper, featured on our website, and distributed in snackable bites across all our communications channels. Promote successful team members into strategic roles & pay them well, says @KarlSakas #CMWorld Click To Tweet.

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Amplify Your Top-Performing Assets With This 3-Step Curation Process

Content Marketing Institute

This technique involves deconstructing your long-form content – like blog posts, white papers, and e-books – into smaller, modular assets. Take complicated technical content – like white papers or installation manuals – and turn them into brief video tutorials that guide users through each step. Repackaging.

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3 Tools to Make Your Editorial Calendar More Effective

Content Marketing Institute

Many customers who discover your brand through your content are not ready to buy but may be willing to opt in to download your brochure or white paper. Please note: All tools included in our blog posts are suggested by authors, not the CMI editorial team. Content marketing offers great lead-generation opportunities.

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A Primer to Boost Your Content’s Readability

Content Marketing Institute

We focus on grade 10 for e-books and grade 12 for white papers and books. Please note: All tools included in our blog posts are suggested by authors, not the CMI editorial team. Your personas or audience description will help you pick the right grade level for your content.

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8 Rules for the Startup Marketer (or Anyone Who Wants to Think Like One)

Content Marketing Institute

If you don’t, every time you push a lead over to Salesforce, you’re going to have to send an email saying, ‘Hey Greg, this person downloaded our white paper and then went to these three pages.’ These could be things like downloading a white paper, reading an e-book, or visiting three key pages.

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Falling Behind Your Competitors? Build a Content Brand

Content Marketing Institute

And so you get a thousand percent increase in white-paper downloads. Please note: All tools included in our blog posts are suggested by authors, not the CMI editorial team. “When you don’t buy live impressions, you see growth. People want to engage in content. They want something that’s interesting.

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