I list his reasons below and give my take on how they apply to the investment business.
- "#1. Preaching to the choir": For example, if your white paper pitches municipal bonds to high-net-worth investors who've been getting professional advice, they probably already have munis in their portfolios. Maybe it's time to seek out the newly wealthy or do-it-yourself investors.
- "#2: Cradle to grave": Don't try to cover your topic from A to Z because you'll lose your reader in a morass of details. With munis, that might mean focusing on the potential tax benefit and relegating your caveats about AMT paper to a sidebar.
- "#3: Company-focused instead of issue-focused": As the author says, "Too many white papers boast." Ironically, that's a quick way to lose credibility. It's far better to offer valuable information, then end with an enticement for your prospects to contact you.
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Those are just a couple of the techniques you might use.
Good luck and thanks for visiting my blog.