
Marketing white papers offer impartial, authoritative reports that define a problem and propose a solution, backed by research, to build trust and generate leads.
Discover the anatomy of a marketing white paper, mastering its logical structure from the title and executive summary to introduction, background, problem, solution, recommendations, case studies, and call to action.
Select a white paper topic that your audience wants to read, focusing on lead generation and demonstrating your authority, with a solution-oriented approach and relevant keywords.
Produce data-driven white papers by citing credible sources, leveraging research from Gardner and Forester, trade associations, and internal insights to build trust.
Explore generating white paper topic ideas with ChatGPT to help copywriters adapt, thrive, and future-proof their careers by addressing audience questions, pain points, and tone.
Outline your white paper by defining a clear key message, exploring major points with a five W's and H approach, and organizing them into a structured outline with headings.
Learn to outline a white paper with ChatGPT by defining the topic, working title, and a 3000-word length; craft prompts and refine an AI-assisted outline.
Learn seven steps to use ChatGPT or Jasper to craft compelling white paper titles and subtitles. Define the paper's theme, purpose, audience, and conclusions, then generate and refine options.
Learn to craft a compelling introduction that grabs attention, states the core problem, and outlines how you'll help readers, all while keeping sentences concise and avoiding clichés.
Frame your white paper with clear context by outlining background, defining key terms, and presenting the problem before introducing the solution.
Introduce the solution and describe its parts, using subsections to clarify each element. Support claims with specific, plausible case studies and evidence that answer readers' questions.
Create impartial, vendor-agnostic white papers that generate leads by solving a problem, then use a clear conclusion and call to action to connect readers with your company.
Learn to write marketing white papers with a designer's eye, shaping text to fit on the page through sidebars, pull quotes, and info graphics that render data clearly and attractively.
Learn to craft an impartial, authoritative marketing white paper by avoiding hype, meaningless buzzwords, overt selling, criticizing competitors, and missing source citations.
If you want to earn a decent living as a freelance copywriter, you should take on assignments that pay the highest fees. One of those assignments is marketing white papers.
To see how much money you can make writing white papers, just visit the website of Gordon Graham, The White Paper Guy. Gordon writes white papers for a living. He even wrote a best-selling book on how to write white papers. Gordon says you should expect to earn around $6,000 for writing a white paper.
Do the math, and you’ll discover that if you write one white paper a month at 6,000 dollars a pop, you’ll earn 72,000 dollars a year. Not shabby.
Hi, I’m Alan Sharpe, and welcome to my course on how to write effective marketing white papers. In this course I teach you:
how to pick a white paper topic that resonates with your target audience
how to research your white paper so that you appear authoritative
how to outline your white paper so that your document has a logical flow and keeps the attention of your reader
how to give your white paper a strong title, so that prospective customers want to read it
I show you how to write each section of the white paper, including the introduction, problem statement, background section, solution section, conclusion and call to action
I give you tips on how to write like a designer, and I describe five mistakes to avoid
I’m your instructor, Alan Sharpe. I teach copywriters around the world how to write compelling copy. I landed my first paying copywriting assignment in 1991, and I taught my first business writing workshop in 1989. Since then, I’ve helped hundreds of individuals advance their careers by improving their copywriting.
The ideal student for this course is anyone who has to write marketing white papers to generate leads. If you need to research, outline and write white papers that establish authority, build trust and generate leads, then this course is for you.
This course is practical. You and I will examine more than a dozen marketing white papers to discover what works, what doesn’t—and why. You’ll learn tips, tricks and best practices from professional white-paper copywriters.
I pass on to you all that I’ve learned about writing effective white papers during the last three decades as a copywriter. I show you the most common mistakes that copywriters make in their writing today—and then I show you how to avoid these blunders in your white papers.
Learn more about the course by reviewing the course description and frequently asked questions below. Watch the free preview lessons. read the reviews from my satisfied students. Then enroll now.