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eBook & Long-form Content

eBook & Long-form Content

Lead-generation eBooks, white papers, research-led guides. Substantial pieces that earn the download and deliver what they promise on the cover.

eBook & Long-form Content
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eBook & Long-form Content

Lead-generation eBooks, white papers, research-led guides. Substantial pieces that earn the download and deliver what they promise on the cover.

About this service

Lead-generation eBooks fail most often because they are not actually useful. They are promotional content dressed as educational content. The reader downloads expecting to learn something specific and gets a thinly-veiled sales pitch. They never download from that company again.

A lead magnet that works has to genuinely earn the download. It delivers something specific that the reader could not easily find elsewhere. It treats the reader as a peer, not a prospect. It gives them something they can use immediately. The commercial relationship that follows comes from the organisation having proved its knowledge, not from having captured an email address.

Our long-form content work covers: lead-generation eBooks (typically 1,500-4,000 words with a clear learning objective), white papers (research-led, typically 3,000-6,000 words with data synthesis), sector guides (practical, referenced, authoritative), and thought leadership essays (opinion-led, well-argued, shareable). Each type has different structural conventions.

We work with clients to identify the specific knowledge gap in their target audience - the thing their readers genuinely want to know and cannot find well-explained elsewhere. That gap is the eBook. The writing makes it accessible. The structure makes it credible. The final piece makes the reader feel better equipped and more informed, and associates that feeling with the organisation that produced it.

What is included

Audience knowledge gap research
Content structure agreement
Full eBook or white paper writing
Executive summary
Pull quotes for promotion
2 revision rounds
Optional: promotional email sequence
DELIVERY

Short eBook (under 3,000 words): 10-14 working days. Full white paper (3,000-6,000 words): 14-20 working days.

Tell us the one question your best clients always ask in the early stages of working with you. That question is usually the eBook.
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