{"id":2592,"date":"2015-07-22T10:18:09","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T14:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thatwhitepaperguy.com\/?p=2592"},"modified":"2021-01-18T09:45:48","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T14:45:48","slug":"copywriters-to-get-more-from-your-white-papers-repurpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thatwhitepaperguy.com\/copywriters-to-get-more-from-your-white-papers-repurpose\/","title":{"rendered":"Copywriters: To get more from your white papers, repurpose"},"content":{"rendered":"
Can you make more income from this project?<\/strong><\/p>\n Yes, you can. At the same time, you’ll deliver great\u00a0value to your clients. Best of all, it’s easy to do.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Repurposing means using content from your white paper to create other documents such as press releases, blog posts, or slide decks.<\/p>\n This way your client gets more than one “kick at the can” or chance to engage prospects.<\/p>\n So, why should you<\/em>\u00a0offer to redo your white paper in different\u00a0formats?<\/p>\n Well, you already know the content better than anyone else. You\u2019re the one who researched and wrote it.<\/p>\n And your clients don’t have time to do it.\u00a0Most B2B marketing teams have no one to do these additional writing chores.<\/p>\n So why shouldn’t you be the one who turns your white paper into other useful formats?<\/p>\n You may be uncomfortable with upselling, but it’s important to understand that you are doing your clients a great service.<\/p>\n They are\u00a0much better off with four or five pieces to promote\u00a0than just one:<\/p>\n A wave of promotions is usually much more effective than any one-off campaign.<\/p>\n In his article, 10 ways to use one piece of content<\/em>,<\/a>\u00a0Duct Tape Marketing founder John Jantsch says the point isn’t simply to recycle content into different media.<\/p>\n “It\u2019s giving the same content a different and needed useful stop along the customer journey,” he said.<\/p>\n That’s the goal with\u00a0every format we’re talking about:<\/p>\n Gordon told me he remembers when the power of repurposing first became clear\u00a0to him. He had a client begging him to write a press release based on a project he had just sent in.<\/p>\n He kept saying, \u201cNo, I don’t really do those.\u201d<\/p>\n But the client had no one else to turn to, so they kept asking until he finally caved. Gordon figured the most he could possibly charge for something so simple was $250. He knew the content so well, that press release took him 20 minutes to write.<\/p>\n A pretty good hourly fee!<\/p>\n The crazy thing is that Gordon spent more time saying “No” to his client than it took him to actually write the piece. The client was delighted in the end.<\/p>\n Like everything else, there’s a range of fees. Here\u2019s a price guide drawn from Gordon’s recent online course,\u00a0Crash Course in B2B Writing<\/a>.<\/p>\n This table\u00a0shows the potential fees you can charge for repurposing a white paper into additional formats.<\/p>\n You can see that recycling the same material into a few blog posts and a press release, or transforming it into a slide deck, can easily earn you another $1,000 or more.<\/p>\n In future articles, we\u2019re going to look at creating\u00a0each of these formats using a real white paper that we recently repurposed.<\/p>\n You can provide a lot of added value to your clients by offering to create other related pieces as you produce a\u00a0white paper.<\/p>\n So next time you bid on a white paper, ask the client if they could use the same content in different formats, like a press release, a set of blog posts, or a slide deck.<\/p>\n If they say “yes” ask if they have anyone who can do that. Chances are better than 50-50 they will say, “Well\u2026 we’re all pretty busy.”<\/p>\n That’s when you\u00a0offer to help.<\/p>\n You can either add on other items for an added fee, or use them as bargaining chips to justify a white paper fee that may be higher than other contenders.<\/p>\n Either way, repurposing is an easy way to earn more on any white paper project, quickly and easily.<\/p>\n Have you ever repurposed a white paper? What other formats have you provided? How hard were they to create? Please leave a comment below.<\/em><\/p>\nThe secret: repurposing<\/h3>\n
More kicks at the can<\/h3>\n
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This isn’t new, this is classic<\/h3>\n
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This took a long time to learn<\/h3>\n
How much can\u00a0you charge for repurposing?<\/h3>\n
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\n Type of Content<\/strong><\/td>\n Typical Fees<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Blog posts<\/td>\n $250 to $500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Placed articles<\/td>\n $500 to $1,250<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Press releases<\/td>\n $250 to $500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Slide decks<\/td>\n $100 to $400 per slide, depending on production values<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n It’s not hard to start\u00a0repurposing<\/h3>\n
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