20 White Papers for a Software Development Company -  Informative and Educational Content

20 White Papers for a Software Development Company – Informative and Educational Content

Client

The Client is a large outsourcing company operating internationally (in more than 15 countries, including CIS countries, the USA, and Western Europe).

The Client wanted to create a series of White Papers in an e-book format (for downloading).

The series covered the hottest and most discussed areas in IT, including AI, Data Science, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Process Automation, Business Intelligence and Analytics, Agile Methodology and Scrum Techniques, Distributed Computing, and Microservice Architecture.

Each White Paper was accompanied by a series of short announcements on social networks, guest posts on authoritative sites, and small, information-rich articles on the company’s blog.

How we wrote 20 voluminous White Papers for a large international IT-company, demonstrated the Client's expertise, and informationally introduced the reader to the Client's products and services.

Language: US English

Date: August 25, 2021

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Task

To describe the actual state of various IT technologies, including conducting research and analysis, providing fresh statistics, presenting interesting, relevant facts, using a certain structure.

Requirements to White Papers

All texts must be written by a native speaker in accurate, literate US English.

Stylistics: business style without self-promotion.
100% technically correct text.

A lot of visual information required: tables, quotes, infographics, and illustrations (collaboration with the designer).

Include references to authoritative sources.

Challenges and Solutions

20 White Papers for a Software Development Company -  Informative and Educational Content

Challenge

Technical information must be presented clearly and visually. The target audience is business decision makers rather than developers.
20 White Papers for a Software Development Company -  Informative and Educational Content

Solution

At Contenteam’s editorial office, the IT expert is a Full Stack Developer. On this project, he checked every task for factual errors and collaborated with a team leader on the Client’s side. The information was shortened and simplified (without distortion) to generate, retain, and develop the interest of the target audience.
20 White Papers for a Software Development Company -  Informative and Educational Content

Challenge

Representatives of 5 departments of the Client’s company participated in the approval of White Papers, and 5 materials had to be published per month, each with an average volume of more than 20,000 words.
20 White Papers for a Software Development Company -  Informative and Educational Content

Solution

The White Papers were sent to all reviewers at the same time. By a certain date, everyone had to submit their edits (the first round). The editorial team quickly made all the changes. The second round occurred in the same manner. For 2 rounds of synchronous edits, the material was 100% approved by the client.
20 White Papers for a Software Development Company -  Informative and Educational Content

Challenge

Native advertising of the Client’s products and services.
20 White Papers for a Software Development Company -  Informative and Educational Content

Solution

It was decided to exclude direct advertising and CTA, as this approach
contradicted the informational style and editorial policy of the brand.
Instead, the Client’s products and services were promoted natively
as a worthy part of global practice
(e.g., by methodology).
On the series of White Papers and presentations,
Contenteam worked in tight collaboration with the Client’s marketing department.

Results

KPI reached: 400,000 words in 4 months

20 unique downloadable White Papers for high-converting lead magnets

Client’s brand awareness increased by 130%

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