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Which types of marketing collateral are right for you?

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What is marketing collateral?

Marketing collateral is any kind of content, media, or resource that you create
to support your marketing efforts.

The term can cover anything from informal digital communications and social media content, right through to in-depth information and highly polished long-form content pieces. And it’s the breadth of this definition that makes it tricky for teams to master.

Marketers know they need strong collateral to achieve their marketing goals. But with so many options available, there’s one big question they need to answer before they can start creating high-value, impactful collateral…

What kind of marketing collateral is right for me?

There is no ‘one size fits all’ approach to creating marketing collateral. The type of collateral that’s most valuable to you will depend on what your marketing goals are, and what you ultimately want your content to help you achieve.

Here’s a quick look at some common high-level marketing goals, and marketing collateral examples that can help you achieve them.

Marketing collateral for lead generation

Interactive eBooks
eBbooks are a great way to provide your audience with in-depth, educational information that piques their interest and shows them what you’re all about. When that information is interactive, it becomes an extremely powerful force for lead generation.

Research reports
Original research is great at attracting attention and new people to your content. By bringing that data to life using vibrant imagery and video, you can turn your findings into a widely shared sensation.

Case studies
When it comes to showcasing the real-life impacts of your products and services, very few types of collateral can compare to a well-presented case study.

Marketing collateral for prospect conversion

Digital brochures

When a prospect is ready to start learning more about your products, digital brochures can help you clearly lay out everything they need to know. And by adding some interactivity, your brochure can give them a soft push onto the next stage of their buying journey.

Product guides

Product guides help prospects get an in-depth look at what your products can do for them. By building dynamic guides, you can keep this information highly relevant to each customer and help them get straight to what they need.

White papers

White papers are a great format for thought leadership, giving you the chance to showcase your expertise and inspire your prospects. To get the most from them, use proven psychology practices for capturing and converting attention.

Marketing collateral for customer communications

Interactive newsletters

When you hit a prospect’s inbox, you need to stand out from the clutter. Traditional newsletters won’t cut it. But by adding some interactivity to your updates and communications, you can build something people truly look forward to opening.

Presentations

When prospects want specific information, presentations can help you lay out relevant information in a clear, concise, and easily consumable way. Whether you’re sending them via email, or handing them off to a salesperson to present, a well-crafted presentation deck can deliver powerful results.

Bringing impactful marketing collateral to life

Determining which types of marketing collateral are right for you is an important step. But practically, it’s only the beginning of your journey. Once you know what you need to create, it’s time to start bringing that collateral to life.

That’s where things get a bit trickier. To create great collateral, marketers must be able to:

  • Pull together diverse information and present it in ways that are both visually engaging and immediately understandable
  • Breeze through approval processes to ensure that collateral can be released and put in front of your audience at the right time
  • Track use and engagement to understand who is using and viewing collateral, and what they’re responding to
  • Adapt collateral with ease to make it as relevant as possible to different audience groups and keep it up to date

To rise to those challenges at once, marketers must adopt and embrace four key practices:

  • Attention optimization, where collateral is built in line with reader psychology best practice
  • Precise personalization, to help push deeply relevant collateral to every person in your audience at speed
  • Metric mastery, to enable detailed measurement of content performance, and help you deliver more of what your audience is really responding to
  • Content democratization, where every stakeholder can freely create and adapt collateral to meet their needs — without breaking it, or bending brand guidelines

To find out more about how these four key practices can help marketers hit their strategic goals, jump into our Turtl doc:

See how Turtl incorporates those practices into the collateral creation process

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