White Paper Writing Service
White Paper Writing Service
A researched argument your buyer can hand to the person who has to approve the spend.
Starting from
$199
- Delivered by an in-house team, never subcontracted
- Revisions included until the brief is met
- Every claim sourced, so your team can check it
- No lock-in contract on standard services
The format
A white paper is not a long blog post
The two get confused constantly, and the confusion is expensive. A blog post is written to be found — someone has a question, they search, they land. A white paper is written to be handed over. It is what your champion inside a company forwards to the finance director, the security team, or whoever else has to sign off.
That changes everything about how it is written. It has to survive being read by someone who has never spoken to you, has no context, and is looking for a reason to say no. It needs an argument that holds up, evidence that can be checked, and enough structure that a reader who skims the headings still comes away with the point.
If what you actually need is traffic, a white paper is the wrong tool and we will tell you so. This page is for the other job.
What you get
What a white paper order includes
Delivered as a structured manuscript, ready for design or to publish as-is.
- A defined argument agreed with you before writing starts — not a topic, a position
- Desk research into the market, the alternatives, and the objections you actually hear
- Every statistic and factual claim cited, so your team can verify it rather than trust it
- An executive summary that stands alone, because some readers will read only that
- Headings and subheadings written for skimming, not for word count
- Charts and tables specified where they carry the point better than a paragraph
- A closing section that says what to do next without turning into a sales pitch
- Revisions included until the brief is met
Not sure which option fits?
Send us the brief. You will get a scope, a timeline and a fixed price within 24 hours — no obligation.
How it works
How a white paper gets written
1. Agree the argument
We start with what the paper needs to prove and who has to be convinced. A white paper without a position is a brochure. This step is a conversation, not a form.
2. Research
Market data, competing approaches, and the published evidence either way — including anything that cuts against your case, because a reader who finds it later stops trusting the rest.
3. Outline for approval
You see the structure and the shape of the argument before anyone writes prose. Disagreements are cheap here and expensive after a full draft.
4. Draft
Written against the approved outline, with sources attached as they are used rather than reconstructed at the end.
5. Your review
Your subject experts mark it up. Technical corrections, internal terminology, anything legal wants changed — this is the round that catches it.
6. Final manuscript
Delivered with the source list and figure specifications, ready to hand to a designer. We can also brief your designer directly if that helps.
Scope
How long, and how long it takes
Most white papers land between 2,000 and 5,000 words. Shorter than that and it is a guide; much longer and it stops being forwarded, which defeats the point. We will recommend a length once we know the argument, rather than selling you a word count up front.
Timelines depend on research and on how quickly your experts can review. A straightforward paper on a subject we can research from published sources typically takes one to two weeks. One that needs interviews with your engineers takes longer, and we will say so before you commit rather than after.
The two-business-day turnaround quoted elsewhere on this site applies to standard writing. It does not apply here, and any page telling you otherwise about a white paper is guessing.
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What it costs
From $199, but that figure is a floor rather than a typical price. White papers are quoted individually because the research is the bulk of the work, and research does not scale with length — a 2,000-word paper on a regulated product can cost more than a 5,000-word one on a subject with good public data.
What we need to quote accurately: the argument you want made, who has to be convinced, and whether your own experts are available for review. Send those three things and you will get a fixed number and a date.
If you are commissioning several papers, they are quoted as a set. The research usually overlaps and you should not pay for it twice.
Free proposal
Tell us the goal. We’ll send the plan.
Share your requirements and a strategist gets back to you within 24 hours with scope, timeline and a fixed price. No obligation, no sales pressure.
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Response within 24 hours
Usually much sooner during business hours.
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Talk to a strategist
Not a call centre — the person who scopes your work.
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Fixed pricing upfront
You approve the number before anything starts.
Prefer to talk?
[email protected]Questions
Questions about white papers
Still unsure about something? Talk to a specialist — no script, no sales pitch.
One to two weeks is typical when the research can be done from published sources. Papers needing interviews with your team take longer, and the timeline is agreed before you commit rather than discovered afterwards.
We deliver a structured manuscript with figures specified, ready for a designer. We can brief yours directly, and our design team can lay it out if you would rather it came from one place.
Yes. What we need is access to someone who knows it — an hour with your engineer produces a better paper than a week of desk research. Where that is not possible we work from published sources and mark clearly what we could not verify.
Every statistic and factual claim comes with its source. A white paper is forwarded to people who did not choose to trust you, and an unsourced number is the fastest way to lose them.
Yes, and it usually makes for a stronger paper. Original data you already hold — support tickets, survey results, benchmarks from your own product — is the one thing a competitor cannot replicate.
You do, outright, including the research notes and source list. We do not publish it, reuse it, or list you as a client without asking.
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