B2B Content Marketing 2018: Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends

Welcome to B2B Content Marketing 2018: Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends—North America. Our latest research indicates B2B marketers are finding content marketing success as they explore ways to work more creatively and build their audiences. Content marketing is no longer the shiny new object. Those who have caught on are no longer asking “should we do this,” but rather “how do we really dig in and get results?” One of the most convincing pieces of evidence of this maturation? We saw an 18% year-over-year increase in respondents who say they are focused on using content marketing to build their audience (one or more subscriber bases). And that’s what differentiates content marketing from other forms of marketing—its intent is to offer valuable information so people want to hear from your business … so they subscribe to your content because they are interested in it.

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Shipley Associates

Shipley supports clients across the entire business development lifecycle. Services include: Market Segmentation and Long-Term Positioning: The first step in winning Government business is identifying the right markets and positioning your solutions to align with customer needs. Capture Strategy and Planning: Shipley provides a blend of solutions that support needs in capture strategy development, capture and opportunity planning, campaign strategy, and capture team development. Proposal Development Services: Whether you need a complete, end-to-end proposal team or a few specialists to augment your staff, we will help you win efficiently and effectively. Post-Award Support: With help from Shipley, clients transition from proposal to program execution without losing momentum. We reduce the risk of program cost overruns and failure. Process Improvement Solutions: Shipley provides an unbiased snap-shot of your business development infrastructure and capacity – followed by a clear set of r

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The Modern Marketer’s Guide to ABM

whitePaper | May 31, 2021

In this eBook we will address the evolution of the B2B purchase journey and discuss the fundamentals of starting a successful ABM program in our “Ready-Set-Go” framework. B2B sales and marketing is constantly evolving and adapting to new advances in technology, and following traditional lead generation in the information age is no longer the most efficient approach to generating pipeline. ABM prioritizes quality over quantity, so sales and marketing can allocate more resources and time on high-fit, high-intent target accounts. When buyers show interest in your product early in the purchase journey, account-based technology can put these signals right at the fingertips of your marketing and sales organizations.

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Marketing Operations: A Data-Driven Activation Guide

whitePaper | March 1, 2023

With Marketing Tools seeing the greatest spiking intent in both NAM (466,740 actively search businesses) and EMEA (46,129), what other topics are Marketing Ops professionals currently interested in? What are their most prominent pain points? Where are they looking to invest in the year ahead? In this report, discover key insights guiding MarTech vendors in their strive to capture demand in a changing market.

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Using measurement to optimize ABM impact

whitePaper | July 14, 2021

Built on evidence-based research from some of our partners, including ITSMA, we present insightful analysis and practical steps you can implement in your organization to take any ABM program to the next level through better measurement. Built for ABM-ers, our guide outlines the best approaches to implement an ABM measurement framework and communicate your ABM strategy and results from the C-suite down. Inside we'll cover: The necessary framework for ABM measurement - "The Three R's" How to apply the The Three R's to different ABM programs How to measure effectively across Organizational Alignment, Data & Analytics and Systems & Tools How to develop an ABM measurement dashboard How to scale ABM through better measurement

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4 Common Intent Data Mistakes (And How To Avoid Them)

whitePaper | June 27, 2022

Everywhere marketers turn, people are talking about Intent data. After all, 94% of marketers believe that using data to track buyer Intent gives them a competitive advantage. But Intent data is now a term whose meaning, like most buzzwords, has gotten diluted. There’s a false belief that Intent data is a silver bullet, alleged to solve any and all marketing woes. But in reality, many organizations are barely scraping the surface of how Intent data can benefit them and, more importantly, their bottom line.

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The Hidden Costs of Doing Nothing: Why B2B Enterprises Need an ABM Platform

whitePaper | February 1, 2023

Account-based marketing (ABM) is built upon the premise that not all accounts are created equal, meaning that some accounts should be prioritized and targeted based on their revenue-generating potential. In fact, a Forrester 2022 Total Economic Impact™ Study found that customers adopting ABM and using a platform purpose-built to provide an account-first context for all data and engagement efforts had a return-on-investment of 367 percent in three years and a payback period of less than six months.

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Using Webinars to Drive Lead Generation

whitePaper | November 1, 2022

Webinars excel at establishing your organization’s thought leadership position and engaging them on a deeper level than other content, but its value is diminished significantly if you don’t make a strong effort to nurture those leads into new customers. Marketing automation plays an essential role in optimizing webinars as lead generation tools, orchestrating the pre-planning and post-webinar phases to drive more and better-qualified leads through your nurture program.

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Spotlight

Shipley Associates

Shipley supports clients across the entire business development lifecycle. Services include: Market Segmentation and Long-Term Positioning: The first step in winning Government business is identifying the right markets and positioning your solutions to align with customer needs. Capture Strategy and Planning: Shipley provides a blend of solutions that support needs in capture strategy development, capture and opportunity planning, campaign strategy, and capture team development. Proposal Development Services: Whether you need a complete, end-to-end proposal team or a few specialists to augment your staff, we will help you win efficiently and effectively. Post-Award Support: With help from Shipley, clients transition from proposal to program execution without losing momentum. We reduce the risk of program cost overruns and failure. Process Improvement Solutions: Shipley provides an unbiased snap-shot of your business development infrastructure and capacity – followed by a clear set of r

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