Seven Tactics for Leveraging the Licensed Version of a Smart Decision Guide

A large part of the value of the Smart Decision Guide program is the guaranteed-number-of-qualified-leads component. Because the leads are typically generated through inbound marketing tactics and carefully scrubbed (based on buying intention info and other target prospect criteria), they tend to have much higher-than-average conversion rates. Another large part of the value of the …

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More Solution Providers Are Licensing Benchmark Reports (Including Ones from Starfleet Research)

It’s no secret that benchmark reports published by leading IT market research firms like Starfleet Research may be the most effective type of content asset a technology solution provider can put to work in their incessant quest to demonstrate thought leadership, raise brand visibility and generate qualified leads. According to preliminary research findings captured for …

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LinkedIn Highlights Research from Starfleet Media in eBook on Content Marketing

A new eBook, produced and distributed by LinkedIn, offers perspectives and insights from a variety of recognized sources on the art and science of content marketing. We’re pleased that this ambitious, 108-page endeavor, called The Sophisticated Marketer’s Guide to Content Marketing, includes some of Starfleet Media’s own benchmark research findings to help further educate “sophisticated …

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The Advantages of Co-branded eBooks (in Any Language)

Today, 90% of B2B marketers “agree” or “strongly agree” that unbiased third-party content assets are generally perceived to be more credible than company-branded content assets, which decision makers often view as little more than thinly-veiled marketing collateral. Moreover, 83% of marketers “agree” or “strongly agree” that unbiased third-party content assets generally produce higher-quality leads than …

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Outbound Marketing Versus Inbound Marketing: It’s Not an Either/Or Proposition

A snobby bunch of marketing services firms (including ours) have made it a habit to admonish marketers that rely on outbound marketing tactics like email blasts. Even worse than email blasts, they (we) say, are marketers that hire telemarketers to cold call prospects, based on their titles, industries or other firmographic data. These callers cajole …

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A Look Ahead — and an Invitation to Participate in the 2016 Benchmark Report on B2B Content Marketing

It’s been a busy year of helping dozens of leading B2B solution providers meet their content marketing and lead generation goals and successfully grow their client rosters — in some cases, by orders of magnitude. As 2015 draws to a close, we’re gearing up for a new year in which we will broaden the scope …

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Starfleet Research Prepares for Liftoff

We’re delighted to announce the soft launch of Starfleet Research, the IT market research arm for Starfleet Media. Going forward, most of our research-based reports and other content assets, including our popular Smart Decision Guides, will publish under the Starfleet Research moniker. Meanwhile, Starfleet Media will remain focused on delivering the next-generation lead generation services …

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Webinar Series: Hospitality Technologies

This month, Starfleet Media kicks off its webinar series on best practices in implementing new hospitality technologies. The first webinar, sponsored by Agilysys, is entitled “How Hotels, Resorts and Casinos are Winning with Next-Generation Hospitality Technology.” This groundbreaking session, which will take place October 20, will address how hotels, resorts and casinos can boost efficiency, …

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