In a September 2015 study by the Content Marketing Institute (CMI) and MarketingProfs, 76% of B2B marketers in North America said they expect to create more content in 2016 than they did in 2015. Allocated budgets will follow suit; more than half of B2B marketers planned to spend more on content marketing over the next 12 months.
And as explored in a new eMarketer report, “B2B Content Marketing in the US: Maximizing ROI and Cost-Effectiveness over Time,” even as more money is flowing to content marketing, B2B marketing budgets remain very lightly invested in it. A January 2015 Regalix survey of B2B marketing executives worldwide found that only 6% of respondents allocated more than half of their company’s marketing budget to content marketing. The majority (72%) allocated one-quarter or less.