--- title: "B2B Content Marketing in 2017: Strategy Snapshot (Infographic)" description: When you are developing a content marketing strategy keep these tips in mind. image: https://www.jonespr.net/hubfs/Blog_Images/Blog%20475%20Content%20Marketing.jpg --- [![](https://www.jonespr.net/hubfs/Blog_Images/Blog%20475%20Content%20Marketing.jpg) ](https://www.jonespr.net/eight-arms-blog/b2b-content-marketing-in-2017-strategy-snapshot-infographic) # B2B Content Marketing in 2017: Strategy Snapshot (Infographic) BY:   [ Kristin Jones ](https://www.jonespr.net/eight-arms-blog/author/kristin-jones) ![B2B Content Marketing in 2017: Strategy Snapshot (Infographic](https://www.jonespr.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/Blog%20475%20Content%20Marketing.jpg?width=1349&name=Blog%20475%20Content%20Marketing.jpg "B2B Content Marketing in 2017: Strategy Snapshot (Infographic") Are you curious about how your fellow B2B marketers are approaching content marketing this year? The Content Marketing Institute and Marketing Profs set out to find out the answers to that question, with a [survey](http://www.slideshare.net/mprofs/2017-b2b-content-marketing-benchmarks-budgets-and-trends) of more than a thousand North American B2B marketers. No surprise - content is king. Nearly 90 percent of those surveyed are using content marketing, and of the 10 percent who aren’t yet, half plan to launch a content marketing strategy in 2017. That’s a lot of content. ![B2B Content Marketing in 2017: Strategy Snapshot (Infographic](https://www.jonespr.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/WB_023_JPR_B2B_Content_Infographic.jpg?width=550&name=WB_023_JPR_B2B_Content_Infographic.jpg "B2B Content Marketing in 2017: Strategy Snapshot (Infographic") How are you going to set your content apart from the flood of words and images inundating the digital universe? By being methodical and following a strategy. Don’t just start creating random content. 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