The Gorilla Guide to.... Lead Generation & Content Marketing Opportunities with ActualTech Media
"Our Gorilla Guide has been directly responsible for $2.54MM in sales opportunities in the last 12 months."
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Every Custom Gorilla Guide® Content Asset Includes:
Recognized, expert authors
Professional copy and technical editing
Digital format & high-quality printed books delivered to your doorstep
Professional graphics layout
Custom, detailed technical diagrams
Full content rights without renewal costs
How the Custom Gorilla Guide Program Works
Connect with ActualTech Media
A call with us helps us understand your content goals, priorities, and timeline allowing us get the right people at the right time to make your project a success.
Gorilla Guide Development Plan
Through our turn-key discovery process, we work with you to understand how we can best tell your technology story with the right focus for the right audience.
Production & Launch
Our time-tested process includes a detailed writing and review map after which we deliver your launch-ready Gorilla Guide and supporting assets.
Gorilla Guide Silverback Edition – One Book, Many Assets
Some topics require more content and that’s where Gorilla Guide Silverback Edition comes in. These 100+ page information-packed books provide clients with a meaty content bundle that educates and converts.
Silverback Gorilla Guides include multiple smaller, persona specific whitepapers to help extend your Gorilla Guide even further! All the benefits of a Gorilla Guide including:
- 1,000 physical printed copies of your book, delivered to your doorstep
- A branding package to help promote the book
- Additional derivative content to assist with social promotion
Gorilla Guides – The Perfect Evergreen Content Asset
The Gorilla Guide series of 40- to 100+-page books is dedicated to helping readers navigate the increasingly dense technology jungle. In each book, readers are guided along a journey of discovery as they encounter new technologies and learn how these technologies fit into the increasingly complex technology landscape.
- 45- to 65-page print and eBook
- Kindle and ePub versions included at no charge
- 1,000 printed copies of this 5.5″ x 8.5″ book delivered right to you for gated program, sales tools, tradeshows, and other in-person events
- Blog post about the book launch with social promotion
- Permanent, unlimited and unrestricted rights to the eBook. No annual renewal fees!
- A-Z production: full writing, editing, and layout/design services
Gorilla Guide Express Edition – A Whitepaper Alternative
When the story is more succinct, ActualTech Media’s Gorilla Guide Express is the answer. Gorilla Guide Express books are delivered as a PDF and small form-factor book (4″ x 6″) that helps you get the word out on a targeted topic or technology area.
Gorilla Guide Express eBooks are the perfect snackable asset for content syndication, gated programs, events, sales tools and more.
- An eBook only with grant an unrestricted license to use the book in perpetuity
- A mini print book (500 copies) + eBook bundle included
Gorilla Guide Tech Briefs
Gorilla Guide Tech Briefs are beautifully formatted 4- to 6-page papers targeted at your preferred audience.
Enterprise Topics We Cover
Cloud
- Public
- Private
- Hybrid
- Enterprise/Multi-Cloud
Data Protection
- Backup/Recovery
- Disaster Recovery
- Disaster Recovery as a Service
- Data Management
Systems
- Virtualization
- Containers
- Kubernetes
Data Management
- Big Data
- A.I.
- Machine Learning
Integrated Systems
- Hyperconverged
- Converged
- Composable
Storage
- Traditional
- Flash/NVMe
- Object
- Secondary Storage
Security
- Identity and Access Management
- Intrusion Detection and Prevention
- Network & Infrastructure Security
- Endpoint Security
- Cloud Security
- Messaging Security
- Security Awareness
End User Computing
- VDI