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AI Agents in B2B Marketing: What the Evidence Says ai b2b marketing evidence Jul 07, 2026

Every marketing event, feed and vendor deck right now is promising the same thing: AI agents that will run your campaigns, qualify your leads and rebuild your team around autonomous work. The volume i...

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What Is the 95:5 Rule in B2B Marketing? b2b marketing brand building evidence marketing strategy Jul 06, 2026

The 95:5 rule in B2B marketing says that at any given moment, roughly 95 per cent of your potential buyers are not in the market to buy. Only about 5 per cent are actively shopping. The heuristic come...

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Attribution vs Incrementality: The Difference That Moves Budgets b2b marketing evidence marketing strategy Jul 06, 2026

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Attribution assigns credit for a conversion to the touchpoints that came before it. Incrementality measures how many conversions would not have happened without the spend. The two numbers ar

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The B2B Buying Committee: Who Really Decides (and How to Reach Them) b2b marketing marketing fundamentals Jul 06, 2026

Direct answer: a B2B buying committee is the group of people who collectively decide a purchase, typically six to ten across roles: the champion who drives it, the economic buyer who funds it, technic...

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B2B Marketing Strategy: Build One You Can Defend (On One Page) b2b marketing marketing fundamentals marketing strategy Jul 05, 2026

The short answer: a B2B marketing strategy is six decisions on one page: who the buyer is (and isn't), what position you own, how you create and capture demand, which channels and content carry it, ho...

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The B2B Funnel Is a Myth: How B2B Buyers Actually Decide b2b marketing marketing fundamentals Jun 21, 2026

Most marketing plans still assume a funnel: awareness, consideration, decision, a neat line a buyer walks down until they reach you at the bottom. Real B2B buying doesn't work that way, and treating i...

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How to Defend Your Marketing Budget to the CFO (With Evidence) b2b marketing evidence marketing strategy Jun 21, 2026

Every downturn, every flat quarter, every new CFO, and marketing's budget ends up on the table. Not because marketing doesn't work, but because most marketers can't explain why it works in language Fi...

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