• News
  • Insight
  • Columnists
  • Festival of Marketing
  • Newsletters
  • Knowledge Bank
  • Awards
  • All sections
LoginAbout/BuySearchMenu
 

A detailed look at B2B marketing based on our exclusive data

Analysis Uncategorized

‘All marketing is going to be ABM-ed’: Why AI could be a gamechanger for account-based marketing

Emily Manock

With the vast majority of B2B marketers suggesting nurturing individual accounts is a strategic priority, AI is increasingly being positioned as the tech that can make this scalable.

22 Jan 2026 1:07 pm
Sales marketing conflict
Analysis Uncategorized

‘The conflict is real’: B2B sales leaders on erasing the ‘friction’ with marketing

Megan Tatum

From developing a “common playbook” for success to establishing a sense of shared context, B2B sales and marketing can become close collaborators.

9 Jan 2026 6:24 am
AI skills
Analysis Uncategorized

‘Never a finished product’: B2B marketers on closing the AI skills gap

Charlotte Rogers

While no one has it all figured out when it comes to understanding AI, B2B marketers are urged to jump in or risk being left behind.

6 Jan 2026 6:43 am
Confusion
News Uncategorized

Less than a third of B2B marketers feel ‘understood’ by sales

Charlotte Rogers

New data reveals over a third of B2B marketers are often in conflict with sales, while half work for businesses that believe marketing exists to serve the sales team.

11 Dec 2025 1:59 pm
Doubt
Analysis Uncategorized

‘Panicked and pressured’: Why are B2B marketers doubting their skills?

Charlotte Rogers

From self-consciousness over being a generalist to worries about not owning the 4Ps, some B2B marketers fear their skillset is not up to scratch.

10 Dec 2025 7:02 am
Lead generation
Analysis Uncategorized

‘A perfect storm’: Exploring B2B’s ‘lead gen crisis’

Charlotte Rogers

B2B marketers are urged to ditch MQLs, stop fixating on attribution and flex their strategic muscles to resist being boxed into a lead gen corner.

5 Dec 2025 6:58 am
Strategy
Analysis Uncategorized

‘Confidence to challenge’: B2B marketers on why saying no is ‘part of strategy’

Emily Manock

Marketers explain why prioritising critical thinking, learning to listen and beefing up your business acumen is the route to greater strategic influence.

2 Dec 2025 2:15 pm
B2B event
Analysis Uncategorized

‘Not a random tactic’: B2B marketers on ‘mapping’ events to the full funnel

Emily Manock

Claiming events are “more important than ever”, B2B brands explain how they map their event portfolio to “every stage of the funnel”.

27 Nov 2025 7:00 am
News Uncategorized

Most B2B marketers have ‘greater strategic role’ in business versus last year

Charlotte Rogers

While marketing is more influential than 12 months ago, investment isn’t always forthcoming, State of B2B Marketing data reveals.

25 Nov 2025 2:10 pm
Lead gen
News Uncategorized

Over half of B2B brands ‘fail to understand’ marketing’s potential beyond lead gen

Charlotte Rogers

A focus on pipeline is putting pressure on marketers, with over a third expected to deliver leads regardless of quality.

24 Nov 2025 6:58 am
Analysis Uncategorized

‘Dangerous illusion’: B2B marketers on taking lead gen from quantity to quality

Emily Manock

Marketers discuss how to address the challenge of lead generation in the latest episode of Marketing Week’s webinar series, The Lowdown.

19 Nov 2025 3:56 pm
Analysis Uncategorized

‘Never off duty’: B2B marketers on the challenges of working solo

Emily Manock

From operating in survival mode to finding flexibility, four B2B marketers discuss the ups and downs of going it alone.

17 Nov 2025 2:12 pm
Gen AI
Analysis Uncategorized

B2B brands on using AI as a ‘creative sparring partner’

Megan Tatum

From navigating the risk of “blanding” to building trust, B2B marketers explain how they use AI for content, creative and to “get ahead of bad ideas”.

13 Nov 2025 7:00 am
Lead gen
Analysis Uncategorized

‘Brand gravity’: B2B marketers on shifting lead gen from ‘conversion to influence’

Ellen Hammett

As lead generation shifts from a numbers games to something more nuanced, marketers explain why it’s important to think about “more than pipeline”.

7 Nov 2025 2:00 pm
Financial fluency
Analysis Uncategorized

‘Massive superpower’: What do we mean by financial fluency?

Matthew Valentine

B2B marketers believe financial literacy will help them secure investment, but is there more involved than just reading a balance sheet?

29 Oct 2025 7:00 am
  • Partner With Us
  • About MW
  • Contact Us
  • FAQs
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
Haymarket Logo
  • © Haymarket Media Group Ltd.
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Cookie Notice
  • Privacy Notice
  • Cookie Icon
IPSO regulated logo
Close search

Search anything and hit ‘Enter’

Close menu
  • Festival of Marketing
  • Marketing News
  • Insight
  • Columnists
    • Helen Edwards
    • Peter Weinberg & Jon Lombardo
    • Mark Ritson
    • Grace Kite
    • Helen James
    • Richard Shotton
  • Newsletters
  • Subscribe
  • Knowledge Bank
  • Podcasts
  • The Big Issues
    • AI: Beyond the Hype
    • Budgeting
    • Careers & Salaries
    • Marketing Effectiveness
    • Marketing Leadership
  • Strategy
    • Brand Positioning
    • Customer Experience
    • Design & Branding
    • Marketing Effectiveness
    • Market Research
    • Price Strategy
    • Product & Service Innovation
    • Targeting & Segmentation
  • Tactics
    • Advertising
    • Agency Relationships
    • Content Marketing
    • CRM & Loyalty
    • Data & Analytics
    • Influencer Marketing
    • Programmatic Advertising
    • Social Media Marketing
    • Sponsorship & Experiential
  • Career Development
  • Skills & Training
  • Brands
    • Adidas
    • Aldi
    • Amazon
    • Boots
    • Cadbury
    • Coca-Cola
    • Diageo
    • John Lewis & Partners
    • Just Eat
    • KFC
    • Marks & Spencer
    • McDonald’s
    • Nike
    • Procter & Gamble
    • Tesco
    • Unilever
  • About Marketing Week
  • Partner with us
  • Partner With Us
  • About MW
  • Contact Us
  • FAQs
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
  • YouTube