B
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69% -- share using sales rep to validate ai insights for B2B buyers (2026)
69% of B2B buyers surveyed by Gartner turn to a sales rep to validate insights they got from AI.
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69%
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2026
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60
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20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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Gartner
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https://www.mqlmagnet.com/post/what-is-digital-marketing ↗
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What Is Digital Marketing for B2B Tech | MQL Magnet
What is Digital Marketing? The Complete Guide for B2B Tech
Updated: Aug 8
Key takeaways Digital marketing is every marketing activity that runs through an online channel. The definition is generic. The application is not, and B2B tech is one of the places where the generic version fails hardest. Buy…
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IndustryB2B
RoleAll marketers
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B2B buyers: 69% share using sales rep to validate ai insights. Source: Gartner (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/b2b-buyers-validate-ai-with-rep-69
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