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64% -- share of b2b buyers preferring thought leadership for B2B buyers (2025)
64% of B2B buyers stated that thought leadership content provided a better basis for assessing a vendor's capabilities than traditional marketing materials.
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64%
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2025
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B
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95
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60
Citation Chain
60
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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Edelman and LinkedIn
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Edelman and LinkedIn
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Edelman-LinkedIn B2B Thought Leadership Impact Study
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B2B buyers: 64% share of b2b buyers preferring thought leadership. Source: Edelman and LinkedIn (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/edelman-linkedin-thought-leadership-buyers-2025
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/edelman-linkedin-thought-leadership-buyers-2025" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>64%</strong> -- share of b2b buyers preferring thought leadership for B2B buyers<br><small>Source: Edelman and LinkedIn (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/edelman-linkedin-thought-leadership-buyers-2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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