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95% -- share of hidden buyers more receptive to vendor outreach for B2B hidden buyers (finance, legal, procurement stakeholders) (2025)
95% of hidden buyers (finance, legal, and procurement stakeholders) state that strong thought leadership makes them more receptive to vendor outreach.
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95%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
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B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Edelman and LinkedIn
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Tier C
https://www.mqlmagnet.com/post/buyer-fatigue-enterprise-sales-partners-over-pitches ↗
Source Article
Buyer Fatigue in Enterprise Sales: The Case for Partners Over Product
Buyer Fatigue in Enterprise Sales and the Case for Partners Over Pitches
Updated: Jul 12
Key takeaways Buyer fatigue comes from prepackaged pitches aimed at problems the seller never understood. Buyers spend only 17% of their journey with all suppliers combined, and 75% prefer rep-free buying, per G…
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Edelman and LinkedIn
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Edelman and LinkedIn 2025 B2B Thought Leadership Impact Report, cited secondhand
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B2B hidden buyers (finance, legal, procurement stakeholders): 95% share of hidden buyers more receptive to vendor outreach. Source: Edelman and LinkedIn (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/hidden-buyers-thought-leadership-95
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