B2B Marketing:
The Provocative Truth

alan. MD Benedict Buckland speaks to CMOs and marketing leaders to uncover the most uncomfortable truths in the world of B2B brand. Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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About the podcast

Hosted by Benedict Buckland, Managing Director of alan., B2B Marketing: The Provocative Truth brings together CMOs and senior marketing leaders from some of the world's most recognised B2B brands across financial services, professional services and technology — including HSBC, Linklaters, Palo Alto Networks, Oliver Wyman, Beazley, Intuit, Elsevier, and Workday — to surface the most uncomfortable truths in B2B brand and marketing.

In these episodes, we explore brand strategy, organisational alignment, thought leadership and what it really takes to drive change from the marketing function in a complex B2B organisation.

Professional Services

Brand

Episode 79

Why reputation alone is no longer enough in legal marketing

Tricia Weener
Chief Marketing & Business Development Officer
Linklaters
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Episode 72

How agentic AI will radically transform B2B marketing with Elsevier’s Craig Welch

Episode 71

How emotion makes brands memorable (and why B2B marketers keep forgetting) with Beazley CMO Georgina Peters Venzano

Episode 70

From the Pitch to the Funnel: Intuit’s West Ham sponsorship playbook with Martin Dyhouse

Episode 69

Personal vs. Corporate Brand: Linklaters Nick Rose on who really drives growth in professional services

Episode 68

Is the marketing persona dead?

Episode 67

Why playing it safe is the riskiest move

Episode 66

Redefining growth marketing strategy

Episode 65

Shaping commercial strategy

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Discover how thought leadership can be a manifesto for change in B2B.