Demand Gen vs. Lead Gen: Which B2B Strategy Should You Run in 2026?
Demand Gen vs. Lead Gen: Which B2B Strategy Should You Run in 2026?
Most B2B companies run lead generation and call it demand generation.
Most B2B companies run lead generation and call it demand generation.
Most sales teams don’t believe in marketing. Most marketing teams don’t understand sales.
Most B2B sales cycles are longer than they need to be.
Account-based advertising means showing targeted ads to the specific accounts you’re trying to close.
A typical B2B deal involves seven interactions across three channels before close.
Your ideal customer doesn’t exist until you define them.
Intent data tells you something most marketers don’t know: who’s actively buying right now.
You have 500 target accounts. Your team can realistically work 50.
You spend three months running ABM campaigns on your top 20 accounts. Sales closes 3 deals. Were the campaigns worth it?
Demand generation is not a tactic. It’s a system.
Account-based marketing drives higher engagement and faster deal cycles than broad-based campaigns. But for small and mid-market teams, the challenge isn’t whether to run ABM-it’s how to run it with limited headcount and budget.
Terminus built its reputation on making ABM simple and approachable. For many mid-market teams, Terminus removed the friction of account-based marketing adoption.