Episode 180: Lifecycle marketing in 2026: How to engage with buyers in AI era with Ashley Faus

In this episode of Full-Funnel Live, Andrei and Vlad invited another speaker of the Full-Funnel Summit, Shlomo GenchinShlomo gave a fantastic keynote about creative B2B ads that drive the pipeline. Today we want to dive a bit deeper into his technique, address some of the most common concerns from B2B companies, and walkthrough a live example of ads creation.Tune in to learn:How to target conservative and sceptical buyers who might perceive fun ads as unprofessional?How to apply a “test small, scale fast” framework across long sales cycles?The step-by-step and the live process to create fun B2B ads that generate pipelineRESOURCESOn-Demand B2B Marketing Courses: https://fullfunnel.io/b2b-marketing-courses/Full-Funnel Insider - A Marketing Newsletter For B2B Marketers: https://fullfunnel.io/marketing-newsletter/Join our community for B2B marketers - The Trenches: https://trenches.community/Upcoming events: https://lu.ma/fullfunnel/eventsFull-Funnel Marketing Content Hub: https://fullfunnel.io/blogVladimir on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vladimirblagojevic/Andrei on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/azinkevich/Shlomo on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shlomogenchin/

In this episode of Full-Funnel Live, Andrei and Vlad explain what has been changed in ABM.Tune in to learn:How to pivot from the current ABM strategy to the new one?How does the new strategy impact full-funnel ABM playbooks?How to evaluate the efficiency of the new strategy?How to use AI, and what tools to add to the tech stack?RESOURCESOn-Demand B2B Marketing Courses: https://fullfunnel.io/b2b-marketing-courses/Full-Funnel Insider - A Marketing Newsletter For B2B Marketers: https://fullfunnel.io/marketing-newsletter/Join our community for B2B marketers - The Trenches: https://trenches.community/Upcoming events: https://lu.ma/fullfunnel/eventsFull-Funnel Marketing Content Hub: https://fullfunnel.io/blogVladimir on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vladimirblagojevic/Andrei on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/azinkevich/

It’s 2026, but still too many B2B companies treat marketing as a MQL factory in a linear funnel.Every interaction scored. Every behaviour is treated as a buying signal. Every nurture sequence designed to push someone toward a sales call they're not ready for.In this episode of Full-Funnel Live, Andrei and Vlad invited Ashley Faus, Head of Lifecycle Marketing at Atlassian, to fix that.Tune in to learn:⁠- How lifecycle marketing got hijacked by MQL thinking and what it actually looks like in 2026 - The playground model: how to design buyer journeys that match how people actually research, explore, and decide, even if you’ve inherited the “MQL factory” model - How to run change management and sell the idea of “the playground" lifecycle model - What AI can and cannot do for lifecycle marketing and what has to be true about your data before AI will work - What a CMO can realistically build in year one when inheriting a broken linear funnel and 90 days to show the board somethingRESOURCES: On-Demand B2B Marketing Courses: https://fullfunnel.io/b2b-marketing-courses/Full-Funnel Insider - A Marketing Newsletter For B2B Marketers: https://fullfunnel.io/marketing-newsletter/ Join our community for B2B marketers - The Trenches: https://trenches.community/ Upcoming events: https://lu.ma/fullfunnel/events Full-Funnel Marketing Content Hub: https://fullfunnel.io/blogVladimir on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vladimirblagojevic/Andrei on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/azinkevich/Ashley on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleyfaus/

For the new episode of Full-Funnel Live we've invited Steve Armenti, Founder & Head of ABM at twelfth agency. Before starting his agency, Steve spent 6 years at Google where he moved from a content marketer for Google Cloud to leading Global enterprise demand generation program.At this role he successfully increased SQL quality score from 35% to 85% in under one year.One of the keys to success was directly partnering with the SDR team to quantify shared OKRs that drove cross-functional improvements across both teams.We're going to break down exactly how you can achieve exactly the same results in 2026 and other keys to success.Tune in to learn:How to drive internal change management to create shared OKRs with SDRs and cross-functional alignmentStep-by-step process to develop cross-functional account progression model to increase SQL conversionHow to track account engagement and deploy playbooks that are aligned with the current journey stageRESOURCESOn-Demand B2B Marketing Courses: https://fullfunnel.io/b2b-marketing-courses/Full-Funnel Insider - A Marketing Newsletter For B2B Marketers: https://fullfunnel.io/marketing-newsletter/Join our community for B2B marketers - The Trenches: https://trenches.community/Upcoming events: https://lu.ma/fullfunnel/eventsFull-Funnel Marketing Content Hub: https://fullfunnel.io/blogVladimir on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vladimirblagojevic/Andrei on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/azinkevich/Steve on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/diandraescobar/

For the new episode of Full-Funnel Live we've invited Diandra Escobar, Founder of Distinctiva.io — the content strategist behind B2B brands generating 80% of their pipeline from LinkedIn organic.With her clients, Diandra replaces content calendars with content flywheels where every piece compounds on the previous one.One client scaled from $1.2M to $3.6M ARR through LinkedIn alone. Another attributes 80% of leads to LinkedIn organic. Another one reports their newsletters are hitting 60%+ open rates.We're going to break down exactly how B2B CMOs can implement content flywheels to generate pipeline in 2026.Tune to learn:Why generic "how to" content is dead and what "authority content" actually meansThe content flywheel framework: how to build it, what to stop doing, and what to replace it withHow to defend your content flywheel strategy from “why can’t you do it with AI”?How to track engagement signals from content and hand them off to SalesHow to report content-led growth to a CFO who only speaks pipelineRESOURCESOn-Demand B2B Marketing Courses: https://fullfunnel.io/b2b-marketing-courses/Full-Funnel Insider - A Marketing Newsletter For B2B Marketers: https://fullfunnel.io/marketing-newsletter/Join our community for B2B marketers - The Trenches: https://trenches.community/Upcoming events: https://lu.ma/fullfunnel/eventsFull-Funnel Marketing Content Hub: https://fullfunnel.io/blogVladimir on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vladimirblagojevic/Andrei on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/azinkevich/Diandra on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/diandraescobar/

For the new episode of Full-Funnel Live we've invited Lauren Goodell, CEO at Zinnia and former enterprise AE at Microsoft and Salesforce who hit 220% quota and made Chairman's Club.You now the harsh B2B marketing reality: enterprise deals take 12-18 months and involve 10+ stakeholders, but most sellers act in "always be pitching" mode.Lauren did it differently to win enterprise deals. She knew her buyer's dogs' names. She knew how the CFO was compensated. She knew exactly which jokes would land.We break down how marketing can actually enable human-first selling—not with more slide decks and battle cards, but with the research, POVs, and nurture support that top sellers wish they had.Tune in to learn:- How CMOs can facilitate the shift of sales team from "always be pitching" to relationship-first - The actual research process behind winning enterprise deals: where to look, what information to find, and how marketing can help - How to nurture enterprise buyers across long sales cycles - How marketing and sales should work together so sellers think “oh, marketing made this easier”RESOURCESOn-Demand B2B Marketing Courses: https://fullfunnel.io/b2b-marketing-courses/Full-Funnel Insider - A Marketing Newsletter For B2B Marketers: https://fullfunnel.io/marketing-newsletter/Join our community for B2B marketers - The Trenches: https://trenches.community/Upcoming events: https://lu.ma/fullfunnel/eventsFull-Funnel Marketing Content Hub: https://fullfunnel.io/blogVladimir on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vladimirblagojevic/Andrei on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/azinkevich/Lauren on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-goodell/

In this episode of Full-Funnel Live, Andrei and Vlad invited Tycho Luijten, founder of Dapper Agency and creator of the Niche Famous Framework.They break down how B2B brands actually build fame in their market and stress-test the framework against real B2B enterprise challenges: long sales cycles, tiny teams, and skeptical leadership.Tune in to learn:-  How to become the first brand your buyer thinks of — even with a 2-person content team, zero video capability, and a CEO who wants you to “go broad”- The actual process, resources, and costs behind viral B2B content — and how to prove ROI when your CFO calls brand “a nice-to-have”- How to make “niche famous” work in enterprise B2B with 18-month sales cycles and 500 target accounts⁠RESOURCESOn-Demand B2B Marketing Courses: https://fullfunnel.io/b2b-marketing-courses/Full-Funnel Insider - A Marketing Newsletter For B2B Marketers: https://fullfunnel.io/marketing-newsletter/Join our community for B2B marketers - The Trenches: https://trenches.community/Upcoming events: https://lu.ma/fullfunnel/eventsFull-Funnel Marketing Content Hub: https://fullfunnel.io/blogVladimir on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vladimirblagojevic/Andrei on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/azinkevich/Tycho on Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattheinz/

For the new episode of Full-funnel live we’ve invited the legendary Matt Heinz to discuss how to grow in 2026 with long sales cycles, tighter budgets and limited marketing capacity.Tune in to learn:- How to handle revenue pressure and prove marketing impact on revenue within the long sales cycles?- What do B2B CMOs do differently to grow in 2026 while handling revenue pressure and requests to deploy AI and ABM?- How to get buy-in from CEO and CFO to shift from demand gen and MQLs to revenue marketing? - How to handle forecast and defend budget for long sales cycles? - Which growth lever to pull in 2026 to enable growth if your team doesn’t have capacity and your budget was cut?RESOURCESOn-Demand B2B Marketing Courses: https://fullfunnel.io/b2b-marketing-courses/Full-Funnel Insider - A Marketing Newsletter For B2B Marketers: https://fullfunnel.io/marketing-newsletter/Join our community for B2B marketers - The Trenches: https://trenches.community/Upcoming events: https://lu.ma/fullfunnel/eventsFull-Funnel Marketing Content Hub: https://fullfunnel.io/blogVladimir on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vladimirblagojevic/Andrei on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/azinkevich/Matt on Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattheinz/

In this week’s episode of Full-Funnel Live, Andrei and Vlad break down the exact framework for having productive, outcome-driven conversations with sales about Account-Based Marketing.Tune in to learn:How to prepare for conversation with sales team about ABMHow to find the best candidate to run a pilot program together⁠ How to ensure the sales rep will prioritze pilot, and not lead gen KPIsRESOURCESOn-Demand B2B Marketing Courses: https://fullfunnel.io/b2b-marketing-courses/Full-Funnel Insider - A Marketing Newsletter For B2B Marketers: https://fullfunnel.io/marketing-newsletter/Join our community for B2B marketers - The Trenches: https://trenches.community/Upcoming events: https://lu.ma/fullfunnel/eventsFull-Funnel Marketing Content Hub: https://fullfunnel.io/blogVladimir on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vladimirblagojevic/Andrei on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/azinkevich/

In this episode of Full-Funnel Live, Andrei and Vlad break down how to create account-based playbooks that actually match how B2B buyers buy.Tune in to learn:Why ABM playbooks aren’t linear, and how to build for real-world back-and-forth buyer behaviourWhy you need both timeline-based and signal-based playbooksHow to align the playbooks with the buyer journey stageThe importance of multithreading—and how to maintain momentum during long dormant periodsRESOURCESOn-Demand B2B Marketing Courses: https://fullfunnel.io/b2b-marketing-courses/Full-Funnel Insider - A Marketing Newsletter For B2B Marketers: https://fullfunnel.io/marketing-newsletter/Join our community for B2B marketers - The Trenches: https://trenches.community/Upcoming events: https://lu.ma/fullfunnel/eventsFull-Funnel Marketing Content Hub: https://fullfunnel.io/blogVladimir on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vladimirblagojevic/Andrei on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/azinkevich/