11 essential content marketing links for Q2 26

11 essential content marketing links for Q2 26

Written by

Tony Hallett
 

01/07/2026

  1. The 2026 B2B thought leadership playbook

Kicking off with a well-constructed primer, this CMO Alliance piece gets into AI and the distinction between thought leadership and content marketing… among other things.

 

  1. The World Cup Sleep Tax

With the big football/soccer thing ongoing, we wanted to ‘re-up’ an infographic that has turned lots of heads on the CC LinkedIn page. How many hours of sleep have you lost so far? We love how the answer is displayed.

 

  1. Superpath Content Strategy Template

Maybe forget the, ahem, loud and proud sales opening here, and go straight to the template, then get some great content strategy chat from the Superpath community.

 

  1. Why we… do the Sense-maker sessions podcast

Last time we were talking about our Sense-maker sessions podcast – in-depth interviews with the world’s leaders in thought leadership. But why do we do it?

 

  1. Content Marketing Jobs are Splitting in Two: Semrush

DemandGen Report is citing Semrush saying that there are increasingly two types of job in content marketing. One is a ‘senior growth leader’, whatever that is.

 

  1. The AI Content Reset: What B2B Marketers Must Stop and Start in 2026

Here’s one we missed in Q1 and, while it contains some great advice, we’d also like to draw your attention to the AI-friendly design of this article.

 

  1. Gartner Data: 49% of US Consumers Say AI Has Made Content Quality Worse

While this CX Today piece, citing Gartner research, tells us consumer sentiment towards AI content isn’t in a great place, this is worth all B2B marketers remembering.

 

  1. Creators and AI took center stage at Cannes Lions 2026

This eMarketer piece is very creator economy-plus-AI-centric, but both were big themes at Cannes this year, the festival in the south of France only just packing up as this article was being pulled together.

 

  1. Unlocking AI’s untapped potential: responsible innovation in research and publishing

Frontiers is a journal for scientists and this slightly out-of-category post we’re surfacing shows how that community is dealing with the use of AI in research and peer review. It’s worth the download (or we wouldn’t be sharing it).

 

  1. Tool up: How to use AI as your personal thought-leadership partner

Next, a short but interesting take on AI as your ‘co-thinker’ for thought leadership, from the world of business education, specifically I by IMD.

 

  1. 9 Marketing Blogs for Industry News and Trends — 2026 List

And finally, here’s a nice little round-up from Coursera of places to go for more on various types of marketing.

 

Why 11 links? Because it’s the eleventh hour of the quarter.

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