348: Why Employee-Led Content Is the Biggest B2B Advantage in 2026

Trust has always been one of the hardest things to earn in B2B marketing. As content volumes have increased, that challenge has only grown. When buyers are surrounded by more posts, more articles, and more opinions than ever before, it becomes harder to know who to believe and who to ignore.

In this episode of The Content 10x Podcast, Amy Woods talks through why people-led content is something you cannot afford to ignore in 2026. After years of higher output and faster production, and with AI making it easier than ever to scale, buyers are paying closer attention to who is speaking, not just what is being said. Experience, judgement, and credibility now carry more weight than polish.

This episode focuses on the ‘why’ behind people-led content – specifically employee-led content in B2B. Amy explores why trust feels harder to earn today, why human voices are starting to outperform brand-led messaging, and why this shift reflects buyer behaviour rather than a passing trend.

If you’re thinking about how to build credibility, engage your audience, and push your brand further without adding to the noise, this episode will help reframe how you approach visibility and trust in B2B marketing.

Find out:

• Why trust has become the real constraint in B2B marketing
• How AI-driven scale has changed expectations (and buyer skepticism)
• Why people now trust individuals more than brands
• What “people-led content” means in a B2B context
• Why this shift is unavoidable for brands that want to stand out in 2026

Important links & mentions:

• Amy on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/amywoods2/
• Content 10x: https://www.content10x.com/
• Amy’s book: www.content10x.com/book (Content 10x: More Content, Less Time, Maximum Results)

Amy Woods is the CEO and founder of Content 10x, a creative agency that provides specialist content strategy, creation and repurposing support to B2B organizations.

She's also a best-selling author, hosts two content marketing podcasts (The Content 10x Podcast and B2B Content Strategist), and speaks on stages all over the world about the power of content marketing.

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