# How B2B Marketers Use Customer Advisory Boards to Shape Product Roadmaps

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Podcast: [B2B Marketing with Fexingo: Enterprise Demand Gen, ABM, and Long Sales Cycles](https://stenobird.com/podcast/b2b-marketing-with-fexingo-enterprise-demand-gen-abm-and-long-sales-cycles-7871669)
Published: 2026-07-14T06:01:31+00:00
Episode link: https://audio.fexingo.com/business/b2b-marketing/episode-0113.mp3
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## Resource

In this episode of B2B Marketing with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how enterprise marketers leverage Customer Advisory Boards (CABs) to influence product roadmaps, deepen executive relationships, and shorten sales cycles. They break down the structure of an effective CAB using real-world examples from Salesforce and Microsoft, including how Salesforce's CAB directly contributed to the development of its AI-powered Sales Cloud features. The hosts discuss CAB metrics like roadmap influence rate and executive engagement score, and offer tactical advice on selecting the right customers, setting meeting cadences, and avoiding the trap of CABs becoming cheerleading sessions. Lucas shares a personal anecdote about a CAB member whose feedback led to a 15% increase in renewal rates for a previous company. The episode also covers how CABs differ from user groups and customer councils, and why they are uniquely powerful for long-cycle enterprise deals. Tune in for a concrete, actionable framework that goes beyond theory. #CustomerAdvisoryBoard #B2BMarketing #ABM #EnterpriseSales #ProductRoadmap #ExecutiveRelationships #Salesforce #Microsoft #CustomerSuccess #AccountBasedMarketing #MarketingStrategy #DemandGen #RevenueGrowth #CustomerFeedback #RoadmapInfluence #BusinessPodcast #FexingoBusiness #MarketingPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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