Last updated: May 15, 2026
Attendir for customer marketing teams
Run user conferences, customer advisory boards, and reference events on a single platform. Each customer attendee gets a branded sharing card; advocacy activity is tracked per customer; the data feeds your reference program, NRR contribution, and case study pipeline.
What customer marketing owns in B2B SaaS
Customer marketing owns the post-sale lifecycle: advocacy programs, references, case studies, customer advisory boards (CABs), user conferences, and customer-led content. In B2B SaaS the function reports to the VP marketing or chief customer officer and is measured on net revenue retention contribution, reference availability, and advocate engagement scores. It is one of the fastest-growing marketing functions in 2026 — and the most under-tooled.
Three event types customer marketing actually runs
Customer Advisory Boards (CABs)
10–15 senior customer advocates invited to a closed, multi-day session. Budget: €22K–55K. Goal: product input, advocacy enablement, account expansion. Attendir handles invite flow, RSVP, agenda landing page, and post-event amplification.
User Conferences
Flagship annual gathering of 1,000–3,000 customers. The single biggest advocacy moment of the year. Attendir multiplies organic reach: every customer attendee posts a branded share card, lifting downstream reach by 10–20×.
Reference & Roundtable Events
Small invite-only sessions where customers share their stories with prospects. 20–40 people, half customer, half prospect. Attendir tracks which customer advocates showed up and which prospects converted post-event.
The customer marketing metrics Attendir feeds
Customer marketing has been stuck reporting on soft proxies (event attendance, NPS, satisfaction surveys). The 2026 shift is toward attributable advocacy metrics that connect to NRR and reference availability. Attendir feeds three of them directly.
Advocate share rate
% of customer attendees who posted publicly post-event.
Advocacy reach
Cumulative LinkedIn impressions driven by customer shares.
Reference conversion
Customer attendees who became active references in 90 days.
Related reading for customer marketers
The Customer Advisory Board (CAB) Playbook
Agenda template, budget, selection criteria, and ROI for B2B SaaS CABs.
The Attendee Advocacy Business Case
How to budget for and justify an advocacy program in 2026.
What is Attendee Advocacy?
The category definition, distinct from MGM, influencer marketing, and referral.
The Event Referral Program Guide
Designing the incentive structure for customer-led referrals.
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