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Customer journey map: a B2B template for service businesses
A B2B customer journey map template for service firms: the six buying stages, where buyers check you before they call, and how to fix the leaks.
18/10/2026
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A B2B customer journey map template for service firms: the six buying stages, where buyers check you before they call, and how to fix the leaks.
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We studied 95 UK B2B service firms across facilities management, cleaning, security, property and professional services, in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds and Dublin. The firms that rank in Google are the ones AI tools cite.
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UK B2B service firms studied, October 2026. Search and AI figures are SE Ranking estimates.
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Marcus Lobow, our founder, writes or reviews every article. He has 10+ years in B2B marketing, seven of them in-house in facilities management and property. Where AI helps with research or a first draft, a senior marketer checks every fact and figure before it is published.
From named, linked sources such as Google, ONS, IAB UK and industry benchmark studies, and from our own research, such as our study of 95 UK B2B service firms. Our own client results always carry a note on how they were achieved.
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Founder, Lobo Digital
Marcus has 10+ years in B2B marketing, seven of them in-house across facilities management and property. He holds an MSc in Management with Marketing from Birkbeck and runs every Lobo Digital account personally.
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Written and reviewed by Marcus Lobow. Last reviewed October 2026.
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