are there really trending topics around most b2b topics? most b2b content dont exactly go viral.
Depending on the field, lots of b2b topics aren't super competitive SEO wise, which makes it possible to really dominate a particular topic in search results. Long tail keywords [1] are particularly helpful from my experience.
1. https://moz.com/blog/long-tail-seo-target-low-volume-keyword...
Vendors also try to make sure that they have a 'story' around major trends, and analysts like to see this too.
Although you're dealing with volumes orders of magnitude lower than its usually possible to identify 5/6 topics that are top of mind for CIOs at a given time.