Overview

September 23
10AM PT, 1PM ET

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In the SLED market, visibility alone isn’t enough. Public-sector buyers need repeated opportunities to see your brand, understand your expertise, and build confidence in what you can offer—often long before an opportunity reaches procurement.

That’s where content and advertising work better together.

Content helps establish credibility and trust, but even great content can’t influence buyers who never see it. Advertising creates visibility, but without meaningful content behind it, that attention can be difficult to sustain. Bringing the two together creates a stronger path from awareness to engagement and, ultimately, action.

Join Rodney Leadingham, Head of Demand Generation Innovation at e.Republic, for Part 3 of our five-part SLED Marketing Mastery Series and learn how to:

  • Pair advertising and content to build awareness, trust, and conversion.
  • Guide SLED buyers from initial exposure toward meaningful action.
  • Align content and advertising with the buyer journey.
  • Avoid the disconnects between tactics that can undermine marketing ROI.

If your advertising is running in isolation—or valuable content isn't reaching the buyers you need to influence—this 30-minute session will show you how to bring the two together as part of a more connected SLED demand generation strategy.

Speakers

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Rodney Leadingham

Head of Demand Generation Innovation

Rodney Leadingham is Head of Demand Generation Innovation at Government Technology, where he helps GovTech vendors connect with the right State, Local, and Education (SLED) buyers. With more than a decade in senior marketing and business development roles — including two Fortune 1000 companies — Rodney has built demand generation programs that drive engagement, accelerate pipelines, and adapt to the realities of long buying cycles.

His experience spans energy, nonprofit, and technology, from optimizing campaigns to leading digital transformation and lead generation. Having worked in enterprise hardware and software marketing, Rodney understands firsthand the patience and precision required to move complex deals forward — a perspective he now applies to helping vendors succeed in SLED.

A U.S. Air Force veteran, Rodney combines strategic discipline with hands-on execution. Based in Florida, he and his wife enjoy life by the beach with their dog Lola, while staying connected to their two grown children.