Overview

February 25

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State and local government purchasing isn’t slow—it’s structured. Each approval stage exists to protect mission outcomes, compliance, and fiscal accountability. Yet most vendors lose time (and deals) because their sales, marketing, and demand gen teams don’t understand how those reviews unfold—or how to support each reviewer early. 

In this 30-minute session, e.Republic experts from GovTech and Governing break down the five internal review checkpoints that every state and local government deal travels through—and how your marketing-led teams can align content, messaging, and outreach with one another. 

What You’ll Learn 

  • How to recognize which review stage your opportunity is in—and what your sales and marketing teams should prepare next 
  • How to equip your organization champion with marketing-built materials before IT/security, finance, legal, or procurement get involved 
  • The five most common reasons state and local government proposals stall (and how sales and marketing can prevent them together) 
  • Proven collateral and nurture assets that move government reviewers to "yes"

Who Should Attend 

  • Private industry gov tech sales and marketing leaders, and demand gen teams 
  • Capture, content, and proposal teams 
  • Sales and partner leads who coordinate with marketing on state and local government pursuits

This session is not technical training—it's focused on your go-to-market strategy, marketing alignment, and internal approval readiness. 

Powered by e.Republic’s full public-sector ecosystem—including GovTech, Governing, the Center for Digital Government (CDG), and the Center for Public Sector AI—this session reflects insights drawn from research, journalism, live events, and thousands of annual government engagements. 

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Don’t just sell to state and local government—market like you understand it. 
Every touchpoint you build is a chance to prove credibility, not push claims. 

Join us and learn how to turn insight into velocity. 

Speakers

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Scott Hogg

Vice President of Marketing, e.Republic

Scott is a seasoned marketing leader with a proven track record of driving growth in the Public Sector for a Fortune 500 technology company. With deep expertise in crafting and executing high-impact Go-to-Market strategies, he has helped numerous organizations successfully navigate the complex State, Local, and Education (SLED) landscape. Currently, Scott leads a dynamic team dedicated to empowering technology companies to connect with key decision-makers and accelerate their market presence. His strategic insight is backed by a Business Strategy certificate from Harvard Business School Online and an MBA from Samford University. Based in Dallas, TX, Scott brings both vision and execution to every engagement.

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Joe Morris

Chief of Innovation Officer at e.Republic

Joe Morris is the Chief Innovation Officer for e.Republic and a national keynote speaker on issues, trends and drivers impacting state and local government and education.

He has authored publications and reports on funding streams, technology investment areas and public-sector priorities, and has led roundtables, projects and initiatives focused on issues within the public sector.

Joe has conducted state and local government research with e.Republic since 2007 and knows the ins and outs of government on all levels.

He received his Bachelor of Arts in government and international relations from the California State University, Sacramento.