Overview

September 16
10AM PT, 1PM ET

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If your audience is wrong, your offer weak, or your message off… you’re shouting into the void. 

When SLED campaigns stall, it’s rarely just one thing—sometimes it’s your audience targeting, sometimes your offer, and sometimes your message. But when any one of them is off, the result is the same: wasted time, wasted budget, and competitors moving in on your buyers. 

In this live session, we’ll show you how to: 

  • Surgically pinpoint your SLED buyers (and stop marketing to the wrong ones)
  • Align offers to where they are in their buying journey (and quit sending them the wrong things)
  • Deliver messaging that resonates (and gets them to act!)

Don’t keep shouting into the void. Learn how to connect with the people, the problems, and the moments that matter. 


This is part 1 of our 5-part "SLED Marketing Mastery Series." When you register for this course, you will be given a chance to include all of these as well. Additional 30-minute courses include: 

  • From Garbage In to Revenue Out: Fixing Your SLED Lead Pipeline | Exposes the cost of bad data and unqualified leads in SLED marketing. Focuses on building contextual leads (i.e. smart leads) that are compliant, segmented, and accurate pipelines that speed up sales and improve ROI.
  • From Invisible to Unforgettable: The Content + Ad Playbook for SLED | Explains why content without ads goes unseen, and ads without content don’t build trust. Provides a playbook for pairing ads and content strategically to create awareness, credibility, and conversions in the SLED market.
  • Disconnected SLED Tactics Waste Time. Integrated Campaigns Make Money. | Addresses the pitfalls of siloed marketing tactics that stall results. Demonstrates how to connect ads, content, webinars, and outreach into cohesive campaigns that guide buyers from first touch to closed deal.
  • Your Post-Delivery Plan Is Your SLED Pipeline’s Lifeline | Reframes "delivery" not as the end, but as the start of the most important stage in SLED marketing. Teaches how to score leads to know if they need more nurturing, or handed off to sales to maintain momentum across long government buying cycles.


Our Reach

  • 40+ Years SLED Experience
  • 100% Public Sector Focus
  • 99% Contacts Are Influencers or Decision-Makers
  • 84% of State CIOs Subscribe to Our Publications

Speakers

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Rodney Leadingham

Demand Generation Innovation Specialist

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.