Sam Tomlinson

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Most marketing budgets and agency reports are still built around the small percentage of consumers who are ready to inquire, schedule, or buy now. The larger growth opportunity lies with the people who are actively researching, comparing, reconsidering, or quietly moving toward a decision—but have not identified themselves as leads. <br><br>

This providers only workshop moves beyond the familiar 95:5 theory and focuses on what leading marketing organizations are doing differently now. Drawing on patterns, data, and lessons from Warschawski’s work across healthcare, financial services, hospitality, higher education, consumer brands, and other high-consideration categories, Sam will show leaders how to build a more complete demand-generation system around the full spectrum of buyer intent. <br><br>

Participants will examine how to recognize early and mid-stage intent signals, create a smarter mix of paid, owned, earned, social, search, and direct engagement, and reduce overreliance on form fills and last-click attribution. <br><br>

Through guided exercises, attendees will evaluate their current demand strategy, identify where future buyers are being lost or ignored, and develop a focused plan for improving audience development, investment decisions, and measurement. <br><br>

Learning Objectives <br>

By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to: <br>

- Evaluate how their current marketing investment is divided between capturing immediate demand and building future demand—and identify where the mix is limiting growth. <br>
- Develop a practical intent-signal framework that helps marketing and agency teams recognize, engage, and prioritize consumers before they become traditional leads. <br>
- Build an action plan with clear investment priorities, testing opportunities, and leading indicators of progress.