Lance Osborne is the Director of Demand Generation for the Global Research Publishing Division of Wiley. During his time at Wiley, Lance has grown his team of 12 marketers to 24 marketers. He also was able to optimize the organization, increase conversions, and content ROI by implementing softer skills like empathy and immersion, which he dives deeper into on this week’s episode!

Tune in and Get Inspired to:

  • First learn about your audience and their challenges, and how your portfolio can help them — then, tell your story.
  • Learn about immersion vs. promotion.
  • Success can be found in how you change the wording on the invite to the party, whatever party that is.
  • Allow your audience to fall in love and trust your product and community, and then when they’re ready, they’ll buy.

 

 

Key Takeaways:

[:40] Who is Lance and what does he do for Wiley?
[2:40] It’s important to start every professional conversation with empathy.
[3:20] Lance shares an example of why it’s important to start with empathy, understanding, and then sharing your story.
[5:45] What marketing problem was Lance trying to solve?
[7:05] What results has Lance seen so far by incorporating empathy and immersion into his marketing?
[9:00] The first step is to walk in your customer’s shoes.
[11:05] What’s the most challenging part about trying to understand your customers?
[16:15] When Lance first started working at Wiley, their marketing tool stack was huge. It had to be leaner.
[18:45] If you’re not willing to be wrong, you are probably not being creative.
[21:15] What inspires Lance?

 

Quick Links

Lance Osborne on LinkedIn
Wiley

 

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