# Kill Your White Paper: Smarter Lead Funnels with Maeve Ferguson Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-agents-of-change-digital-marketing-podcast-431209/kill-your-white-paper-smarter-lead-funnels-with-maeve-ferguson Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-agents-of-change-digital-marketing-podcast-431209/kill-your-white-paper-smarter-lead-funnels-with-maeve-ferguson.md Podcast: [The Agents of Change Digital Marketing Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-agents-of-change-digital-marketing-podcast-431209) Published: 2026-01-07T06:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.theagentsofchange.com/611 Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/themarketingagents/EP611_AOCP.mp3?dest-id=145771 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-agents-of-change-digital-marketing-podcast-431209/episodes/kill-your-white-paper-smarter-lead-funnels-with-maeve-ferguson Duration seconds: 1982 ## Resource If your lead magnet is a beautifully designed PDF that no one reads, congratulations—you're normal. Also: that thing isn't working anymore. In this episode, Maeve Ferguson explains why traditional lead magnets are failing and how diagnostic assessments can attract better leads, pre-sell your expertise, and stop wasting your time on bad-fit prospects. https://www.theagentsofchange.com/611 Need help with your branding, website, or digital marketing? Reach out to me (Rich Brooks!) today at https://www.takeflyte.com/contact ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-agents-of-change-digital-marketing-podcast-431209/episodes/kill-your-white-paper-smarter-lead-funnels-with-maeve-ferguson/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-agents-of-change-digital-marketing-podcast-431209/kill-your-white-paper-smarter-lead-funnels-with-maeve-ferguson.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.