by Bart Caylor | Jun 4, 2026 | Branding, Featured, Higher Ed Marketing, Strategies
How do you market a faith-based college in today’s noisy, competitive higher ed landscape? If your school is small, faith-driven, and budget-conscious, that question can feel overwhelming. But the truth is: you don’t need a massive marketing budget to reach the right...
by Bart Caylor | Jun 1, 2026 | Marketing Trends, Enrollment, Featured, Future of Higher Ed, Strategies, Recruiting, Leveraging AI
Stealth applicants are no longer a fringe enrollment phenomenon. They are becoming the norm. For years, colleges and universities built enrollment systems around a fairly predictable assumption… Students would identify themselves early in the process through an...
by Bart Caylor | May 28, 2026 | Marketing Strategies, Websites, Featured, Strategies
If you’re serious about boosting enrollment, it’s time to turn your college website into a lead generation tool. It shouldn’t just look good. It should work hard. If your school’s site is still functioning like a digital brochure—a place to park announcements,...
by Bart Caylor | May 25, 2026 | content marketing, Inbound Marketing, Featured, Future of Higher Ed, Strategies, Tools, Leveraging AI
AEO for online short-term programs may become one of the most important enrollment marketing conversations higher education leaders have over the next few years. For more than two decades, colleges and universities have invested heavily in traditional SEO strategies...
by Bart Caylor | May 21, 2026 | Featured, Future of Higher Ed, Strategies, Branding
With the education world changing so fast, many higher ed marketers are struggling to figure out how small colleges can stand out among all the other incredible options out there. But there’s another shift happening that can’t be ignored. Students today are...
by Bart Caylor | May 18, 2026 | Strategies, Generation Z, Featured, Marketing Strategies, Marketing Campaigns, Enrollment
Higher ed affordability myths are costing institutions more than they realize. Not because students can’t afford college. But because they think they can’t. This insight comes directly from the Enrollment Engagement Report, a national study we at Caylor Solutions were...