by Bart Caylor | Dec 25, 2025 | Marketing Strategies, Featured, Strategies, Podcast, Tools, Leveraging AI
When exploring how universities use generative AI in their marketing efforts, Point Loma Nazarene University (PLNU) offers a standout example of thoughtful adoption and real-world integration. Rather than chasing trends or launching flashy tools, PLNU’s approach is...
by Bart Caylor | Dec 22, 2025 | Featured, Ideas, Giving
As we approach the end of a long, often frantic semester, this Christmas message for higher ed marketers is one of gratitude and necessary reflection. If you are like the teams I talk to every day, you are tired. You have navigated the enrollment cliff. You have...
by Bart Caylor | Dec 18, 2025 | content marketing, Featured, Future of Higher Ed, Marketing Strategies
Have you heard of Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)? It’s an evolution of SEO that simply can’t be ignored as you prepare your higher ed websites for generation Alpha. The key to SEO–or Search Engine Optimization–is understanding the mechanics of search engines...
by Bart Caylor | Dec 15, 2025 | Featured, Branding, Marketing Strategies, content marketing, Marketing Trends, Ideas, Strategies
One of the most effective skills for enrollment marketing success is developing a robust private college branding strategy. I talk with presidents and marketing VPs at private institutions every week, and I hear the same frustration again and again: “We are the...
by Bart Caylor | Dec 11, 2025 | Featured, Strategies, Podcast, Teams, Branding
Higher ed brand stewardship becomes significantly more complex when an institution must unify its mission and identity across multiple divisions, audiences, and communication channels. For example, what happens when your brand spans higher education, radio,...
by Bart Caylor | Dec 8, 2025 | Strategies, Featured, Ideas, Future of Higher Ed, Tools, Leveraging AI
An AI marketing readiness checklist helps small colleges evaluate their goals, data systems, team capabilities, and tool strategies before integrating AI into their marketing workflows. By now, we’ve all heard that “AI is the future!” To me, there’s no doubt that this...
