Unlike a lot of things we do as marketers to lead our audiences to actions that they weren’t considering before they encountered our message, end-of-year fundraising is a time when we ask our audience to do something they’re already considering—giving. That means...
Of all the audiences you communicate to as a higher education marketer, alumni are among the most rewarding and satisfying segment. If you market well to your alumni, they’ll return the favor and take care of the alma mater. The reasons you should market specifically...
Marketing development collaboration has long been the elusive dream of marketing managers and development directors. Sadly, the conflicts between these two departments may be unavoidable. Both of these teams are responsible to drive revenue for the organization. When...
If fundraising were in the Olympics, capital campaigns would be like women’s gymnastics or men’s swimming. It’s the event everyone watches, the activity that gets all the attention. By the way, here’s one of my favorite Olympic sports that doesn’t get much attention....
A visitor lands on your site. Your web writing has 15 seconds or less to convince them to hang around. Fickle? Lazy? Distracted? I’ve heard website visitors accused of all three. Truth is, your website visitor doesn’t fit any of those descriptions. Oops, time’s up!...
Like most innovations that come from the Cupertino wizards, the whole world of tech has been buzzing about iBeacons ever since Apple first mentioned them in their 2013 WWDC conference. iBeacons are basically small transmitters that use low energy Bluetooth technology...
