When it comes to your next higher ed capital campaign, failure isn’t an option. Goals and timelines are set, procedures are followed. When goals aren’t met, campaigns extend. They evolve. But publicly, capital campaigns in higher ed never “fail,” because they can’t be...
The key to successful higher ed marketing is discovering who you are as an institution and capturing that uniqueness in your marketing content. You can devise a powerful marketing strategy if you embrace what makes you unique and use it to attract prospective...
For many higher ed institutions, college homecoming is the flagship of their event marketing. To get the greatest marketing results out of your homecoming event, you’ve got to get it right. In fact, I believe homecomings can be the biggest opportunity for building...
Even at a small college, the risk of becoming siloed is high. It’s crucial to emphasize clarity of vision so that all the teams can produce successful strategies to retain students. Keeping everyone on message is a big challenge for higher ed marketing teams. It may...
The concept of landing pages seems pretty simple, but misconceptions abound about what they are exactly and how they’re supposed to work. I find this a lot in education marketing. We all agree on the basics. A landing page is essentially a web page where visitors...
If there’s anything that can trigger a cold sweat in higher ed marketers, it’s the high-pressure, high-reward branding campaign. Your brand speaks to the core of your institutional identity. That’s nothing to take lightly. Here’s how Jerry McLaughlin, CEO of...