by Bart Caylor | Dec 8, 2025 | Featured, Ideas, Future of Higher Ed, Strategies, 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...
by Bart Caylor | Dec 1, 2025 | Future of Higher Ed, Marketing Strategies, Marketing Trends, Featured, Ideas, Strategies, Generation Z, Leveraging AI
After much thought, I want to lay out what I believe to be the marketing trends in higher education that are happening right now as we go into 2026. It’s important for us to understand these trends in how students and their families think and behave. Why is it so...
by Bart Caylor | Nov 20, 2025 | Featured, Ideas, Strategies, Generation Z
Event branding in higher education goes beyond coordinating logistics and transforms ordinary campus moments into meaningful brand experiences. If a brand is what people say about you when you’re not in the room, then events are where your brand speaks the loudest...
by Bart Caylor | Nov 17, 2025 | Leveraging AI, Featured, Ideas, Future of Higher Ed, Strategies, Tools
AI productivity in higher ed marketing is becoming a present-day lifeline for small teams under pressure. When you’re working with limited staff, tight budgets, and a growing list of content demands, even the most dedicated marketing pros can feel overwhelmed. Today’s...
by Bart Caylor | Nov 6, 2025 | Higher Ed Marketing, Marketing Strategies, Marketing Campaigns, Enrollment, Featured, Ideas, Strategies, Podcast, Recruiting
Creative recruitment ideas for colleges aren’t just for the big-name institutions with massive marketing departments. In fact, some of the most impactful and innovative strategies are coming from smaller schools working with lean budgets. In many cases, lean budgets...
by Bart Caylor | Oct 6, 2025 | Ideas, Future of Higher Ed, Strategies, Generation Z, Tools, Leveraging AI, Featured
Building a generative AI playbook may not feel urgent. But it is increasingly important. For small college marketing teams working with limited time, budget, and staff, generative AI often feels like both a promise and a puzzle. You may have heard about its ability to...
