by Bart Caylor | Mar 23, 2026 | Marketing Strategies, Enrollment, Featured, Strategies, Tools, Leveraging AI
An AI enrollment funnel strategy is the most effective way for small college marketing teams to reclaim their time while delivering the highly personalized experiences today’s students expect. Many enrollment leaders I speak with recognize that the traditional, manual...
by Bart Caylor | Mar 19, 2026 | Marketing Strategies, Marketing Trends, Marketing Campaigns, Featured, Future of Higher Ed, Strategies, Podcast, Tools
Higher ed video marketing is quickly becoming one of the most important strategies universities can use to reach prospective students in today’s digital landscape. The way prospective students consume content has changed dramatically in the past decade. Long blocks of...
by Bart Caylor | Mar 16, 2026 | Marketing Campaigns, Featured, Future of Higher Ed, Strategies, Generation Z, Marketing Trends, Branding, Marketing Strategies, content marketing, Inbound Marketing
Mission-fit marketing 2026 represents a fundamental shift from the “attention race” of the last decade to a new “trust race” in higher education. We have spent years reacting to the demographic cliff, shrinking budgets, and the sudden explosion...
by Bart Caylor | Mar 12, 2026 | Marketing Strategies, Branding, Marketing Campaigns, Enrollment, Featured, Strategies, Podcast, Recruiting
Enrollment-driven marketing is the shift many institutions must make when traditional higher ed marketing strategy focused on brand awareness fails to produce measurable higher education enrollment growth. If you’ve been in higher education marketing long enough,...
by Bart Caylor | Mar 2, 2026 | Marketing Strategies, social media, Marketing Campaigns, Featured, Strategies
Protecting your institution’s higher ed digital marketing ROI requires a clear-eyed look at the data, specifically the true cost per student enrollment that often hides behind flashy but expensive digital campaigns. As a college president or cabinet member, you are...
by Bart Caylor | Feb 19, 2026 | Marketing Campaigns, Featured, Podcast, Teams, Marketing Strategies
Breaking down silos in higher education has become one of the most urgent challenges facing marketing and enrollment teams today. When marketing, enrollment, advancement, and alumni relations operate independently, the result is fragmented messaging and disconnected...
