by Bart Caylor | Jul 13, 2026 | Marketing Strategies, social media, Marketing Trends, Enrollment, Higher Ed Marketing, Strategies, Generation Z, Tools
Higher ed YouTube marketing can help colleges build trust with prospective students long before they ever step on campus. For many enrollment and marketing teams, YouTube has become a storage closet. It holds old livestreams, a few polished brand videos, maybe a...
by Bart Caylor | Jun 1, 2026 | Strategies, Marketing Trends, Enrollment, Featured, Future of Higher Ed, Recruiting, Leveraging AI
Stealth applicants are no longer a fringe enrollment phenomenon. They are becoming the norm. For years, colleges and universities built enrollment systems around a fairly predictable assumption… Students would identify themselves early in the process through an...
by Bart Caylor | May 4, 2026 | Marketing Trends, Featured, Ideas, Future of Higher Ed, Strategies, Recruiting
The higher education dark funnel is where most enrollment decisions are actually made—and most institutions are completely blind to it. Chances are, you’re already feeling the effects. Inquiry volume looks healthy… but doesn’t convert. Application numbers stall...
by Bart Caylor | Mar 19, 2026 | Tools, Marketing Strategies, Marketing Trends, Marketing Campaigns, Featured, Future of Higher Ed, Strategies, Podcast
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 | Future of Higher Ed, Branding, Marketing Strategies, content marketing, Inbound Marketing, Marketing Trends, Marketing Campaigns, Featured, Strategies, Generation Z
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 | Feb 23, 2026 | Marketing Trends, Marketing Campaigns, Featured, Strategies
A mission-fit marketing strategy is the most powerful tool a small college has to survive and thrive in today’s increasingly competitive enrollment landscape. Many marketing leaders at smaller institutions feel a constant, exhausting pressure to be everything to...
