Leadership, vision, and authentic stories are key components to a leader’s success. Which means good marketing is an essential part of good leadership! An essential part of a leader’s job is setting a grand vision for the organization and imbuing its people with a...
Every higher ed marketer would love to have a brand as recognizable as Harvard Business School. But what is it really like? Most colleges and universities can only dream of having an (almost) billion-dollar operation that is Harvard Business School. They were the...
Stories are powerful marketing tools. Here’s an introduction into brand storytelling for higher ed marketers. Content marketing has now become the rule rather than the exception for higher education marketers. Back in 2013, a guy named Joe Pulizzi wrote a book called...
How do you boost enrollment and find donors in a shrinking higher education market? Whether you’re a seminary, graduate school, or a small private college, everyone is looking for ways to pull in more prospective students. Many different schools are relying on their...
Big data has worked for a lot of fast-growing brands to guide marketing messaging and decisions. But is it okay for higher ed marketers? Over the years, I’ve been an advocate of using metrics, analytics, and big data to drive higher ed marketing decisions. Quite...
It’s not so much what that next big thing is that matters. It’s how you use it. As a higher ed marketer who works primarily in the digital marketing space, a very common question I get is “What’s the next big thing?” And it’s a good question. Technology today is...
