Brand awareness is often touted as the holy grail of marketing—but for small colleges and universities, it can quickly become a distraction. When you’re operating with a lean budget and enrollment targets that keep you up at night, every marketing dollar must...
With the enrollment cliff just around the corner, higher ed marketing teams must stay on top of ever-evolving social media trends. Staying ahead of these trends is essential for engaging prospective students and strengthening your institution’s brand awareness....
Alumni newsletters can be one of your school’s most effective marketing resources. A well-crafted, consistent newsletter helps you maintain an open line of communication with your former students long after they’ve graduated. Through compelling storytelling, you can...
A while back, we spoke with Shauna Davis and Mary Laphen Pope from the Lumina Foundation about their aspirational branding Million Dollar Community College Challenge. The purpose of the challenge was to raise awareness of the idea that education marketing can be both...
Terms like “brand storytelling” and “purpose driven” are powerful concepts that we should leverage in the education marketing space. When applied correctly, these principles create a win-win situation for the student and the school by attracting and qualifying...
