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The #1 Reason Your Last Capital Campaign Struggled and How to Fix It

by Bart Caylor | Mar 22, 2021 | Blog, Featured, Higher Ed Marketing, Marketing Campaigns, Marketing Strategies

When it comes to your next higher ed capital campaign, failure isn’t an option. Goals and timelines are set, procedures are followed. When goals aren’t met, campaigns extend. They evolve. But publicly, capital campaigns in higher ed never “fail,” because they can’t...

5 Irreplaceable Ideas Education Marketers Should Do During Capital Campaigns

by Bart Caylor | Mar 23, 2020 | Advancement, Blog, Featured, Fundraising Advancement

What do education marketers and capital campaigns have in common? Find out what education marketers should be doing during these all-important campaigns. Few efforts get as much attention and institutional resources as capital campaigns. They require massive sustained...

Essential Capital Campaign Microsite Pages

by Bart Caylor | Sep 3, 2018 | Advancement, Blog, Featured, Marketing Campaigns, Websites

Capital campaign microsites are critical to any well-designed capital campaign marketing strategy. Here are five pages you should consider for your microsite. Let’s start off by getting on the same page about what a microsite is exactly. A microsite is an...

17 Bright Ideas to Raise Awareness of Your Capital Campaign

by Bart Caylor | Aug 27, 2018 | Advancement, Blog, Featured, Marketing Campaigns

In last week’s post, we learned that your capital campaign has to have its own marketing plan. Here are 17 bright ideas to raise awareness to consider putting into your plan. 1. Record video interviews with board members. Interviewing board members is the first...

7 Steps to Marketing for Capital Campaigns

by Bart Caylor | Aug 20, 2018 | Advancement, Blog, Featured, Fundraising Advancement, Marketing Campaigns

There’s a lot of excitement when it comes to capital campaigns — and with it comes a ton of pressure for education marketers. Here’s a starter’s guide for anyone marketing a capital campaign for the first time. Capital campaigns are large,...