Higher ed marketing is all about fundraising, right? Marketers serve the advancement folks. You’re on your own, admissions team. Good luck! Or so the traditional thinking goes. But as many colleges and universities have found, higher ed institutions win when their...
Numbers can be so discouraging sometimes. It’s easy to look over your enrollment marketing budget and wonder what more you could do if you only had a few more dollars to work with. Then so-called reality sets in. You don’t have more dollars. Defeated, you shrug your...
I can’t think of a better way to amp up your college marketing efforts than to focus your messaging on outcomes. Outcomes aren’t just part of the narrative about college. They’re the whole point. Focusing on outcomes means drawing a straight line from where your...
Understanding generational characteristics is key to successful messaging. Enrollment marketers are focusing attention on Gen Z now, but Generation Alpha is coming sooner than you think. In this blog and with clients, we often talk about creating personas. This is a...
In college marketing, there are facts and figures that interest the audiences you’re trying to reach. But if you want them to really get it, storytelling marketing is key. Prospects don’t just want to know how many students are on campus. They need to know what it...
