Should You Create an In-house Agency with Your Higher Ed Marketing Team?
In a bold move, Purdue University has restructured its marketing department into an in-house agency, now known as Purdue Brand Studio. This strategic transformation aims to elevate the university’s storytelling capabilities and align creative efforts with...
Team Integration and Mergers in the Evolving Marketing Space
One pressing challenge we face as higher ed marketers is the lack of team integration and diversity within our departments. When our marketing teams are not fully integrated and fail to reflect a diversity of cultures, backgrounds, and perspectives, we find ourselves...
Integrating Marketing and Communications in Higher Ed
Even at a gut level, we all know that integrating marketing and communications will help to improve our enrollment marketing results. But it’s more than an intuition. Based on the years of experience of many different higher ed marketers, we know that knocking down...
The Five C’s of Building Great Teams in Higher Ed
Strong, cohesive teams in higher ed are not just a byproduct of good management; they are a critical driver of marketing success. It’s hard to carry the weight of leading a marketing team that just isn’t clicking. Like me, I’m sure you’ve been there (or you...
