Free Content:
Ebooks
Guide to Website Redesign Planning
An ebook to assist for a website redesign containing 10 best practices to impact enrollment.
#Hashtags: Your Social Media Secret Weapon
An ebook to assist with how to best utilize hashtags in your social media marketing.
Writing for the Web: 7 Secrets to Content Marketing Success for Education Marketers
An ebook containing best practices and tips from the pros for writing for the web.
Marketing on a Shoestring Budget
An ebook containing powerful, proven marketing strategies that cost little to nothing so you can excel in your marketing with money to spare.
25 Ideas for Great Admissions Content
Content ideas to drive behavior and next steps on your enrollment website.
Virtual Campus Tour Tools
The following tools are part of the Virtual Campus Tour webinar (available soon for on demand download). We have personally purchased, tested, and used all of these recommendations.
Cameras:
Ricoh Theta V 360 Camera Great to use for Google Maps (works as an approved camera to upload directly to Google Maps Street View). One of the best tools that includes both photo and video capabilities, as well as wireless streaming opportunities for virtual campus tours. Get your Ricoh Theta V Camera here.
Mevo Live Broadcast Camera Will provide options to allow you to create a full live broadcast with multiple “virtual cameras” that can be controlled via mobile device. Excellent choice for forums, live events that you want to broadcast to Facebook Live or YouTube Live. Mevo can be found here at Amazon.
Logitech Brio 4K WebCam Great webcam for webinars, face-to-face Zoom meetings, and other aspects of virtual admissions. The Brio can be purchase here.
Accessories:
Blue Yeti Microphone The Blue Yeti is a professional quality USB microphone to take your webinars and Zoom video calls to the next level for virtual admissions. Also consider utilizing BombBomb for personalized video emails. Get the Blue Yeti Microphone here.
Lavalier Microphone Lav mic to use with the Theta camera or smart phone to bring a level of professional audio quality for the tours. Purchase your lavalier microphone here.
Tripod/Selfie Stick Tripod that also operates as a selfie stick. Works with all cameras above, as well as option for mounting smart cameras. Grab a selfie stick tripod here.
Smooth Q2 Camera Stabilizer Zhiyun Smooth Q2 is a compact smartphone gimbal stabilizer packed with versatile functions including Vertigo shots, Vortex shots and POV shots.
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Friday Finds – New Ideas Under $500
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For Personalization:
Geotargeting and IP Targeting On Your Existing Website – From $35/mo +
Personalized Gifts & Unique Gift Ideas – $8+
Lands’ End Business – One Out Custom Apparel and Gifts – $8 +
GIPHY – Be Animated – FREE
Cameo – Personalized Videos Featuring Your Favorite Stars – $40+
Unique Dimensional Mailers – $Varies
Acceptance Packs – $Varies
Custom Wax Sealer – $29
Spokenote™ Stickers – $9
BombBomb Video Messaging – Starting $33/mo
Olark Full-Featured Live Chat – Starting $29/mo
Content Development:
Acceptance Packs – $Varies at Tactive
The Down and Dirty DIY Lighting Kit – $150 at Home Depot
Canvas Lamp – Beautifully Lit Videos on Your Phone from your Desktop – $175
Loom: Async Video Messaging/Explainers – Free – $8/mo
MemoryFox – Community Generated Content – $Varies
Canva – What Will You Design Today? – Nonprofit: Free Pro Version for Nonprofits
Newspaper Club – Make and print your own newspapers – $79+
Namelix – Business Name Generator – Powered by AI – FREE
Rytr – Best AI Writer, Content Generator & Writing Assistant – $Free – $29/mo
Lavalier Lapel Microphone – $14
Smartphone Tripod/Selfie Stick Adapter – $10
Gimbal Stabilizer for Smartphone – $169
Campus Experience:
Scribit Design – Write-and-Erase Wall Robot – $500
Insta360 ONE X2 – Waterproof 360 Action Camera with Stabilization – $499 Amazon
Roundme – Create Virtual Tours Online – $99/yr
Road Ideas:
Creative Fabric Exhibit Backdrops | BannerBuzz – $200+
NFC Business Cards – Starting at $50
NFC Taps – $50 + $50 yearly subscription
Square Business Cards – 50 cards for $23
Professional Development:
How to Market a University – Mastercourse – Enrollify – $39
Enrollify Cohorts – Enroll in a 4-week course on higher education marketing this fall. – Prices Vary
Recommended Reads and Resources:
Fans First: Change The Game, Break the Rules & Create an Unforgettable Experience – $20
Enrollify – Where Higher Ed Marketers Come to Grow – FREE and <$100
Bob Johnson’s Higher Education Marketing Newsletter – FREE
Good Services: How to Design Services that Work – Downe – Starting at $9.87
Building a StoryBrand – Miller – Starting at $14.99
Human-Centered Communication – Beute & Pacinelli – Starting at $11.99
ebook: 25 Ideas for Great Admissions Content – Caylor Solutions – $FREE
Generation Alpha – McCrindle – Starting at $9.99
Everybody Writes: Your New and Improved Go-To Guide to Creating Ridiculously Good Content – Handley – $25
How to Market a University: Building Value in a Competitive Environment – Flannery – Starting at $22.99
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