In a digital space consumed by analytics, it can be easy to forget the old-school basics of higher ed marketing. The collegiate experience is arguably the most significant period in school attendees’ lives. Is that because they were in awe of their universities’ data...
Mission-fit marketing is a must for any institution, but when you’re marketing for a Christian college or university, it becomes all the more critical. I write a lot about higher ed marketing strategies, tools, and tactics that work for almost any kind of educational...
Every school has a mission. Finding “mission-fit” students means recruiting people to your institution who really get who you are and why you do what you do. For me, the word “mission” means a whole lot more than what you have written in your mission statement....
If there is one blind spot that those of us who work in higher ed marketing suffer from, it’s the assumption that the benefits of going to college are obvious. Many of us enrolled in college in an era when it was much safer to make that assumption. But it’s important...
If there’s anything that can trigger a cold sweat in higher ed marketers, it’s the high-pressure, high-reward branding campaign. Your brand speaks to the core of your institutional identity. That’s nothing to take lightly. Here’s how Jerry McLaughlin, CEO of...
Some of the most insightful and inspiring experts in higher education marketing graced us with their presence on the Higher Ed Marketing podcast in 2021. As my co-host Troy Singer of ThinkPatented and I look forward to the new year, we’re looking back on some of our...