by Bart Caylor | Mar 19, 2026 | Marketing Strategies, Marketing Trends, Marketing Campaigns, Featured, Future of Higher Ed, Strategies, Podcast, Tools
Higher ed video marketing is quickly becoming one of the most important strategies universities can use to reach prospective students in today’s digital landscape. The way prospective students consume content has changed dramatically in the past decade. Long blocks of...
by Bart Caylor | Mar 16, 2026 | Generation Z, Branding, Marketing Strategies, content marketing, Inbound Marketing, Marketing Trends, Marketing Campaigns, Featured, Future of Higher Ed, Strategies
Mission-fit marketing 2026 represents a fundamental shift from the “attention race” of the last decade to a new “trust race” in higher education. We have spent years reacting to the demographic cliff, shrinking budgets, and the sudden explosion...
by Bart Caylor | Mar 12, 2026 | Podcast, Recruiting, Strategies, Branding, Marketing Strategies, Marketing Campaigns, Enrollment, Featured
Enrollment-driven marketing is the shift many institutions must make when traditional higher ed marketing strategy focused on brand awareness fails to produce measurable higher education enrollment growth. If you’ve been in higher education marketing long enough,...
by Bart Caylor | Mar 9, 2026 | social media, Featured, Strategies, Tools
Social Media Search Optimization is quickly becoming one of the most important strategies in higher education marketing. And yet, most colleges are still using social media like it’s 2015. Posting consistently. Tracking likes. Celebrating follower growth. All while...
by Bart Caylor | Mar 5, 2026 | Branding, Featured, Strategies, Generation Z, Podcast, Recruiting
If you want to talk about higher education diversity marketing, you can’t just talk about it in theory. You have to live it. When I sat down with Amanda Slaughter live at the CCCU International Forum in Dallas, I was struck by something unusual. She wasn’t stepping...
by Bart Caylor | Mar 2, 2026 | social media, Marketing Campaigns, Featured, Strategies, Marketing Strategies
Protecting your institution’s higher ed digital marketing ROI requires a clear-eyed look at the data, specifically the true cost per student enrollment that often hides behind flashy but expensive digital campaigns. As a college president or cabinet member, you are...
