by Bart Caylor | Dec 15, 2025 | Branding, Marketing Strategies, content marketing, Marketing Trends, Featured, Ideas, Strategies
One of the most effective skills for enrollment marketing success is developing a robust private college branding strategy. I talk with presidents and marketing VPs at private institutions every week, and I hear the same frustration again and again: “We are the...
by Bart Caylor | Dec 1, 2025 | Strategies, Marketing Strategies, Marketing Trends, Featured, Ideas, Future of Higher Ed, Generation Z, Leveraging AI
After much thought, I want to lay out what I believe to be the marketing trends in higher education that are happening right now as we go into 2026. It’s important for us to understand these trends in how students and their families think and behave. Why is it so...
by Bart Caylor | Oct 27, 2025 | Marketing Trends, Featured, Future of Higher Ed, Tools, Leveraging AI
The ROI of AI in higher ed marketing is one of the most misunderstood—and most overlooked—conversations happening on campuses today. It’s easy to get swept up in the novelty of AI tools or overwhelmed by the hype around automation and efficiency. But when you’re...
by Bart Caylor | Sep 22, 2025 | Leveraging AI, Tools, Marketing Strategies, Marketing Trends, Featured, Future of Higher Ed
Modern enrollment pressures are reshaping what it means to succeed in higher ed marketing—so what future-ready marketing skills will your team need to keep pace? If you lead a college or university marketing department today, you’re no stranger to pressure....
by Bart Caylor | Sep 15, 2025 | Marketing Trends, Marketing Strategies, content marketing, Featured, Strategies, Websites, Leveraging AI
If your college wants to stay visible on Google’s AI Search, you can no longer treat Google like it’s just a list of hyperlinks. Search is changing fast. Google’s new AI Mode is no longer just surfacing ranked pages. Instead, it’s delivering conversational answers...
by Bart Caylor | Sep 8, 2025 | Marketing Strategies, content marketing, Marketing Trends, Marketing Campaigns, Featured, Strategies, Generation Z, Branding
Every college needs a mission-fit student recruitment strategy—especially now, as enrollment pressures grow and student expectations shift. If you’re like many higher ed marketers I speak with, you’re feeling the strain. You’re juggling tighter...
