Category : Strategic Planning and Branding + Differentiation

Meet less, do more: How to mitigate meeting fatigue.

Just because your calendar’s full doesn’t mean your productivity is up.   In the dynamic landscape of higher education, where stakeholders are often inundated with meetings and consultations, the challenge of fatigue looms large.   Whether it’s developing consultation programs for major branding initiatives, crafting compelling cases for support, or collaborating with strategic planning partners, the need […]

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    Why quitting marketing during a financial downturn means quitting on your audience. 

    When financial constraints loom, marketing budgets often face the first cut. However, this short-term saving strategy can lead to long-term visibility and enrolment problems. A university’s decision to reduce its marketing efforts can result in a significant decrease in its ability to attract new students and maintain its reputation. In an era where competition among […]

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      The other 99%: Why your enrolment and reputation depend on marketing to the every-student.
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      Your strategy is showing: why your marketing campaigns should be based on ideas, not just design.
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      5 Things Keeping Higher Education Marketers Awake at Night.

      As we waltz in to 2024, there are several key trends that continue to keep marketers in the higher education industry tossing and turning. From the rise of internal marketing to the power of social media engagement, universities and colleges are facing new challenges and opportunities in reaching their target demographics of students and donors.   […]

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        The one thing to remember when writing your higher education case for support.
        When you’re tasked with writing your higher education institution’s case for support, a blank page is daunting. There are millions of...
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        Missing in action: Why higher ed. marketers should be involved in strategic planning.
        It happens every three to five years: Convening, consulting and compromising. Discovering, debating, and devising. There are check-ins, updates, and...
        October 29, 2021

        ED. Marketing’s Top Higher Ed. Presidents in 2022

        A lot was going on in higher ed. in 2022. If, in the middle of it, your president, chancellor or CEO managed to pick up their smartphone and create thoughtful, entertaining, fun or compelling social media posts, well, that’s something.   Which is why we launched ED. Marketing Agency’s first annual top 10 presidents on social media […]

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          9 higher ed. trends to watch for in 2023.

          The higher ed. landscape has been evolving at a rapid pace. If there’s one thing for certain, it’s that more change is in store.  Even as the pandemic dust settles, universities and colleges will continue to be tested. To remain competitive (or for some, afloat), schools will need to be nimble and flexible, willing to […]

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            6 critical aspects that define a successful higher ed. brand story.

            A brand story is an evocative narrative that inspires your various stakeholder audiences. It should be so authentic to your college or university that it resonates with everyone who encounters it. And it should feel distinctly yours, and help set your school apart from other post secondary institutions. Wondering if your higher ed. brand story […]

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              Tips for using student photography in your higher ed. marketing.

              Photographing student life is a mighty marketing tool for higher ed. institutions like yours. It helps prospective students see themselves on your campus, and it evokes a feeling of belonging that might encourage them to choose you. There’s one caveat: Your photography has to be, well, good in order to wield this power. And it’s […]

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                5 steps to review & reset your higher ed. brand’s communications.

                Many things look different in our post-COVID world. Is your higher ed. brand one of them? Find out whether your brand and vision still resonate — or if you need to chart a new course — with a self-audit. Self-audits are inherently intimidating. We know the thought of looking for your weak spots and identifying […]

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                  Is scaling up your higher ed. institution’s online offerings the right move?

                  Online learning has been around for decades, where most higher ed. institutions offered continuing education or diploma programs — not full-fledged degree programs. That was, of course, until the height of the pandemic, where earning a degree from mom and dad’s kitchen table became the only option. Traditional on-campus programs were forced to pivot entirely […]

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                    4 strategies to grow your higher ed.’s equity, diversity and inclusion program.

                    Every higher ed. institution has an iteration of an equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) program. How well is your institution developing and executing yours? Your EDI program may be the pride of your institution, making good on your promise to create a more equitable and welcoming campus and world. Unwittingly, however, many higher ed. institutions […]

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