June. “Understandable uncertainty continues as colleges and universities begin to announce an “intent” to open in the fall, replete with caveats. The definition of “open” remains flexible. No early word yet on May 1 enrollment deposits from the majority of schools that did not extend until June 1. Those reports should start soon.” Those sentences […]
Boston University Outlines COVID-19 Recovery Issues & Plans, including possible delayed campus opening until January 2021 Just about every crisis management expert recommends getting as far out in front of a critical issue as possible with honest public communication. But the world is replete with examples of organizations that favor happy talk (or no talk […]
Academic Program Search Dominates National University Home Page Two “top task” areas dominate for potential students seeking to enroll at a college or university and visiting websites as they start to explore: (1) academic program information and (2) cost information. National University gives pride of place on the home page to academic programs with a […]
You Can’t Miss 4 Professional Programs at Pepperdine University Home Page It never fails. Top Task research tell us this: The 1st or 2nd Task in importance for potential students visiting a university website is to learn what academic programs are offered. That’s true no matter the level of study the visitor wants to explore. […]
10 Clear, Easy-to-Scan Blog Posts to Help Ross School Admissions Candidates The venerable blog format still has an important marketing role to play… especially when aspiring students can easily scan recent posts whether visiting on a mobile or large screen device. In this case, our example is from the Ross School of Business at the […]
Love your website visitors? Don’t force them into PDF peril for important career outcomes info. Especially on mobile. Potential students (and parents) search for career outcomes information on college and university websites that interest them. Some schools provide that content in more visitor-friendly formats that others. Most often we select “positive” website examples with strong […]
Raikes School Combines video, key facts, and alumni ratings to make a strong first impression on potential students For most students searching about for a potential college learning about the academic program that interests them is a top task when they begin to visit college websites. Today’s Link of the Week example combines 3 elements […]
Easy-to-Sort 325 Academic Programs, 1613 Continuing Education courses at SAIT For every potential student at every age, finding out what programs are available at a college or university is a top task, usually #1 or #2. And that’s why it is a smart marketing move to make that task completion as easy as possible when […]
July. Canada Day and July 4th celebrations are behind us. Final enrollment efforts for 2018 freshmen continue as the new campaign for 2019 unfolds. Admissions offices never rest. This is the first monthly newsletter sent via MailChimp. If you experience any problems, let me know. The format continues close to the original. MailChimp shows me […]
June. For most colleges and universities here in the U.S. deposit conversion efforts for new students continue as nearly everyone also works to limit “summer melt” from existing commitments. Not fun. But critical. Best wishes to everyone for success these next weeks. A note on our email delivery service. At the end of June, TargetX, the long-time […]
Inquiry forms… Small variations among our 4 MBA programs In this 7th installment of our review of the online recruitment practices of our 4 MBA programs (American University, University of Dayton, Simmons College, Syracuse University) attention turns from the emails received to the inquiry forms used to build a recruitment database. If this is your […]
May. At long last the warm weather has arrived. And so too has deposit day for new freshmen. May you reach your goal. And may your summer melt be low. Review of email and social media from online MBA programs at American, Dayton, and Syracuse universities and Simmons College continues. In the 6th installment are 34 Syracuse […]