University of Georgia Admissions Blog Generates High Comment Numbers Today’s communications world offers a huge number (maybe too huge?) of ways to connect with potential students and parents and anyone else involved in the student recruitment cycle. University of Georgia shows how an older format, a blog, can generate high comment numbers in response to […]
Unique “Task Center” highlights 12 Top Tasks of 36 “Most Popular” & 215 total tasks at Mizzou Current students and future students have tasks they want to complete on a website. Lots of tasks. Some are “top tasks.” Some are “tiny tasks.” The trick is to keep the tiny tasks from obscuring the route to […]
August. The opening of a new semester is almost upon us. And for many schools, recruitment of traditional-age students to join at the opening continues even as the 2020 cycle is underway. Best wishes for success to everyone who still needs a few more to meet enrollment and revenue goals. Improving the marketing power of […]
24 Believable Video Stories from Georgetown University Students Videos are popular. Stories of student experiences are popular. But like anything else, the content and the presentation have to be done well. Student stories in particular have to be realistic lest today’s hype-sensitive potential students detect PR manipulation and abandon them. This Georgetown University series gets […]
Making a Top Task Easier: University of Hartford Academic Program Finder on the Home Page For 10+ years our Top Task research has always found that “academic programs” is the first or second Top Task for almost every potential student searching for the right college to attend. Alas, not being able to quickly find what […]
Serious about transfer students? Franklin University makes it easy to estimate credits, savings, and time to degree completion For many colleges and universities enrolling more transfer students is a key enrollment strategy to offset declining freshman enrollments. But how easy is it for a potential transfer student to complete an essential top task early in […]
Surviving & Thriving in Today’s Social Media World: Advice, Tips, News from University of Michigan Life in the social media world today can be, to paraphrase John Locke, nasty and brutish and short. Well, maybe not so short. Everyone, including marketers, can benefit from the in-depth effort by University of Michigan to provide a survival […]
July. Heat and dry weather finally have arrived in Michigan. And will continue for July 4 celebrations, we hope. A happy holiday break to U.S. readers and a happy Canada Day to our Canadian friends. At the end of this month, expand your marketing insights and experiences with friends and colleagues in Philadelphia at the […]
Real students tell real stories at the MIT Admissions Blog Real stories by real students are a key element in online student recruitment website content. That’s why the venerable MIT admissions remains important communications content. And those stories don’t always have to be only on Facebook or another social media site away from your main […]
UT Austin & UC Berkeley… Comparing 2 Top Ranked U.S. University Websites Search for “university website rankings” and you’ll find an array of results based on a variety of criteria. Last week Convince & Convert released a 2nd annual listing of its rating of the top 25 websites selected from 50 schools with the highest […]
June. What I’m thinking about this month are the marketing changes reported in May that are underway at institutions of varied types. Academic program reductions at University of Tulsa, Gordon College, and Wheeling Jesuit University and financial aid reduction (no more “need blind” admissions) at College of the Holy Cross come first to mind. Is […]
6 Key Alumni Links = Easy Top Task Completion = A Fine Visitor Experience What makes any website visitor enjoy their experience and think well of the people who created the site? Again and again web visitors give a simple answer: “It was easy to find what I wanted to do… and get it done.” […]