The Higher Ed Marketer is centered around marketing professionals in the field of higher education. If you’re looking for real, practical advice on how to level up your marketing game, this is the show for you. Each episode features conversations with some of the best and brightest marketing minds in higher education, discussing the future of marketing, new technologies and so much more.
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June 16, 2026
The Future of Higher Ed Branding, Authenticity and Alumni Stories
Faith Leaders Mini-Series - Episode 250 (2 of 4)In this special mini-series, Bart Caylor explores the intersection of faith and higher education through conversations with influential Christian university leaders from across the country. Recorded live at the 2026 CCCU International Forum.___This week they are joined by Jason Cook, Vice President…
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June 9, 2026
Leading with Priorities, Prayer, and Mission Clarity
Faith Leaders Mini-Series - Episode 249 (1 of 4)In this special mini-series, Bart Caylor explores the intersection of faith and higher education through conversations with influential Christian university leaders from across the country. Recorded live at the 2026 CCCU International Forum, each episode highlights how faith-driven leadership is shaping the…
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June 2, 2026
A Summer Preview of the 2026 Faithful Leaders Series
One of The Higher Ed Marketer's most anticipated annual series is back. In this special summer preview, Zach Coffin shares what listeners can expect from the 2026 Faithful Leaders Series, recorded live at the CCCU International Forum in Dallas. This year's series explores leadership, institutional clarity, enrollment challenges, and the…
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May 30, 2023
Diversity of Voice: Attracting Mission-Fit Students With CMS Deliverables
When evaluating a school’s content marketing system (CMS), it’s easy for higher ed marketers to get tunnel vision when defining their target audience. But as Kat Liendgens, CEO of Hannon Hill, reminds us, the national pool of traditional college students is shrinking fast. That means marketing teams need to get…
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May 23, 2023
The 5 Steps of a Student Intake Optimization Strategy
So many small and mid-sized colleges and universities are caught up in trying to spread brand awareness that they’ve forgotten their core purpose — meeting the needs of prospective students. Philip Smith, Founder and CMO of Education Marketing Agency, thinks it’s time for higher ed institutions to stop trying to…
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May 16, 2023
Value + Urgency = Conversions: A Winning Formula for Your Enrollment Funnel
Since 2017, the Pepperdine University - Graduate School of Education & Psychology has nearly tripled its enrollment from about 1,500 students to over 4,000. So how did they do it? According to Luke Phillips, the school’s Executive Director of Marketing and Enrollment, they did it by avoiding the weeds and…
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May 9, 2023
Seek the Unexpected: Surprising Students With Real Storytelling
Mission-fit storytelling is an essential piece of higher ed content marketing. That sounds straightforward on paper, but many schools struggle to attract students by meeting them where they are. Neal Foard, Chief Marketing Officer at Within, Inc., thinks too many marketing teams are adrift in a sea of algorithms and…
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May 2, 2023
Targeted Digital Advertising: Captivating a Small Audience Over a Large Footprint
Despite digital marketing’s evident impact on prospective students, social media managers are still some of the most undersupported members of many higher ed marketing teams. Any school administration should be able to clearly see Gen Z’s appetite for digital content, so why do these disconnects continue to happen? According to…
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April 25, 2023
Your Students Will Tell You Everything: Power Your Innovation by Listening
Community colleges are the front door of higher education for hundreds of thousands of students annually. They may be smaller than their 4-year counterparts, but schools like Butler Community College are leading the charge in innovating classrooms and workforce development programs. How are they doing it? It’s simple — by…
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April 18, 2023
Empower Your Ambassadors: Crafting a Peer-To-Peer Marketing Strategy
Peer-to-peer marketing may be one of the most underutilized strategies for American colleges and universities today. Several studies show that current students are Gen Z’s most preferred source of information about prospective colleges and universities after school websites. Many students are ready and willing to answer their fellow Gen Z’s…
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April 11, 2023
Authentic Automation: Leveraging SMS Texting to Engage With Lead
As regenerative AI takes the marketing world by storm, enrollment marketing teams continue to look for ways to boost engagement with prospective students. David Tal, Co-founder and CEO of Verse.io, suggests there’s a straightforward solution to getting your school’s message to student leads — and it’s already sitting in their…
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April 4, 2023
Take Your Voice Back: Being Change Agents in Higher Ed Marketing
Higher ed marketers often get so caught up in promotion that they take a backseat in developing the other core components of their school’s brand. But as Carrie Phillips, Chief Communications and Marketing Officer at the University of Arkansas - Little Rock, pointed out, marketers have the power to be…
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March 28, 2023
Speak With One Voice: Getting Students Involved in Enrollment Marketing
Enrollment marketing teams face new challenges every day as they work tirelessly to attract prospective students. Despite those obstacles, Teresa MacGregor, VP of Enrollment Management at Jacksonville University, and her colleagues are celebrating increased first-time enrollment at their school. And it’s not just because of the campus’s beachfront view. They…
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