
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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September 30, 2025
A Higher Ed Comeback Story
When Dr. Dr. Amy Bragg Carey stepped into her role as president of Friends University, the institution was facing financial instability, mission drift, and uncertainty about its identity in Christian higher ed. Nearly a decade later, Friends has achieved record enrollment and reclaimed its Christian mission with clarity and confidence.In…
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September 23, 2025
Leading Consistent Brand Strategy Across 19 Campuses
How do you manage and elevate a brand across 19 campuses serving more than 200,000 students? In this episode, Kathie Fleck of Ivy Tech Community College shares how her team is building brand consistency across one of the largest community college systems in the country.From messaging and segmentation to staff…
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Bart
Caylor
President & Founder
November 30, 2021
Mission-Fit Students: Graduate & Seminary Enrollment Marketing
There’s a degree of simplicity to enrollment marketing in the undergraduate world. The schools have the luxury of buying lists to recruit students. When it comes to grad school and seminary enrollment, it isn’t quite so easy. In this episode, we talk with Kevin Bish, VP of Enrollment Management and…
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November 23, 2021
You Need an App: Why a Website Isn’t Enough
The good news is that you do not need any coding knowledge at all to create a digital place that students have near-constant access to that also makes them feel connected to the university community. Here’s why you need an app. In this episode, we interview Jamie Giblett, Sales Manager…
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November 16, 2021
Talk Less, Listen More: The Story Behind the “Heroes Made Here”
When it comes to marketing leadership roles, it pays to speak less and listen more. Anna-Maja Dahlgren, Director of University Marketing at Loma Linda University, has embraced this philosophy throughout her marketing career, which began in healthcare before transitioning to higher ed. It was this commitment to listening that led…
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November 9, 2021
How Schools Are Succeeding w/ One-to-One Video & Tik Tok
What’s the best way to garner the attention and interest of Gen Z? It’s communicating with them through the channels and mediums that they prefer. Right now, that’s one-to-one video communication. In fact, the schools that have adopted one-to-one video communications are seeing up to 10 times more engagement from…
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November 2, 2021
Tribe, Community, Belonging, Trust: Leveraging Peer-to-Peer Connection
Students don’t actually want technology to replace all human connection. What prospects do want is one-to-one relationships with student ambassadors who will tell them what the institution is really like and help create a sense of belonging even before admission. In this episode, we interview Diego Fanara , Cofounder &…
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October 26, 2021
Student Success = Institution Success
Higher education is like marriage. Once you’re hitched, if you stop investing in the relationship, you can’t be surprised if it doesn’t last. Student success needs to be the constant, single focus of higher ed marketers to attract the right-fit students who will both stay and succeed. In this episode,…
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October 12, 2021
How to Improve Your Institution’s Inclusion Marketing
Think about your last webinar (or virtual lecture or virtual campus tour). Did you provide captioning? Did you optimize the captioning for Deaf participants? Did you make it clear to all participants that you were providing this service? Unless all three answers were yes, you need to make your marketing…
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September 28, 2021
Small University Presidents: Build Your Social Media Presence
Big universities have the luxury of spending $1M per year only on advertising. For smaller universities, that’s close to a tenth of our entire operating budget. But all universities have the exact same access to social media platforms. When a university president starts amplifying stories about the institution, think of…
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September 21, 2021
Authenticity: Aligning the Online Message w/ the On-Campus Feel
A university website is often families’ first look into the university itself. If you haven’t updated your website in three, six, or twelve months, then you aren’t being authentic online. In this episode, we interview Donnell Wiggins , Associate VP for Strategic Enrollment Management & Dean of Admission at University…
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September 14, 2021
Message Creation w/ the Caylor Solutions Team
How do you create upwards of 150 pieces of deliverables for a traditional undergrad campaign designed for enrollment that ranges from direct mail to automation? We wanted to show you behind the curtain, so to speak, at Caylor Solutions by highlighting the leadership team after their stellar accomplishment on a…
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August 31, 2021
Video Messages for Engagement w/ Gen Z Students & Families
We all have an internet connection with several high quality cameras within arm’s reach. The only thing keeping us from sending video communications is our human vulnerability. Sending a personalized video message is a way to become more human and more real to the people we are trying to impact…
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August 24, 2021
Be Like Disney: Reimagining Campus Visits w/ Dr. Tony Turner
Disney is renowned for creating a magical experience for each and every guest. Institutions who focus on creating a unique VIP experience for individuals and families on campus visits will build a meaningful and lasting connection. In this episode, we interview Dr. Tony Turner , Vice President of Enrollment and…
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