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 3, 2024
Amplify Student Voices: Let Them Tell Their Stories
How often do you find yourself wondering what your school’s marketing messaging should be? What are your prospective students interested in? What do they see that sets your institution apart? The easiest way to hear your students’ stories is from the students themselves. We’re chatting with Kathy Howell and Kathy…
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August 27, 2024
How to Include Donor Stories in Your Marketing Campaigns
In 2021, Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, received a record-breaking $100 million gift from an anonymous donor. So how did Kenyon’s marketing department creatively share the story of this generous anonymous donor while emphasizing the importance of gifts at every level? Kenyon’s Vice President for Advancement, Colleen Garland, and Vice…
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August 20, 2024
Messaging Modalities, Personas, and Strategic Actions
Take another trip back in time with us as we revisit another compelling episode of the Higher Ed Marketer Podcast. In 2022, Jay Baer, Business Growth and Customer Experience Researcher — and tequila sommelier — shared his three essential keys to marketing with us. By identifying audience personas and adapting…
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January 23, 2024
Radical Hospitality: Transforming Student Recruitment in Higher Education
The admissions process can get stuck in an endless loop of application deadlines, essays, and transcripts. By investing in “radical hospitality” and focusing on relationship-building with students, admissions teams can discover the clearest path possible. Acting intentionally to show students they matter is key to unlocking their true career path.…
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January 16, 2024
Academic Advocates: Customer Service in Higher Education
Customer service often takes a back seat in the process of higher ed recruitment. Every interaction with a prospective student is crucial to how they view your institution. This means staying up-to-date, trying new tactics, and being intentional about your customer service philosophy. Above all else, consistency is key to…
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January 9, 2024
Donor Dynamics: Navigating Higher Ed with AI for Swift Engagement
Are you utilizing all the tools in your toolbox? Thinking bigger, more interactive, and focusing on fueling engagement is within reach. By learning with AI, your college or university’s fundraising campaigns can be crafted and completed much faster and even at the click of a button. We get the AI…
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January 2, 2024
Next-Gen Scholars: Gen Z Preferences in Higher Ed Marketing
Making higher education accessible to all is big as we approach the enrollment cliff. Identifying the needs of all prospective students and really asking the ‘why’ makes Gen Z feel seen and heard. It’s time to tailor your marketing strategy to meet the needs of the next generation. We’re getting…
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December 26, 2023
Emotional Transformation: The Power of Authentic Student Stories
Telling the authentic transformative stories of students and staff on your campus helps foster real emotional connections. Without forming a genuine connection with your prospective students, they may see right through you. Stories are everything – it’s time to show the impact your university has had on those in your…
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December 19, 2023
Getting Your Marketing Ready for Generation Alpha
Different generations are beginning to have an increase in educational influence. Having a marketing strategy that can adapt but be intentional when helping non-traditional students is key. With information expected to be accessible at the click of a button, how can your institution firmly support these prospective learners with potentially…
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December 12, 2023
Breaking the Mold: Higher Ed for Non-Traditional Learners
The higher education experience is changing. With attention spans shifting and life getting in the way, institutions need to adapt. Now more than ever, learning needs to be functional for the nontraditional student. Getting the conversation started is Troy Brown, the VP and Director of Recruitment and Enrollment at the…
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December 5, 2023
Data-Informed Decisions: How AI is Reshaping Marketing Strategies
Welcome to the Gold Rush era of artificial intelligence. AI is integrating more and more into the world of higher education and everyone is hoping for their morsel of success. It’s crucial now more than ever to begin educating yourself on the world of AI. Push off your studying and…
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November 28, 2023
The “Why” Factor: How to Stay True to Your Mission in the Enrollment Ecosystem
If someone asked you to define your institution’s “Why,” could you? When was the last time you really looked through your brand guide to ensure you were sticking to the mission? Are all your ducks really in a row? DJ Menifee, Vice President of Enrollment, Marketing, Communications and Retention at…
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November 21, 2023
People Interaction Isn’t Dead: Why Every Collaboration Is a Teachable Moment
There are always opportunities to learn in the higher ed marketing space. But there are also opportunities to teach. Higher education tends to move slowly, and with everything around us evolving quickly, we need to approach change as a team. We’re digging deep into collaborative change with Susan Kassab, Vice…
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