By Kaitlin Mulhere. Colleges are eager to highlight their strengths and distinctive characteristics for prospective students, parents and donors. Despite that high level of interest, though, college marketing departments have little information about best practices or common approaches to branding strategies.
That absence was the catalyst for a survey to measure "The State of Brand Strategy in Higher Education." The survey was conducted by mStoner, a higher education marketing agency. Read more...
Colleges Embrace Branding Strategies, Report Indicates
By Chronicle Staff. Report: “The State of Higher Ed Branding: A Survey of Marketing Leaders”
Authors: Deborah Maue and Tom Hayes
Organization: mStoner Inc.
Summary: While many people in higher education remain uneasy about branding in the groves of academe, a new report indicates that it is becoming pervasive. More...
Le professional branding a-t-il du sens ?
Par Stéphane Diebold. Dans un monde d’infobésité, où l’information écrase la valeur des choses, les personnes se trouvent prises dans le besoin de visibilité. Se faire remarquer, marquer, marketer pour être identifiable et construire des opportunités. Le professional branding est un outil au service des entreprises pour permettre à ses collaborateurs d’écrire leur talent. Voir l'article...
Building Value from the Start: Four Key Actions
By Nicole Foerschler Horn - EvoLLLution. As a consumer, when you think of an exceptional business, you typically think of a company that excels at one of three value propositions: operational excellence, product leadership or customer intimacy. More...
New “marketing cloud” aims to change the retention game
To better help higher education institutions enhance student enthusiasm and retention, Oracle has introduced Oracle Marketing Cloud for student engagement. More...
Launching a Leading Edge Certificate Program: A Market-Driven Approach
By Amy Levine - EvoLLLution. This time of year in Washington DC brings not just chilly temperatures but also a market full of professionals (our potential students!) ready to focus on themselves and advance professionally. For new product planning on the staff side, this is our prime time. More...
College furniture: Who took my chair?
By Chuck Green. Sprucing up a campus building’s interiors need not involve buying loads of new furniture.
Just ask officials at Georgetown University. The institution recently refinished and reupholstered a variety of public space furniture in Alumni Square, an apartment complex on the Washington, D.C. campus. More...
Redefining the concept of the university branding
By Kimberly R. Cline. Branding may have historically been considered too commercial an endeavor for higher ed, but this mindset has clearly evolved. It’s no longer a question of whether a college should brand itself, but of how it can create an accurate embodiment of its mission and student experience.
Branding a university is fundamentally different than branding a product. More...
7 bonnes questions pour marketer une formation
Par Stéphane Diebold. Le marketing de la formation s’impose comme un changement structurel de la formation du 21e siècle. La formation fonction de l’offre devient une formation fonction de la demande. Qu’est-ce que cela change dans la production de formation ? Comment le responsable de formation doit l’intégrer dans le pilotage opérationnel de l’entreprise ? Quelles sont les questions que le responsable de formation doit se poser pour marketer une formation. Suite de l'article...