Archive for the ‘Adult Students’ Category

How to use graduation ceremony to attract more #highered students: @SNHU newest TV ad campaign

June 24th, 2014 Karine Joly 10 Comments

Graduation: that’s why they all sign up for, right? Most institutions of higher education have focused on the college experience and the associated value they provide to students in their recruitment and branding efforts. For traditional college-aged students, it makes sense to sell the experience: the beautiful campus, the state-of-the-art gym, the campus life, the […]

Email marketing for #highered: 3 issues to keep in mind

May 13th, 2013 Karine Joly 1 Comment

In higher ed, we like to think that we’re special, that what applies to other industries doesn’t work for us. Sometimes it’s the case. Sometimes it isn’t. Higher ed has always had a love-hate relationship with email marketing. We use and abuse it without always understanding its core strengths, limits and associated risks. Greg Rubenstein, […]

5 #highered academic program pages that work

March 13th, 2013 Karine Joly 2 Comments

As I explained in a previous post, I truly believe academic program web pages matter more than ever and should be designed as the product pages they are for our industry. The importance of these web pages has been widely recognized when it comes to adult and online students, but academic program pages are also […]

Why your academic program web pages matter more than ever in #highered

February 20th, 2013 Karine Joly 18 Comments

Beyond the Homepage If you take care of websites in higher education, you’ve noticed we’ve had an unhealthy fascination for the past few years with website homepages (and their sliders or banners ;-), content management systems, a myriad of social media channels, mobile websites and more recently the wonderful world of responsive design. No surprise […]

The ultimate social endorsement platform for #highered programs?

December 14th, 2012 Karine Joly No Comments

Universities and colleges have always relied on alums and current students to show prospective students the value of the education to be received. As a result, alums and current students are often invited to help their alma mater by talking to prospective students at special events, profiled on the institutional website or in admissions publications, […]

Extreme makeover for your #highered online course catalog: How to turn THE catalog into an influential publication

September 27th, 2011 Karine Joly No Comments

Yesterday I got a peek at what Colleen Jones, author of “Clout: the Art and Science of Influential Web Content,” will talk about in her master class next week – on Oct 5, 2011 – on Influential Web Content Strategy for Higher Ed and this got me thinking about ways to make the dreaded online […]

LinkedIn Products & Services: Great way to promote #highered degrees and programs to adults?

May 12th, 2011 Karine Joly No Comments

LinkedIn has just rolled out a new feature for company pages – and it looks like a great way for universities and colleges to promote their academic programs to the busy and engaged audience of professionals: the elusive yet crucial prospective adult student. With more than 100 million members, LinkedIn has become a giant resume […]