Marketing Your Small School is Holistic, Here's How! 🤩 Aug 08, 2022

I meet with lots of Heads of School and administrators and I'm sometimes very surprised by their view of marketing.

Some schools think marketing is about digital ads, email sequences, brand awareness, communications, SEO, and social media.

Yes, marketing is all of those things. But it's also...

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How to Help Your 1 Person Marketing Team Win Jun 04, 2022

Hi there,

Small schools everywhere are being faced with the challenge of having minimal support and staffing for their marketing teams so here are my top tips on how to make sure your marketing team stills wins

1.) Determine the ROI on all of your marketing initiatives Ask yourself, are they...

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Independent School Retention Using the Connect 4 Framework Jan 21, 2022

Hi there!

As we all know - it costs more money, time, energy, and frustration to get prospective families into our school rather than keeping the families we already have and love.

 By implementing the Connect 4 Framework, you’ll be sure to boost your school’s retention...

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5 Retention Do's For 2022 Jan 08, 2022

 Hi there,

 If you're struggling with retention - you're going to see that your external brand hurt, your enrollment hurt and your community suffer.

Here are my 5 retention DO'S for 2022!

1. Surveys and third-party interviews  how are you going to improve your school if you don't...

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5 Key COVID Communications for 2022 Jan 08, 2022

 Hi there,

There are 5 key COVID communications you want to be using right now. 

 COVID isn't going anywhere. Schools are experiencing spikes, staff shortage and receiving varying guidance from multiple sources. COVID communications are very helpful to your school, especially...

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4 Communications to Send Current Parents January through March Jan 08, 2022

Hi there,

 You're probably wondering: why January through March? Well, this is a key retention time point.

It's a period where parents are asking themselves, "do we opt out of the school or stay?" and "I'm spending X amount of dollars every year, is it worth it?"  

 Basically,...

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