Marketing

7
Apr

Understanding the Sales Cycle

Now more than ever it’s important for C-suite leadership to understand the buying cycle and how long it takes a qualified inquiry to make it through the sales journey. Deciding to save money in the short run on advertising and inquiry development could have a long-lasting effect. And on the flip side, mounting an immediate and massive nurturing / rejuvenation

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18
Jan

Be the Turtle, Not the Hare

The importance of measuring SEO effectiveness over time. We live in an impatient world. That’s not much of a surprise to anyone. As technology and new possibilities for data mining continue to advance at a dizzying pace, so too do our expectations in terms of achieving results from those advances. Such is the case with search engine optimization (SEO). The

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28
Feb

Bad News – Beware of Buying Education Leads from Vendors

I’m not sure when lead vendors surfaced in the educational vertical. Was it before or after insurance and mortgage? Or was it around the same time when “credit repair” and “work from home” offers started surfacing. Maybe it was in the late ‘90s after Google and search engines gained traction. At any rate, their inception and early years aren’t important.

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15
Nov

11 Easy Ways to Improve Your Campus Appearance

As kids, most of us were taught: “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” However, appearance can mean everything when it comes to marketing your school. Don’t get us wrong: Your website is certainly important! However, while you’ve been paying attention to your digital presence or other marketing mediums, you may have forgotten about the physical look and feel of

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10
Oct

Do’s and Don’ts of Effective Inquiry Attribution

In our last blog post, we touched on the challenges of attributing sources to inquiries. Data is king, but there are other – subtler – elements that must be incorporated to make final marketing decisions. The goal of attribution is to report accurately the financial return of any marketing communication. Seems simple enough: Track all campaigns, and when inquiries are

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12
Sep

6 Challenges of Inquiry Attribution

In the “old days,” lead reporting looked something like this: A TV spot ran, a prospective student called a tracking phone number, and someone at the campus worked the lead and then added a tally mark on the white board to keep track of total leads. Technology has evolved over the years, changing everything we know about reporting and attributing

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12
Aug

5 Reasons Why Inquiries Are Decreasing

The Case of the Mysterious Vanishing Inquiry First of all – you have witnessed this phenomenon already. If you work at a school or college that is enrollment driven – and if you compare inquires received year over year – you have already noticed the decline. But instead of stepping back and watching what is really happening, you’ve probably circled

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25
Apr

Career Education Admissions Symposium – June 8th

Career Education Admissions Symposium – June 8th, following the APSCU 2016 Annual Conference Join us on Wednesday, June 8th from 11:00am to 4:30pm for the Career Education Admissions Symposium in Orlando, FL. REGISTER NOW! ONLY $250 (INCLUDES LUNCH) Space is limited! Call 312-262-7433 or email info@nortonnorris.com. APSCU members can register online to receive a special discount. 3 Perspectives. 1 Goal.

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21
Mar

New NortonNorris Webinar – 5 Ways to Improve Compliance & Customer Service in Admissions & Marketing

We are posting the full, hour-long version of our recent webinar on improving compliance and customer service in your Admissions and Marketing efforts. Norton Norris’s Compliance & Training team brings decades of real-world experience to the project of making sure that Colleges engage with prospective students in a way that is honest, ethical, and within the guidelines set by current

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30
Nov

Norton Norris: Higher Ed’s Best Friend

All of us have people that we enjoy being with — friends, family, and even pets can bring tremendous joy to our lives each and every day. Friends are great. You can watch movies, talk on the phone for hours, hit the town, and grab lunch or dinner with them pretty much whenever you’d like. But your BEST friend? Your

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