User-generated content (UGC) is an invaluable tool for higher ed social media marketers, helping them level up their content creation capabilities while building brand trust. According to TINT, three-quarters of consumers find reviews and testimonials submitted by real people more credible than brands talking about themselves. Meanwhile, 93% of marketers agree that consumers are more…
Influencer marketing shows no sign of losing its appeal, with four-fifths of marketers believing it to be an effective channel. However, it’s most popular in e-commerce, where brands can leverage influencers to recommend apparel, beauty products, tech, and more. Things become a lot more complex when the “product” being promoted is a school or college….
Hybrid learning is here to stay, with research from Barnes & Noble College Insights revealing that almost half of students favor a hybrid class format. This data poses a few challenges for higher education marketers. How do you engage students who are spending less time on campus? And how do you reduce “melt,” whereby students…
The internet is packed with advice for social media managers. Whether you want to attract more followers, craft more engaging content, or optimize your post timings, millions of articles claim to provide an answer. The trouble is, only some of those articles consider the unique challenges faced by higher ed social media teams. You might…
Higher education social media marketers face unique challenges. Far from managing accounts for one or two brands and sub-brands, they might be responsible for managing social media profiles across dozens — or even hundreds — of different departments. They must ensure that each department consistently creates and posts suitable types of content and find reliable,…
User-generated content (UGC) is highly impactful in any industry. Research from TINT found that: 72% of consumers believe reviews and testimonials submitted by customers are more credible than brands talking about their products 93% of marketers agree that consumers trust content created by customers more than content created by brands Six out of 10 marketers…
Life used to be a lot simpler for social media marketers. There were fewer platforms, and users were still attracted by the novelty of social, which helped content cut through. Today, marketers face various social media-related challenges, from figuring out the right platforms to post on to developing new content ideas and turning them into…
No longer the bright new thing in the social media world, TikTok is now firmly established as a key element in many higher ed institutions’ marketing toolkits. Marketers love the short-form video platform because it generates far higher organic engagement than other platforms. That’s a massive advantage in higher education marketing, where budgets are often…
It’s hard to understate the importance of social media in higher education marketing. Why? Because teens – in other words, the ideal target audience for most higher ed marketing campaigns – use social media a lot. According to Common Sense Media, US teenagers average almost 7.5 hours of screen time daily, with about 16% of…
It’s time for executive leaders in higher education to step out from their ivory towers. Across all industries, there’s plenty of evidence about the benefits of people in leadership roles interacting with their audiences via social media. For instance, research from Sprout Social discovered that 70% of consumers feel more connected to brands when the…
