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Inbound Marketing For Schools Using Blogs, Facebook, and Twitter
1. Inbound Marketing for SchoolsUsing Blogs, Facebook, and Twitter Sara Imbriglia Leone & Brendan J. Schneider (@SchneiderB) The Ellis School Sewickley Academy #ims SSATB Annual Meeting | Phoenix 2011
2. All About The Ellis School Founded in 1916 All Girls, PreK-12, Day School Urban Location Enrollment – 447 Student to Teacher Ratio is 6:1 Average Class Size 12
4. Gulp! From 2011-2016: There is a 5% drop in households with school age poplulation A 6% drop in households with male school age population And an 8.5% drop in households with female school age poplulation
23. Blog Core What do your prospective families want to read? Include Social Sharing Brand for School Marketing
24. Blog Details Wordpress Post at least 1/week Team Chief Blogger Long Tail Keywords Marketing
25. Blog Topics Success 5 Things To Do Before You Apply For Financial Aid Why We Teach Mandarin Chinese At Sewickley Academy College Guidance: 5 Best Tips and Practices Failure Bring Sid The Kid Home Knockin’ On Seven’s Door Marketing
26. Facebook “Business casual” What would prospective families find interesting? See behind the curtain... Marketing
30. Twitter Content 75% - School Blog Posts News – Internal and External MediaMarketing Educational Quotes 25% - Non-School Educational Articles Local News and Community Events Marketing
32. Where Do We Go Now? Search Engine Optimization Maximize content on website Break into the world of blogging Better and more usage of Facebook and Twitter Redirect budget dollars from outbound marketing to inbound marketing
33. How Are We Doing? Progress Facebook Page – 764 Fans Twitter – 190 Followers LinkedIn – Group Page YouTube Channel To-Do List Better SEO Create a blog Get Found!
34. Enrollment Social Media Got Found Brand – Not Your Logo Anecdotal Boarding School Enrollment
35. Retention Easier to Reenroll than to Enroll Anecdotal Parents are active on Facebook Reinforce decision Retention
37. Results 2011-2012 Admission Cycle Inquiries, Applications, and Visits all increased compared to last year Inquiries up 15% - Stops a 4 year decline Applications up 8% - Stops a 2 year decline