SEO for Higher Education

How can you increase student admissions?

Working with your institution, we will create a strategic plan that will align with your current operations and marketing activities. By ensuring that your marketing activities are working with one another and working as an omnichannel marketing campaign, we can ensure that your leads and candidates go from one step in the customer journey to the next as smoothly as possible. Together, we will test what kind of messaging works at every stage in your marketing funnel, and we will optimize it to maximize results. Moreover, Noetic has delivered results for other higher education institutions. We know what generally works and what doesn't.

How do colleges and universities use social media to attract students?

Posting on social media may not directly affect your pipeline, or at least, it may not attract new candidates on its own. Our agency will help you create content that can nurture, educate and inspire your audience, and help you find the role social media will play in the marketing funnel. Moreover, the Noetic team will help you integrate paid ads to your social media platforms to reach your ideal candidates directly.

What platforms are best to use for higher education marketing?

The number of platforms is not as crucial as having two or three that work well with one another. Whether you utilize social media, SEO, blogging, email marketing, or landing pages, you must make them work together as one. With the right messaging and type of content reaching the right audience at the right time, you can ensure that your prospects get a full understanding of what you have to offer. For example, you may generate interest with popular blog posts; it is then essential to collect their information using lead magnets or paid advertisements. Once pre-qualified, invite them to an info session. Lastly, you can remind them of the deadline to apply and continuously re-engage them with other content pieces.

How can my university or college get more attention online?

More attention does not necessarily equate to more applications. Moreover, depending on the number of applicants you need, you may need to reach a selected amount of people within your target audience. By understanding how to reach a particular audience and being efficient with your messaging, you can generate the highest return-on-investment. To start, select a few channels where you want to excel at and that you know will reach your determined audience. From there, make sure you create a step-by-step roadmap for generating interest, generating leads, engaging your leads, and transform them into applications. Creating engaging content remains the number one strategy to get your audience's attention if exposure is your goal.

When can I expect results?

Every institution and program has different cycles, deadlines, requirements and price tags. It will depend on how long it takes for interested leads to decide to follow your program, when the program starts and what they need to apply, and what kind of commitment they need to put into the program. For example, an MBA program that requires its students to pursue it on a full-time basis for one year and has a high price tag may have a longer cycle for its students to decide if that's the right program for them. To start seeing applications will depend on your institution and program details. However, to begin seeing engagement, prospects and generating interest, we usually can help you get a fully running marketing funnel within three months.