Location! Location! Location! Location-Based Social Networking

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

Location-based social media tool Foursquare has been getting a lot of press lately, including an exciting announcement last week that a McDonald’s campaign using Foursquare increased foot traffic by 33%! More about that later.
First, what is location-based networking?
According to their website, Foursquare is a mobile application that makes cities easier to use and more interesting [...]

Nothing Succeeds Like Success: Enhance Your Recruiting Efforts with Student Success Stories

Monday, June 21st, 2010

Student success stories on your website help prospective students see what is possible when they take a particular program. This post gives you tips for writing these stories.

Write Alumni Profiles That Tell Your Story

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

Alumni profiles tell prospective students an important part of your story—your alumni’s accomplishments and contributions to the community. This post gives higher ed marketers guidance on how to gather the content and write them.

Write Killer Content for Your Higher-Ed Web Site

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

A list of web writing best practices geared to the higher-education web content writer.

Hidden Treasure: How Faculty Can Be Your Source for Fresh Web Content

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

How college and university web content developers can translate faculty research and ideas into effective, fresh website content.