Newspapers, magazines, brochures, direct mail. These media tactics – all of which fall under the advertising channel of print media – seem to have an outdated and irrelevant feel in today’s digital world, right? Wrong. Why is it important to consider including print when developing a media strategy or recommendation? The answer depends on several…
As many of my RDW colleagues have written, a strong marketing framework begins with doing your research. Focus groups are a form of market research designed to gather qualitative insights and feedback to inform marketing decisions. They are used to test campaign concepts or marketing ideas, probe brand perceptions, or uncover new insights. It’s most…
These days, everyone is doing digital marketing. But that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re doing it well. Digital is continuing to grow and change rapidly and remains one of the most effective ways for businesses to hone in on new customers and expand their reach efficiently. But, if your digital marketing efforts aren’t grounded in a…
In recent years, many higher education institutions have started to expand their social media presence. Not only does social media help to engage current students, but it allows prospective students to feel like part of the school community before they even arrive on campus. Social media also gives alumni an easy, accessible way to stay…
Tracking your site performance is essential to understanding your audience and the customer journey. There are multiple solutions available for tracking your site’s performance, but one of the easiest to implement (and with the lowest barrier to entry) is Google Analytics. For those of you unfamiliar with Google Analytics, it is a free solution (up…
Your organization probably isn’t spending enough time or effort on your email marketing strategy. While many businesses consider themselves to be utilizing the tactic—93% of B2B marketers to be exact—we find that most aren’t taking full advantage of email marketing. After all, your audience is there; active email accounts are expected to hit 5.6 billion…
Creating an email marketing campaign can feel daunting. Balancing your organization’s needs and those of your contacts is often a challenge. And with email best practices always evolving, it’s easy to feel out of the loop about the “right way” to approach your email marketing strategy. The good news is, there’s a great deal of…
Higher education institutions are not all the same and neither are their prospects for that matter. As the higher ed space continues to become saturated, the harder and more essential it becomes for higher ed marketers to recruit and communicate effectively with their “ideal” prospects. Similar to other transactions in our modern digital and information…
Achieving successful marketing measurement is no easy task. While the concept is one most marketing leaders can understand, actually putting a marketing measurement plan into place poses the greatest challenge. After creating successful approaches for clients over the past several years, we want to share some of our insights with you. Here are the 5…
You may have seen that a while back Google announced that Data Studio, Google’s free data visualization and reporting product, was officially out of Beta…and we’re super excited about it! We also thought that now would be a good time to share some of what we’ve learned since we started using the reporting tool in…
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