This document outlines strategies for universities to improve student recruitment through personalized digital marketing. It discusses capturing student data at every stage of the recruitment process, from initial searches to alumni engagement. Key stages include open days, applications, and onboarding. Qualifying leads and reusing captured data across campaigns is emphasized over traditional media buying. The presentation recommends tactics like open day registration encouraging applications and using the data for market research.
3. THINGS WE’LL COVER…
1. Personalising every customers experience
2. Capture data everywhere & every time
2. Qualifying your leads properly
4. Measure and influence your recruitment marketing outcomes - ROI
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4. WE PUT OUTCOMES ABOVE EVERYTHING.
NOT THE PLATFORMS, NEVER THE CLICKS
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11. 01.
BEFORE THEY
SEARCH
02.
WHEN THEY
SEARCH
03.
AFTER THEY
SEARCH
04.
APPLICATION
08.
ALUMNI
07.
ONBOARDING
& FURTHER
ENGAGMENT
06.
LATE
ENROLMENT/
CLEARING/
ADJUSTMENT
05.
ENGAGEMENT
&
CONVERSION
8 STAGES
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13. “OPEN DAYS IMPROVE
STUDENT PERCEPTION
FOR 1 IN 2 STUDENTS.”
YouthSight | 2013
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14. 740,000
Open Day searches
in September 2013
11.2 million
Open Day searches
Aug2012 – Jul-2014
400,000
Average Open Day
searches per month
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15. EDINBURGH VS GLASGOW
25,000 open day searches
VS
30,000 open day searches
(Sept-Dec 2013)
110,000 university searches
VS
93,000 university searches
(Sept-Dec 2013)
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16. WHAT ABOUT THOSE WHO
DON’T SEARCH FOR OPEN
DAYS?
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17. “DATA IS A PRECIOUS THING
AND WILL LAST LONGER THAN
THE SYSTEMS THEMSELVES.”
Tim Berners-Lee
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24. Increase
in
74%
UG
ApplicaHons
Increase
in
35%
PG
ApplicaHons
•
RECRUIT
NIGERIAN
STUDENTS
IN
THE
UK
FOR
PG
•
RECRUIT
NIGERIAN
STUDENTS
-‐
PG
&
UG
COURSES
•
NATIVE
LANDING
PAGES
(OPTIMISED
FOR
ALL
DEVICES)
•
LIVE
Q&A
2,000
SOCIAL
ACTIONS
3,500
ENQUIRIES
NEW
FACEBOOK
FANS
1,244
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25. TIPS & TAKEAWAYS
- CAMPAIGN TO GET UNDERGRADS
TO CHANGE FACEBOOK PROFILES
- CAPTURE DATA EVERYWHERE
- THINK ABOUT QUESTIONS
(ANSWERING AND POSING)
- REUSE YOUR DATA
- QUALIFICATION IN COPY +
TESTING
- ENCOURAGE APPLICATIONS
AT OPEN DAY REGISTRATION
AND USE FOR MARKET
RESEARCH
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