Placing you in the driver’s seat on the digital freeway, you will experience first-hand what international students are seeing as they race toward their destination. As with any road trip, there are detours, attractions, and temptations that can change the course of direction.
Technology is changing the way in which universities engage with potential students, nurture them to enrolment and support them through to a successful career outcome.
Segmenting universities along two dimensions: their Digital Marketing Capability and Internationalisation goals, will quickly identify where a university is positioned and the connections to the freeway that need to be improved. As an example, universities that have high recruitment targets are investing in technology platforms to improve efficiency of their marketing and recruitment efforts. In an increasingly competitive market for quality students, universities are using these tools to quickly identify hot prospects and engage with them early.
This session will focus on a segmentation model to identify where universities are positioned in their use of technology for student recruitment, the tools available and skills required and examples of how universities in the APAC region, at various stages of digital maturity, are leveraging them for success.
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Digital around the world in 2018
By
Billions
7.6B
4B
+7%
3.2B
+13%
5.1B
+4%
2.9B
+14%
Total Population
Active Mobile Social Users
Unique Mobile Users
Active Social Media Users
Internet Users
Key Statistical Indicators for the world’s internet
Source: 2018 Digital Yearbook: we are social, Hootsuite
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Mobile is the new primetime
Teens are shifting from texting to messaging apps to communicate
% All Teens who say they spend 3+ hours per day on this activity:
71%
Watching
videos
52%
Using
messaging
apps
51%
Social
networking
Source: Think with Google: Generation Z
New insights into the mobile-first mindset of teens (2016)
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2018 Social media penetration by region
INSTAGRAM YOUTUBEWECHATLINKEDIN
WHATSAPP TWITTER FACEBOOK
Total active accounts on the most active social network in each region, compared to population
Source: 2018 Digital Yearbook: we are social, Hootsuite
10. What information are they looking for?
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Degree
Location
Application
Requirements
Tuition
Fees
English
Language
Requirements
Program
Intake
Dates
Student
Services
Provider
Reputation
Research
Expertise
Cultural
Religion
Student
Services
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12. From geographical to behavioural
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D i g i t a l
C h a l l e n g e r s
I n n o v a t o r s
P r o g r a m m e
A d a p t e r sT r a d i t i o n a l
Expanding reach
Regional mobility
International revolution
Programme
innovation
Expanding through
partners
Programme mobility
Domestic based
recruitment
Local Student opportunity
High
L ow High
DigitalCapability
Internationalisation
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Soc ial M e dia
Data
Management
Channels
Instant Messaging
Bots
Integration
Events
Tablet App
Course Websites
Agents
Analytics
CRM
Marketing Automation
Application System
Student Management
System
Web forms
Emails
Tagging
Sources
ER P
Thir d P a r t y
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In what direction we go?
• Powerful course search
functions
• Apps
• China based web and
social media
• Online forums and
webinars
• Video
• Personalised Content
• Live chat
• Single Online Application
System
• Marketing Automation
• Bots
• Virtual Reality
• Behaviour Tracking
• On demand Printing
• Automatics IP recognition
for language
• Recruitment events
disconnected from
the online world
• Email as the main
channel for
communications
• Bespoke application
systems
• Heavy freight and
brochures
• Speeding tickets
• Emails and PDFs