Top Private School Marketing Blog Posts – 2014 in Review

It’s hard to believe that 2014 is over. I hope that you had a great year.

As I look back over 2014, I am thankful for the continued opportunity that I have had to impact schools in their enrollment and marketing effort. Thank you for following me along the way!

Last year I spoke at the most conferences ever in a year (13 total including the following organizations: ACSI, NYSAIS, ADVIS, PEJE, RAVSAK, RENWEB, AISAP and SCS). I also worked with 40 independent and faith-based schools across the United States as well as my first school in Australia (check out the list on my website).

I also presented several webinars and wrote many blog posts. In fact, based on a review of my website analytics, the following are my top private school marketing blog posts in 2014:

1.  An Innovative Tuition and Financial Aid Strategy for Private Schools

2.  Putting the WOW into your School’s Word of Mouth – Top 5 NYSAIS Websites

3.  The 6 C’s New Parent Strategy

4.  What Drives Word of Mouth at your School

5.  Private School Marketing Lessons from the Breakfast Camp

6.  Top 5 ADVIS Websites that tell their School’s Story

7.  Every School Should Use Billboards in Their Marketing Strategy

8.  A Couple of Admissions and Marketing Rants

9.  Admissions, Private Schools and Roller Coasters

10. An Inbound Marketing Storytelling Strategy at Eastern Christian School

As I plan for my blog for this year, I would like to ask for your help. I believe that one of the ways that my blog can help you is through the continued sharing of enrollment and marketing examples from schools.

Do you have a marketing and enrollment strategy that you recently implemented that is making an impact? Perhaps you launched a new website, parent ambassador program, a social media campaign, or some other program and you want to share your story through my blog. Please email me directly at Rick.Newberry@EnrollmentCatalyst.com and we can discuss the next step in publishing your story through my blog.

2015 promises to be another great year. I look forward to continuing to work with more schools, launching some of my own innovative ideas for schools (stay tuned) and speaking at more conferences. I have the following conferences set so far in the first half of 2015 and hope to add some more:

• February 5-6: Strengthening Christian Schools in Largo, FL, at Indian Rocks Christian School
• February 8-10: Partnership in Excellence for Jewish Education’s (PEJE) Atidenu Conference in Adentura, FL
• February 19: Final Site’s Web Strategy Workshop in Naples, FL, at Seacrest Country Day School
• April 21: VAIS Admissions Conference in Richmond, VA
• April 26-28: ACSI Northwest Administrator’s Conference, Seaside, OR
• June 18-19, 2015: Strengthening Christian Schools in Ontario, CA, at Cross Point Church
• July 9-12, 2015: ACSI Leadership Academy in Colorado Springs, CO

Please feel free to reach out to me along the way. I am glad to help you in your role at your school in any way that I can.