A high overview of coordinated communication activities that take place in UK's Enrollment Management. Combined and coordinated approach for traditional and digital means of communications.
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1. C O O R D I N A T E D C O M M U N I C A T I O N S I N
E N R O L L M E N T M A N A G E M E N T
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AGENDA
Communications and Marketing Mix
Social Media & Digital Communication
CRM and Data Driven Communications
Email, Text/SMS, & Web Communications
Analytics/Measurement
Targeted Strategies
Future Direction
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COMMUNICATIONS MIX
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SMS/TEXT
Text messaging using Mozeo, sending
messages directly to a handheld
device/phone
WEB COMMUNICATIONS
Drupal. Internet based communications
using department specific websites and
technologies
SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook, instagram, twitter &
tumblr. Ads, posts, pictures and
videos
DIRECT MARKETING
Letters, postcards, view books,
brochures, invites, specialty mailers
AUTOMATED CALLS
Service like Call -em-All which can
leverage a recorded voice with a desired
audience
EMAIL
Targeted emails that are responsive
to users devices
DATA/CRM
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Measurement/Analytics
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SMS/TEXT
Usage reports from sms/text
message read rates
WEB COMMUNICATIONS
Google Analytics, Chartbeat,
mouseflow, etc.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Tagboard, social media
listening, advanced analytics
DIRECT MARKETING
EMs home grown integrated
strategic comm database
AUTOMATED CALLS
In depth usage reports on calls made
EMAIL
litmus email analytics
DATA/CRM
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Social Media Channels
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumblr
http://adage.com/article/digital/facebook-s-mobile-revenue-hits-2-5-billion-prices-soar/296869/
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/23/tumblr-yahoo-revenues-2015-ads-nsfw
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FACEBOOK
Multi-modal
11 years old (2001)
1.45 Billion Users
Advertising revenue
$2.5 billion
INSTAGRAM
Photo/Video platform
5 years old (2010)
300 million users
Advertising revenue:
unknown
TWITTER
140 Characters or Less
9 years old (2006)
284 million users
Advertising revenue
$800 million
TUMBLR
Microblogging
8 years old (2007)
225 million users
Advertising revenue
$100 million
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BEST TIME TO POST?
Posts published on Sundays
have the greatest interaction
per cost (2.72)
Yet post published at night get
the most interactions
source: /TrackMaven/when-to-
postslidesharepdf
POPULARITY?
1st with 1.45 billion accounts
Teens say:Facebook is something
we all got in middle school because
it was cool but now is seen as an
awkward family dinner party we
can't really leave.
source: https://medium.com/backchannel/a-teenagers-view-on-social-media-1df945c09ac6
Multimedia postings
Granular Advertising platform
Groups functionality
Facebook messenger
WHATS UNIQUE?
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Peak: Thursday (17.4%) tweets
posted
284 million active users
100 million daily
Average time spent on twitter: 170
minutes
Instant Communication
Brand response time
Hashtag organization
6 , 0 0 0 T W E E T S A S E C O N D
3 5 0 , 0 0 0 T W E E T S P E R M I N U T E
5 0 0 M I L L I O N T W E E T S P E R D A Y
2 0 0 B I L L I O N T W E E T S P E R Y E A R
source:https://blog.dlvrit.com/2013/08/how-many-facebook-posts-are-made-each-minute-infographic/
BEST TIME TO POST? POPULARITY? WHATS UNIQUE?
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7 0 M I L L I O N P H O T O S A D A Y
2 . 5 B I L L I O N L I K E S A D A Y
1 0 0 0 C O M M E N T S A S E C O N D
Monday during the day.
Photos, anytime
Videos, from 9PM - 8AM
+900% growth from Jan 2013
More growth than any other
platform in this time period
41% of Instagram users are between
the ages of 16-24
Photo and video sharing only
Photo manipulation
Community
Hashtag trends
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Saturday and Sunday are the most
active days
Nights maintain the most activity
with 42% of posts taking place
from 5p - 1a.
https://blog.dashburst.com/infographic/best-tumblr-posting-times/
Fastest growing platform - outpacing
Instagram and twitter
Active users jumped 95% in 2014,
with Pinterest right behind
Multi-modal platform (videos,
text, images, audio, etc.)
Followers, community, multiple
bloggers
Convenient - ask feature
Hashtags
3 8 , 1 9 4 P O S T S E V E R Y M I N U T E
3 8 5 M I L L I O N P O S T S P E R W E E K
2 0 B I L L I O N P O S T S P E R Y E A R
BEST TIME TO POST? POPULARITY? WHATS UNIQUE?
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CRM
CRM = Constituency
Relationship Management
System
Prospective Student
Database
Email management system
Events management system
List generation for data
driven communication
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EMAIL
Nearly all seniors and their parents will open
an email from a campus they are
considering.*
Mondays are best for email read rates
Personalized subject lines are 22.2% more
likely to be opened (e.g. The Deadline has
been extended, Tyler!)
In 2013-14 cycle Enrollment Management
sent over 2.4 million emails
Changes in gmail, exchange and yahoo
inboxes significantly affect read rates
Mobile first, responsive emails based on the
user device
In February 2015, 61.5% email read rates
sourced from a mobile reading environment
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EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS
*https://www.noellevitz.com/papers-research-higher-education/2014/2014-e-expectations-report
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Web Communications
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Drupal 6 and 7-based websites
1.5 million sessions on
www.ApplyUK.com
4.7 million page views received on
applyuk.com
Average 25-30 visitors on our pages at
any given time
Over 3,000 pages of information
across all EM websites
Desktop, tablet and mobile device
ready
9/10 seniors have access to a
mobile device*
*https://www.noellevitz.com/papers-research-higher-education/2014/2014-e-expectations-report
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Direct Marketing/Publications
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Significant print and direct
marketing efforts
21 Preview Nights
Invites, postcards, etc.
360 Out of State Events
470 Events in KY
Targeted direct mail
View books, postcards, letters,
brochures, etc.
Refreshed, rebranded and updated
each cycle
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AUTOMATED CALLS/TEXTING
Texting & Calling
Reinforcement of email/letter
Dates and deadlines
Event invite calls/texts
Reminders - day before/day of
61,000 phone calls generated from our call
center efforts, all student staffed
Over 4,000 text messages sent in 2013-14 cycle
205,000 automated calls made in 2014-15 cycle
More than half of students and parents are
willing to receive text messages from
campuses.*
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*https://www.noellevitz.com/papers-research-higher-education/2014/2014-e-expectations-report
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Future Directions
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Mobile first communications/information
Measuring direct marketing efforts via USPS data
Information delivered by Mobile app (iOS, Android)
Relational Web Communications - Custom Content
Delivery System
Continue to explore targeted ads on social networking
New platforms and services for delivering information on
a mass scale
Enhanced measurement and analytics