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April 25, 2022

Q: Gated Content Worthwhile

April 25, 2022/ InspirED School Marketers
Q: Gated Content Worthwhile

Is gated content still a worthwhile inbound marketing tactic or is this phasing out?

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April 25, 2022/ InspirED School Marketers/
Enrollment, Strategy, Social Media
Waddington, Abrahams
April 18, 2022

Q: Biggest Challenges for Private School Communications

April 18, 2022/ InspirED School Marketers
Q: Biggest Challenges for Private School Communications

What are the biggest challenges facing independent school communicators today?

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April 18, 2022/ InspirED School Marketers/
Communications, Research, Strategy, Career/Staff
Simmons, Claeys
January 25, 2022

Q: Live Stream Open Morning

January 25, 2022/ InspirED School Marketers
Q:  Live Stream Open Morning

Please advise on what would be the best way (the most easy to set up, professional-looking, immersive) way to "bring" the parents into the classroom without having them there in person?

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January 25, 2022/ InspirED School Marketers/
Enrollment, Photography/Video, Strategy, Virtual Tours
Caylor, Noakes
November 19, 2021

Q: App for Parents, Students, and Teachers

November 19, 2021/ InspirED School Marketers
Q:  App for Parents, Students, and Teachers

An app has been developed (prior to me starting) and it’s been handed to me to get to market. So I’m looking for expertise and insight re how to launch it to parents, students, and teachers.

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November 19, 2021/ InspirED School Marketers/
Communications, Strategy, Social Media
Caylor, Cain, Major
October 10, 2021

Q: Marketing Strategies for Enrollment

October 10, 2021/ InspirED School Marketers
Q:  Marketing Strategies for Enrollment

We continue to have problems finding new students and retention remains low. Do you have thoughts on marketing strategies to help us?

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October 10, 2021/ InspirED School Marketers/
Budgets, Strategy
Simmons, Hadley-Leonard, Connor
August 17, 2021

Q: Printed Yearbooks

August 17, 2021/ InspirED School Marketers
Q:  Printed Yearbooks

We have annually produced a printed Yearbook which we distribute to each school family and our partners. It runs to about 250 pages and we print around 1,500. Should we continue?

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August 17, 2021/ InspirED School Marketers/
Budgets, Strategy
Cain, Goodman, Connor, Caylor
July 05, 2021

Q: Identifying & Marketing Strengths

July 05, 2021/ InspirED School Marketers
Q:  Identifying & Marketing Strengths

How do you recommend going through a branding process to identify our strengths and which way to market ourselves? Where would you begin?

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July 05, 2021/ InspirED School Marketers/
Brand, Strategy
English, DiGiovine, Cain, Goodman, Kadison, Peters
January 21, 2021

Q: Capital Campaign Marketing

January 21, 2021/ InspirED School Marketers
Q:  Capital Campaign Marketing

During the last campaign, marketing materials consisted of boring newsletters with updates every 4 months or so. We want to something with a little more oomph. If you have any suggestions, we would be most appreciative.

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January 21, 2021/ InspirED School Marketers/
Fundraising, Strategy, Design
Goodman, Caylor, Cain, Noakes, Hadley-Leonard, DiGiovine
January 05, 2021

Q: Location for New Private School

January 05, 2021/ InspirED School Marketers
Q:  Location for New Private School

I am starting a private school in Northern Illinois and am hoping to find the perfect location based on needs and interest. Is this something we would hire a marketing agency to help with?

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January 05, 2021/ InspirED School Marketers/
Strategy, Brand, Research
Simmons, Claeys, Connor, Nelson-Isaacs
December 03, 2020

Q: Brand Exercise Needed

December 03, 2020/ InspirED School Marketers
Q:  Brand Exercise Needed

Our new guiding statements have given us key statements to identify ourselves. Do you feel that a branding exercise is required or can we use the process that we have already completed with the M/V to move forward and better articulate who we are and who we serve?

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December 03, 2020/ InspirED School Marketers/
Strategy, Brand, Research
Latham, English, Hadley-Leonard, Cain
November 21, 2020

Q: Advertising and Leads

November 21, 2020/ InspirED School Marketers
Q:  Advertising and Leads

…We are not seeing the leads and inquiries coming in. Should we pivot and focus on a direct mail strategy? Advertising in newspapers, magazines, etc? Or is this just a sign of the times? Are leads down across the board?

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November 21, 2020/ InspirED School Marketers/
Strategy
Simmons, Waddington, Major, Nelson-Isaacs, Caylor, Claeys

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