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UPCEA Webinar Highlights: The Power of CPI in Measuring Higher Ed Marketing Success
Key Insights: Search Influence and UPCEA have teamed up to create a nationwide benchmark for cost per inquiry (CPI) specifically for professional, continuing, and online education institutions. With an industry-standard benchmark, higher education institutions can better understand how effective their marketing efforts are in attracting prospective students and the factors …
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What is Cost Per Inquiry (CPI) in Higher Ed Marketing?
Key Insights Cost per inquiry is the most important metric to measure and drive the efficiency of campaigns. Cost per inquiry is most frequently tracked as a KPI for digital marketing channels (i.e., CPI from paid search or CPI from organic), and it can also measure the effectiveness of digital …
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UPCEA MEMS Conference Insights: SEO Strategy for Higher Education
Key Insights: Research indicates that most people’s first interaction with a brand occurs through a search. This makes it critical to optimize your university’s online presence for SEO. Despite 84% of marketing departments considering SEO as a core part of their strategy, 51% of institutions surveyed still lacked an established …
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Search Influence and UPCEA to Present at the 2023 UPCEA MEMS Conference
This year at UPCEA’s 32nd annual MEMS Conference, Search Influence Director of Sales & Marketing Paula French will present “SEO Straight Talk: True Stories From Your Peers and How They Found Success” alongside: Drew Larose, LSU Online & Continuing Education Associate Director of Digital Marketing Christa Payne, Tulane SoPA Chief …
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Higher Education Marketers: Here’s How to Convince Your Boss to Invest in SEO
Key Insights SEO is critical for higher education institutions, yet only 51% have an established SEO strategy. If your institution isn’t investing in SEO, you’re missing opportunities to reach prospective students and keep up with your competition. Understanding and communicating the long-term benefits of SEO to your higher-ups can help …
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Search Influence and UPCEA to Present Webinar: “The Power of CPI to Measure Higher Ed Success”
On Tuesday, October 24, Search Influence and UPCEA will host the live webinar, “The Power of CPI to Measure Higher Ed Marketing Success.” Join us for a discussion on all things cost-per-inquiry (CPI), calculating this metric, and what it means for your institution’s bottom line. The Power of CPI in …
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Higher Ed SEO Metrics Must Be a Priority: Unpacking Paula French’s UPCEA Blog
Data is the key ingredient of any successful search engine optimization (SEO) strategy. But for many higher ed institutions, tracking and reporting of the proper metrics falls to the wayside, and the consequences are more than just deans and directors left in the dark. Failing to use data properly means …
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Will Scott’s Higher Ed SEO Blog: A Must-Read Journey on Search Engine Land
Search Influence CEO and Co-Founder Will Scott had the opportunity to contribute a blog to Search Engine Land — a leading publication on digital marketing, advertising technology, and the MarTech landscape. In his blog, “How Higher Education Is Failing at SEO,” Will shares his vast knowledge and the findings of …
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Improving SEO In Higher Education Must Be a Priority: Insights From UPCEA Webinar
Priority: Improving SEO in Higher Education Search Influence joined the UPCEA team, Jim Fong and Bruce Etter, as they unveiled the highly anticipated UPCEA Higher Education SEO Research Study in a lively and informative webinar. We’re grateful for the engaged audience, who brought us compelling questions. It was obvious from …
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Grow Traffic to Your Higher Ed Content With a Personalized Marketing Strategy
Key Insights Just like other businesses, higher education institutions need to use marketing tools and strategies to broaden awareness of their brand and attract new students. Education marketing can help a higher education institution to present relevant, personalized information to prospective students, which in turn spurs their interest in enrollment. …
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