Welcome to SBfm25. Today’s podcast is going to be a little unorthodox. Now that I’ve piqued your interest, let me explain. As the school year begins, I’m really excited to share the findings from Year 2 of the School Marketing and Social Media Survey 2019. As a reminder, I’ve conducted the report with my partners, image seven, an integrated marketing communications firm based in Australia. The report was officially launched recently when I was a guest on their podcast, called School Marketing and Communications (SMC). This episode is unorthodox because I am simply releasing the audio of their podcast on my podcast.
Major findings from the School Marketing and Social Media Survey 2019
- Why Facebook remains the dominant player
- Why time is still a major issue for school marketers and why it will continue to be an issue
- Why knowing what your competitors are doing may not be critical
- Are school marketers following the world of social media
- The main benefits of social media
- How school marketers are leveraging their content
Key changes from last year to this year
- Instagram is becoming a major social channel for school marketing
- Is Instagram a good lead nurturing tool?
- How schools could be using Instagram
- How Instagram may become a lead retention tool
- How schools can leverage the aesthetic nature of Instagram
- Upcoming changes in Instagram that may change how school marketers utilize this social platform
- Are school marketers using paid advertising?
- Are school websites mobile-friendly?
- The area of marketing school marketers what to learn the most about
- The low-hanging fruit for school marketing
- The importance of video marketing
- Why adding captions on your videos is worth the time and effort
- The impact of 5G
- The power of live video
Listen to Podcast below:
Predictions for the future of school marketing
- Are we seeing the return of organic marketing?
- What changes will we see on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp and what will come out of those changes?
- Will TikTok become a new social platform for school marketing?
- Will school marketers become better at targeting?
- Will there be more apps? Will tools become stronger for school marketers?
Click here to read the original article by Brendan Schneider on SchneiberB.fm on August 28, 2019