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Higher Ed Digital Marketing Agency

Reach More Students with Proven Higher Ed Digital Marketing Techniques

Struggling to attract prospective students and meet enrollment targets?

In today's competitive landscape, higher education institutions face significant challenges in attracting and enrolling potential students. 

With a myriad of marketing channels and ever-changing digital landscapes, it can be overwhelming to create a cohesive and effective marketing strategy.

Let's dive deeper into the specific issues that can make higher education marketing a daunting task.

  • Increasing Competition: The number of institutions vying for the same pool of students is growing, making it harder to stand out.

  • Complex Student Journeys: Navigating the multifaceted paths that potential students take requires a nuanced approach.
  • Evolving Digital Landscape: Keeping up with trends in SEO, PPC, social media platforms, and other digital channels demands constant attention.
  • Limited Resources: Many higher ed marketers struggle with limited budgets and manpower to execute comprehensive marketing campaigns.
  • Data Overload: Sifting through metrics and analytics to find actionable insights can be overwhelming.

Trusted By Leading Higher Education Institutions

O8 is very easy (and fun) to work with. They provide a lot of tools to help work collaboratively and work hard to understand our business needs. Great people doing great work.

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Chief of Marketing
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Your Higher Ed Digital Marketing Team

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Seth Viebrock

CEO and Marketing Engineer

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Alison LaPoint Krahn

Alison LaPoint Krahn

VP, Client Experience

Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Karen Pomazal

VP, Client Strategy + Marketing

Naperville, Illinois

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Andy Keith

VP, Digital Marketing

St. Louis Park, Minnesota

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Becky Inglis

Director, Project Management

Boise, Idaho

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Patrick Hinchcliff

Development Lead

Denver, Colorado

Danielle Ruess-Saltz

Danielle Ruess-Saltz

Fractional CMO

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Tom Hedrick

Director, Digital Strategy

Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Sam Hollis

User Experience Lead

Delray Beach, Florida

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Nate McBride

Content Director

Los Angeles, California

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Barbara Davis Haas

Graphic Designer

Mundelein, Illinois

Phil Cave

Phil Cave

Global CRO Expert

Stockbridge, England, United Kingdom

Our Higher Education Portfolio

Recruit the Right Students

Our comprehensive, targeted, and proven higher ed digital marketing campaigns reach more of the right prospective students.

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We combine in-depth analytics from SEO, traffic, and ad data with prospective student insights to craft right-fit student recruitment campaigns.

Campaigns aligned with your core objectives and KPIs and tied to your overall digital marketing ROI and revenue metrics.

Designed to engage and delight prospective students, from awareness at the top of the funnel to conversion and advocacy at the bottom.

Measuring results and impact of higher ed digital marketing campaigns based on your academic year so outcomes align with school timelines and objectives.

Our Process

Measure and Collect Data to Generate Innovative Ideas

We start by analyzing your digital marketing data and conducting additional research as necessary using:

  • Google Analytics
  • HotJar
  • CrazyEgg
  • Google Ads
  • SEO tools
  • User research
  • Focus groups
  • Usability testing
  • And more

We formulate innovative ideas from constant review and data analysis to design and engineer your digital marketing ecosystem, keeping you ahead.

Develop an Improvement Plan, Then Test New Ideas

Next, we develop a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) document, custom-tailored to your institution, which contains:

  • A clear institutional objective for the year ahead
  • A defined strategy
  • Specific marketing tactics to measure and improve
  • Defined, measurable KPIs (i.e., "campus visit requests," "admissions applications," or specific CTA completions)
  • Diagnostic metrics to help us gauge overall performance
  • Audience segments
  • Other specific goals and recommendations
Build Proven New Ideas Because We Know They Work

Based on our findings, we:

  1. Create, track, and automate incrementally better SEO and paid ad campaigns
  2. Improve your messaging, UX, design, and other CRO efforts that increase leads and sales
  3. Provide strategic content recommendations
  4. Ensure you are continually improving and staying ahead of the competition.

Now that we have the data to back up the new ideas, we implement them, and you see the results.

Why Brands Choose O8 for Higher Ed Digital Marketing Services

  • O8 is a full-service, top-tier, higher-ed digital marketing agency 
  • User experience expertise with data-driven analysis
  • Web development with integrated content marketing 
  • Proven higher-ed SEO services to increase web traffic
  • A higher-ed digital marketing company that collaborates directly with your team
  • Proven expertise and results
  • Transparent, responsive, and collaborative
  • Partnerships to provide cost-effective pricing
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You need your digital marketing efforts to drive new student recruitment efforts, and O8’s proven higher-ed strategies do precisely that.