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May 14, 2020
Episode 43: How Students Perceive Social Media Ads and What That Means for Higher Ed Marketers - in the COVID-19 Era and Beyond | The Enrollify Podcast

How Students Perceive Social Media Ads and What That Means for Higher Ed Marketers - in the COVID-19 Era and Beyond

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About the Episode

Last fall, Christopher Huebner conducted in-depth interviews with students and asked them about their perceptions and attitudes about social media advertising as they searched for, and evaluated, colleges. 

Chris was particularly interested in learning how influential  - if at all - social advertising was in a student's decision to inquire about, apply to, and ultimately enroll at an institution. 

On this week's episode, Zach and Chris discuss the outcomes of these interviews and explore the insights that enrollment marketers can garner from this data. 

Chris spent over four years working in marketing at the University of South Carolina and has recently transitioned to the agency world working as a digital strategist at Cyberwoven (a website strategy, design, and development agency). 

Among other questions, Chris answers:

  1. Despite the uncertainty and chaos that we're all living through right now, enrollment marketers still need to be thinking about summer and fall recruitment strategies and tactics. What advice do you have for folks who aren't sure where to start when it comes to planning campaigns for the next 4-6 months?

  2. Before joining the team at Cyberwoven, you worked in marketing at USC for over four years, and I'd love to hear a bit about how you saw enrollment marketing change over the course of your time there. Were there any particular lessons you learned around working with admissions or faculty that our listeners might garner some wisdom from?

  3. In an article you recently published on Inside Higher Ed you discuss that marketing science shows us that lower share-of-voice costs can be an inexpensive growth opportunity. Can you elaborate on what you mean here for our listeners?

People in this episode

Host

Seth Odell is Founder and CEO of Kanahoma, the fastest growing digital marketing agency in higher education, and host of The Higher Ed Pulse.

Mallory Willsea is a strategist and consultant working at the intersection of higher education.

Interviewee

Chris Heubner

Chris Heubner is a digital strategist at Cyberwoven, which is a website strategy, design, and development agency located in Columbia, South Carolina. Chris has always had a passion for journalism and advertising. Before joining the Cyberwoven team, Chris spent over four years working in marketing at the University of South Carolina — where he remains an adjunct faculty member to this day!

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