Service Line: Digital Marketing

Feeling stuck when it comes to writing blog posts? We’ve all been there. Staring at a blank page, wondering where to even begin. The good news is that there’s a way to streamline the process from idea to published piece

This four step guide will walk you through creating an ideal blog writing workflow. One that takes you from that initial lightbulb moment to hitting “publish” on a post you’re truly proud of. No more staring at cursors endlessly blinking. 

In the fast-paced and crowded world of social media, eye-catching content alone won’t get your college or university the visibility and engagement it wants. Standing out to your audiences — whether prospective students or their guardians— requires creative thinking and strategy. Here, we explore how four underutilized paid ad opportunities can supercharge your organic efforts on two critical platforms, TikTok and LinkedIn.

SEO isn’t always about creating loads of new content. In fact, changing the way you organize your content can be just as fruitful for improving your higher education SEO strategy. That’s where topic clusters come in. With this tactic, you only have to focus on content creation of one page where your already-written blogs can live, all while quietly boosting that SEO.

Excel spreadsheets formatted to turn from green to red as deadlines approached. Online project management tools. One really big whiteboard. There are many kinds of blog editorial calendars. Having one is critical to an effective content strategy plan, but there’s no one-size-fits-all.

Carnegie is proud to announce that our talented partners have achieved extraordinary success at the 39th Annual Educational Advertising Awards.

Google named Carnegie’s digital marketing team as a 2024 Google Premier Partner! 

Today’s graduate enrollment management landscape is incredibly challenging. The industry is facing a wide variety of intersecting issues—budget shortfalls, more competition than ever, changing market dynamics, a decline in test takers, and increased consumer privacy and data protection. All these challenges mean it’s essential to reconsider and weigh the pros and cons of how things are done on your campus. One of the biggest decisions is whether or not to centralize or decentralize your graduate marketing efforts.

In this blog, we review trends observed in 2023 in both the broader world of marketing and specifically in higher education. Not all of these are new trends, but all were relevant in 2023 and will likely stay relevant in 2024. 

As another year wraps up, we’re looking back at the higher education events that shook the industry, made us think, and that we’ll be watching in 2024. 

LinkedIn’s Predictive Audiences are the platform’s entry into probabilistic audience targeting. We’ve seen this tactic have a dramatic positive effect on campaign efficiency. Keep reading to find out how your team can use them to increase the efficiency of your LinkedIn campaigns!