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Is YouTube Social Media?

Although its components may be unsavory to some, YouTube should be the first thing a social media manager starts cooking.

Marketing Direct Admissions: You Gotta Be Sticky

In the age of direct admissions, higher ed institutions must create value that resonates with purpose-driven Gen Alpha.

Is This a Complaint or a Crisis?

A social admin’s job is to know what has the potential for reputational harm, but some issues may be trickier than others.

7 Must-Know Tips for SciComm Hires

Scientists are in the business of finding answer to the universe, your job is to bring that science to the masses. Here’s how to do it effectively.

Called Up: It’s Worse When the Crisis Is Real

What does a crisis day look like for a social media administrator on a higher ed campus?

13 Lessons from Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour

Inspirations and aspirations for higher education social media teams from the cultural phenomenon of the summer.

5 Ways to Adapt to AI-Driven Search

As generative AI moves into search, higher ed marketers need to craft their content to be discovered by Bing, Bard and the machine-learning engines that drive them. Here’s how to do that.

Can the Four-Day Workweek Work in Higher Ed?

Starting the weekend on Fridays could appeal to prospective students and help higher ed retain its fast-fleeing talent.

Preparing for Gen Alpha Students: Everything Will Be Different

Highlighting events, tutoring and Title IX will help overcome Gen Alpha students’ innate distrust in marketing and may just help your current Gen Z students.

You Are Not Helpless: SM in Crisis

How can a job, which, at its core, is no more than pasting links into an empty field, adding a description and pressing the return key, help anyone when something terrible is happening?