Now that my presentation is through here are some goodies for anyone that missed the presentation along with some additional data. This presentation was definitely a good learning experience for myself as it’s really the first time I’ve given a presentation in the hour long format. It’s a tough balance not getting too technical while also keeping the marketing message in mind. Next time I’ll know to slow down a little bit and more elaborate on some points. If you attended I’d love to hear any feedback positive or negative. I can’t learn from what I could do better if I don’t know. Feel free to drop a comment or contact me directly.
I realized I didn’t hit a lot on Email Marketing for Admission, because quite frankly that’s an area I’m having some difficulty. The following are from Karlyn’s blog and can help in that area.
- Selecting an Email Marketing Service Provider
- Building an admissions email marketing plan: Part 1 – The Five Commandments
- Building an admissions email marketing plan: Part 2 – When, Why, What and Calls to Action
If your interested in viewing the presentation it was streamed, thanks Nick. The video is almost 35 minutes long and good luck listening through the thick southern accent. Watch the Email Marketing for Higher Education Presentation Video. Nick also did an awesome job recording some of the other presentations which you can check out in his eduWEB 2008 Ustream Channel. Brad Ward also grabbed a few presentations eduWEB2008 Ustream Channel. Are you confused yet?
Don’t Shoot! Picture by bradjward
Alka Joshi who did a great presentation this morning looking at Branding a Unversity and the challenges of consistency, asked a questions that really is a million dollar question of email marketing:
“Could you give some examples of good subject lines?”
At the time I had a hard time coming up with an answer and it really through me for a loop. I’ve been processing it for much of the day. The answer to something like this is always it depends. It depends because you have to weigh so many different things like audience, purpose, keywords, time of sending, and many other things. The only concrete advice I can give is to check out this post, Writing Killer Headlines: Top 30 Viagra SPAM Email Subject Lines, BE WARNED the titles are definitely going to offend some of you. For some additional links about email here’s a link to my de.licio.us bookmarks tagged for “email”.
Finally here is the slides from the presentation.
This post was written by:
Kyle James - who has written 178 posts on .eduGuru.
Kyle is an Inbound Marketing Consultant at HubSpot and formerly the webmaster at Wofford College. Kyle is an active contributor in the social media spectrum. Although his background is technical, he claims to know a thing or two about marketing, but mostly that revolves around SEO, analytics, blogging, and social media. He has spoken at multiple conferences on topics ranging from e-mail marketing to social media and Web analytics. He's definitely a fairly nice guy.
Ways to Connect with Kyle
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:03 pm
You guys have all done a tremendous job the past few days. It’s been a joy to “watch”, I am kicking myself for not reaching into my wallet, will definitely be at the next one. GREAT job!!!
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:05 pm
Looks like it was a great presentation! I’m really looking forward to watching the streaming video when I have a chance.
I’d really love the opportunity to present in front of an eager audience. What I’d talk about, I’m not sure, and 60 minutes sounds a bit too long for my tastes, but I can’t wait for an opportunity like this sometime down the road!
That Viagra Spam link cracks me up. Great resource, those guys are the pros!
July 23rd, 2008 at 2:37 pm
I think that the only honest advice you can give about subject lines is test them.
Split testing is something that isn’t really practiced very well in higher ed (and I say that as someone who commits the sin as well).
I look forward to checking out your presentation. I’ve jumped over to your blog a lot from Karlyn’s and it is enlightening. Thanks for the time you invest here.
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:29 pm
so great to read all these comments about the eduWeb 2008 Conference! I’m thrilled so many of you got involved with “spreading the word” about it thruout the event, thru twitter, blogs, etc. Want to see all of you next year …
July 25th, 2008 at 3:12 am
Great work. I will be there next year for sure. But excellent work with all of the updates and specifically your presentation. I’m going to share it with my office when I get back next week.
August 11th, 2008 at 6:57 am
It is helpful for everyone specially who are searching for the information about email marketing. Your blog contains beautiful updates with clear information.
November 4th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
I love you so much! Great place to visit!,
November 27th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Grant you just made yourself something to do with it,
June 1st, 2009 at 10:51 pm
wow!starting
June 26th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Kyle, love the post. Really helpful. Awesome that it is nearly a year old and people like me are still hitting it. Looks like Karlyn Morrissette’s links have changed, the new ones are 1) http://karlynmorissette.karlyn.me/2008/06/selecting-an-email-service-provider/ 2) http://karlynmorissette.karlyn.me/2008/04/building-an-admissions-email-marketing-plan-part-1-the-five-commandments/ 3) http://karlynmorissette.karlyn.me/2008/04/building-an-admissions-email-marketing-plan-part-2-when-why-what-and-calls-to-action/
June 29th, 2009 at 8:09 pm
Hi Zach,
Thanks for updating the links!
Karlyn