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Café New Paltz - One month update
This update is part 3 in a series about Café New Paltz, an exclusive online community using Ning for our fallaccepted students at the State University of New York at New Paltz. See: article 1 | article 2
Continue reading...What’s an Appropriate Response Time to Inquirers?
About ten years ago when e-mail became mainstream at colleges/universities, departments were skittish about having a separate dedicated e-mail account as a way for their customers to contact them. They worried about work load creep, and customers expecting a quick turn around time for responses. Most of these folks still preferred to be tied up [...]
Continue reading...Register for “Recruiting on a budget 101: Master plan to win the social media jackpot with prospective students”
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Continue reading...Café New Paltz - 5 days in
This update is part 2 in a series about Café New Paltz, an exclusive online community using Ning for our fallaccepted students at the State University of New York at New Paltz.
Continue reading...Creating an exclusive online community for fallaccepted students
A couple of weeks ago I argued reasons why it might be more effective to piggyback on existing strategies that exist at your institution rather than create a stand alone social media strategy. In this post I alluded to considering your Facebook Fan Page like a Cafe, which was inspired by Chris Brogan’s post entitled, “Cafe-Shaped [...]
Continue reading...Do we really need a social media strategy?
If you’re having a hard time convincing your administration that social media is worth the investment, try coming at it from a different angle — and I’m not suggesting writing the “social media strategy” we’ve all been hearing about lately. My theory? Piggy back on existing strategies at your university.
Continue reading...Missed Opportunities for College Dorm Searches, Part 1
Over on FJ’s Higher Education Photography for Recruitment Blog he just made an excellent post about Missed Opportunity for Higher Ed. I wasn’t even half way through his short but valuable post before light bulbs started going off in my head. (Hey FJ thanks for the mention and hopefully this post will help fulfill some [...]
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