Tag Archives: Further Education Colleges

Engaging the Disengaged – Recruiting NEETs through Social Media – Filton College Case Study

October 17, 2011 – 4:18 pm

September/October 2011 “Net Natives really understood our needs and achieved maximum return on our marketing spend.” As a college, you are constantly trying to ensure as many young people in your area as possible are enrolled with you and are developing into well-educated adults. You are also aware of the number of disengaged young people who have slipped through the net, and are now at a loss. So how do you reach out to this section of society which most… Read More »

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The Brilliant Facebook Website and Facebook Brand Strategy – University of Brighton Case Study

October 14, 2011 – 1:57 pm

  “Net Natives understand the need for universities to harness their presence on facebook and capture students and prospective students who assign themselves to community pages. They advised us on this and merged all of the disparate university identities that existed into one page bringing together a network of more than 5,000 ‘likes’ . When you’ve already seen what Facebook can do to unite your current and prospective students, you might wonder what else we could do for you. We… Read More »

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The Top 10 Ranking Colleges for Social Media

October 13, 2011 – 2:27 pm

Social media analysts Klout recently published a list of the Top 10 colleges ranked by their influence.  Klout originally just measured Twitter influence but can now incorporate Facebook Pages, YouTube and a variety of other platforms. We don’t know if they compared non US colleges or not to get these scores (as they are all American institutions), but these are an interesting starting point for any of you who are looking to build a bigger Twitter influence and would like… Read More »

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Timeline for College Pages and Similar Types of Brands

October 10, 2011 – 3:30 pm

(A Net Natives Speculation) By now you may well have heard of the new Facebook Timeline feature. It’s a super revamp of the classic profile and is much more content-rich, allowing you to navigate by year/month, area, and so on.  For the users, it’s undoubtedly going to add to the whole Facebook experience. At this stage – it is NOT known which features, if any, Facebook will be implementing. But nevertheless we are excited about the potential changes and benefits… Read More »

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South Thames College – Facebook Page & Advertising Case Study

May 26, 2011 – 1:59 pm

After attending Net Natives’ Free Social Media Workshop, South Thames College were amazed at the potential of using Facebook to recruit new students. They jumped straight in, using our Facebook Advertising Service and were overwhelmed with the results we produced. For their summer courses South Thames College received 760 responses from which, they had 140 course applications! Let’s see what South Thames have to say… “Net Natives put together a Facebook campaign for us that increased applications for the advertised… Read More »

By Steph Ricca | Posted in Case Studies, Education Marketing, Facebook Advertising, Facebook Development, Social Media Strategy | Also tagged , , , | Comments (2)

How to use Facebook Advertising to promote College Open Days

December 8, 2010 – 9:26 am

Your potential students regularly use on Facebook; placing the right advert next to the right student’s Facebook profile is perfect advertising platform to enroll students and promote your open days. Drop us an email: ben@netnatives.co.uk Give us a bell: 01273 734640 Natives provide a unique Facebook Advertising Service dedicated for Colleges’ Open Days, developed using our own Facebook advertising management tools. “The Net Natives’ Facebook service has proved to be the most cost effective, targeted advertising medium we could have… Read More »

By Steve Evans | Posted in Education Marketing, Facebook Advertising | Also tagged , , | Comments (4)

5 Best Practice Considerations For Advertising On Facebook

July 29, 2009 – 12:53 pm

If Facebook advertising works (and it does), why aren’t more business using it as an effective advertising or recruitment tool? I’m hoping that this article will share what www.netnatives.co.uk know and help build any companies out there considering using Facebook as a tool to build better campaigns. If you’ve got any questions or further suggestions, as always contact me.  Oh and I am not going to talk about company profiles or social media interaction in this post, will save that for… Read More »

By Don Skinner | Posted in Education Marketing, Facebook Advertising | Also tagged , , , , , | Comments (4)