We could have spent April 1 – otherwise known as April Fools’ Day in many parts of the world – trying to convince you that the liberal use...
New Zealand is taking its goal to double the value of its international education sector by 2025 (to NZ$5 billion) very seriously. In 2013, the government invested an...
The promise of technology in the workplace is that it will allow us to do more with less, to be more productive or, dream of dreams, to have...
We are pleased to introduce a new occasional column on ICEF Monitor this week. “Five for Friday” is a collection of some of the more eye-catching and varied...
A recent post from ICEF Monitor touches on the impact of colour in marketing. It examines A/B testing, which involves an A version (the control) and a B...
“The goal of a successful content marketing strategy is to have a disproportionate share of the conversation going on in your industry.” This was an often heard quote...
We could have spent April 1 – otherwise known as April Fools’ Day in many parts of the world – trying to convince you that the liberal use...
Khan Academy had a question. The non-profit had recently introduced a “sneak peek” feature into some of their online lessons. The feature was meant to encourage students to...
You’re active on social media and the proud owner of more than a few YouTube videos, but have you begun to explore social video yet? The production and...
The research on mobile device use, and associated Internet user behaviours, continues to accumulate this year. The insights in some of the latest reports build on observations and...
Last week, we underscored the importance of mobile marketing (i.e., marketing that engages students on their phones – especially their smartphones), citing statistics like these, from the 2013...
The following is a guest post from Internet Advantage, an online marketing consultancy. Education, especially international education, was one of the first industries to embrace online marketing, doing...
If the last couple of years witnessed the word “mobile” shoot up the ranks of marketing buzzwords, 2014 is the year every internationally oriented education institution will place...
Ask current students what convinced them to study with your education institution, and chances are it wasn’t a catchy tagline or the clever graphics employed in your logo....
It wasn’t that long ago that many education institutions were still tinkering with the Internet and their websites, unsure as to how to leverage the new online channels...
As much as business operations and marketing are different now than decades ago because of the Internet and consumers’ increasing gravitation online for information, entertainment, and … everything...