10 Stats That Prove School Marketers Should Focus on Content

Content helps increase search visibility.

Companies that blog have, on average, 55% more site visitors, 97% more inbound links, and 434% more indexed pages (Source).

Content creates a relationship with your audience.

70% of consumers say they feel closer to a company thanks to content marketing. (Source)

A content-focused approach is budget-friendly.

Content marketing has saved marketing budgets: it’s shown to cost 62% less than traditional marketing. Plus, content marketing generates three times more leads for each dollar spent. (Source)

Paid online advertising isn’t as effective.

Around 200 million people use ad-blocking software (Source), and 70% of people say they would rather learn about a company via articles than advertisements (Source).

Storytelling engages the mind in a different way.

Neural activity in the human brain ramps up—as much as five times more than usual—when we hear a story. (Source)

Storytelling increases recall.

People are 22 times more likely to remember something told to us in story form, rather than straight fact. (Source)

Email content shows impact.

For every dollar spent, email marketing has an ROI of $38. (Source)

Prospective students and families use all types of content to formulate their decisions.

Half of teens use five or more social media platforms in the college research process (Source) and the majority of students are more likely to consider institutions that use email, text, and social media to communicate, over traditional forms of communication like brochures and phone calls. (Source)

The data can’t tell you exactly what’s right for your school, but it can point you in the right direction. Your audience wants to hear from your school. Are you responding?

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