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MAO Student Recruitment Team. Marketing-Admissions-Outreach.
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MAO Student Recruitment Team Marketing-Admissions-Outreach
Marketing Outreach Admissions Focus Focus Focus Build Promote Develop Cultivate Provide Convert Visibility Programs Prospects Prospects Services to Student Recruitment Process & Roles
Why was MAO initially formed? Lack of coordinated, integrated communication with prospects Untapped potential (10,000+ potential students indicated interest in North the previous year)
MAO Strategies • Data-driven decisions • Regular contact with prospects • Consistent image and messages • Coordinated communications and activities (no duplicated efforts)
Prospect Types • Targets • Inquirers • Applicants • Enrollments • Dropped Enrollments
MAO Objective • Move prospects to next step (convert) • Targets Inquirers • Inquirers Applicants • Applicants Enrollments • Enrollments Re-enrollments
New Tactics 2007-08 Build upon one of the fastest applicant response times in the state • Improved marketing effectiveness of schedule and mail to select zip codes and previous 12 months of inquirers/applicants • Targeted advertising based on demographic data • Mail quarterly e-newsletter to previous 12 months of inquirers
2007-08 MAO Team Goals • Increase number of inquiries by 10% Achieved 10% • Increase number of applicants by 1% Achieved 9.4% • Maintain overall conversion rates of inquiries-to-applicants and applicants-to-enrollments Increased inquiries-to-applicants rate by 2% Maintained applicant-to-enrollment rate of 45%
New Tactics 2008-09 Worked with Accounting department to develop “model” for capturing and managing leads that come in at the department level • Developed student ambassadors to host prospects on campus • Increased personal contact with more prospects • Made contact with high school PTAs and submitted articles or ads for parent/school bulletins and announcements • Developed and implemented prospect luncheon that coincided with Spring Fest
Tactic Highlight:Prospect Luncheon • Sent e-mail and postcard invitations to selected inquirers and applicants • RSVPs requested – reminder e-mail sent • 75% of attendees enrolled • What they told us: We wanted to be invited to campus
2008-09 MAO Team Goals • Increase number of inquiries by 10% over 2007-08 • Increase number of applicants by 10% over 2007-08 • Increase conversion rates of inquiries-to-applicants and applicants-to-enrollments by 3% over 2007-08
Inquiry Statistics Total Inquiries 2005-06 754 2006-07 703 2007-08 774 2008-091,228
Outreach Activities & Results • 2300+ outreach contacts • 40 outreach events • 41 tours for 254 prospective students • E-mail campaign to 1756 “applied but not enrolled” students • 87% of outreach inquirerswere converted from inquirer to applied status • Two enrollment campaigns and fairs
New Tactics for 2009-10 • Systemize communications with and tracking of prospects • Develop cutting-edge, highly competitive admissions/registration Web pages and other electronic communications • Develop marketing communications with specific appeal to high school prospects • Invite more prospects campus events • Work with Ed Fund to ensure scholarship strategies are aligned with enrollment strategies