Mara is a passionate Schools’ marketing specialist and the Director of Roberts Digital – a Digital Marketing agency for Education. She implements creative, results-driven digital campaigns for her school clients, authors a weekly schools marketing blog and runs Australia’s biggest Schools Marketing Facebook Group – Marketing Mastery for Schools.
Mara has an Honours degree in Marketing Management, has worked with over 50 schools in marketing and admissions, mentors school principals and marcomms professionals and frequently provides training to enable school professional to implement industry leading strategies.
research has shown that parents do A LOT of their research online. If your marketing strategy were a car, your website would be the engine because all roads point to your website in this digital age. I’ve seen too many expensive advertising campaigns lead to a poor website and we often are unaware of the loss because of it.
There are many reasons why live messaging is so beneficial to schools, but especially during this time where social distancing is being implemented.
‘How can we keep the momentum going while having COVID-19 protection measures in place?’ We are working on strategies with our clients to maintain their school growth and have included a few recommendations to help you maintain yours.
As a school marketer, you may be on the fence about how to respond in our current climate, deciding if you should wait it out or offer a virtual open day. There is no doubt that virtual open events are new for our schools, but as we’ve embraced the change for our...
Do you cover all your school marketing needs in-house or do you hire an agency? In this article, we will look at the pros and cons of each option so that you can make the best decision for your school.
Have you ever felt that you’re not getting the results you have been working so hard for? Today we’ll explore how the right balance between branding and ‘call-to-action’ campaigns could be your solution for better marketing results.
We are always looking to find clever new advertising techniques that work, and while I would never advocate basing your business on one marketing mechanism, many people do use Google Adwords as a main source of new leads. Why do people use Google Adwords? If you had...
I’ve always had a saying when it comes to marketing – “success is in the detail”. I’ve learnt that this is especially true for leaflet delivery campaigns. Today, I would like to take a few moments to discuss the finer details that have transformed our campaigns from average performers to heavy lifters in our marketing arsenal.
In this week’s episode of the Marketing Mastery for School’s Podcast I discuss four alternatives to advertising your open event on Facebook. Why? Facebook ads are amazingly effective, but its important to have a variety of ways to speak to your audience.
Check out the five simple tips I share with my clients so they can support their Facebook ads campaign and achieve the best possible results.
In the first episode of our Unplugged series, we talk to Julie McAllister from Barker College, discussing video production, Facebook ads and mannequins.
It’s part 8 of our “Digital Marketing Health Check” series. This week we ask, how can we measure our school’s marketing efforts and why is it so important?
In part 7 of our “Digital Marketing Health Check” series, we take a look at Follow-Up Marketing a necessity in school’s marketing for nurturing prospects and closing sales.
In part 6 of our “Digital Marketing Health Check” series, we take a look at Messenger marketing a new channel for communicating with prospective parents.
In part 5 of our “Digital Marketing Health Check” series we take a look at a SMS for Schools – a little gold nugget that adds so much value to your digital marketing strategy.
A collection of top Facebook Ads from schools. See what other school marketers are doing on Facebook and be inspired.
A collection of top Facebook Ads from schools. See what other school marketers are doing on Facebook and be inspired.
A collection of top Facebook Ads from schools. See what other school marketers are doing on Facebook and be inspired.