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Mobile Marketing & SMS/Texting Solutions

Does anyone have any experience of doing mobile marketing in higher ed? We are looking a several options that would allow us to send text messages to prospective students, accepted students and…Continue

Started Aug 14, 2012

Linked In Account Creation
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I'm about to create a LinkedIn account for our institution and noticed that there are two options, 1) Create Company Profile and 2) Create Group.Does anybody have any input as to how we should create…Continue

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Started this discussion. Last reply by Steve Thurston Jun 16, 2010.

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Mobile Marketing & SMS/Texting Solutions

Does anyone have any experience of doing mobile marketing in higher ed? We are looking a several options that would allow us to send text messages to prospective students, accepted students and current students that opt-in. I've done a lot of research of the pros and cons, but now I'm looking for input from schools that might already be doing this and what options/solutions have they tried. The three we have been looking at is Mobivity, Tatango and Betwext.See More
Aug 14, 2012
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Steve Thurston replied to Steve Thurston's discussion Linked In Account Creation
"Thanks Brad!"
Jun 16, 2010
Bradjward replied to Steve Thurston's discussion Linked In Account Creation
"Company profile really does nothing for you. There can be no interaction there. It's just a snapshot of your employees based on profile information. You can do it, but you'll rarely use it. Anyone with an email in your domain can edit it…"
Jun 16, 2010
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Linked In Account Creation

I'm about to create a LinkedIn account for our institution and noticed that there are two options, 1) Create Company Profile and 2) Create Group.Does anybody have any input as to how we should create our account? I would imagine that we would need to have both, and if so, is there a particular order in the creation process that we should watch out for or does that not matter?We not only want to promote our institution but we also want alumni to network/connect through us as well. I understand…See More
Jun 14, 2010
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Steve Thurston replied to Andrea M. Dillon's discussion Design vs. Usability in the group Design
"One of the things that I have learned these past six months regarding design, is that it needs to be well balanced: good design and good navigation. Usability is key for people to find things, but design is important too because for the culture that…"
Jun 2, 2010
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Design

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Steve Thurston replied to Doug Thompson's discussion Facebook Fan Page...to "open" or not?
"Hi Doug, one of the things that we have done is create a Social Media Policy that goes through the whole process of how our institution 'does' social media (from students, to faculty, to staff) and this is a great guide to manage all of…"
Jun 2, 2010
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Employer?
Valley Forge Christian College
Website:
http://www.vfcc.edu
Personal Website:
http://www.twitter.com/SocialMediaByte
List three areas of expertise or specialization.
Marketing, Programming, and Social Media
What CMS are you using?
Proprietary but soon to be using Sitefinity
What department or office are you in?
Marketing Department
Primary Job Responsibility
Webmaster for Valley Forge Christian College. All things programming, marketing, advertising, design and social media.
Number of students at your institution
900+

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Office Reservation software

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