What I Learned This Year – 2024

At our Christmas celebration this year, I got out the guitar as our grandkids wanted to sing Christmas songs.  Eliza […]

“It’s How Much? You’ve Got To Be Kidding!”

If you’ve been shopping for holiday gifts this year, no doubt you’ve found some fantastic bargains, and then somehow, you […]

What Are You Doing Christmas Eve?

Even though the real song title is “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?” perhaps it’s time to take a […]

I’m Gonna Write a Little Letter, Gonna Mail It To My Local…

DJ? “Roll Over Beethoven” shows how much we’ve changed in the past 50 years.  Letters and postcards were sent to […]

Happy New Year!

No, I’m not a month ahead.  This week’s Marketing Matter focuses on “thinking differently,” and comes from combining thoughts from […]

Thanks!

That’s it! Pretty simple…. but many times, never only once! Thanksgiving is this Thursday, and this is the perfect time […]

RUA Fan?

First things first – the title is pronounced, “Are You a Fan?” About twenty years ago, I published a Marketing […]

What’s the Difference?

Fundraising, development and advancement.  They’re not just different words for the same activity – even though all three produce revenue […]

Fish Where the Fish Are

(This was the first Marketing Matters article published on SchoolAdvancement.com back in 2004.  That means this site is celebrating its […]

Your School’s Target Market and Segment Differentiation

I was hoping to call this article “Whom Do You Serve?” but most schools would answer, “The children.” But you […]