What I’ve Learned This Year: 2020

As has become the tradition, the last Marketing Matter of the year is a compilation of what I’ve learned since […]

3 Questions to Think About During the Christmas Season…OK, 5 Questions

Why 5?  Simply because 3 leads to 4 leads to 5 – and it’s the fifth element that’s necessary to […]

Planning for Catholic and Christian School Celebration Events in 2021

Advent is a season of preparation.  But I will bet you anything that if you lead a Catholic school or a […]

The 5 Why’s – Determining the Root Cause

If you’ve been a visitor to SchoolAdvancement, you’ll know that according to systems thinking pioneer Peter Senge, a complete system […]

Writing For Email

A number years ago, I subscribed to a service now called Outstand (http://www.outstand.com)  to keep in better contact with my […]

7 Essential iZine Groups

After publishing last week’s article about having at least 2 eNewsletter/iZine groups (one for internal constituents and one for external […]

Your School’s Electronic Communication Update

About 10 years ago, this article was titled, “Does Your School Have a eNewsletter?”  About 5 years ago, it was […]

The Goal of Marketing is NOT to Increase Enrollment

It’s my hope that when you read the title of this Marketing Matters column, you’ve said, “What? Then what is […]

5 Tips for a Successful Fundraising Event Invitation

I ran across this article from the Andrea Brody Design Network.  In it, Andrea says that she attended a Webinar […]

Put the System in Place

One of the presentations I’ve given to schools and groups of school administrators over the past few years was titled […]