Data & Research
MDR’s Buying Power Map Your State by State Guide to Instructional Spending Ever feel lost in your education marketing endeavors and in need of direction? We’ve made maps of every state, detailing their educational purchasing power to help guide your way. All Instructional Materials MDR has developed an exclusive measure, All Instructional Materials (AIM) Expenditure, […]
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Happy Financial Literacy Month! April is the time to honor this important topic, especially how it relates to families and school. Did you know that teachers as a group are known to be great at calculating the best financial strategy for their family? That’s one thing we learned from a study we commissioned from Simmons […]
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MDR’s Market Research and Marketing teams proudly present The K-12 Education Landscape – a comprehensive look at the education market. Written by Anne Wujcik, in her last few months at MDR, our report features a high-level overview of the K-12 education market. We’ve analyzed both Public schools and Charter Schools, which offer unique advantages and […]
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It’s Library Week! We at MDR wanted to sing the praises of Librarians as the intelligent, savvy school professionals they are, as well as the libraries they facilitate. The evolution of the mediums we use to read is happening rapidly with the move toward e-readers and tablets, and away from the paperback and hardcover. People […]
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Spring is that time of year when thoughts turn to cleaning up, clearing out, and starting fresh. It also happens to be the sweet spot in the education marketing calendar between finalizing one year’s sales results and preparing for the new school season. With four to six weeks needed for an education data cleanse project, […]
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What do teachers ask for from their students? Attention! So, we guess it stands to reason that teachers themselves pay attention to the web advertising they see online. In fact, in a recent study, we asked educators which types of digital marketing prompted them to make a purchase in the last three months, and 44% said […]
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On a recent webinar, we spoke to Hannah Hudson, Editorial Director of WeAreTeachers, and Linda Ingersoll, Leader of our Strategic Engagement team at MDR, about the value of educators as a consumer market. They provided useful insights that were extracted from our in-depth Teachers as Consumers report. Following, you’ll find some of the questions that were […]
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Is there a best day of the week to send email to educators? Will higher ed users click on my web ad? What’s the best social channel for reaching teachers? If you feel like you have more questions than answers on how to strategize your next campaign to educators, never fear. Digital marketing is an ever […]
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Teachers. They are a seven million strong audience hiding in plain site in every community in the country. With unique, and singularly attractive demographics, (financially stable, homeowners, brand loyal), they are truly the perfect consumer. We commissioned a study that every marketer should read, whether trying to reach this highly engaged audience inside or outside […]
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Teachers. They are a seven million strong audience hiding in plain site in every community in the country. With unique, and singularly attractive demographics, (financially stable, homeowners, brand loyal), they are truly the perfect consumer. We commissioned a study that every marketer should read whether trying to reach this highly engaged audience inside, or outside […]
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