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Where and how you get a lead, and what it costs to generate and qualify it, should be the prime consideration in how you apportion your lead-gen dollars. We talked with MDR’s Digital Products Manager, Sean McCloud, about how marketers can use email marketing to cost-efficiently and consistently fill the lead funnel for sales. Q: […]
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What are the hot topics for educators right now? Check out what school officials, teachers, principals, and all types of educators are most interested in from our educator communities most recently. This is where we share with you the topics that get the most buzz with educators! Are you interested in sponsoring an article like […]
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and well, the busiest! With the start of the new school year upon us, we are consistently asked “what are the few things we can do now to keep our campaigns fresh for educators and give them an edge up to our competitors?” Well, to help you […]
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Thanks to TheLadders.com for referencing us in this great article. When Millennials entered the business world in the early 2000s, unemployment rates were nearly double what they are now — and steadily climbing. As Generation Z comes onto the scene, unemployment sits at record lows. Companies seeking educated new talent are in a fight to catch […]
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Thank you to CEOWorld Magazine for sharing our guest contributed article. By now we all know that corporate social responsibility (CSR) is not only good for local communities and the world, it’s also good for the bottom line. Any business worth its 21st-century salt has embraced this fact and is running with it. But are […]
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Let’s start off by explaining what influencers are and how they can help your business. An influencer is someone with an audience of followers and a platform to engage with them on, whether that’s online via a blog or website, on social media via Instagram or Facebook, or even in-person at live events. Brands can […]
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Thanks to Business 2 Community for sharing our guest contributed article. Late summer and fall is the time when parents and their kids are shopping for backpacks, binders, and the latest styles as students head back into the classroom. But teachers are making plans much earlier. They spend springtime finalizing their lists for the following […]
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What are the hot topics for educators right now? Check out what school officials, teachers, principals, and all types of educators are most interested in from our educator communities from the past two weeks. This is where we share with you the topics that get the most buzz with educators! Are you interested in sponsoring […]
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Influencer marketing has been prominent in consumer marketing, especially in the fashion, technology, and beauty industries for quite a while. Over the last few years it has emerged in the educator space as an exciting, new way to promote your products, company, or brand to new people in the education market. Partnering with authentic social […]
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The Numbers Are in and the Numbers Don’t Lie No matter what business you are in, it is important to communicate with your customers and it is even more important to know when to communicate with them. Conventional wisdom has taught us that in the education arena, the first two months of the school year […]
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What are the hot topics for educators right now? Check out what school officials, teachers, principals, and all types of educators are most interested in from our educator communities from the past two weeks. This is where we share with you the topics that get the most buzz with educators! Are you interested in sponsoring […]
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Thanks to Thrive Global for referencing us in this great article. Once primarily an outlet for creative expression, Instagram has morphed into a real-time competition to build cadres of followers. But enough is apparently enough. The company has announced plans to move back to being a platform blooming with inspiration and good intentions — or […]
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What are the hot topics for educators right now? Check out what school officials, teachers, principals, and all types of educators are most interested in from our educator communities from the past two weeks. This is where we share with you the topics that get the most buzz with educators! Are you interested in sponsoring […]
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It’s targeted to educators. It’s rich in detail. It conveys your message persuasively, not to mention the beautiful design! You’ve worked hard on an article, case study, eBook, or white paper and now it’s time for that content to work hard for you. That’s where repurposing, upcycling, and disseminating comes into play as part of your […]
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By Steve Palm – General Manager, MDR I have spent my career in education, media, information services, and marketing services, most recently at NewBay Media, and at Scholastic before that. Since joining MDR in January, I have reconnected with many old colleagues and spent time with our customers. What continues to ring true is not […]
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We are proud to announce that MDR, together with our client Lysol, was selected as a winner in the Instagram – Best Marketing Campaign category of the 2019 PRNews Social Media Awards! Winners were announced last week at the Social Media Awards Breakfast at the Social Shake Up Show in Atlanta, GA. The My Healthy […]
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What are the hot topics for educators right now? Check out what school officials, teachers, principals, and all types of educators are most interested in from our educator communities from the past two weeks. This is where we share with you the topics that get the most buzz with educators! Are you interested in sponsoring […]
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In a recent article, I talked about six steps you can take to set up your own Account-Based Marketing (ABM) program. While it’s good to talk about the concept of ABM, going from theory to action is a big jump. That’s because an ABM strategy is more focused on orchestrated, high-value programs and engagement with […]
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What are the hot topics for educators right now? Check out what school officials, teachers, principals, and all types of educators are most interested in from our educator communities from the past two weeks. This is where we share with you the topics that get the most buzz with educators! Are you interested in sponsoring […]
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Thank you to Under30CEO for referencing us in this great article. Today’s tight labor market is flipping the script on recruiting. Rather than job seekers trying to impress employers, the opposite is happening. Apprenticeship opportunities, in which employees are paid to be trained rather than incur student debt, have grown by 42 percent since 2013. And […]
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The 24-Hour Digital Campaign Engagement Cycle Teachers like to surf at lunchtime—surf the Internet that is. A majority like to open their email around noon, so, a good time to catch them is while they are eating. That’s food for thought as you put together your campaign menu. In looking at our engagement data from […]
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We already know teachers are embracing social media. We also learned that Instagram is the social network preferred by millennials and Gen Z. So, the next logical step was to ask what teachers think of Instagram. Recently, MDR surveyed teachers about their Instagram use, and more than 1,000 teachers shared their thoughts. The majority of […]
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What are the hot topics for educators right now? Check out what school officials, teachers, principals, and all types of educators are most interested in from our educator communities from the past two weeks. This is where we share with you the topics that get the most buzz with educators! Are you interested in sponsoring […]
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Facebook has made its way back into recent news headlines, this time regarding its ad targeting solutions. While there is no need to fret, we want to recognize that some of these changes may impact those in the education space, both Facebook users and advertisers who rely on the platform to target and reach customers. […]
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I love email. At its best, it is a non-invasive form of one-to-one communication that is direct, cost-effective, and easy to track. But, that ping-ping-ping of incoming emails can truly get on my nerves. Each morning, I’m stressed before I even look at my inbox, because I know there will be hundreds of new messages […]
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This year’s National Library Week theme was Libraries = Strong Communities. At MDR we are awed by the immense impact that libraries have in our communities and how their influence goes well beyond library doors. A Pew Research Center study from 2016 showed that more than 90% of Americans consider the library “very” or “somewhat” […]
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In a recent post, I provided an overview of Account-Based Marketing (ABM) as it relates to the education market. I discussed what it is and why ed marketers should consider adding this focused attribution marketing method to their strategy for reaching and engaging schools and districts. Now that you know more about ABM, I will […]
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What are the hot topics for educators right now? Check out what school officials, teachers, principals, and all types of educators are most interested in from our educator communities from the past two weeks. This is where we share with you the topics that get the most buzz with educators! Are you interested in sponsoring […]
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You might be surprised to know that that there are 250 million users on Pinterest…AND millions are educators. Pinterest is a visual platform used for discovering new ideas and their advertising option is an excellent opportunity for education marketers to put their products and services in front of an engaged, qualified audience of educators. Most […]
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Apples, coffee cups, pencils, and rulers: What do these things have in common? Ding, ding, ding — they’re gifts given to teachers every single year. This Teacher Appreciation Week, you can do better by giving teachers something that they’re truly interested in. No matter their district or grade level taught, teachers are running short on […]
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