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Marketing to an Evolving Educational Landscape

By Guest Contributor | 05/06/2020 | Comments Off on Marketing to an Evolving Educational Landscape
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By Guest Contributor Lisa Wolfe How we view “school” changed somewhat abruptly just weeks ago. While this would typically be the time when companies would be ramping up their efforts to market products and resources for the 2020-2021 school year, instead everyone is taking a step back to assess what the needs will be in […]

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Social Distancing Is Driving Social Media

By MDR Marketing Team | 04/06/2020 | Comments Off on Social Distancing Is Driving Social Media
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With nearly 300 million people in at least 38 states being urged to stay home, sales and marketing professionals alike have absorbed a new vocabulary term, “social distancing.” Because of social distancing millions of us are working from home, top Education conferences like NCTM, ALA and ISTE have been canceled, and we are all wrapping […]

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Education in the Time of Coronavirus

By MDR Marketing Team | 04/06/2020 | Comments Off on Education in the Time of Coronavirus
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Like many of you, I find most of my daily activities have significantly changed because of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) quarantine/”shelter in place” rules. I’m making the best of it, spending time with my family, connecting more frequently via text, FaceTime and social media, and shopping — lots of shopping for food and supplies, of course, […]

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School Supply Lists for Fall? They’re Being Compiled Now.

By MDR Marketing Team | 03/12/2020 | Comments Off on School Supply Lists for Fall? They’re Being Compiled Now.
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Teachers are known for their advance planning, so it’s no surprise they get out ahead of the fall classroom resupply game by making their shopping lists months in advance. And our research reveals most lists are compiled in the spring. To make the list, it’s important to focus your persuasive attention on teachers because over […]

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2019 Top Content for Teachers

By MDR Marketing Team | 02/20/2020 | Comments Off on 2019 Top Content for Teachers
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With more than 60 million page views in 2019 and 600,000 new followers across Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram channels, WeAreTeachers  is the online destination for teachers and school leaders. Educators come to WeAreTeachers every day looking for practical classroom ideas, freebies and giveaways, and teacher-to-teacher advice and humor. Our team of strategists have become […]

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Some of the Savviest Instagram Influencers Are Classroom Teachers

By Guest Contributor | 02/20/2020 | Comments Off on Some of the Savviest Instagram Influencers Are Classroom Teachers
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Thanks to The Marketing Scope for publishing us in this great article. Check out this excerpt from our very own Donnine Souhrada below. When it comes to Instagram influencers, you’re likely picturing young celebrities promoting the latest hot trend. But there’s another group that’s spending time exerting influence over young people on social media: teachers. […]

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6 Smart Strategies for Education Companies in Digital Marketing

By Guest Contributor | 02/20/2020 | Comments Off on 6 Smart Strategies for Education Companies in Digital Marketing
6 Smart Strategies for Education Companies in Digital Marketing

Thanks to EdWeek for mentioning us in this great article. Here’s a sneak peek: Digital marketing strategies are evolving in new ways to help education companies target their efforts more effectively, boost their brands, and connect with educators. Companies are using new tactics to thrive on social media. They’re modifying the way they work with […]

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10 Ways to Crush Your Education Marketing Conferences this Year

By MDR Marketing Team | 01/17/2020 | Comments Off on 10 Ways to Crush Your Education Marketing Conferences this Year
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It’s our favorite time of year (well, one of them), when you can go to one location and meet all your prospects and customers, show them what’s new, and collaborate on what’s next. The 2020 conference season kicked off this week with the Future of Education Technology Conference (FETC) in sunny Miami, FL. The thing […]

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3 Ways to Engage Educators to Boost Your Brand Image

By MDR Marketing Team | 01/16/2020 | Comments Off on 3 Ways to Engage Educators to Boost Your Brand Image
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Thank you to The Marketing Scope for sharing our guest contributed article.  Educators are a band of wise warriors quietly cultivating the minds that will form our future — they’re some of the most valuable people in society. But how often do you think of them as an investable audience when it comes to building […]

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Are You Ghosting Your Customers?

By MDR Marketing Team | 10/31/2019 | Comments Off on Are You Ghosting Your Customers?
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That’s scary – and here are four reasons why! With Halloween upon us…made me think about a haunting dirty trick. I’m talking about being ghosted. It’s the worst. You think you’ve made a connection with someone, and then they stop responding to your calls, emails, texts, whatever. Whoosh—they’ve vanished. It’s the ultimate insult. You weren’t […]

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Beyond Back-to-School Spending: Teachers Are Brand Loyal

By MDR Marketing Team | 10/25/2019 | Comments Off on Beyond Back-to-School Spending: Teachers Are Brand Loyal
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School spending is big business. Teachers spend an estimated $1.75 billion per year on school supplies from classroom budgets and out-of-pocket expenditures. And marketers know teachers—and parents—spend a lot of their own money on school-related products and services. In a previous post, I talked about the trend of teacher out-of-pocket spending on school supplies for […]

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Beyond Back-to-School Spending: Teachers Spend All Year Long

By MDR Marketing Team | 10/18/2019 | 1 Comment
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There’s a reason the hashtag #clearthelist—which asks people to buy items on teachers’ Amazon wish lists—took off this back-to-school season. Teachers are spending more and more of their own money on school supplies and materials for their classrooms. And many schools continue to push the AmazonSmile program which gives back to schools when friends and […]

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5 Ways to Get More for Your Brand By Sponsoring a Blog Post

By Guest Contributor | 10/11/2019 | Comments Off on 5 Ways to Get More for Your Brand By Sponsoring a Blog Post
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By Kimberley Moran – Senior Digital Editor at WeAreTeachers and School Leaders Now It doesn’t take long in any culture to realize the truth in the old saying, you are known by the company you keep. Look around and you’ll find people aligning themselves with brands everywhere from makeup to food to educational products. It […]

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Don’t Be Hating on Email Marketing

By MDR Marketing Team | 10/11/2019 | Comments Off on Don’t Be Hating on Email Marketing
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I went shopping before work again…because I feel compelled to look at my email when I first wake up. There was a sale, there were these boots… and the next thing I know I’m $100 poorer (but infinitely more stylish) before 8 a.m. That’s the thing with email. It finds you…wherever you are, it is […]

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How to Meet the Demands of the Socially Conscious Consumer

By MDR Marketing Team | 09/23/2019 | Comments Off on How to Meet the Demands of the Socially Conscious Consumer
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Thanks to ReadWrite for referencing us in this great article. Nearly 200 chief executives from some of the world’s largest companies met in August as part of the Business Roundtable. Discussing the most pressing issues facing modern corporations, their manifesto signaled a departure from old-school corporate philosophy. Its primary message? Shareholder value isn’t everything. Regardless of how far-reaching their call […]

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Capturing the Attention of Busy School Leaders

By MDR Marketing Team | 09/19/2019 | Comments Off on Capturing the Attention of Busy School Leaders
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Renaissance Collaborates with MDR to Build Continued Awareness Among School Leaders School leaders regularly clock more than a standard, full-time workload every week. In fact, a recent study showed that on average, principals work nearly 60 hours a week. This makes them an especially challenging audience to reach for the thousands of education technology companies […]

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What Worked: The Best of Content Marketing Report

By MDR Marketing Team | 09/10/2019 | 3 Comments
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If educators respond to relationship marketing, and every relationship starts with a good conversation, then content marketing is your best opening line. Thoughtful, captivating, relevant content that strikes a chord with the teacher audience is an ideal ice breaker. Make an educator feel like you’re worth listening to, and you are heading for the top […]

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Why Email Marketing Takes the Lead

By MDR Marketing Team | 08/21/2019 | Comments Off on Why Email Marketing Takes the Lead
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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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8 Marketing Tips for a Successful School Year

By MDR Marketing Team | 08/08/2019 | Comments Off on 8 Marketing Tips for a Successful School Year
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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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3 ways to make your company irresistible to Gen Z workers

By MDR Marketing Team | 07/27/2019 | Comments Off on 3 ways to make your company irresistible to Gen Z workers
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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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Take Your CSR Program Back To School

By Colleen Galligan | 07/22/2019 | Comments Off on Take Your CSR Program Back To School
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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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Understanding the 5 W’s of Influencer Marketing Disclosure

By MDR Marketing Team | 07/03/2019 | Comments Off on Understanding the 5 W’s of Influencer Marketing Disclosure
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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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Now is the Time to Get in on the $80 Billion Back-to-School Market

By MDR Marketing Team | 06/24/2019 | Comments Off on Now is the Time to Get in on the $80 Billion Back-to-School Market
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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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Influencer Marketing for the Education Space: The Who, What, Why, and How

By MDR Marketing Team | 06/19/2019 | Comments Off on Influencer Marketing for the Education Space: The Who, What, Why, and How
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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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Educators are Engaged Day and Night, All Year Round

By MDR Marketing Team | 06/14/2019 | Comments Off on Educators are Engaged Day and Night, All Year Round
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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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How to Use Social Media for More Mindful Connections

By MDR Marketing Team | 06/06/2019 | Comments Off on How to Use Social Media for More Mindful Connections
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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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Getting More Bang for your Content Marketing Buck

By MDR Marketing Team | 05/16/2019 | Comments Off on Getting More Bang for your Content Marketing Buck
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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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