Optimize My Brand

Strategy, tactics, ideas and tips from Creative Company.

Do stealth applicants understand what you stand for?

Do stealth applicants understand what you stand for?

Student recruitment challenges: Part 2 In the last ten years, many higher education institutions have gone through an elaborate, lengthy and often expensive rebranding process. On-campus interviews, surveys of current students, faculty, staff and alums have all been conducted to determine the key ideas that differentiate this school from... read more
Stealth applicants are a lost opportunity

Stealth applicants are a lost opportunity

Student recruitment challenges: Part 1 We hear many colleges and universities commenting on the number of stealth applicants they’re seeing each year, and how that number is growing. Some colleges and universities note 25% to 30%, or even more, of applicants can be designated “stealth.” These potential students haven’t... read more
Six types of video for your website

Six types of video for your website

Video builds your brand online If you aren’t using video on your website to improve SEO—and visitor engagement—it’s time to get in the game. Video has become the primary means of accessing information on the Internet. Just think, how recently did you watch a video on your computer, tablet,... read more
Search engine optimization basics

Search engine optimization basics

Why is Google’s ranking essential? Following on an earlier post about hiring a content marketer rather than a website designer … generated in response to a potential client’s frustration over his well-designed but invisible (to search engines) website, our director of digital, Ron Miller, penned the following response. Note... read more
Fire the web designers, hire the content marketers

Fire the web designers, hire the content marketers

It’s happened again, a client discovers their chosen web designer is clueless Clueless about what’s important about a website, about how to create content that the search engines look for and reward with a higher ranking. About how to get found online. Here’s the scoop … A company we’re... read more