Brain Waves Blog

Brain Waves Blog: Student Lifetime Value

Student lifetime value

July 15, 2020

It wasn’t entirely unexpected, but the anger arose faster and more intensely than anticipated when I referred to prospective students as customers in a conversation about recruitment.

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Brain Waves Blog: Reach vs. Volume vs. Impressions: Measuring Campaign Success

Reach vs. volume vs. impressions: Measuring campaign success

July 1, 2020

At Campus Sonar, our humans set us apart. Our experience researching and analyzing the nuances of online conversation means we understand how to measure the effectiveness of your content. We know how to analyze who sees your content and understand how that’s impacted by each platform. When you develop social media strategy and create corresponding campaigns, this is ultimately what you need to measure to show success, right? The effectiveness of your campaign. If it worked.

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Coronavirus Higher Education Industry Briefing: May 19

Coronavirus Higher Education Industry Briefing: May 19

May 19, 2020

Community College Remains Top of Mind

Today’s Briefing analyzes publicly available online conversation in the U.S. and on Reddit and YouTube (which span beyond the U.S.) about the coronavirus and higher education from May 11–17. In this analysis of volume, topics, sentiment, and key audiences, we highlight conversation about community colleges (again!) and summarize trends from our ten weeks of Briefings.

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Coronavirus Higher Education Industry Briefing: May 12

Coronavirus Higher Education Industry Briefing: May 12

May 12, 2020

Community College Convo Stays Viral

Today’s Briefing analyzes publicly available online conversation in the U.S. and on Reddit and YouTube (which span beyond the U.S.) about the coronavirus and higher education from May 4–10. In this analysis of volume, topics, sentiment, and key audiences, we highlight the impact of another viral tweet recommending community college, conversations relevant to recruitment and retention, how students (now alumni) and their friends and family talked about graduation, and the continuing conversation about online classes.

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Coronavirus Higher Education Industry Briefing: May 5

Coronavirus Higher Education Industry Briefing: May 5

May 5, 2020

Community Colleges' Time to Shine

Today’s Briefing analyzes publicly available online conversation in the U.S. and on Reddit and YouTube (which span beyond the U.S.) about the coronavirus and higher education from April 27–May 3. In this analysis of volume, topics, and sentiment, we highlight conversation about community colleges, Zoom University, and President Trump.

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