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Ready for a school website redesign? Read these 5 tips first.

If you are preparing to redesign your small school’s website, congratulations! A school website redesign is a long, comprehensive process that requires strong planning, strategy, and execution to be positively impactful to your school marketing strategy.  However, due to the complex nature of a redesign, it is important to prepare…

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10 Tips for SEO Schools Should Know About

In the competitive world of private schools, having a well-designed and optimized website is essential for attracting potential students and their families. The website is often the first point of contact for parents looking for information about the school, and it can play a crucial role in their decision-making process….

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How your web host could help or hurt your website performance

One of the first questions people may ask web designers when planning out their website is: Does it really matter where my website is hosted, or if it is hosted at all? In short, yes! The hosting environment you choose for your school website can impact security, SEO, user experience…

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Which Enrollment Management Platform is Best for Your Small School or Camp?

By Emily Hannah With any small school or children’s camp, a main goal will always be attracting new prospective students. While marketing your school and getting the attention of these new students is one process, guiding them through the entire marketing funnel to enrollment, and managing that complex process in…

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2022 School and Nonprofit Website Wrap Up – Our Year in Review

It is hard to believe, but 2022 is coming to a close— happy holidays and happy New Year! What a whirlwind this year has been. While we can’t wait to see what next year holds, the holiday season gives an opportunity to look back and reflect on this past year…

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6 Mistakes You Might Be Making on Your School Website

Keeping your private school’s website design in tip top shape over time is no easy feat— with plugin updates, design tweaks, and overall site upkeep, there is a laundry list of maintenance must-haves to keep the boat afloat and your website performing at an optimal level.  In this blog post,…

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4 Helpful SEO Stats (And How to Use Them for Your School Blog)

Did you know that over 90 percent of online searches begin with a search engine? In fact, the average person conducts about three to four searches a day. If someone is looking for an answer to a question or a certain piece of information, it is almost certain they will…

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Four Simple Ways To Improve Local Search Results for Your School

For small schools, your rankings in search engines like Google are the secret ingredient to a successful marketing strategy. To reach your marketing goals and improve local search results, your website and its content needs to be optimized to its full potential.  In this blog post, we’ll give you insider…

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5 Easy Summer Break SEO Tasks for your School Website

While your school students, parents and families are relaxing this summer, your team may be taking advantage of the vacation and preparing your website for the next school year. We are going to share our top recommended tasks for school websites for your summer break. Summer is short— if you…

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Using Google Business Profile to Increase Student Enrollment

Let’s talk about free and effective marketing strategies to increase student enrollment! As summer kicks off, your school kickstarts recruiting new students to join your school community in the fall. As for parents, they will scour the internet for information on the best school option for their kids for the…

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Essential School Website Features for Great User Experience

In the web design world, there are a plethora of fancy features that are implemented in school websites to enhance user experience. These could include videography, pop-ups, interactive polls, the list goes on. While they are great add-ons, and can definitely add a layer of complexity to overall user experience,…

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Is Your Website Accessible?

Website accessibility is a hot topic right now. Since 1990, the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) has prohibited discrimination based on disability. Originally focused on accessibility to brick and mortar buildings, it has expanded to include virtual spaces, as well. This means that your website (a virtual space) should allow…

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