SEO - Search Engine Optimization for Higher Education
Expand your visibility, attract new web traffic, cultivate prestige and increase enrollment with search engine optimization
PROBLEM-SOLVING
Why Higher Education institutions need SEO
Having your school appear number one on a Google search is vital when attracting high-quality leads to your school. When your website appears at the top of a Google search, your institution will be visible to prospective students who were not intentionally looking for your school.
Most people only view the first page of Google results, and unlike paid search ads, you can’t pay search engines to get higher organic search rankings. You need an SEO expert to do the work, increasing organic traffic to your school’s website and driving more applications. That’s where we come in.
As a marketer, you need to show how your school remains cutting-edge during this period of change.
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SEO SOLUTIONS
SEO | What is Search Engine Optimization?
Search Engine Optimization is the process of improving the quality and quantity of traffic your website receives from search engines by targeting unpaid (organic) searches. Unpaid traffic includes but is not limited to video search, image search and academic search. The higher your website is listed on search results pages, the more people will see it. Below are the types of services we can provide for your school.
On-page SEO
Ensure all visible elements to Google and your prospective students are valuable and searchable.
Content creation
Write compelling content for your website, blog, and landing pages to help your school rank for specific keywords that are important in your industry.
Local SEO
Increase organic traffic and rankings by optimizing local directories such as Google My Business, Yelp, Yellow Pages, etc.
Reporting
Receive a monthly report overviewing your company’s SEO performance.
Technical SEO
Review all technical SEO aspects to ensure your web pages are fully optimized for search engines. This includes optimizing your robot.txt file, sitemap, adding schema markups to your website, and many other technical aspects.
Competitive and keyword research
Study your competitor’s SEO scores to see where your school ranks. Research keywords that your school can compete for in rankings.
Link building
Build authority for your website through internal and external links.
USERS INTENT
Why SEO is perfect for Higher Education institutions
Reach more students
SEO can help you attract any prospective student with the intent to find a higher education institution at any given moment, no matter what stage of the buying process they’re in. Targeting keywords prospects are likely to use in search engines will allow you to attract new students that haven’t heard of your institution.
Build trust & credibility
A website that ranks high on search engines is considered high-quality and trustworthy, which boosts your school’s credibility. SEO allows you to build credibility over time, letting prospective students gain trust in your school.
Improve your engagement
If your website has valuable content that matches a student's intent, they will likely spend more time browsing, which can ultimately lead to more conversions and increased ROI. Prospective students who engage longer on your site will tend to be more connected to your school, which can lead to long-term advocacy.
Outrank the competition
Other higher education institutions invest in SEO, which means you should too. Investing heavily in SEO will allow your school’s website to rank high in search engines, gain market share, and boost traffic to your site.
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MORE THAN A TEAM
Who we are.
At the heart of Noetic Marketer are a team of strategists, designers, copywriters, and analytic minds focused on achieving the best possible results for our clients.
Over the past few years, our team has created, implemented, and managed complete digital marketing solutions for contractors throughout North America.
Today, we continue to push through the noise to create meaningful connections while successfully delivering innovative marketing solutions for our clients.

GREAT REASONS
Why companies choose Noetic Marketer
There are hundreds of ad agencies out there, but Noetic Marketer is the perfect partner for higher education institutions because we:
We believe in education
Education creates positive change in our world. We help qualified candidates find your school and encourage alumni to give back.
Are versatile
Our team is experienced in creating full digital marketing campaigns on a variety of platforms, including Google Ads, Facebook Ads, Instagram Ads, Linkedin Ads, and more!
Are Higher Education experts
Noetic Marketer’s founders have an extensive background in higher education marketing, with a proven funnel that attracts quality candidates and transforms them into applications.
Provide top-level reporting
Get 24/7 access to your online performance dashboard. Our data specialists are available to help you understand the metrics that matter most to your institution.
Give full budget transparency
Obtain complete visibility on spending for each digital marketing campaign.
Supply goal-crushing results
Gain quality leads, accept high-performing applicants, be visible online, and encourage alumni to continually contribute to your institution.
Are an extension of your team
Your achievements are our achievements. We form strong partnerships based on constant and open communication. When you work with us, you get a partner, not a contractor, who has your institution's best interest in mind.
Create personalized content
We create content that matters to those you are targeting. Our copywriters and graphic designers create original and strategic content for websites, landing pages, social media ads, pay-per-click ads, lead magnets, etc.
Are passionate about learning
Our team stays up-to-date with current trends in the higher ed marketing industry. We consistently test new tools and methods and apply best practices to obtain superior results for our clients.
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APPROACH
Our process.
01
Discovery
Our discovery session is an opportunity to understand your higher education institution’s brand and enrollment goals. Tell us about your objectives, budget, and vision for your university or college, and we will let you know if and how we can help. Our discovery session will help us determine if our agency is a good fit for your institution.
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Audit & Analysis
Our team conducts a thorough audit and analysis of your current digital marketing efforts. We then research competitors, industry trends, keywords, and more to map the funnel. We also develop personas for the audiences you want to target through digital marketing. These personas help us build an audience for your pay-per-click ads and allow us to develop the branding and personality that fits your institution best. In this stage, we determine where the opportunities are for future campaigns.
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Strategy
Together, we will devise strategies to help attain and surpass your enrollment goals, event attendance, and more.
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Asset Creation
Our team develops the content needed to make your strategy a success. We are experienced in writing ad copy, creating landing pages, designing visual advertisements, launching chatbots, writing search engine optimized content, analyzing your data, gathering insights from your previous campaigns, and more.
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Implementation
Ready... Set... Launch! At this stage, we prepare campaigns for execution. Our research, strategy development, and asset creation generate the ideal platform for launching your campaigns. All assets at this stage have been reviewed and approved by you and your team.
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Monitoring
Our team continually monitors the performance of all running campaigns. Every week, comprehensive paid ads reports are sent to all clients.
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Optimization
Our team uses in-depth data analysis to continually improve your campaigns. A/B tests are finalized in this stage, and campaigns are scaled. The final four steps in our process repeat in order to consistently enhance your sustainable marketing strategy!
Our recent success stories
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Frequently Asked Questions
HELPFUL GUIDES
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Working with your institution, we will create a strategic plan that will align with your current operations and marketing activities. By ensuring that your marketing activities are working with one another and working as an omnichannel marketing campaign, we can ensure that your leads and candidates go from one step in the customer journey to the next as smoothly as possible. Together, we will test what kind of messaging works at every stage in your marketing funnel, and we will optimize it to maximize results. Moreover, Noetic has delivered results for other higher education institutions. We know what generally works and what doesn't.
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Posting on social media may not directly affect your pipeline, or at least, it may not attract new candidates on its own. Our agency will help you create content that can nurture, educate and inspire your audience, and help you find the role social media will play in the marketing funnel. Moreover, the Noetic team will help you integrate paid ads to your social media platforms to reach your ideal candidates directly.
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The number of platforms is not as crucial as having two or three that work well with one another. Whether you utilize social media, SEO, blogging, email marketing, or landing pages, you must make them work together as one. With the right messaging and type of content reaching the right audience at the right time, you can ensure that your prospects get a full understanding of what you have to offer. For example, you may generate interest with popular blog posts; it is then essential to collect their information using lead magnets or paid advertisements. Once pre-qualified, invite them to an info session. Lastly, you can remind them of the deadline to apply and continuously re-engage them with other content pieces.
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More attention does not necessarily equate to more applications. Moreover, depending on the number of applicants you need, you may need to reach a selected amount of people within your target audience. By understanding how to reach a particular audience and being efficient with your messaging, you can generate the highest return-on-investment. To start, select a few channels where you want to excel at and that you know will reach your determined audience. From there, make sure you create a step-by-step roadmap for generating interest, generating leads, engaging your leads, and transform them into applications. Creating engaging content remains the number one strategy to get your audience's attention if exposure is your goal.
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Every institution and program has different cycles, deadlines, requirements and price tags. It will depend on how long it takes for interested leads to decide to follow your program, when the program starts and what they need to apply, and what kind of commitment they need to put into the program. For example, an MBA program that requires its students to pursue it on a full-time basis for one year and has a high price tag may have a longer cycle for its students to decide if that's the right program for them. To start seeing applications will depend on your institution and program details. However, to begin seeing engagement, prospects and generating interest, we usually can help you get a fully running marketing funnel within three months.
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SERVICES
Digital Marketing Strategy
Build an effective digital marketing strategy that increases your institution’s leads, enrollment, retention, and alumni engagement.
Social Media Advertising
Advertise on today’s most used social media platforms to increase your reach and encourage more prospective students to apply to your school.
Pay-Per-Click Advertising
Increase lead generation through customizable pay-per-click campaigns targeting those searching for programs, courses or higher education institutions.
Content Marketing
Create valuable, engaging content that intrigues prospective students and lets them know your institution is the best choice for them.
Conversion Rate Optimization CRO
Tailor your sales funnel, improve your user experience, and optimize your conversion rates to turn your traffic into applications.
Email Marketing
Enhance the power of email marketing to convert more leads into students and maintain valuable relationships with existing contacts.
Website Design & Development
Leave a memorable first impression with an engaging and compelling website that accurately communicates your school’s identity.
CRM Implementation
Create a consistent, cohesive, compelling student journey with a comprehensive customer relationship management system.
Social Media Management
Social media management is an essential marketing aspect for institutions who want to build strong brand awareness online.