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March 5, 2020
Episode 32: Making the Case for Independent Schools: A Conversation on the Future of K-12 Marketing and Student Recruitment | The Enrollify Podcast

Making the Case for Independent Schools: A Conversation on the Future of K-12 Marketing and Student Recruitment

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About the Episode

"Gone are the days when we could just rest on our laurels and meet our enrollment goals", says Angela Brown, the Director of Marketing and Communications at Flint Hill School, a K-12 independent school located in Oakton, Virginia. On this week's episode, Zach Busekrus chats with Angela about the greatest opportunities and challenges that the independent school market faces in 2020. Angela discusses the importance of knowing who you are and owning how you're different in an increasingly crowded space. Independent schools aren't just competing against each other today, they're competing against increasingly well-funded public and charter schools as well. Among others, Angela answers the following questions:

1. How can colleges and universities do a better job at building relationships with independent schools? What do you wish schools would do more of (or less of) as it pertains to recruiting today's high school students?

2. From a marketing standpoint, how is independent student recruitment different form recruiting at the post-secondary levels?

3. Many of our listeners are enrollment marketers working at colleges and universities. Many of them operate in environments where admissions and marketing are siloed. How has Flint Hill been able to pull together influencers from a variety of departments to execute a successful rebrand?

People in this episode

Host

Seth Odell is Founder and CEO of Kanahoma, the fastest growing digital marketing agency in higher education, and host of The Higher Ed Pulse.

Mallory Willsea is the Chief Strategist and Producer of Enrollify — higher ed’s largest and most trusted podcast network - and host of The Higher Ed Pulse.

Interviewee

Angela Brown

Since 2014, I've been the director of marketing and communications at Flint Hill School, a JK-12, co-ed day school just outside of Washington, DC. Before that, I spent 10 years focusing on B2B marketing communications for AmLaw 100 firms, IT consulting and digital marketing agencies and a leading commercial real estate information and analytics company. In my time at Flint Hill, I've become extremely passionate about equity and inclusion and innovation in education. I could go on for a while about both.

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