Our University has a facebook and twitter presence. This is a great way to establish word of mouth referals!
My institution uses social media to not only promote the programs offered at the institution, but to showcase events held at the institution, within programs, achievements, etc. It is a way to communicate with current attendees and employees and also give potential attendees insight to our institution.
In our staff signatures on our outgoing emails it says "we are social". Below it has links to all the social media pages we host.
I think it is a great idea not only because it is the fastest way to spread to word to our prospects, but it also shows that we are staying current with today's times. Using social media is a great way to show our school is up to date with the latest technologies and not staying behind.
Valerie,
That is awesome! You are providing a great customer service to your graduates by providing employment opportunities for alumni.
Patty Aronoff
Jane ,
Awesome! Twitter reaches out immediately to those that follow the account. It's an excellent way to keep in contact immediately.
Patty Aronoff
Asmir,
That is great! Pictures are the best advertising showing real-life activities at your school. Make sure to keep the pictures current inviting others to come join the fun.
Patty Aronoff
Kayleigh,
It is a great way to connect to the community at large. There are so many fun things happening at each school and social media can get that word out.
Patty Aronoff
Eric,
This is the new way of communicating through social media. Many of us are not knowledgeable at our school in the impact of social media. It takes attention to detail and full knowledge of the programs.
Patty Aronoff
Marta,
Social media is a great way to connect today. Many students and prospective students use social media in every day of their lives.
Patty Aronoff
social Media is a great way to reach out to our alumni when there are salons looking for stylists also to keep them informed of events that we would like for them to participate in. We have a social media networking club that the students help the creative master maintain.
Our school uses Twitter. They post things like upcoming class starts, student events, and new information about the industry. I think it is a very good tool to keeep people informed.
We use them to post pictures of graduating students and congratulating the students that have passed the boards and go there license. Through the likes from those postings we have followers and more exposure for the school.
Our school uses Facebook and other social media for marketing our school for services, enrollment, to show the public,old future professionals, potential prospectives all the fun and exciting things the students/staff do at the school!
I think this is the way of the future. Most schools including ourselves are lacking in utilizing the social sources that are available.
my school uses the social media to reach out to new students or should I say potential students. They advertise the school programs and give out brief information about the school and it start dates for new programs. its a great way to let people know that we are here
Brian,
There is a lot of junk out there in social media. We should always remember this is a form of advertisement and a reflection of our school.
Patty Aronoff
Valerie,
Social media needs to be current and fresh. You will quickly lose your audience if it's not current.
Patty Aronoff
The school currently is using social media, but now we are going to get better at it as we will post things that are appealing and that is not just junk so that we can generate leads and not be just a junk social media page
We use them, but could be utilizing them much more. We shouldn't just be posting a weekly motivational Monday picture, but should use these sites to drum up referrals better.
James ,
Excellent! I am glad that the resources are working for you.
Patty Aronoff
