The Power of Word-of-Mouth Marketing for Schools

June 17, 2019 Daren Worcester

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Episode 63 of the Get Connected podcast welcomes Emily Cretella, owner of Cursive Content Marketing and author of the Blackbaud K–12 eBook, The Word-of-Mouth School Marketing Toolkit. Emily joins the podcast to discuss her eBook, including:

Why schools should work to cultivate word-of-mouth marketing?
The importance of word-of-mouth marketing
The foundational pieces necessary to create a word-of-mouth marketing plan
The difference between and the purpose of a school's positioning statement, positioning story, and reason to believe
The three stages of a word-of-mouth marketing action plan
What to look for in brand ambassadors and how to recruit and position them
How to leverage word-of-mouth marketing testimonials
How to measure success

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About the Author

Daren Worcester has been a member of the Blackbaud K-12 team for 16 years, assisting hundreds of independent schools through a variety of website development roles. A former copywriter and a published author with an appetite for SEO, Daren currently serves as the senior content marketing manager for K-12.
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