IWP

Growing a Graduate Program in a Competitive Higher Education Landscape

Challenge

The Institute of World Politics (IWP) aimed to establish itself amidst longstanding graduate programs in the nation’s capital. The challenges? Awareness, a competitive higher education field, and a technology infrastructure not primed for a surge in potential student interactions.

Solution

Understanding the depth and quality of education IWP had to offer, and the impressive student outcomes achieved with an IWP degree over the past 30 years, we architected and activated a comprehensive marketing strategy while rebuilding their martech. This ensured that this hidden gem was discovered by the right audience.
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Strategic Vision & Goals

Ambition: Beyond merely increasing website traffic, the heart of this campaign was to amplify enrollments across their range of courses: online, in-person degrees, and specialized webinars and events.

KPIs: The primary indicator of success was marked by conversions via “contact me” submissions. Supporting metrics included landing page visits and direct phone engagements.

National Marketing Campaign

Targeted Promotion: We showcased the institute’s compelling curriculum, esteemed faculty, and its profound connections within government and civilian defense sectors. The messaging strategy emphasized student outcomes while always giving voice to the mission to reach the right potential students.

Tactical Execution: Utilizing search, social, retargeting, sponsorships, and much more, our approach zeroed in on areas of maximal impact: schools with collaborative agreements, liberal arts colleges offering international relations, and other demographic and geographic markers relevant to IWP.

Content Depth: Prospective students were channeled through a choice of 22 specialized landing pages, each resonating with the diverse strengths IWP had to offer. These pages appealed to their location, inperson interests, career aspirations, and more. The content was genuinely crafted to address personal interests across a wide range of national security and international affairs topics.

Digital Infrastructure Revamp

Website and CRM Overhaul: Recognizing that the existing website and CRM were pivotal to the campaign’s success, we designed and developed a holistic website enhancement and made additional CRM modifications. These changes were not just to integrate the two platforms but also to provide a better application experience for potential students. From intuitive navigation designs, enticing call-to-action triggers, structured landing pages, advanced SEO tools, application refinements, to automation for recruitment officers, we rejuvenated the digital touchpoints. This bolstered external user engagement and provided the communication, recruitment, and academic affairs teams with the digital tools necessary for success.

Logo Design

Alongside the website overhaul, we took on the significant task of redesigning the IWP logo. Our aim was to craft a symbol that embodied the institute’s rich heritage while projecting a forward-thinking vision. The resulting logo is a blend of traditional elegance and contemporary design, symbolizing IWP’s dedication to leading-edge education in statecraft and national security. This new logo, visually striking and emblematic, now prominently features on the website and institutional materials. It stands as a beacon for future leaders and intellectuals drawn to IWP, representing the institution’s commitment to excellence and intellectual leadership in the global academic community.

Success

We not only aim to highlight the inherent strengths of our clients but also amplify their reach in ways previously unimagined. Our work has led to significant growth in key KPIs and provided staff with savings through modern digital tools, thus benefiting both the top and bottom lines. The Institute of World Politics’ successful campaigns and digital projects are a testament to our commitment to delivering truly transformative results.

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How we did it.

The cornerstone of your identity is an authentic brand story. We work with you to establish a clearly defined brand strategy for your goals – a strategy complementary to your brand’s visual voice.

The creative we design is heavily influenced by the framework for innovation. We design media not just to please our clients, but to engage and delight their customers, members, or constituents. We put people first.

We’ll help you select the right technology, and code it right. Our development team is passionate about using the right mix of open source, off-the-shelf, and hosted solutions to solve complex problems.

Our engineering team understands you have multiple systems that need to communicate to provide a seamless user experience. Connecting software online is our speciality.

We understand clients have a choice of website hosting providers. Our service goes beyond stability, up time, and more to a personalized approach that meets you where you are today, and prepares you for your tomorrow

From search engine marketing strategies to social management to campaign activations and monitoring, we create bespoke digital marketing strategies for your audience.

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