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Ever since Erik Runyon published his post on carousel statistics for the Notre Dame website, there has been plenty of debate on whether carousels are an effective way of providing navigation and information to users. Seeing that carousels are used universally on a wide variety of websites - including e-commerce, higher education, and B2B platforms - one would think the answer would clearly be yes. However, sites such as Should I Use a Carousel have fervently come out and opposed them.

While Oreo’s and Old Spice’s social media campaigns make it seem like Twitter is built for consumer-focused companies trying to sell a product, there is plenty of room for other folks trying to master social media to play ball as well. By fully utilizing its simplicity, wide reach, and analytical prowess, Twitter can become an incredibly effective tool for any marketer.

One of the foundational deliverables for a website project is a content audit. A website content audit is a comprehensive website evaluation that takes into account multiple quantitative and qualitative factors in order to gauge current content quality, components, connections, structure, and function.

Transparency flies in the face of silos, which are endemic to higher ed. Silos seclude people from one another and disconnect people from streams of information. This creates redundancy and inefficiency, inhibits the ability to gain broad buy-in, and makes communication challenging.

But when you strive to foster transparency, the walls fall away. People become humans, not just names on a list. Information becomes common knowledge, not the stuff of legend. Communication and connections become the currency by which things get done.

The world of web design is truly an interesting place and lucky for us, we get to experience it every day. On one side, we see phenomenal creativity and ingenuity from designers trying to give users a unique web experience. However, the other side is a dark place where designers overstep their bounds and ruin webpages. Here are some common design mistakes we see, along with our reactions in GIF form.

We’re thrilled to announce that our work with CIEE has been named as a finalist in the 2015 MITX Awards in the Best Performance Marketing Campaign category. The MITX Awards are presented by the Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange and are the largest and most prestigious annual awards competition in the country for marketing and technology innovation.

We've packed up our Harvard Square office and trucked over to Somerville's Davis Square! Our new home is in the historic Hobbs Building, also home to the iconic Somerville Theatre, and we've taken over the marquee to tell everyone how excited we are about the change. You can now find us on the third floor at 55 Davis Square, and while our address has changed, our phone numbers remain the same. No need to change your speed dial.

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Did you know of prospective students who complete applications, only 15% apply on their first visit? And, more than 54% of eventual applicants visit college and university websites five or more times before applying?

It’s great they’re coming back but, if your school is like many, you don’t need prospects. You need more enrolled students.

The recent announcement that Sweet Briar College will be closing its doors at the end of the academic year has some experts heralding the start of a trend for higher education institutions with dwindling enrollment numbers. While unfortunate, this contraction in the number of small, private colleges and universities across the country is not unexpected.