The Finalsite Blog

Do you worry that your school's website looks boring?  Check out these school website design examples that take uniqu and innovative to the next level!

Take 30 minutes and put together an email message that says "thanks!" before Thanksgiving.

Do you manage your school's website? Brush up on these must-know web design terms.

High school parents make up much of your prospective or current audiences. Here are five tips to keep them engaged with your communications.

Learn how International School Basel (ISB) modernized its school website with a Finalsite redesign.  

Check out this selection of recent custom and theme website launches from October for inspiration for your next redesign or website launch.

When your school’s inquiries are down, it’s time to evaluate the root of the problem and make a game plan to fix it. Here’s how!

Interested in building social media campaigns to boost open house attendance and applications? We've outlined five social media best practices to get you started. 

Host Tim McDonough talks with Eric Sheninger from the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE) about digital leadership, school branding, and being creepy on social media.

Got writer’s block? Here are some tips to constantly create content for your website to keep your community engaged.

Host Tim McDonough talks with Aaron Teffeteller from Webb School about the importance of website analytics and how Webb found success telling their school's unique story online.

As a school professional, you have limited time. It’s time to audit your current processes and focus on what matters most.

Are you not getting the desired ROI out of your school’s search ads? You might be guilty of this one big mistake.

Looking to improve your school’s Facebook engagement? Facebook Groups might be the perfect solution.

Apply Marie Kondo's famous organizing method to your school website with these tactical tips.  

Schools face the increasingly difficult challenge of boosting engagement and enrollment year-to-year. Here’s five ways a mobile app can help.

Most of your prospective donors don't actually see those happening every single day like you do. Let them see it, feel it, be part of it. On every page of your Giving section.

Is a new website or redesign top-of-mind for your school or district? Check out this selection of recent custom and theme website launches for inspiration.

Is your school trying to engage Gen Z? You’ll want to follow these four proven strategies for your website, email, and social media.

Learn valuable tips for sprucing up your school district website's header and footer from these eight districts!

Personas are the foundation of your school’s inbound marketing strategy. Learn how to craft personas to improve your website's performance and email open rate.

Looking for creative and unique ways to collect constituent information? Learn how Conserve School and three awards runners-up built their exceptional online forms.

Thank you pages are a critical component of your inbound marketing strategy — but are you using them?

Need every bit of help to save time during your busy work week? Free your schedule with award-winning tips from Stone Ridge School and three awards runners-up.

Are you writing awesome news stories but not seeing awesome engagement? Try these six simple changes!

The King’s Academy in Jordan recently redesigned their website. Read more about their experience with Finalsite in this case study!

Looking to make the most of your community portals? Follow these award-winning best practices from Spring Lake Park Schools and three awards runners-up.

Is your school or district considering a new website? Get inspired by 50+ new, custom websites that launched in July and August.

The key to creating a great district website design is to have an understanding of your website’s entire audience. (Hint: it’s more than just students and their parents!)

Remarketing ads provide schools an affordable solution to stay top-of-mind to website visitors.

Content offers are at the center of your school’s inbound marketing strategy. Learn how to create an award-winning one like St. Benedict's Prep and other schools.

Wayzata Public Schools trimmed its website down by 16,000 pages! Learn how you can simplify yours, too!

Need to drive more traffic to your school's open houses this fall? Try these 10 proven strategies. 

Looking to make the most of our Resources module? Learn Resources best practices from The Hill School and three 2019 Double Diamond Awards runners-up.

Technology has exploded these past ten years. So what will the next decade bring? Here are four marketing predictions for schools this coming decade. 

Are your home-to-school communications the best they can be? Prepare your communications strategy for the new school year with these five tips.  

Focus groups are essential to market research and allow schools the opportunity to speak to the types of people they want to learn more about. From discovering how families learn about your school to the pains they’re experiencing, hosting a school focus group is an invaluable exercise.  
 

Looking to make the most of your theme web design? Learn best practices to design exceptional Theme websites from Heritage Christian School and three Double Diamond Awards runners-up.

Latin School of Chicago and three Messages Double Diamond Awards runners-up share email marketing tips from the first-ever Double Diamond Awards.

Sticky menus, sticky calls-to-action, sticky search... when it comes to navigation design for your website, getting stuck is a good thing! See how other schools use sticky navigation to engage site visitors and meet their goals. 

Prospective undergraduate and graduate students use the internet to guide their application decisions and often look for information on three key topics. Do you have these pages on your website? 

We’re at that midsummer point where admissions and marketing staff have an eye toward fall and open house season, wondering what steps to take next. Here are three top tips to give your marketing efforts a boost.

What's the difference between a carousel and a knowledge panel? Read on to find out how these two Google search features can alter  prospective families' school decisions--and what you can do about it!

Finalsite Internet Marketer Sarah Englebert shares how districts can use digital marketing to engage with the community and help retain students.  

Dozens of schools were nominated for the Posts Award in the 2019 Double Diamond Awards. Though the competition was strong, Seattle Preparatory School and three runners-up came out on top.

Learn how to create an effective athletic communications plan that will keep players, parents, and coaches happy this fall season with five easy tips.  

You have a meeting with your school's board of trustees and you want to give them an update on your school's marketing efforts. How much do you share? What specifically do you share? Kate Persons shares five takeaways from her conversations with other Heads of Schools. 

"So, you've signed on the dotted line for a website redesign project — now what? Get an inside look at the deployment process that's won our schools 100 design awards and counting."

Here’s a quick punch list of useful tips, reminders and ideas to keep your school website ahead of the curve in strategy, maintenance, and design.