The Finalsite Blog

Learn from an award-winning designer what's next in school web design and how to bring your website up-to-snuff in the new year. 

Host Tim McDonough talks with Romayne Levee from Mission Minded about the advantages of creating a compelling school strategic plan and discover their shared interest in 70s rock.

Learn how to transform your school’s emails, news, blogs, and social posts with these tactical tips from Content Marketing Manager Mia Major. Relevant, fresh, fun, personalized—anything but "boring."

The International School of Beijing (ISB) recently launched a best-in-class website that engages current families and prospects alike. Learn more about the strategy behind this brilliant redesign with some thoughts from ISB Communications and Marketing Director Joanna Cole! 

Looking for content ideas to start your school's blog? These are five non-fail content writing prompts that work.

Improve your school's social media presence and engagement by avoiding these 12 mistakes.

Whether your redesign is five years old or fifteen, you’ll need the following five things ready before you head into the redesign process.

We've gathered six tips to help you create mobile-friendly emails that are proven to increase open and click-through rates

Do you worry that your school's website looks boring?  Check out these school website design examples that take unique 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.