Software to Engage Your Community
Share your school's value with the world with our software and tools.
An awesome web experience designed for the school community.
From alumni and parent volunteers to your local community, the Finalsite platform makes it simple to create true engagement. With new inbound tools to personalize the site experience, dynamic calendars and forms to keep everything organized and social feeds to share your events and successes, you can boost school spirit and community relationships in a platform that's simple enough for anyone at your school to manage.
Community Engagement Tools and Software Built for Schools
Social Media Feeds
Finalsite Feeds allow you to pull in social posts into specific site pages, letting you share hashtags or accounts of interest to alumni or parents.
Digital Calendars
Keep your community in-the-loop about upcoming events using Calendars, complete with alerts and notifications.
Email Marketing
Send responsive, personalized emails to your community, track engagement, and more.
Inbound Tools
Personalized page elements, A/B testing, and drip campaigns mean sharing the right content with community members, and measuring what works.
Free School Website Audit
Meet one-on-one with one of our website consultants for a free analysis and report of your website's design, content and overall strategy, and the steps you can take to improve it.
From The Finalsite Blog
Dive into our library of blog posts of examples, strategies, tips and inspiration to help you improve your school's communication strategy.
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Andrew Martin
We've gathered six tips to help you create mobile-friendly emails that are proven to increase open and click-through rates
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Mia Major
High school parents make up much of your prospective or current audiences. Here are five tips to keep them engaged with your communications.
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Mia Major
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!
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Keisha Croxton
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.
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Mia Major
Got writer’s block? Here are some tips to constantly create content for your website to keep your community engaged.
Additional Resources
Learn more about how to successfully engage your community with additional free resources.- On-Demand Webinar
Learn from Finalsite’s Independent School Marketing Manager Hadley Rosen new ways to engage alumni across all generations by sharing the right message, on the right platform, at the right time.
- On-Demand Webinar
Learn from Client Success Manager Sam Lipscomb how improving your school-to-home communications can have a positive impact on retention rates.
- On-Demand Webinar
Learn from Red Abbott and Ryan Nolan how you can maximize digital channels, such as search engines, digital ads, and social to target new families, and then use email marketing workflows to drive engagement and boost open house attendance.
- Worksheet
Looking for a simple way to get started with personas? This worksheet is perfect for school marketers of all skill levels.
- On-Demand Webinar
Learn about all things content marketing, including how to build a successful plan, from Finalsite's Higher Ed Sales Consultant Lorrie Jackson and Caylor Solutions founder Bart Caylor!
- On-Demand Webinar
Download this webinar to learn from Content Marketing Manager Mia Major simple ways to transform the "news" section on your website to make content more engaging.
Explore Community Engagement Software
Discover the tools behind Finalsite's software to help grow your community engagement.
Webinar On Demand: Optimizing Search, Social, and Your Website for Engagement
Learn new strategies for generating more qualified website traffic, lowering bounce rates, and getting more conversions in this webinar on demand.