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.
Request a Free 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 community engagement.
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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Kate Persons
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.
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Debbie Eisenach
Your school's tagline may seem like a small detail, but it often has a prominent spot on the homepage. A good one can improve brand awareness and keep prospective families intrigued! Debbie Eisenach shares 12 international school taglines that deserve a shoutout.
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Sam Lipscomb
Learn more about the 12 schools who truly made the most out of Finalsite modules and tools—the winners of the 2019 Double Diamond Awards Show!
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Andrew Martin
Athletics Manager makes it easy to update your school community with the latest athletics news through dynamic content in Messages and easy-to-build athletics pages.
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Sarah Englebert
With so many marketing options available to charter schools, your marketing department is left with the important decision - where to invest time and budget? This post shares five innovative strategies to help get your marketing campaign off the ground.
Additional Resources
Learn more about how to successfully engage your community with additional free resources.- On-Demand Webinar
Get the feedback you need to improve your school's website from Finalsite's Chief Innovation Officer Angelo Otterbein and Finalsite Advantage Strategic Marketing Consultant Tracy Tigchelaar.
- On-Demand Webinar
Join Manager of Consulting Services Red Abbott to learn how districts and charter schools can use digital marketing strategies to reach, recruit, and retain more students.
- On-Demand Webinar
Finalsite's Higher Ed/International Sales Manager and Senior Client Success Manager Lorrie Jackson and Lenoir Rhyne Director of Marketing and Communications Angela Reiter discuss tips for success for your online presence, and how a handful of staff can create (and repurpose) storytelling content that leads to an increase in applicants and donations.
- On-Demand Webinar
Angelo Otterbein, Chief Innovation Officer, shares some new and engaging designs that schools around the world have deployed with Finalsite.
- Toolkit
- eBook
Download our complete video marketing guide, How to Produce High-Quality School Marketing Videos, for a step-by-step guide on creating great marketing videos in house.
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Webinar On Demand: Optimizing Search, Social, and Your Website for Engagement
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