Telling stories with purpose.
FY22 Early Learning Centers Marketing Campaign
Overview:
Using results from FY21 as a baseline, the FY22 Early Learning Center Marketing plan is a multi-channel marketing effort designed to convert potential families into leads and enrollment.
Campaign Components:
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Direct Mail
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Referral Campaign
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Digital
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Google Ads
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Facebook Ads
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Facebook Lead Acquisition
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App Outreach
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Personalized Email Outreach
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Copy as it appears on the backside of an OHU mailer used in this campaign. Click on the image to view in full size.
Campaign Story
What's the story?
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One Hope United provides each student and family an early learning experience that is:
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Quality
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Individualized
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Safe
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Affordable
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Why this story?
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Survey Data
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Market Research
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Storytelling Opportunity
Campaign Purpose
Quantifiable Results:
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The ultimate purpose of this marketing campaign is to see return on investment and show quantifiable results in the form of two conversions:
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Lead form submissions
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Enrollment in centers
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Campaign goals as seen on the first tab of the campaign tracker.
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1. Stakeholder planning meeting
Planning Philosophy:
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Ensure collaboration from the onset
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Use the content expertise of your teammates
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Be curious and strategic
Planning Strategy:
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Grounded in data
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Parent survey data
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Google Analytics
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Market research
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FY21 results
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2. Review of data and key audiences
Key Audiences:
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New Families/Parents
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Parents of children 6 weeks to 12 years
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Live 3-4 miles from each center
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Income level of $20,000-$70,000
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Previously Enrolled Families/Parents
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Left the center in the past year
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Still have children 6 weeks to 12 years
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Currently Enrolled Families/Parents
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Enrolled and receive OHU communications
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Channels identified to reach key audiences:
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New Families/Parents
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Direct Mail (23,000 new addresses)
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Google Ads (targeted search and display ads)
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Facebook Ads (targeted search and display ads)
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FB Lead Acquisition Campaign
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Previously Enrolled Families/Parents
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Direct Mail
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Personalized email messaging
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Phone calls
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Currently Enrolled Families/Parents
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Referral Campaign
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Parent Contact App
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3. Marketing plan creation and presentation to stakeholders
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Monthly Marketing Calendar
(Above) A screenshot of the marketing calendar planned within the project tracker document. Hover over the image to reveal the label.
Marketing Plan:
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Using the data and insights from the stakeholders planning meeting, a full marketing plan is developed and a project tracker document is created
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The final marketing plan is shared back with key stakeholders for a final round of edits
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(Above) The FY22 Early Learning Center Marketing project tracker. Navigate the window as you would an excel window.
Confidential information has been redacted and some tabs have been deleted to protect privacy and data.
4. Creation of collateral and review with stakeholders
Collateral Created:
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Direct Mail Designs
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Referral Campaign Flyers
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Google Ads (display and search)
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Facebook Ads
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Facebook Lead Acquisition
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Landing page redesign
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Early Learning Center pages redesign
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Planning schedule for collateral creation within the project tracker.
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Print Collateral Designs:
(Above) Print collateral designs including multi-language parent referral flyers and one of the three mailers designed for this campaign.
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Redesigned Landing Page:
The newly redesigned campaign landing page (onehopeunited.org/earlylearningcenters). Navigate the window as you would on a website.
Key Features:
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Data driven messaging
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Concise design
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Focus on driving users toward the contact form
Emphasis on Accessibility:
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Pop-up to navigate to our audience's most spoken languages
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Stand alone, searchable landing pages in three languages
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Installation of a translation plug-in that makes the entire website translatable
5. Campaign implementation and continuous improvement
Continuous Improvement:
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Emphasis on digital advertisements allows for real time strategy adjustments
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Reviews of Google Ad performance and Google Analytics are performed weekly
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Leads are monitored as they come in and are automatically routed to the appropriate contact
(Above) Google Ad metrics from this week's review of ad performance.
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Tracking outcomes
What does success look like?
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Centers submit enrollment trackers each week
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The total number of website contact form submissions are documented each month
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Contact forms track referral sources and conversion tracking across the website help determine ROI
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Metrics are reported to internal stakeholders monthly and strategy is re-assessed
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Reporting back on three goals outlines in project
(Above) The contact form on the campaign landing page.
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