Wildnet Helps Boost MBA Admissions For Educational Institutions

Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Social Media Optimization (SMO) and Pay Per Click (PPC) services are online marketing strategies which help to create brands, shore up page ranks in search engines and promote any orgainisation extensively among its target audience. Social media tools include blogs, forums, communities, product reviews and ratings, developing RSS feeds,  Wikis, online audio and video, social bookmarks and widgets.

According to a yearly report by the Internet & Mobile Association of India and IMRB, school and college students contribute to more than 44% of all internet usage in India with around 72% of young people access the internet on a regular basis. In such a scenario, it makes sense to use social media to approach prospective students for enrolment into MBA courses.

With such a large proportion of qualified leads already members of popular social networking sites like Facebook, Orkut, and MySpace, a company with the required expertise provides appropriate strategies to create a positive presence for the organization on the social network. This helps the institution to connect with prospective students directly.

Effective forum marketing strategies, with access to the right community for a specific organization, also help widen the net and spread the message among targeted students.

Other tools such as blogs help to impart information, enhance participation and promote organizations’

sites with high rankings. With the use of high quality and vibrant blogs an institute can raise its brand profile with leaps and bounds. Professionally written and well-researched articles and press releases act as powerful tools to create awareness, spread knowledge and build the right image.

Visual communication grabs comparatively greater attention than other mediums. Video conferencing is an effective visual medium to catch more eyeballs. Institutes can upload images of infrastructure, amenities and other features in order to generate more attention and interest. Social bookmarking helps in sharing information with prospective students. It uses tags to web pages so that interested students can follow them and access necessary information.

Social media and the online environment is a powerful marketing medium for educational institutions as it provides two-way communication with the right audience practically instantly. Wildnet Technologies offers an appropriate blend of social media tools combined with an effective strategy to boost admissions into MBA courses this academic year.