Product Marketing

Pressure Mounts for Efficacy Research in K-12 School Sales

education market researchPending federal ESEA reauthorization and increased budget pressures are creating a growing need for publishers and developers to substantiate their product claims. Just-released SIIA guidelines provide a road map for education marketers to make their effectiveness studies give buyers the assurance they need and to help remove sales process bottlenecks.
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How Effectiveness Research Impacts K-12 Education Marketing

research for education marketingYou make lots of promises about the ways your product will improve teaching and learning. Can you provide proof? School administrators want and need efficacy data to know if your claims are true. But is investing in effectiveness research a cost of doing business, or is it one of your best education marketing opportunities?
Here's expert advice

Basics of Platform Marketing for Ed-Tech Leaders

Platform MarketingDigital platforms are seen as a strategic opportunity in the educational technology market admidst the shift from print to digital content and the transformation of instructional delivery. Companies that serve the K-12 market are positioning themselves on the platform battlefield. Which coalition will win? Listen to this thought provoking interview with the world's leading authority on digital platforms, Dr. Annabelle Gawer.
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Positioning Your Company for Ed-Tech Platform Leadership

Platform MarketingHave you noticed that the word "platform" is being used a lot lately to describe products and services offered by educational technology companies? Does this signal an important stage in our industry's growth, or is it a passing fad? What really is a platform, and if you are selling a platform, how do you become the market leader?
Good questions. Sound answers.

Professional Development for STEM Education: Risk or Opportunity?

education salesTeacher professional development for STEM education may be ripe for business. Suppliers who serve the math and science markets, especially for elementary education, should take note of this crying need, identified by school administrators across the country.
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Five Trends to Consider for Your School Marketing Plan

Education Marketing PlansChanges in the school market are being catalyzed by a “perfect storm” of ravaged budgets, pressure for reform, and the promise of technology to boost academic productivity. Hear the perspective of the lead writer for the 2010 Horizon K-12 Report from the New Media Consortium. We’re providing expert insight about resources being embraced by educators and trends likely to impact companies that sell to schools.
Take the lead. Listen to this expert insight.

Dogs Get Trained. Teachers Get Professional Development.

Selling To Schools with Professional DevelopmentOffering professional development, not just product training, may be the best way to sell to schools, according to publicly funded research from the University of Cincinnati School of Education. What's the implication for your education marketing plan? Here are four key take-aways from the study.
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An Advisory Council: Make It Part of Your Education Marketing Plan

How would you like to pick up the phone or dash off an email and get reliable feedback on your sales pitch, or some suggestions for your education marketing strategies and programs? You can do that, and much more, by investing in an educator advisory council as part of your school marketing plan.
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