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Planning for 2026: Why Personalization Marketing Will Be Even More Essential

As colleges and universities look toward 2026, one reality is becoming increasingly clear: adaptive communication strategies are no longer a nice-to-have in higher education marketing. It is a strategic imperative. With demographic shifts, heightened competition, and...

Year End Review: Trends that Reshaped Student Recruitment in 2025

In 2025, enrollment leaders faced intense pressure: volatile demographics, cost anxiety, policy shifts, and an AI-driven content deluge. At the same time, students continued to signal that they expect relevance, speed, and control in the college search. Platforms like...

Lead Generation for Higher Ed: Building Better Lists with Interactive Tools

For enrollment marketing professionals, few challenges are more persistent — or more important — than generating high quality leads that will yield to applications and enrolled students at a high rate. Strong lead generation is the backbone of every recruitment...

Tailored Content vs. Static Websites: What’s More Effective

Does this sound familiar? Your college website has thousands if not tens of thousands of pages of static content. Department heads and faculty stakeholders constantly send your webmaster edits or complaints asking for content changes to individual program or...
How to Attract Gen Z Students with Digital Engagement Tools

How to Attract Gen Z Students with Digital Engagement Tools

Today’s college-bound students belong to Generation Z, a group raised on smartphones, social media, and seamless digital experiences. To engage them effectively, colleges and universities must meet their expectations for interactivity, personalization, and ease of...

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Engaging Parents with CVB

Engaging Parents with CVB

Recent survey data from EAB shows a huge increase in the influence parents carry with prospective student enrollment choices.  Among first year students surveyed in 2022, 48% reported parental influence among their top 5 sources of enrollment information – that’s up...

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Inspiration from Across the Globe

Inspiration from Across the Globe

The Alice Smith School's CustomViewbook Wins a Brilliance Award. We were thrilled when our clients at the Alice Smith School, an international private school in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, told us that they had submitted their CustomViewbook to the 2020 InspirED School...

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Keiser University’s West Palm Campus Joins Us

Keiser University’s West Palm Campus Joins Us

CustomViewbook is ready to soak up some rays and help Keiser University increase its number of leads. We're working with their admission Director, Jeff, to create a digital viewbook that will be their primary recruitment piece. 

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CustomViewbook Is Mobile. Students Are Mobile. Are You?

CustomViewbook Is Mobile. Students Are Mobile. Are You?

Since its beginning, CustomViewbook has been dedicated to creating a mobile, responsive and interactive way for prospective students to interact with colleges and universities. A study by OmniUpdate shows that, “Mobile use is growing, and 43 percent of prospective...

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