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Multi-channel Marketing Campaign for Primary School
How St Michael’s Infant School Transformed Their Open Event Attendance with a Fresh, Community-Focused Campaign St Michael’s Infant School in Surrey approached Smarter Reach with a challenge that many small schools are facing right now. Despite a warm, nurturing...
Making Social Media Work Harder for Schools
Rapid Visibility, Real Results: How Archbishop Lanfranc Academy Boosted Awareness and Open Morning Attendance in Just 9 Days When Archbishop Lanfranc Academy approached Smarter Reach, they needed support fast. With only nine days until their open morning, the school...
Boosting Open Event Attendance with a High-Impact Multi-Channel Campaign
How The Quest Academy Boosted Local Awareness and Open Event Attendance with a High-Impact Multi-Channel Campaign This autumn, The Quest Academy partnered with Smarter Reach to elevate their visibility within the local community and drive strong engagement for their...
New brand for yoga studio
Building a strong, recognisable brand from the ground up is no small feat, but it's exactly what we achieved with Yogadu. The Challenge Yogadu aimed to establish a cohesive brand identity that resonated with their approach to yoga and fitness classes. They required a...
New website for leading communications company
At Smarter Reach, we pride ourselves on crafting bespoke digital solutions that align with our clients' unique visions. Our recent collaboration with PurpleUC, a provider of unified communication solutions, exemplifies this commitment. The Challenge PurpleUC sought to...
Refreshing Kempsford Primary School’s Website
Refreshing Kempsford Primary School's Website: A Smarter Approach to Modernization Seven years ago, Smarter Reach developed a website for Kempsford Primary School, creating a digital presence that mirrored the school's commitment to educational excellence. As with all...
Building a Brand for Prometheus School
We were delighted to collaborate recently with Prometheus School, a forward-thinking educational institution committed to holistic student development. Our partnership focused on building their brand identity, developing a user-friendly website, and addressing various...
Celebrating Character at The Park Academies Trust
At Smarter Reach, we love projects that make a positive impact - and working with The Park Academies Trust on their Character Award Booklet was exactly that. The Trust approached us to create a publication that would both inspire and inform, appealing to students and...
Academy Trust “On-Boarding” Marketing
We’ve had the pleasure recently of getting to know the staff and students at Woodcote High School. Woodcote joined The Collegiate Trust a few months ago; the third secondary school in this expanding trust. As part of the “on-boarding” package we offered to the Trust,...
Teaching School Alliance Website
The South East Learning Alliance contacted us about creating a new website to promote their teacher training and development programmes. Whilst they had a brochure already in circulation, they had no online presence and were not feeling that their logo and branding...
Promotional Video for St Mary’s Catholic High School
Did you know that St Mary’s Catholic High School is one of the oldest schools in Croydon? We’ve worked with them recently on a number of design projects including a new school prospectus, sets of pull-up banners and even new signs for their posh new toilets (no photos...
Dual Language Website
At Smarter Reach, we love a challenge! And this was no small one: We were asked if it was possible to create a dual-language website… in English and Korean! This was no small feat for us, given that we have no Korean speakers / readers on our team and, of course, even...
It’s been a bit quiet here…
It’s been a bit quiet on the blog here over the last few months. And with good reason! Smarter Reach founder, Vicky, has been working 3 days a week with the Croydon College Group, as Interim Marketing Director. What started out as a “Could you help us out for a couple...
Should you hire a marketing agency or a marketing person?
Schools need to invest in marketing to present their offer, nurture existing stakeholders, raise their profile and differentiate themselves from competitors. So far, so obvious. But should you hire your own marketing staff or work with a marketing agency? Smarter...
The Importance of Brand Guidelines
Let’s assume that you have gone to some trouble and expense to produce a beautiful logo, website and prospectus – even gone the whole hog and invested in a purposeful brand identity and development programme. By now, you will have come to appreciate the importance and...