Professional Coaching, Education & Training
Marketing that turns interest into action.
Marketing for Professional Training, Education & Coaching
You might be building awareness of your organisation, recruiting for multiple programmes, filling an upcoming event, engaging employers or trying to turn an interested visitor into an applicant. And when every programme has its own audience, message and objective, things can get complicated quickly.
That’s where we come in.
Marmalade works with education, training and skills organisations to build marketing strategies around what you need to achieve, combining the right message, creative, channels and technology to reach the right people and give them a reason to act.
More than filling courses
Of course, applications and enrolments matter. But strong education marketing has a much bigger job to do.
It needs to build a brand people recognise and trust. It needs to communicate the value of your programmes clearly. It needs to keep prospective learners engaged as they decide and give employers, partners, and alumni reasons to stay connected with you too.
We help bring those pieces together, so your marketing works across the whole journey rather than relying on isolated bursts of activity every time a new course needs filling.
Attract the right participants
Different programmes attract different people, for different reasons.
We use audience insight, messaging, content and targeted activity to help prospective participants understand not only what you offer, but why it matters to them. From awareness through to application, we build marketing around the questions, motivations and barriers influencing their decision.
Build a brand people remember
When you’re managing multiple courses, cohorts or programmes, maintaining a recognisable overarching brand while giving each offer enough personality can be a challenge.
We can help with everything from your core brand and messaging to individual programme identities and campaign creative, creating the consistency you need without making everything look or sound the same.
Reach people across the right channels
Your audience rarely discovers, considers and applies for a programme in one place.
Depending on who you need to reach, we can bring together organic social, email, content, PR, paid social, paid search and website activity to create a joined-up approach, with each channel doing a clear job rather than simply adding more marketing activity.
Turn expertise into useful content
Education organisations are full of knowledge. The opportunity is turning it into something your audience actually wants to read.
From blogs and thought leadership to participant stories, programme content, emails and downloadable resources, we help turn your expertise into content that answers real questions, demonstrates outcomes and builds trust before someone is ready to apply.
Our Work
Taking a multi-programme marketing strategy from awareness to application
A skills and professional development organisation offering a broad portfolio of academic programmes, courses and events, each targeting different audiences and requiring different levels of marketing support.
Connecting training with the outcome people really cared about
A specialist education and skills business combining professional training with recruitment support for employers within the sector.
