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Global Digital Advertising Agency for Universities and Colleges
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT MARKETING
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Net Natives work with over 200 global universities to recruit students from 150 countries. Our outcome focused campaigns and unrivalled knowledge of the student recruitment market make us the advertising agency of choice for universities, colleges and business schools; in the US, Australia and Europe. We’re the only student marketing agency globally, that is a RAR Recommended Agency, Trusted Google Partner and Facebook Marketing Partner. As a result we have access to (and are experienced in analysing) a huge amount of data, which helps us understand the online behaviours and motivations of students around the world. This whitepaper makes use of that data to understand some key international student markets. Namely India, Brazil, China and the MINT countries.
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Who is this for? We’ve created this report to support marketing teams worldwide in their international student recruitment campaigns. Better understand how to tackle recruiting students from foreign countries at postgraduate and undergraduate level.
Student Digital Behaviours – Brazil Student Search Behaviours – Brazil Student Digital Behaviours – India Student Search Behaviours – India Student Digital Behaviours – China Student Social Media Use – Brazil and India International Students from MINT Countries
What you will find in this report?
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Digital behaviour “Device preference and online activities can help us understand not only how prospective students are accessing content online, but also how they’re consuming it and where we can reach them for maximum engagement.”
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Social Media
Mobile grew 109% in 2014
Device distribution - Brazil
Laptops & Desktops Mobile Phones Tablets 77%
20%
3%
Top 3 Online Activities
Browse & Video
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Brazilians are still using desktop for their online activity, but it’s important to be aware of the rapid growth in mobile device usage, which increased by 109% last year, meanwhile desktop usage dropped by 12% 3G coverage is high, at 56% - which means that video can work well as a part of your online content and ad strategy, across all devices. • Email remains strong in Brazil, so a strong focus on data capture will allow you to
look at conversion campaigns through email, as well as improving your lookalike targeting on Facebook.
• Social media & browsing are the next most popular, so again, social ads and SEM are key to a successful digital marketing strategy for this South American market.
• Video content works on both desktop and mobiles with pre-roll video campaigns on YouTube proving extremely successful for those targeting Brazilian students online.
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BRAZIL SEARCH BEHAVIOURS
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BIOTECHNOLOGY
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING,
MATHEMATICS (STEM)
ENGINEERINGAEROSPACE
AGRICULTURE
LANGUAGE COURSES
TOURISM (EXCHANGE PROGRAMMES)
BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT
COMPUTING, TECHNOLOGY& INNOVATION
MINING PHYSICAL & HEALTH SCIENCES
LEADERSHIPPROGRAMMES
Top courses in Brazil
UG BOTH PG
RANKING SEARCH
Most popular search type…
YOU SHOULD KNOW… • [University] ‘ranking’ is the most popular
type of search in Brazil • Business, Engineering, Science, Maths
and Humanities are the most popular course searches
• 24% of searches take place on mobile vs. 72% on desktop
• 14% of searches are in English vs. 86% in Portuguese
• By advertising in Portuguese you’ll be found more easily and your messages will resonate more
• If budgets are limited then focus on long tail, course specific campaigns in Portuguese
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Device distribution - India
Laptops & Desktops Mobile Phones Tablets 72%
1%
27% Mobile grew 9% in 2014 (desktop declined -19%)
Email Social Media
Top 3 Online Activities
Music
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In India mobile device usage completely dominates the digital landscape, and social media is the top of the agenda for online activities. Music is also in the top 3 most common online activities, which points towards a market that has a strong recreational sway when it comes to digital. The online market is dominated by mobile, so whilst growth last year was just 9%, penetration is over 72%, which is good news for reaching India’s most remote regions. However, 3G coverage is at just 11% penetration, so it’s important to be selective with the types of content you share in India. • Like Brazil, email is strong so focus on data capture and remarketing • India is a mobile first (sometimes mobile only) market so content
based campaigns on social media are best performing • Be aware that India is a click happy nation, so focus on rigorous
targeting and qualification by copy in all ad campaigns to improve the quality of response
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INDIA SEARCH BEHAVIOURS
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Top courses in India
MEDICINE
COMPUTER SCIENCE,POLITICAL SCIENCES & BIOTECHNOLOGY
STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING & MATHS)
LAW
ARCHITECTURE
BUSINESS, ECONOMICS& FINANCE
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
MEDICINE SPECIALISMS
ENGINEERING SPECIALISMS
DIGITAL MARKETING ENGLISH LANGUAGE
TOURISM & HOSPITALITY
COMMUNICATIONBASED STUDIES
Hello!
UG BOTH PG
RANKING SEARCH
Most popular search type…
YOU SHOULD KNOW… • Most online searches in India are
written in English • Google has an almost 100% market
share • Ranking is the most popular type of
HE search term (over 500,000 compared with “Study Abroad” terms – 42,000)
• 70% of searches take place on desktop and 28% on mobile, which is counter intuitive to the way the population accesses the internet.
• Engineering, Science, Business, Humanities and Hospitality are the most popular courses searched for
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Device distribution - China
Social Media Search
Top 3 Online Activities
Video
Laptops & Desktops Mobile Phones Tablets
Mobile grew 121% in 2014
76%
3%
21%
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Back to desktop in China, but again mobile penetration growth last year was huge (+121%), and desktop fell. In line with mobile growth, 3G coverage is also high at 46% for the world’s biggest internet user. • Unlike Brazil and India, email is not effective in China • Search is hugely important but this is Baidu search, as opposed
to Google. On Baidu, searches are almost exclusively in Mandarin so your website needs to be too.
• Social media is another major driver, but due to the unique nature of China’s social media platforms and uses a separate international strategy is required.
Email [email protected] to get a free copy of our International Student Marketing Report for China
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China
Key Higher Education Related Search Periods
NATIVES TOP TIP “Understand the behaviour and motivators for the international students you’re targeting” • With an estimated 51 million international searches for UK universities in the last applicant
cycle, there’s a huge appetite for studying abroad. • As the chart above shows, specific strategies are needed for each country, as each region has
unique times when university is front-of-mind. • March and September peaks are particularly telling, as the releases of the THE and QS
international rankings spark interest in league table conscious students.
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Facebook Google+ Twitter Linkedin Orkut
Used in past month Own an account
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Top Social Media Platforms - Brazil (% of Internet Users)
Top Social Media Platforms - India (% of Internet Users)
Incredible return on investment… the best response from our lowest spend. UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW “
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International Students from MINT Countries The ‘MINT’ acronym was coined to identify the emerging (and growing) markets of Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria & Turkey. Due to this growth and opportunity, it’s no surprise that the most active International departments have identified these countries as providing new opportunities to recruit international students, for both Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses. The countries have been linked through some shared economic trends; predicted increases in economic growth, a growing middle class and large populations eligible for work, as well as being in advantageous geographic locations for trade with other countries (3 out of the 4 are already members of the G20). | Net Natives blog, 2014
“ [there is]… a common appetite for educational improvement and a motivation for MINT populations to gain an education in what is deemed to be the global language; English.” | Jim O’Neill, Economist
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UNDERGRADUATE
POSTGRADUATE
Social platforms like Linkedin and Facebook give instant access to millions of English speaking, potential undergraduate and postgraduate students, across the MINT countries.
social media users aged 17-23
Facebook (English Speaking)
LinkedIn (English Speaking)
Total 15,500,000 2,100,858
Mexico 2,400,000 698,619
Indonesia 6,900,000 646,821
Nigeria 4,500,000 286,170
Turkey 1,700,000 469,248
social media users aged 20-30
Facebook (English Speaking)
LinkedIn (English Speaking)
Total 18,800,000 4,245,276
Mexico 2,500,000 1,419,798
Indonesia 6,900,000 1,204,098
Nigeria 7,300,000 610,164
Turkey 2,100,000 1,011,216
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UNDERSTANDING
COUNTRIES The level of targeting and effort from the campaign team has had a major impact on the quality of students responding to our advertising. SWANSEA UNIVERSITY “
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MEXICO
• Promote cultural life, location and student experience gained by studying at your university.
• Mexican students are attracted by the experience of being at a particular university or city.
• They are also interested in understanding what the university can offer that will give them an advantage in achieving internationally in-demand careers.
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INDONESIA
• Students from Indonesia are concerned that if they study abroad they will lose ground to those studying in their home country.
• The concern is that overseas qualifications won’t be transferable when they come back to Indonesia to work.
• Messaging should include terms like ‘internationally recognised’ qualifications and emphasise the following:
• Quality of teaching • Awards • Rankings
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NIGERIA
• Nigeria is a popular target for institutions in English Speaking countries as Nigerians have a strong affinity with the language.
• They have a large and growing, affluent middle class and are willing to travel.
• Nigerians are motivated by the opportunities for career progression when they return home, as a result of studying at an overseas university.
NATIVES TOP TIP “Make sure you focus your campaigns on measurable outcomes. Do you want quantity or quality? You can’t have both. Or can you?” • Nigeria is well known for contributing hundreds of thousands of student enquiries every year, but
the conversion to application ratio is notoriously low and requests for scholarships are high. • In 2013/14, Swansea University made use of smart qualification techniques to increase applications
from Nigeria, to undergraduate and postgrad courses, by 74% and 35% respectively.
Learn more about Swansea’s international student marketing success
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TURKEY
• Like India and Brazil, Turkish students are impressed by rankings as they’re looking for a high-quality education, which may not be accessible/available in their home country/local areas.
• It’s important to make it clear that your courses are specifically available to them.
• Look to capture data on potential students in order to personalise future marketing campaigns.
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