<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749037544065087577.post7956250617961718740..comments</id><updated>2009-07-31T08:05:33.843-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Jim Fong's Education Marketing Blog: Don't Always Listen to C-Level Execs ... or Your D...</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.jimfongonline.com/feeds/7956250617961718740/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6749037544065087577/7956250617961718740/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.jimfongonline.com/2009/05/dont-always-listen-to-c-level-execs-or.html'/><author><name>Jim Fong</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15430038044099869839</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749037544065087577.post-5657840682571114920</id><published>2009-07-31T08:05:33.843-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-31T08:05:33.843-04:00</updated><title type='text'>We have both seen in our research that professiona...</title><content type='html'>We have both seen in our research that professional and continuing education (PCE) leaders don&amp;#39;t think much of their own marketing efforts ... or their teams for that matter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;I think it is less of an issue of people, than approach.&lt;/b&gt; As you have written quite well, PCE marketers virtually ignore the top of the funnel ... as well as the actual funnel itself. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To gain credibility, PCE marketers must balance issues of brand, awareness and message (and their corresponding fuzzy measures), with enrollment finance metrics such as inquiry generation, conversion, and yield.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6749037544065087577/7956250617961718740/comments/default/5657840682571114920'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6749037544065087577/7956250617961718740/comments/default/5657840682571114920'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.jimfongonline.com/2009/05/dont-always-listen-to-c-level-execs-or.html?showComment=1249041933843#c5657840682571114920' title=''/><author><name>Tim Copeland</name><uri>http://www.demandengine.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.jimfongonline.com/2009/05/dont-always-listen-to-c-level-execs-or.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749037544065087577.post-7956250617961718740' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6749037544065087577/posts/default/7956250617961718740' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>