Tag Archives: new students

30.000 fans on TU Delft’s facebook page

Yeah, we reached a 30K fans on our TU Delft facebook page this weekend!! Since this number is well over the number of campus students (which is 20.000), this made me curious to check if the demographics of our fan base had changed since the number of 5.000 fans. Well actually not that much: One side […]

Most succesful facebook update explained

A storm passed by The Netherlands on Monday 28 October. On Facebook and Twitter we saw many pictures of fallen trees and also the Facebook page of Delft University of Technology created an album with pics taken at the campus. Results on this album: 218 likes, 37 shares, 11 comments, reached 18.300 people. Not bad… […]

Interesting new LinkedIn Opportunities for Universities and Students

On 19 August LinkedIn introduced a new funcionality: University Pages. What new opportunities come with this University Page and how can both universities as well as our target audiences (prospective students, students, alumni) benefit? LinkedIn as the new Facebook At first sight the new LinkedIn University Page looks quite like a Facebook page. A University can […]

Engage your facebook community!

When managing a facebook page for a University, you want your fans to be a true part of your University. You don’t only want to talk to them, you also want to listen. And you want their voices to be heard. I’d like to share with you an simple example on how to reach true engangement on […]

Missed chances in welcoming new students

An exciting time for all the first year students, it’s about 2 more weeks before the introduction periods start at their new Universities! Luckily the students are all active on social media, so lots of opportunities to find out what your programme will look like, where you will stay and (probably most important!) who your […]