6 best email marketing tools for higher education businesses in 2025

Higher education institutions face unique communication challenges in 2025. Between recruiting prospective students, engaging current learners, maintaining alumni relationships, and coordinating with faculty, colleges and universities need robust email marketing solutions that can handle complex, multi-audience campaigns while delivering personalized experiences at scale.
Starting a new business? Here are the AI tools I would use when building from scratch

Building a business has never been easier, but the landscape is also more competitive. The difference between success and failure often comes down to how quickly you can execute. You need to understand your market and know how to scale your operations. AI tools can help you get off the ground.
Why SurveyMonkey’s Marketing Leader Says Your Foundation Is Broken

The way most marketing teams approach AI is probably the way I approach my inbox at 4:59 PM on a Friday.
Why most go-to-market playbooks fail internationally — and what to do instead

I first worked across borders in the mid‑90s, interpreting Spanish calls for AT&T. What struck me then — and what still holds today — is how quickly things break down when people assume their way of working is universal. Fast‑forward nearly three decades, after leading international growth at HubSpot and advising companies from Google to […]
AI email subject lines that drive 3x more revenue and actually convert [+ exclusive insights]

Email subject lines determine whether your carefully crafted campaigns ever see the light of day — yet most marketers still rely on gut instinct and basic A/B testing to choose them. What if you could predict which subject lines will resonate with your audience before hitting send? AI email subject line optimization makes this possible […]
Enterprise generative AI tools that actually work

TL;DR: Enterprise generative AI tools are advanced software platforms designed to automate and enhance marketing, sales, and customer service at scale. The best tools integrate with your CRM, unify customer data, and support secure, governed workflows. To choose the right solution, focus on proven use cases, integration depth, governance controls, and measurable ROI. Start with […]
Can music influence what we buy? To find out, I dove into the psychology of music

In the first episode of my Nudge podcast, I interviewed the fantastic psychologist Dr. Adrian North, who conducted one of the seminal studies on the psychology of music.
Best practices for answer engine optimization (AEO) marketing teams can’t ignore

A few months back, I was having a bit of a professional identity crisis. And it’s all thanks to answer engine optimization (AEO) and AEO best practices.
Married at 28, divorcing at 29 — how I learned to own the narrative

At 28, I thought I was building the life I’d always dreamed of. I got engaged, shared it with my audience, and then brought them along on the journey. Over 10 million people watched my “Get Married With Me” video across my platforms. It was one of the most beautiful moments of my life, magnified […]
Machine learning in email marketing: What drives revenue growth (and what doesn’t)

TL;DR: Machine learning in email marketing uses algorithms to personalize content, optimize send times, and predict customer behavior — driving higher engagement and revenue. You can unify your CRM data and automate workflows to use ML for dynamic personalization, send-time optimization, and predictive lead scoring without a data science team.
