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SEO

We help prospective students find clear, useful information about your courses through organic search. Keyword research, technical reviews and content planning identify where course pages and supporting information can better answer their questions. We work with your team to keep details such as study options, entry requirements and campus information accurate. Internal links then help visitors explore relevant next steps. Reporting considers useful organic visits and measured enquiries alongside visibility, keeping the SEO programme connected to your recruitment priorities.

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PPC

We plan PPC around the courses, audiences and recruitment priorities you agree with us. Campaign structure and advert messages reflect different search intentions, while landing pages provide the information prospective students need before enquiring. Search-term reviews, exclusions and budget decisions help focus activity on relevant demand. We also agree how enquiries are recorded and reviewed. Reports explain measured response and acquisition costs, with feedback from your admissions team providing further context about the enquiries and the next priorities.

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Social Media

Our paid social work gives prospective students a clear introduction to your college, courses and learning environment. We develop campaign objectives, creative and website destinations with your team, using accurate course information and approved student stories or imagery. Tests compare useful message and format variations, while ongoing reviews inform the next changes. The journey after the advert matters too, including accessible information and a clear enquiry route. We explain platform attribution so the reported response can be assessed alongside other recruitment evidence.

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Web Design

We design college websites around the decisions prospective students need to make. Course discovery, study options, entry requirements and the route to an enquiry or application all inform the structure and layouts. Your team supplies and reviews the detail, while we bring content organisation, navigation and visual design together. Mobile usability, accessibility and performance are considered throughout. Reviewing the proposed journeys before development helps keep the website useful for students and manageable for staff who maintain course and admissions information.

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Website Maintenance

Website maintenance helps your college keep important information and student journeys working as requirements change. We agree the scope of updates, checks and support around your website and the systems it uses. That can include software maintenance, testing enquiry journeys and reviewing performance issues that affect visitors. Responsibilities and dependencies are made clear so your team understands how to request help and manage planned changes. Regular reviews support a practical maintenance programme alongside the course and recruitment activity it serves.

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Web Hosting

We help establish a hosting setup around the demands of your college website and the functions students and staff rely on. Course information, media and enquiry or application journeys inform capacity and performance requirements. We agree responsibilities for maintenance, backups and recovery arrangements as part of the support scope. A clear process for technical issues helps your team understand where to get assistance. The setup can be reviewed as the website develops and the college’s content or operational requirements change.

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QA Higher Education case study

QA Higher Education needed paid search to connect prospective students with suitable university courses and generate enquiries. The inherited Ulster University campaigns grouped different course intentions together, with broad targeting and uneven advert relevance.

We restructured Google Ads around individual courses and student search intent. Dedicated ad groups and course-specific adverts improved the connection between searches and messages. We also separated weaker terms for review and standardised campaign tagging to support more consistent attribution in Salesforce, working closely with the in-house team.

Comparing September 2026 with September 2025, the Ulster account recorded 181.2% more contact-form enquiries, a 61.5% lower cost per enquiry, 185.2% more enquiries per advert click and a 31.4% higher click-through rate. Enquiries in this comparison are tracked contact-form submissions.

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181.2%
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185.2%
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It’s been a pleasure working with Wired Media. We’ve only been working with the team for a few months, but in that span of time Luke has make significant improvements to our Google PPC accounts that are transforming commercial performance. From day one, Luke's expertise and advice have been invaluable – he’s enthusiastically made optimisations to strategy and approach while carefully understanding the nuances of the business and our objectives. He’s proactively made suggestions that have strengthened our paid media performance, and helped to upskill our team. Highly recommend Luke, alongside Joel, Adam and Tom.
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Digital marketing that helps students choose your college

Build around the student decision. Someone comparing courses needs accurate information and a clear route to ask questions or apply. We discuss your course priorities, audiences and recruitment calendar before defining the programme. That helps establish which pages, messages and channels need attention first. Your team’s understanding of common student questions and admissions requirements informs the work throughout.

Connect campaigns with useful course information. A relevant advert or search result should lead to a destination that answers the question behind the visit. We review how course pages explain study options, entry requirements and next steps, alongside navigation and enquiry journeys. Recommendations identify the issues supported by the evidence and the purpose of the proposed improvements. Course facts remain subject to your team’s review.

Work with your college team. We can provide specialist support for one channel or coordinate search, advertising and website work. Clear responsibilities help marketing, admissions and technical colleagues understand what is needed and when. We agree dependencies, reporting and review arrangements, keeping delivery connected to the recruitment priorities and the resources available.

Define the recruitment stages clearly. A course-page visit, an enquiry, an application and an enrolment describe different actions. We agree which stages the programme will measure and review how they are recorded before judging progress. Suitable feedback from your admissions team can add context to initial enquiries. Reports explain tracking gaps and attribution differences, helping everyone understand what the figures support and where more information would be useful.

Use evidence to improve the journey. Tests can explore whether a clearer course explanation, a different advert message or a simpler enquiry route helps prospective students take the next step. We discuss the purpose of each change and how to assess its response. Findings then inform further priorities, alongside your team’s experience of the questions students ask and the information they need.

Discuss your next recruitment priorities. Share your current website, campaigns and the areas you want to improve. We can explore the available information, explain where our expertise fits and agree an appropriate starting point for the programme.

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