Minor Site Maintenance and Improvements: Watch Your Head!

17 Apr

Posted by Sam Jackson as Advertisements, Irrelevance

I have been making a few changes around the site in the last day or so and just wanted to alert you to them and ask if anyone is experiencing any strange bugs. First, I have installed a new archives page! I know that the archives page has been broken for some time, so I […]

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Advertise on the site today! Support my college education, the site, and promote your brand or site.

13 Feb

Posted by Sam Jackson as Advertisements, Internets, personal

Hello everyone! I just made a nice direct advertising page. Please consider advertising on the site today. You’ll support my college education and the site while getting great exposure. I’ve taken down the Google AdSense ads (yay!) but want to replace that revenue… with direct ad sales! They could look like the sample unit you […]

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A SamJackson.org scholarship? Plus: college blogging revenue talk

01 Feb

Posted by Sam Jackson as Admissions, Advertisements, Blogging, Internets, Teenagers, marketing, odd & fun, personal

One thing I have always wanted to do is make good use of my split audience. There are students and admissions officers / higher ed professionals–why not have them both work together for mutual benefit? What would really be great would be if the latter group pitched in to co-sponsor a scholarship, which would […]

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Final Chance to Sign Up for my Awesome Admissions Blogging Webinar

10 Jul

Posted by Sam Jackson as Advertisements, Internets, personal

Registration for my Higher Ed Experts webinar ends tomorrow night at 8pm EST; sign up now while you still can! Alternately, wait until later and then buy a recording. Remember, you get not only me but also Nancy Prater of Ball State University and Ben Jones of MIT in the three part series.
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Google bans ads for essay services: so do I

23 May

Posted by Sam Jackson as Advertisements, Internets, marketing

I know I mark myself by saying that I just got this from Slashdot, but… the BBC reports that Google is going to soon drop ads from agencies which sell essays and papers online. I had a personal scuffle with this just a few days ago when an online paper selling organization asked to […]

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Who is Sam Jackson?

I'm currently a freshman at Yale University and I've been blogging about college admissions and higher education marketing trends since I began my college application process in 2005. I now also write about my experience here at Yale, and am an official Yale blogger. Click here to read my 'about' page.

Kind words about my blog:

Andrew Careaga calls it “a service to all of us in the higher ed marketing business.”

Christian Long says it has “dramatically inspired college admissions folks to take notice”

Bob Johnson says “I like [it] because I agree with so much of what he says.” and that “Paying attention what Sam writes will let you focus more closely on students who will actually attend your school.”

Karine Joly says my witty and fresh style “offers a rare glimpse at the mind of our elusive prospective students”

and TargetX calls my blog “good reading” and me “wise-beyond-my-years.”