EDUCATION

Education

We Help Education Leaders Deliver Connected Journeys Across the Entire Learner Lifecycle with Salesforce

At the heart of education are the educators, leaders, and innovators who empower students to pursue their academic and career goals and achieve success. At Kelley Austin, we value this important industry and understand the need for personalized systems that meet the complex needs of both students and faculty.

From helping a client in higher education improve their admissions and recruitment process to transforming a university’s invention and patent tracking system with Sales Cloud, our team has experience developing systems that reflect the entire student journey from recruiting, to admissions, to graduation, in addition to support services for faculty and staff. Whether you’re trying to identify prospective students, engage with alumni and donors, or develop essential partnerships, we would love to help you achieve your goals with Salesforce. We’ve worked with:
  • Nonprofits
  • Higher Ed
  • Trade Schools
  • Exam Preparation and Tutoring
  • For-profit Education
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Customer Stories: Education

See How a University Transforms Their Invention and Patent Tracking Process with Sales Cloud

By building a custom data structure in Sales Cloud, our client can access valuable reporting insights with clear and concise data structures that make it easy for them to find the information they’re looking for.
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A Higher Education Institution Transforms the Student Experience with Salesforce

With the right Sales Cloud and Marketing Cloud solutions in place, our client in higher education can engage and recruit best-fit students.
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Salesforce for the Education Industry: Common Questions

I need ongoing support with my Salesforce org. How can I manage my solution?

Whether you’re a university or trade school, we have experience helping leaders in education deliver connected education journeys with Salesforce. If you’re looking for strategic guidance and support with your Salesforce org, our Salesforce Excellence Program (Premium Managed Services) is the best fit. If you’re in need of day-to-day help with tasks on the Salesforce platform and see the benefit of working with a firm vs. hiring internally, then our Managed Services offering is the way to go.

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How can I support students across the entire education journey with Salesforce?

With Salesforce as your CRM, institutions can seamlessly manage relationships with key groups — prospective students, current students, alumni, and corporate partners — while consolidating insights from every interaction into a unified view. Education Cloud, built on the core Salesforce platform, empowers you to deliver personalized experiences for students, staff, and alumni. It offers powerful apps for recruitment and admissions, student success, advancement and alumni relations, and academic operations — all within a single platform.

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How can I improve the recruitment and admissions process with Salesforce?

Salesforce enables institutions to increase conversion rates with prospective students, drive applicant success, and streamline the review process with trusted AI, marketing automation, and predictive analytics. With tools such as dynamic applications, customizable applicant portals, and automated onboarding journeys, Salesforce helps education leaders enhance the recruitment and admissions experience from a single, unified platform.

In Action: We helped a higher education client improve their admissions and recruitment process by designing personalized journeys for each degree program. Leveraging Sales Cloud and Marketing Cloud, our client can now deliver tailored, impactful messaging to prospective students, helping them make informed decisions about their college major.

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How can I deliver more efficient and personalized marketing and communications across my institution with Salesforce?

Salesforce gives education leaders the ability to simplify communication and campaign processes, streamline marketing operations, and automate engagement across any channel from a single platform. Features such as AI-powered email, intelligent journeys across SMS, web and more, and smart segmentation allow marketers to create a unified brand experience for every constituent.

In Action: We helped a higher education institution automate communications with Marketing Cloud to ensure that our client can find, engage, and enroll students who are the best-fit for their programs. We streamlined their communication process by setting up personalized email campaigns, targeted messaging, and automated follow-ups based on student interests and behaviors. This automation not only enhanced the institution’s ability to attract and retain prospective students but also freed up valuable time for their admissions team to focus on building relationships and providing a high-touch experience.

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How can I connect the student experience and increase retention with Salesforce?

With Salesforce, you can deliver unified advising experiences, provide flexible appointment scheduling, and use predictive AI insights and recommendations to take action. By creating personalized experiences across the student journey with powerful features such as student portals, student service AI, and AI-powered chatbots, institutions can not only boost student engagement and success, but also increase retention rates.

In Action: We partnered with a higher education client to enhance their Salesforce org by automating their marketing and communications processes. By implementing a unified messaging system, our client can now personalize services and boost retention by promoting student programs and sharing alumni success stories. With Salesforce’s scalable solutions, they’re able to provide a seamless student experience at every stage of the student journey.

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How can I engage alumni, streamline fundraising, and optimize operations with Salesforce?

With Salesforce, institutions can build deeper donor and alumni relationships through personalization, increase fundraising productivity with comprehensive data, and streamline operations with intelligent reporting. From detailed donor and campaign insights to portfolio management and gift processing, Salesforce can help you meet the goals of your institution and communities with a CRM powered by AI + Data.

In Action: We helped a university transform their invention and patent tracking process by building a custom data structure in Sales Cloud. This simplified our client’s workflow by eliminating the need to move data around from spreadsheets. With this unified data structure, our client can easily track patent lifecycles, manage intellectual property records, and generate insightful reports to support decision-making. As a result, their workflow is more streamlined, accurate, and scalable for future growth.

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At Kelley Austin we're proud to provide tailored Salesforce solutions across a variety of industries. Our expert knowledge and many years of experience in all aspects of the Salesforce ecosystem have earned us high levels of satisfaction from our clients.

We're ready to find the right solutions for your industry today.

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Our Clients Say

“We had some mission critical issues that required quick turnaround that our internal team didn't have the bandwidth to handle. They were great to work with, fun, easy-going and they know their stuff in the Salesforce world and helped review the architecture/design for some new integrations that we were building. Excellent team, great work and I'd definitely hire them again.”
— Education Client